Resilient Townsville Business Models. Pathways to New Community Paradigms: A Map for Direct Democracy and Systems Thinking. This blog consistently repeats itself, making a point of connecting to and building up from previously established material.
This time some of the material used to assert concepts presented in the last post will be used again but from a different perspective. This series of blog posts, inspired by the STW/STiA Systems Thinking Certification course, has approached the material from a number of different angles and perspectives which invariably overlap. Working, as an individual, to study systems - segments 1-4.Working as an individual (consultant) with a group - segments 5-8.Working as a member of a group or community on systemic inquiry (Virtual Systemic Inquiry if Web 2.0 is heavily depended upon) - segment 9 pts 1.
In this post we continue moving closer to: Global - working as an integral part of a larger network or community - segment 9 pts 2 & 3, segments 10 & 11 and finally Certification. The second reinforcing loop is "R2 Working with Systems Thinking". Where the White People Live — The Atlantic. Last summer, the Michigan town of Grosse Pointe Park erected a farmer's market in the middle of one of the few remaining streets that allowed cars to pass between the tony suburb and the urban Detroit neighborhoods at its border.
It was the latest of many attempts by Grosse Pointe Park residents to close off roads and block traffic between what has become a predominantly white, affluent suburb, and its poorer, urban neighbor. There were protests about the border, and Grosse Pointe Park later said it would tear down the farmer's market and re-open the road, but the incident speaks volumes to the segregation that exists in Detroit, and the tensions that can grow as a result. Racially concentrated areas of affluence, by the researchers' definition, are census tracts where 90 percent or more of the population is white and the median income is at least four times the federal poverty level, adjusted for the cost of living in each city.
Cities such as St. Measuring_More_Vibrant_Communities.pdf. Organising a bottom-up strategy process in a smart city: The Digital Agenda Vienna. The City of Vienna is one of the most liveable cities on this planet, aims to stay in this league and wants to become even smarter over time.
This demands – amongst many other things – sound structures that support the increasing digitisation of the economy and society, involve citizens in decision making, improve the business location, and foster efficient and pleasant dealings between the City administration, citizens, enterprises and other stakeholders. These are precisely the challenges for the Digital Agenda Vienna (DAW) – a strategy to be developed by the magistrate of the City of Vienna.
See their smart city strategy. To live up to these challenges, it was decided to design a process that strongly involves citizens in the deliberations and decisions on the future course of the City of Vienna. Figure 1: The Digital Agenda Vienna process Users took up the opportunity to bring in ideas that would shape the digital agenda of the City. The process so far was very smooth and rewarding. Measuring_More_Vibrant_Communities.pdf. How to make a city great. What makes a great city?
It is a pressing question because by 2030, 5 billion people—60 percent of the world’s population—will live in cities, compared with 3.6 billion today, turbocharging the world’s economic growth. Leaders in developing nations must cope with urbanization on an unprecedented scale, while those in developed ones wrestle with aging infrastructures and stretched budgets.
All are fighting to secure or maintain the competitiveness of their cities and the livelihoods of the people who live in them. And all are aware of the environmental legacy they will leave if they fail to find more sustainable, resource-efficient ways of managing these cities. To understand the core processes and benchmarks that can transform cities into superior places to live and work, McKinsey developed and analyzed a comprehensive database of urban economic, social, and environmental performance indicators. They achieve smart growth. Mayors are only too aware that their tenure will be limited.