This document discusses the relationship between public space, productivity, and local economic development. It notes that at the macro level, factors like infrastructure, logistics, and urban expansion influence competitiveness and production. At the micro level, mobility, city logistics, informality, and traffic affect productivity. Policies regarding land value, planning, financing, and urban form also impact economic development. The document argues that improving local economic development requires both extending markets through globalization and urbanization, as well as facilitating market growth through optimized city layouts, connections, and logistics that increase productivity.

1. PUBLIC SPACE, PRODUCTIVITY AND
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Turin, Italy – 13th – 16th Oct 2015 UN HABITAT Urban Economy Branch
Marco Kamiya: Unit Leader, Economy and Finance
UN HABITAT: Urban Economy Branch / Planning and Design Branch

2. ARG
BOL
BRA
CHL
COL
CRI
DOM
ECU
GTM
JAM
MEX
PER
URY
-10000
-8000
-6000
-4000
-2000
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
OECD Other countries Latin America
Logistics performance not explained by GDP per capita
EXPYnotexplainedbyGDPpercapita
Logistic and Economic Performance
Source: OECD, Latin American Economic Outlook 2014

3. MACRO view of Logistics and Space

4. PUBLIC SPACE GENERATE VALUE
• Easier Accessibility to plots and buildings
• Increased Mobility
• Facilitate network of Basic Services
• Private sector needs good logistics
MICRO View of Logistics and Space

5. Spatial Layout and Mobility
Source: World Bank,
http://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/making-
urbanization-work-africa-0
Distance to Jobs in Nairobi, Kenya. 60 minutes radius
8%
14%
People who walk
only can access 8%
of jobs
People who take a
“matatu” (minibus)
only can access 14%
of jobs

7. Spatial Layout and Accessibility

8. Spatial Layout and Accessibility

9. 9
Spatial Layout and Time
The City you design will stay for at least 150 years
Source: World Bank (2010).
Infrastructure Built and Inertia to Change

10. The Three Pronged
Approach
Productivity =
Good Urban Planning
+ Succesful
Implementation of
Plans (Legal
Framework and
Municipal Finance)
Integrated Approach to Sustainable Development

11. UN-HABITAT: Maps of Urban Expansion, 200 cities project
Source: New York University, UN-HABITAT project
Arterial Maps of Valledupar, Colombia
Planning Exercise in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
200 cities world project of Urban Expansion

12. UN-HABITAT: Global Programme on Public Space and Toolkits
12
http://www.urbangateway.org/publicspace

13. …Macro Factors:
• Infrastructure and geography
• Logistics for competitiveness
• Urban expansion and cities
• Integration and increased scale for
production …
…Micro Factors:
• Mobility of people
• City logistics for Production
• Informality and public layout
• Traffic and productivity
• Local and regional roads and highways …
…Policies factors:
• Land value and city finance
• Planning for the future
• Local assess and endogenous income
• Urban form and flexible planning …
Local Economic Development =  Globalization +  Urbanization
Local Economic
Development improves
when markets are
extended. Market growth
is facilitated by City
Layout (Public Space) and
Logistics (Connections),
then:

14. PUBLIC SPACE, PRODUCTIVITY AND
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
UN HABITAT
Urban Economy Branch / Planning and Design Branch
Marco Kamiya
marco.kamiya@unhabitat.org