TRIUMPH OF THE CITY

* Glaesers basic argument is city is to be celebrated principally for the value

added that it creates

*Cities are centres of innovation and ideas for both , the densities of cities and
their harnessing of propinquity that is critical

*Urban densities provides clearest path from poverty to prosperity.

*The city may win but the citizens loose too often

*Mumbai, Kolkata, &Bangalore boost not only India’s economy but also its mood.

*innovation spread person to person across cities

* 20th century America didn’t belong to the skyscraper’s it belonged to the Car.

*Car based city causes environmental problems

*Ideas move from person to person in dense urban spaces, this exchange often
creates MIRACLES OF HUMAN CREATIVITY

NEW YORK

1.America’s Super-port: When America moved to hub and spoke shipping systems
NY became the natural hub

2. The cities position was only strengthened when canals made Manhattan the
end of a great water arc, that cut through the mid-west and all the way to new
Orleans

3. SHIPPING WAS NEW YORKS ECONOMIC ANCHOR

4. People worked in manufacturing industries

5. Economic decline due to globalisation

6. IDEA of producing ENTREPENEURS who can scour the earth in search of PROFIT

7. Stopped new building activity making it harder to afford

8. Cities are absence of physical space between the people and the companies

9.The success of a city depends upon the demand for physical connection

10. They are gateway between markets and culture, and a nation’s GENIUS is
expressed in them.

11. A city must create productivity advantage that offset the cost of living

12. Cities speed innovation by connecting their smart inhabitants to each other.

13. The City will lift 800,000 New Yorkers out of poverty or near poverty by
2025. We will do this by fighting to raise the minimum wage, and launching
high-impact initiatives to support education and job growth. We will seek to
reduce premature mortality by 25 percent by 2040 by ensuring that all New
Yorkers have access to physical and mental healthcare services and
addressing hazards in our homes.

We will expand Family Justice Centres to help victims of domestic violence.

We will promote the citywide integration of government services,
information, and community data.

FLORENCE

1. Artistic genius during the Florentine renaissance began when Brunelleschi

figured out the geometry of linear perspective, he passed his knowledge to
Donatello who brought innovation in his paintings

2. The artistic innnovations of Florence were glorious side effects of urban

concentration that cities wealth came from more PROSIAS PURSUITS eg, cloth
making
3. We must not ignore the needs of poor people who live in the rust belt, but
public Policy should help poor people not poor places.

JAPAN

1. The xenophobic Japanese policy of concentrating all foreigners in one spot

made it easier for the Japanese to seek western knowledge quickly.

2. By mixing the Eastern knowledge of herbs and western knowledge of

chemicals, Japan went 40 years ahead in its medicine from Europe.

DETROIT

1. Extravagant success of fords big idea destroyed the buzzing behive of small
scale interconnected inventors

2. Age of industrial city is over in the west.

MEXICO

Challenges:

Aging Infrastructure

Environmental Degradation

Rainfall Flooding

Water Insecurity

Inadequate Public Transportation System

Inadequate Sanitation System

Uncontrolled Urban Development

Pillars:

Foster Regional Coordination

- Maintaining a regional view and coordination

at all levels are key to building resilience, especially on priorities such as water
and integrated mobility management.

In the vision of this pillar, Megalopolis and the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of
Mexico (ZMVM) work together

under a regional institutional framework on key issues to drive a common agenda

and ensure shared responsibility in building resilience.

Promote Water Resilience

- as a new paradigm to manage water resilience as a new paradigm to manage

water in the Mexico basin

In the case of extreme rainfall events, ponding and floods may affect City
operations, such as the mobility network.

The vision for this pillar is that water in the Mexico Basin is handled under the
Comprehensive Management of City Water Resources (GIRHU),

Plan for Urban & Regionl Resilience

- The vision for this pillar is that CDMX citizens have equal access to urban
amenities, housing,

green areas, and public spaces, and that improvements in the environment and

mitigation of risks occur through a sustainable management of natural resources.

Improve mobility through an integrated, safe and sustainable system

- priority to public transportation over private vehicles and provides a safe urban
environment for pedestrians and

bicyclists. In this vision, innovative transportation projects, technologies, and the

smart use of data validate the benefits of

improving mobility via an integrated, safe, and sustainable mobility system while
discouraging the use of cars.

