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State of the World's Cities 2012/2013 - Prosperity of Cities (Paperback, New)
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State of the World's Cities 2012/2013 - Prosperity of Cities (Paperback, New)
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The city is the home of prosperity. It is the place where human
beings find satisfaction of basic needs and access to essential
public goods. The city is also where ambitions, aspirations and
other material and immaterial aspects of life are realized,
providing contentment and happiness. It is a locus at which the
prospects of prosperity and individual and collective well-being
can be increased. However, when prosperity is restricted to some
groups, when it is used to pursue specific interests, or when it is
a justification for financial gains for the few to the detriment of
the majority, the city becomes the arena where the right to shared
prosperity is claimed and fought for. As people in the latter part
of 2011 gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in Madrid's Puerta del
Sol, in front of London's St Paul's cathedral, or in New York's
Zuccotti Park, they were not only demanding more equality and
inclusion; they were also expressing the need for prosperity to be
shared across all segments of society. What this new edition of
State of the World's Cities shows is that prosperity for all has
been compromised by a narrow focus on economic growth. UN-Habitat
suggests a fresh approach to prosperity beyond the solely economic
emphasis, including other vital dimensions such as quality of life,
adequate infrastructures, equity and environmental sustainability.
The Report proposes a new tool - the City Prosperity Index -
together with a conceptual matrix, the Wheel of Prosperity, both of
which are meant to assist decision makers to design clear policy
interventions. The Report advocates for the need of cities to
enhance the public realm, expand public goods and consolidate
rights to the 'commons' for all as a way to expand prosperity. This
comes in response to the observed trend of enclosing or restricting
these goods and commons in enclaves of prosperity, or depleting
them through unsustainable use. The Report maps out major policy
steps to promote a new type of city - the city of the twenty-first
century - that is a 'good', people-centred city. One that is
capable of integrating the tangible and more intangible aspects of
prosperity, and in the process shedding off the inefficient,
unsustainable forms and functionalities of the city of the previous
century. By doing this, UN-Habitat plays a pivotal role in ensuring
that urban planning, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks
become instruments of prosperity and well-being.
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