Presentation by Edward Blakely, Professor of Urban Policy, United States Studies Center, University of Sydney, Australia.
9th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance (Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland), 26/27 March 2013.
http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/9thfplgmeeting.htm
Edward Blakely - The new connection between people and place
1. 9th Annual Meeting
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE:
A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR
JOBS AND GROWTH
In co-operation with the EU Presidency, Irish Government and Pobal
26-27 March 2013, Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland
PLENARY SESSION I: A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR JOBS AND GROWTH
Edward Blakely
Professor of Urban Policy, United States Studies Center, University of Sydney, Australia
2. Economic
Development
Since the appearance of the first edition in 1990, Planning Local
Economic Development has been the foundation for an entire generation
of practitioners and academics working in planning and policy
development. Written by authors with years of academic, regional, and
city planning experience, the book has been used widely in graduate
economic development, urban studies, nonprofit management
3. Evolution of Thinking from 1st to 4th Edition
of Local Economic Development
1st Edition—the endogenous base
7. The City Region Base for Local
Economic Development
“Cities (city-regions),
furthermore, are fast coming
to function as the basic
motor of the global
economy”.
A. Scott, 2001
13. The New People Dimensions for Competitive Cities
Economic Diversity Agglomeration of Amsterdam, Munich, San
reinforcing firms that Francisco with very
collaborate as well diverse industries that
as compete for have domestic and
global market share international exports
Population Muti- High levels of London, Paris and New
culturalism immigration and York with exceptionally
cultural tolerance vital and diverse
with regard to race, populations that attract
national origins and jobs and firms
related factors
Creative/skilled High number of Dublin, North Carolina
Workforce specialized Triangle, Hong Kong,
university educated Bangalore and Singapore
imaginative people in all posses well educated
arts, sciences and workers attractive to
management global capital and firms
disciplines
14. Rationale
Basis and Rationale
Local Economic Development Based on Notion
Resource Differentiation
Indigenous Capacity
Uneven Geography of Opportunity
Social and Spatial inequality
41. University as
Collaborative Builder
University to
University relations
University to key
constituents as verifier
University to Civic
Leaders as unbiased
actor
University to
government as honest
broker
42. Innovation Cities
Belfast United Kingdom
Bern Switzerland
Birmingham United Kingdom
Cannes France
Cardiff United Kingdom
Coventry United Kingdom
Dublin Ireland
Gdansk Poland
43. Financing the New Knowledge Precincts
Knowledge Space
Live-work Space
Work-Communi-space
45. Re-tooling and Reconfiguring
Existing Economic Nodes
Re-use of existing space
•
for the New Economy
• Existing Strip Shopping
areas
• Re-examination of roles
and hierarchies of centres
• Role of New populations in
creating and sustaining
new economic and
commercial activities
46. Understanding Brain
Pool
The region needs to retain 20 - 34 year old population
49. SUSTAINABILITY
Feasibility studies and valuation analysis
Quarterly workshops, seminars and roundtables.
Grant applications to National and Local
Foundations.
Research and Consulting opportunities.
E-commerce opportunities including extended
learning and web workshops simulcast.
56. Good Healthy
Communities
Pedestrian-oriented,
mixed use design
Frequent bus service
Preservation of mature
shade trees
Renewable energy
Recycled building
materials