Develop Innovation and Adptive Capacity

- To build resilience, innovative processes and tools must be developed that

enable government and various social

and economic sectors to be aware of and understand their vulnerabilities and

reduce the risks they face, particularly with respect to climate change.
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AMMAN

1. As a city that has grown rapidly and adapted to accommodate large migrant
populations throughout its history, we are already familiar with the concept of
resilience

2. But as other pressures such as climate change, lack of economic diversity, and
resource constraints increase, they are now facing new challenges

3. The comprehensive five pillar strategy aims to address all aspects of life and the
needs of the city

The pillars:

1. AN INTEGRATED AND SMART CITY

*smart mass transport network/systems

*We want to take advantage of our weather to promote walking for all,
especially the most vulnerable in society. This will link with our cultural assets,
adventure tourism, and the digital economy for the youth.
*We aim to make digital technologies integral to the city's processes to inform
an integrated approach to city planning, service delivery and decision making but
also to boost our digital economy and create employment opportunities. We aim to
mobilize our citizens, youth and businesses to be part of a Smarter Amman.

2. AN ENVIRONMENTALLY PROACTIVE CITY

*New approaches to energy generation are needed to help move to a safe and
sustainable low carbon economy and increase energy security.
*To accommodate increasing resource scarcity, climate change impacts, increasing
population, and poor economic development, the city must look to clean and
efficient energy resources and green solutions.
*Water scarcity is amongst Jordan's most critical issues. To control
water consumption, at present, water is delivered only once a week to citizens and
businesses. Demand is also intensifying due to the increasing needs of those
displaced by Syria’s civil war. The Red -Dead Canal is expected to be operational by
2022, helping to bridge the gap between our current water resource and demand.

*Water scarcity is amongst Jordan's most critical issues. To control

water consumption, at present, water is delivered only once a week to citizens and
businesses. Demand is also intensifying due to the increasing needs of those
displaced by Syria’s civil war. The Red -Dead Canal is expected to be operational by
2022, helping to bridge the gap between our current water resource and demand.

3.AN INNOVATIVE AND PROSPEROUS CITY

we need to limit brain drain and have a greater emphasis on knowledge-

based economy to provide better employment opportunities for highly educated
citizens including the youth and migrants.

We want to support entrepreneurs using the municipal assets and network to

allow them to transform their ideas into viable businesses.

We want to empower the home makers and working women and give them
incentives to participate in Amman's workforce.

4.A YOUNG AND EQUAL CITY

build an inclusive and empowered youth community who are engaged in key
city issues, and involved in decision-making and governance to create the leaders of
tomorrow.

We need to inspire and celebrate an engaged and culturally diverse

youth population. This goal will capitalize on our youth's potential and ensure young
people have the opportunities they need to learn, work together and build a strong,
resilient future city. This goal focuses on youth empowerment, awareness and
cross-sector networking.

A UNITED AND PROUD CITY

Amman has a proud history of cultural diversity but lacks a strong

outwardfacing brand. This goal aims to celebrate our heritage and
diversity, strengthen the social fabric of the city, and bring people together around
a united understanding of what it is to be Ammani. This goal also promotes justice,
equality, and citizenship.

Bridge the gap between Amman's institutions and the citizens. Engage people in
decision-making through dialog, transparency, and equality for both genders
ATHENS

AN OPEN CITY

Data driven policy making is the only way to avoid duplication, maximize the use of
our resources, respond to our city's critical needs, know what to prioritize, keep
people connected, creative and satisfi ed with their work.

Athens will foster collaboration and engagement. The City of Athens has
managed to survive the recent socioeconomic crisis by forging collaborations among
the public, private and civic sectors. This is an increasingly important aspect of city
governance and it is absolutely crucial in forging city resilience.

In order to foster resilience, the existing and proposed initiatives have to be

streamlined, upscaled and replicated. Assessing and evaluating their impact will be a
significant step towards a robust and integrated city fabric.

A GREEN CITY

It needs a culture change to understand, support, and promote its green and blue
infrastructures.

The city has been struggling with, keeping its public spaces clean, free of "noise"
and pollution. This important "quality of life" issue is a crucial indicator of
effectiveness and accountability. Developing a forward looking and data driven
waste management plan is among the top most priorities of our city's resilience.

An "open city" is a city that listens to its people. Athens has been trying to create
structures of participatory governance, built on bottom-up informed policy making.