Four Perspectives on European World Cities

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Four Perspectives on European World
Cities Peter Newman University of Westminster,
London, UK
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• European World City-Regions
• an EU perspective
• the European World City in the world of cities
• the challenge for World City Networks

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Europes World Cities? Peter Halls European
World Cities 1966 London Paris Randstad
Holland Rhine Ruhr - Moscow John Friedmann -
Alpha and Beta World Cities London Paris
Frankfurt Milan Zurich Brussels Madrid
Moscow Polynet - mega city regions (advanced
producer services) North West Europe
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London World City-Region
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Paris World City-Region?
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European Spatial Planning
city-region networks trans-European transport
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World City Network Peter Taylor
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business connectivity city networks global
business class
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World City Policy Network?
heavy institutional deficit Jan-Erik Lane
World Bank / IMF / UN continual conflict
lack of ownership / capacity /accountability
diverse levels of cooperation
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City Benchmarking Regional Networks Global
Networks
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city networks as hybrid institutions ngo
government - legitimacy of collective
action

• European leadership?
• London is well placed to help the world adapt.
  I am committed to making London a world leader in
  tackling climate change.
• Happy, green,clean,safe. And pioneering on the
  whole environmental agenda, taking that stuff
  seriously, making London the centre of the new
  global green revolution. Boris Johnson, Mayor of
  London