Managing international cities: smart solutions to public challenges

Managing cities of the future - Leadership, management and innovation

20.10.2015 Managing international cities: smart

solutions to public challenges

Emanuele Vendramini Greta Nasi

Public Management and Policy Department

In 2025 75% of the world population will live in cities

AN URBAN WORLD

Source: World Bank, United Nations, Oxford Economics.

35% of global population

60% of the global GDP

30% of total jobs

55% of the World total consumer spending

260 millions of new homes 540 millions m2 of extra office space

THE FUTURE OF THE 750

MOST IMPORTANT CITIES BY 2030

Trend-setting actor at global

level

An key socio-economic

player in the international

system

WHAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY?

Although national competitiveness

is more focused on economic

productivity with which human

capital and national resources are

used, at local level it is centred

on quality of life.

WINNING GLOBAL CHALLENGES

THROUGH COMPETITIVENESS

URBANIZATION, DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS

RISING INEQUALITY

SUSTAINABILITY

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS

GOVERNANCE

Source: World Economic Forum

INTERNATIONAL CITIES:

PUBLIC CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS

Source: United Nations

The ‘good’, people-centred city of the 21st century

stimulates local job creation, promotes social diversity,

maintains a sustainable environment and

recognises the importance of public spaces.

ATTRACTIVENESS OF CITIES AS QUALITY

OF PLACE AND LIFE

HOW CAN CITIES MANAGE THESE

CHALLENGES?

Conglomerate Discover, listen

and act

A CITY VALUE PROPOSITION

MAINTAIN PARITY WITH PEERS

INVESTMENTS

PARTNERSHIPS WITH

CORPORATIONS

AND SMALL BUSINESSES

FOCUSED ON RESULTS AND

COORDINATION OF PROGRAMS