The Inclusive City
The Theory and Practice of Creating Shared Urban Prosperity
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This book provides a conceptual framework for understanding the inclusive city. It clarifies the concept, dimensions and tensions of social and economic inclusion and outlines different forms of exclusion to which inclusion may be an antidote. The authors argue that as inclusion involves a range of inter-group and intra-group tensions, the unifying role of local government is crucial in making inclusion a reality for all, as is also the adoption of an inclusive and collaborative governance style. The book emphasizes the need to shift from citizens’ rights to value creation, thus building a connection with urban economic development. It demonstrates that inclusion is an opportunity to widen the local resource base, create collaborative synergies, and improve conditions for entrepreneurship, which are conducive to the creation of shared urban prosperity.
The book presents illustrative cases of inclusive urban prosperity from prominent cities in Europe and North Americatogether with a few advanced cities in different parts of Asia. It will be a valuable resource for researchers, students and practitioners working in all areas of urban studies and sustainability.
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko is Adjunct professor at Tampere University, Finland. His main research areas include local governance, local economic development and public sector innovations. He has edited several internationally distributed books, including The Political Economy of City Branding (2014) and New Urban Management (2015).
Martin de Jong is Scientific Director of the Erasmus Initiative for the Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity and Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He has published books and a variety of journal articles in the fields of urban and transport infrastructure development and public administration.
This book provides a conceptual framework for understanding the inclusive city. It clarifies the concept, dimensions and tensions of social and economic inclusion and outlines different forms of exclusion to which inclusion may be an antidote. The authors argue that as inclusion involves a range of inter-group and intragroup tensions, the unifying role of local government is crucial in making inclusion a reality for all, as is also the adoption of an inclusive and collaborative governance style. The book emphasizes the need to shift from citizens’ rights to value creation, thus building a connection with urban economic development. It demonstrates that inclusion is an opportunity to widen the local resource base, create collaborative synergies, and improve conditions for entrepreneurship, which are conducive to the creation of shared urban prosperity.
Promotes the concept of the inclusive city Argues for the value of inclusivity in cities and the importance of local government in this endeavor Emphasizes the need to shift from citizens’ rights to value creation to build a connection with urban economic development
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"Putting the 'inclusive city' on the agenda is an urgent task; it prompts us to address multiple exclusions too often encountered across urban areas. As such, this book provides a welcome antidote to the currently dominant technological efficiency of 'smart cities', by shifting the focus instead onto how we might define urban inclusion and encourage new policies and practices in its support."(Simon Joss, Professor of Urban Futures, University of Glasgow, Scotland)
"Inclusive growth is one of the most important ideas in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Cities are the instances in which social and economic inclusion matters most. Martin de Jong and Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, both known scholars in the field of urban planning, have written a most compelling book on inclusive cities. They show that economic inclusion should be given a high priority in the making of an inclusive city."(Shunsuke Managi, Distinguished Professor & Director of the UrbanInstitute at Kyushu University, Japan, and Director of UNEP Inclusive Wealth Report)
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