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Cities of Tomorrow
Five Crucibles of Change
This contribution begins by describing the promise and challenge of embedding ‘futures thinking’ into the various agencies, authorities, communities and individuals concerned with effecting successful urban change and making their cities both more liveable and more lovable. Drawing upon numerous city planning and strategic urban foresight exercises conducted by The Futures Academy over the past 20 years, the author identifies five prime ‘policy pathways’ that commonly emerge to provide a prospective planning framework within which cities should flourish. These are: ‘Quality of Life’, ‘Competitiveness’, ‘Sustainability’, ‘Connectivity’ and ‘Governance’. The contribution concludes with a realistic review of the most critical ingredients necessary to secure success in establishing both a philosophy and a practice of ‘futures‐oriented’ urban planning. More conjecturally, it reflects on the governance of global space by contemplating a strengthened collaborative alliance between non‐governmental organisations, transnational corporations and major cities of the world superseding the power and influence of nation states. And finally it ends, more poignantly perhaps, with a call and a credo for enlightened city leadership through strategic urban foresight.
Cities of Tomorrow
Five Crucibles of Change
This contribution begins by describing the promise and challenge of embedding ‘futures thinking’ into the various agencies, authorities, communities and individuals concerned with effecting successful urban change and making their cities both more liveable and more lovable. Drawing upon numerous city planning and strategic urban foresight exercises conducted by The Futures Academy over the past 20 years, the author identifies five prime ‘policy pathways’ that commonly emerge to provide a prospective planning framework within which cities should flourish. These are: ‘Quality of Life’, ‘Competitiveness’, ‘Sustainability’, ‘Connectivity’ and ‘Governance’. The contribution concludes with a realistic review of the most critical ingredients necessary to secure success in establishing both a philosophy and a practice of ‘futures‐oriented’ urban planning. More conjecturally, it reflects on the governance of global space by contemplating a strengthened collaborative alliance between non‐governmental organisations, transnational corporations and major cities of the world superseding the power and influence of nation states. And finally it ends, more poignantly perhaps, with a call and a credo for enlightened city leadership through strategic urban foresight.
Cities of Tomorrow
Five Crucibles of Change
Brandon, Peter S. (editor) / Lombardi, Patrizia (editor) / Shen, Geoffrey Q. (editor) / Ratcliffe, John (author)
2017-03-15
24 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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