Cities and Crisis
Cities and Crisis by Josef W. Konvitz, published by Manchester University Press in 2016, offers a thorough examination of the role cities play in the context of the global economic crisis. This edition spans 291 pages and is presented in English. The book analyzes the changes and continuities in urban economies since 1990, focusing on the need for a city-centered strategy to enhance urban productivity while addressing deficits in innovation and infrastructure investment.
Readers will find a detailed exploration of the challenges cities face, including the increasing frequency and severity of crises related to the environment, health, and economy. Konvitz argues for radical reforms to improve urban economic performance and mitigate the impacts of urban disasters. The book draws on various reports from the OECD to highlight recent trends and risks, making it a valuable resource for those interested in urban studies, public policy, and the lessons learned from the 2008 crisis. It is also suitable for classroom use in related fields, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities.
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Cities have been missing from analyses of the global economic crisis and debates about how to generate a sustainable recovery. Cities and crisis provides a fresh assessment of what has changed since 1990 and what has not, of policy assumptions about urban economies, and of lessons of experience.
A city-centred strategy to lift urban productivity must reduce deficits of urban innovation and of infrastructure investment: the new limits to growth. The outlook of more frequent and more costly crises to come – environmental, health, and even economic – makes these deficits more alarming. Yet governments seem incapable of setting out a vision for the future of cities. Things may get worse before they get better.
We may need radical reforms to get practical solutions to improve urban economic performance and to reduce the impact of urban disasters and crises: our major challenges. Putting cities at the centre of policy will challenge how governments, structured by sectors and levels, work. Paradigm shifts in economic governance have been undertaken successfully in the past; we are just out of practice.
Drawing on dozens of reports from the OECD to illuminate recent trends, emerging risks and initiatives to improve decision-making, Cities and crisis is about the future, starting where we are. This book is essential for anyone interested in the lessons of the 2008 crisis for the future of cities in the twenty-first century, and is suitable for classroom use in politics, urban studies, development and business.
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11, Sustainable cities and communities
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