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Dossier
Why Global Cities Matter
Tobia Zevi
| 06 November 2018
Global cities play an increasingly important role at the global and regional level: From Asia to Africa, from South and North America to Europe, large urban centers enjoy significant competitive advantages and serve as primary nodes in the globalized economic system. They interact with states and other international actors, pursue objectives that are often intertwined with global economic agendas, and are crucial to questions related to climate change, mobility and migration, technological innovation, economic development and infrastructure. At the same time, global cities dramatically display the challenges posed by social inequalities and exclusion. What impact do global cities have on these issues, and what impact do these issues have on them in turn? Do global cities and their global networks only play an economic role, or can they also be considered as international actors from a political standpoint? What does the future hold for urbanization trends and for the global role of cities? The first Dossier of ISPI’s new Desk on Global Cities tries to answer these questions.
Global Cities as a Challenge for the 21st Century
Tobia Zevi
ISPI
An Exciting Urban Age
Edward Glaeser
Harvard and Manhattan Institute
From Rhetoric to Politics: Can Cities Gain Influence upon Global Agendas?
Agustí Fernández de Losada
Global Cities Programme, CIDOB
Climate Change: Unleashing the Geopolitical Power of Cities
Francesco Causone
Polytechnic University of Milan
Towards a "Senseable City": Technology, Trial and Error to Make a City Really "Smart"
Carlo Ratti
MIT and CRA Architecture Firm
Smart Cities for a Sustainable Development
Laura Frigenti
IDAS Institute, KPMG
Cities and Migration in Europe: All Integration is Local
Matteo Villa
ISPI
The International Debate on Sustainable Urban Development
Luigi De Chiara
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

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Milan: A Flywheel to Revive Urban Regeneration in Italy
Roy Nash
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The Dutch Lesson: No One Size Fits All Model for Urban Renewal
Marco Lanna
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How Can EU Recovery Funds Boost Urban Regeneration? The Case of Spain and Portugal
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Urban Inequality in France: When Public Investment is not Enough
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Tobia Zevi
ISPI Associate Research Fellow - Global Cities Desk

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