Transcript Eurocities EDF, Glasgow. City Competitiveness: Investment

Openness and the EU Cities.
OpenCities Conference.
Greg Clark
February 2008
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An Urban and Metropolitan World
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Globalisation and the knowledge economy have
repositioned metropolitan regions as drivers of national
economies:
2025: 75% of world population will
live in cities/metropolitan areas
2025: 17 of world’s 25 largest cities will be in
coastal regions in Asia
1925: 25% of world population lived in
cities
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Reinvented
International
capitals
Hubs
Knowledge
hubs
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Established
capitals
GDP per capita compared to country
average = 100
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Specialised Poles
Research
centres
Modern
industrial
centres
Regional
Poles
Satellite
Regional market
towns
centres
Regional public
service centres
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National service
hubs
Visitor centres
Gateways
Transformation
poles
De-industrialised cities
250000
350000
Population in core city
500000 1000000 2000000
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Medium term measures of City
success?
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Connectivity and space to grow.
Quality of Life and Place (eg Urban Design).
Skills of labour force.
Innovation and Creativity
Entrepreneurship.
Industrial structure.
Cost base of cities.
Transparency of business environment.
Identity and Brand Building.
Ability to implement strategic change.
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Longer term measures of city success?
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Power of the City Identity and Brand.
Location and Access to growing markets.
Role of city in International Trade.
Power of influence of language and regulatory/legal systems.
Depth of artistic, architectural and cultural endowment.
City leadership.
Success in adjusting to shocks and luck in being on the right side of
conflicts.
Investment in the city from all sources (including higher tiers of
government).
Sustainability in terms of climate and environmental sensitivity.
Openness to International Populations.
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Core issues
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Knowledge economy, globalisation, connectivity and conflict are all
drivers of human mobility.
Cities are the junction boxes.
Cities within same national frameworks have different appeal for
international populations.
Understanding national factors and local factors is key.
Cities have different and distinctive roles and futures. Different kinds of
cities.
Cities have different tools and powers.
City leadership is key.
Integration and successful settlement may be key to longer term
attractiveness.
Peer review and learning together is key methodology.
Europe has lessons fro rest of world and can also learn from elsewhere.
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The competitive advantage of diversity
for regions and localities.
Quality of life for knowledge economy.
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Richer visitor experience.
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Spur to creativity and innovation.
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Openness to wider markets, populations, and
customers.
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Trade and exchanges with international
markets
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Levels of entrepreneurship and aspiration.
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Better corporate relations.
viii. Attractive ness for international
investments/events
Serve the global market from one location!
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8 factors and 40 measures of Open-ness?
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Economic factors:
Population, Employment, Enterprise, Skills &
Qualifications.
Regulatory factors:
Citizenship, Welfare, Health, Housing, social inclusion.
Cultural factors:
Civic organisations, mixed marriages, creative
expressions, media, food.
Amenity factors:
Signage/information, language, education, retail, and
neighbourhood mixity.
Connectivity/Accessibility factors:
Ports and Gateways, digital access, public transport, city
centres.
Internationalisation factors: International populations, business, events, institutions,
visitors, and students.
Risk factors:
Crime, security, disasters, deportation, racism and
xenophobia.
Leadership factors:
Diversity strategy, brand and belonging, voting and
representation, active projects.
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Framework for city growth
Global economy and
Macro-economic
framework
Markets
Feedback effects
Economic growth performance
Productivity
Drivers
Innovation
& creativity
Business
environment
& investment
Industrial
structure
Educational
and research
base
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Use of
resources
Business
ownership & mgt
Land and
physical
infrastructure
Population
Human
capital
Social/ cultural
infrastructure &
quality of life
Pre-conditions
Environ
mgt
Connectivity
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Ecological
base
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Governance
structure
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Diagnosing Open-ness of a place?
Maximum
Open-ness
Economic
Diagnosis
Leadership
Regulation
Explicit strategy
Risk
Cultural
Internationalistion
Achievement
Amenity
Connectivity
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Example?
Euroville
Open-ness
Economic
Diagnosis
Leadership
Regulation
Explicit strategy
Risk
Cultural
Internationalistion
Achievement
Amenity
Connectivity
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What have we done?
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Preliminary paper. Concept of Openness.
Background report: EU Cities and
Immigration.
Case studies.
Working Notes.
Seminar Reports.
Photographic project.
City Indexes: towards an Openness Index.
Recruitment of cities.
Ways to involve other bodies.
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What will we do?
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Develop the network and its work – seeking
partnership with EU.
Test the concept of openness further.
Diagnosing and measuring openness.
Local action plans for cities.
Role of city leaders.
An openness index or kitemark.
A world wide project.
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