scholarly journals Planning Dhaka as a Global City: A Critical Discourse

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
AKM Abul Kalam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Global City ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Quality Life ◽  
Functional Efficiency ◽  
The City

Cities and city regions are practically observed to be the engines of economic growth in the age of globalization. Cities and their regions thus diversely play important roles in national and international contexts. City provides opportunities for economic growth and development and quality life for its population and services to its outside areas, sometimes exceeding the national boundaries. Globalization has, however, created both opportunities and threats for the survival of cities. To become an active partner in the process of globalization, cities with their regional economic strengths require preparing them with their potentials and removing weaknesses. As a capital city, Dhaka has potentials for becoming a global city with its geopolitical location and economic prospects. It has political and administrative advantages in the national context and scope for utilizing the benefits of urban economics, especially agglomerations, concentration of labor and financial institutions, and business services. The physical growth of the city is, however, associated with many-faceted problems which has to be addressed in its planning and development processes in order to bring functional efficiency of a modern city. The city must be developed in a planned manner to benefit from global market and international investment. The research recommends that Dhaka and its city region should overcome the current weaknesses to utilize its full potential to attract businesses and investments in the future. Dhaka’s physical development and economic growth management must be considered together in order to becoming a global city playing dynamic role in the global market in future.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbip.v2i0.9552Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners Vol. 2, December 2009, pp. 1-12

scholarly journals Efektifitas Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB) di Kota Bekasi Dalam Mengatasi COVID-19 dengan Model Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
Rahmadya Trias Handayanto ◽  
Herlawati Herlawati
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Sir Model ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Spread Rate ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Abstract   To overcome the COVID-19 outbreak, the government did not carry out the lockdown policy (regional quarantine policy) but implemented the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) policy. Starting from the capital city of Jakarta, this policy was followed by other regions. Bekasi City as a buffer zone of Jakarta immediately implemented the PSBB policy since this area is close to Jakarta and is feared to be affected by the Jakarta region which is a red zone with almost half of Indonesian COVID-19 cases are in the Jakarta area. Many people do not agree with the PSBB, but in order to keep the economic growth as well as to overcome the outbreak, the government does not adopt a regional quarantine policy. To determine the effectiveness of PSBB in the city of Bekasi, this study tried to use the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model to measure the spread rate of COVID-19. The results showed a decrease in the number of infected cases with beta and gamma were 0.071 and 0.05, respectively, and the epidemic was predicted to end in June 2020.   Keywords: coronavirus, epidemic, pandemic, regional quarantine policy, Bekasi City   Abstrak   Dalam mengatasi wabah COVID-19, pemerintah tidak melakukan karantina wilayah (lock down) tetap menggunakan kebijakan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB). Dimulai dari ibukota Jakarta, kebijakan ini diikuti oleh wilayah lainnya. Kota Bekasi sebagai wilayah penyangga Jakarta segera menerapkan kebijakan PSBB mengingat wilayah ini berdekatan dengan Jakarta dan dikhawatirkan terpengaruh dengan kota Jakarta yang merupakan zona merah dengan hamper separuh kasus COVID-19 ada di wilayah Jakarta. Banyak pihak yang mendukung dan juga kurang setuju dengan PSBB, namun agar perekonomian tetap berjalan dan wabah dapat diatasi, pemerintah tidak mengambil kebijakan karantina wilayah. Untuk mengetahui efektifitas PSBB di kota Bekasi, penelitian ini mencoba menggunakan model Susceptible-Infected-Recoverd (SIR) untuk mengukur laju penyebaran COVID-19. Hasilnya menunjukan adanya laju penurunan kasus terinfeksi dengan beta dan gamma beruturut-turut sebesar 0,071 dan 0,05 dan diprediksi akan berakhir di bulan Juni 2020.   Kata kunci: virus corona, epidemik, pandemik, karantina wilayah, Bekasi City

Segmenting the city: McDonald’s, the Metro, and the mobilization of the middle classes underground

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 1313-1331
Author(s):  
Bruce O’Neill
Keyword(s):  
Urban Life ◽  
Capital City ◽  
The European Union ◽  
City Center ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Global Brands ◽  
Global Leader ◽  
Deep Underground ◽  
The City

Following Romania’s accession into the European Union (EU) in 2007, a wave of foreign direct investment quickly transformed its capital city, Bucharest, into a global leader in business services. With this new economy came new middle classes whose turn toward auto-mobility materially overwhelmed the city center. To preserve the quality and character of the city, urban planners and bureaucrats proposed to “mobilize” the middle classes underground by incorporating global brands, such as McDonald’s, inside Metro stations. This essay details these ongoing efforts to segment vertically the city above from the city belowground, professional elites from the middle classes, through an analysis of the staged materiality of two McDonald’s restaurants located one beneath the other. How and to what effect, this essay asks, is the urban underground staged to mobilize the middle classes? This is a historical and ethnographic line of inquiry taken from Bucharest that resonates with cities the world over, where the demands of development have pushed cities not just upwards into the sky, and outwards toward the periphery, but also deep underground in ways that vertically segment the experience of urban life.

scholarly journals Global Cities and the Ends of Globalism

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
World Order ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Global City ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Market Society ◽  
Global Form ◽  
Political Economic

Abstract The global city has been both a product and driver of contemporary globalization. But today the global city is under threat from at least two directions. Firstly, despite their astonishing economic growth over the last four decades, they have become deeply divided and polarized in ways that threaten the integrity of the urban fabric. The second source of threat comes from the weakening of liberal world order. This article argues that global cities are at a point of crisis, because they embody an unstable form of global market society. In order to survive in a ‘global’ form, they will need to evolve by repurposing some of the political, economic and governance capacities that they have been developing over the last four decades. The article asks: what capacities and capabilities have global cities generated, and how might they be reoriented in the creation of alternative global city futures?

