What kind of global city? Circulating policies for ‘slum’ upgrading in the making of world-class Buenos Aires

Bertelli, Lucrecia

doi:10.1177/0308518x21996356

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“…With regard to our second research question—RQ2: What factors determine the potential success of such models and public‐private partnerships?—we assume that today's cities must be understood as settings where key issues emerge and new knowledge is co‐created by different stakeholders via inclusive, participatory governance approaches (Bertelli, 2021). In the case of #eCity‐Sevilla we observe that some PPP models may offer an effective governance framework for growing problem‐solving capabilities and joint value creation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Smart innovations for sustainable cities: Insights from a public‐private innovation ecosystem

Cambra‐Fierro,

López‐Pérez,

Melero‐Polo

et al. 2023

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Over‐urbanization poses important challenges—both for citizen well‐being and quality of life, and for the sustainability of our planet. Traffic, accidents and pollution are just a few of the problems facing people living in cities. The need arises, then, to foster sustainable urban planning and management using, among other elements, smart solutions. In such a context, we would do well to reflect on effective economic, social, and environmental policies aimed at achieving sustainable cities and high quality of life for urban inhabitants. This article presents the most relevant aspects of the #eCity‐Sevilla project, a successful case of a sustainable public‐private innovation ecosystem. To this end, we take the Quintuple Helix Model as our reference, with a view to identify project stakeholders and better understand their relationships and objectives. Our data derives from secondary sources as well as from a set of in‐depth interviews with key informants. In the final section, the main theoretical and practical implications of our study are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart innovations for sustainable cities: Insights from a public‐private innovation ecosystem

Cambra‐Fierro,

López‐Pérez,

Melero‐Polo

et al. 2023

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“…In other words, so-called "global cities" are particularly set to participate in the networks. These cities are characterized by their economic importance and centrality, political influence, cultural diversity and international appeal and are centers of connectivity, advanced infrastructure and technological innovation (Sassen, 1995; How megacities are changing the map of the world, 2016; Bertelli, 2021). Seoul is considered a global city or "superstar city" (Koelemaij, Taveirne and Derudder, 2023) because it meets all key characteristics of these terms.…”

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City Networks as Tools of City Diplomacy – the Case of Seoul

Kamiński¹,

Matiaszczyk²

2023

OBIC Book Series

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Confronting global challenges and wanting to make profits out of globalization, cities are becoming more active in global politics. They conduct city diplomacy, establishing bilateral connections with “sister cities” or through transnational city networks. In this context, the behavior of so-called global cities is fascinating because they have enough resources to be very influential on the world stage. The capital city of South Korea is one of these global cities. Seoul positions itself as a global player that is actively involved in many regions around the world. The Seoul Metropolitan Government aims to enhance its status in the international community as a global city by engaging in city networks, hosting its headquarters, and trying to influence other members of organizations. The phenomenon of using a city network as an instrument in the city public diplomacy toolbox has never been described within literature. This paper’s main aim is to conceptualize the instrumental use of a city network by a global city to promote its interests. We will analyze the case of Seoul, a member of 25 different city networks. Two of them, CityNet and World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO), have headquarters in the South Korean capital city and are used as tools in Seoul’s public diplomacy. Based on interviews with city officials and networks officers, we will try to reconstruct the model of dependencies between the city and the networks it hosts. It will lead to answering the question of how the global city can use the network as a tool of its diplomacy. This paper will contribute to the academic discussion on city diplomacy instruments and help understand the internal policy-making process inside city networks that determine their actions in international relations.

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“…Here we define best practices as the policies, programs, interventions, and projects that trigger policy changes in different cities from which they originally emerged (Macmillen and Stead, 2014;Montero, 2017). While there is an increasing body of literature critically exploring the role of best practices in Latin American cities (Bertelli, 2021;Whitney, 2022a;Jajamovich, 2016;Lederman, 2020), less has been said about the institutional structures, or the local agencies, that have been responsible for their local adoption. Here we call these local agencies best practice agencies (BPAs) and explore how they have been inspired by similar agencies in other cities around the world.…”

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Fast-track institutionalization: The opening of urban planning best practice agencies in Mexico City

Whitney

López-García

2022

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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The article explores the related concepts of best practice agencies (BPAs) and fast-track institutionalization. We define BPAs as agencies that have been inspired by international trends in urban governance, often opened within local urban contexts to implement urban planning best practice policies and programs. Importantly, we argue that BPAs often go through processes of “fast-track institutionalization”, meaning that in an attempt by mayors to showcase their effectiveness to their constituents, the institutionalization of BPAs is deemphasized. Through exploring two BPAs in Mexico City, namely the Laboratorio para la Ciudad (LabCDMX) and the Autoridad del Espacio Público (AEP), we illustrate how each BPA bypassed the capacity-building and public action processes required to build consensus on their importance within city government. We then suggest that fast-track institutionalization is one aspect that can eventually contribute to the closure of BPAs. We conclude by exploring how BPAs have created a site of contention between best practice adoption and local processes of institutionalization, eroding their ability to implement their mandates over the short and long-term.

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What kind of global city? Circulating policies for ‘slum’ upgrading in the making of world-class Buenos Aires

Cited by 16 publications

References 53 publications

Smart innovations for sustainable cities: Insights from a public‐private innovation ecosystem

Smart innovations for sustainable cities: Insights from a public‐private innovation ecosystem

City Networks as Tools of City Diplomacy – the Case of Seoul

Fast-track institutionalization: The opening of urban planning best practice agencies in Mexico City

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