Teritoriální marketing jako faktor regionálního rozvoje na příkladu města Curych

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Herbočková
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
City Council ◽  
Primary Reason ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Territorial Marketing ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
The City

The article introduces the concept of territorial marketing and its reflection in the attractiveness of Zurich territory. Even though the process of globalization brings benefits, it also challenges the small territories to compete in the global market. Regarding regional development, the concept helps to maximize the level of the attractiveness of the city, thus economic growth. In general, territorial marketing strategies are quite successful in innovative regions, as well as cities. The primary reason for choosing such a city is precisely its innovative potential and strategy, as the city council effectively works with elements of territorial marketing and develops its territory sustainably. The article aims to analyze the relevance of the concept in the city of Zurich, applying the method of secondary data analysis. Zurich is a representative city that the implementation of the concept of territorial marketing may increase the attractiveness of the territory. The city council works effectively with important segments and knows its preferences. It uses local entrepreneurs, employees and residents, visitors, potential investors, and international companies to identify its target groups. The city's priorities are the development and cooperation of local entities, innovative activities, and attractiveness for potential external investors, which brings opportunities to the city.

Regional determinants in the development of the Lviv startup ecosystem

2019 ◽  
pp. 74-86
Author(s):  
Marianna Kokhan ◽  
Anastasiya Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Global Market ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Corporate Universities ◽  
Regional Leadership ◽  
Focus Strategy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The article considers the concept of startups and ecosystems of startup development. It investigates the innovativeness ratings of countries and regional ecosystems of startups and the factors influencing the successful development of startups. The article considers the ranking of the best regional startup ecosystems in the world. It covers the experience of the leading regions, whose effectiveness is driven by attention to financing, networking, expanding access to markets, attracting and nurturing talents, accumulating experience and scientific development. Particular attention is given to the impact of the specialization and effectiveness of the regional focus strategy. Based on the methodology and results of the Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2019, authors have empirically investigated the startup ecosystem of the Lviv city. Authors described and systemized the startups operating in the city, the elements, and dynamics of the urban startup infrastructure. The preconditions for successful development of startups - financing, talents, experience, connectedness, access to markets - have been identified. The effectiveness of the activity of city authorities, the local policy of promoting the startup environment development - documents, measures and results – have been investigated. The main factors of Lviv’s regional leadership in the development of digital startups in Ukraine are: the dynamic development of the IT industry, the development of digital competencies and the concentration of talent in leading universities, the development of corporate universities and innovative infrastructure, the development of infrastructure and comfort in the city. For the development of the Lviv startup ecosystem, it is recommended to focus the efforts on further accumulation and transfer of experience, retention of talents, improvement of technology transfer systems, focusing on areas of exclusive competence while expanding access to finance and the global market.

Global Justice at the Municipal Scale

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fonna Forman ◽  
Teddy Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Global City ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
A Site ◽  
The City

Cities or municipalities are often the most immediate institutional facilitators of global justice. Thus, it is important for cosmopolitans and other theorists interested in global justice to consider the importance of the correspondence between global theories and local actions. In this chapter, the authors explore the role that municipalities can play in interpreting and executing principles of global justice. They offer a way of thinking about the cosmopolitan or global city not as a gentrified and commodified urban space, but as a site of local governance consistent with egalitarian cosmopolitan moral aims. They work to show some ways in which the city of Medellín, Colombia, has taken significant steps in that direction. The chapter focuses especially on how it did so and how it might serve as a model in some important ways for the transformation of other cities globally in a direction more consistent with egalitarian cosmopolitanism.

scholarly journals Urban Policies and Large Projects in Central City Areas: The Example of Madrid (Spain)

Urban Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Dolores Brandis García
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Central City ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Urban Policies ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The City

Since the late 20th century major, European cities have exhibited large projects driven by neoliberal urban planning policies whose aim is to enhance their position on the global market. By locating these projects in central city areas, they also heighten and reinforce their privileged situation within the city as a whole, thus contributing to deepening the centre–periphery rift. The starting point for this study is the significance and scope of large projects in metropolitan cities’ urban planning agendas since the final decade of the 20th century. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the correlation between the various opposing conservative and progressive urban policies, and the projects put forward, for the city of Madrid. A study of documentary sources and the strategies deployed by public and private agents are interpreted in the light of a process during which the city has had a succession of alternating governments defending opposing urban development models. This analysis allows us to conclude that the predominant large-scale projects proposed under conservative policies have contributed to deepening the centre–periphery rift appreciated in the city.

scholarly journals A New Integrated Approach for Municipal Landfill Siting Based on Urban Physical Growth Prediction: A Case Study Mashhad Metropolis in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 949
Author(s):  
Salman Qureshi ◽  
Saman Nadizadeh Shorabeh ◽  
Najmeh Neysani Samany ◽  
Foad Minaei ◽  
Mehdi Homaee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Markov Chain Method ◽  
Physical Expansion ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
The City

Due to irregular and uncontrolled expansion of cities in developing countries, currently operational landfill sites cannot be used in the long-term, as people will be living in proximity to these sites and be exposed to unhygienic circumstances. Hence, this study aims at proposing an integrated approach for determining suitable locations for landfills while considering their physical expansion. The proposed approach utilizes the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) to weigh the sets of identified landfill location criteria. Furthermore, the weighted linear combination (WLC) approach was applied for the elicitation of the proper primary locations. Finally, the support vector machine (SVM) and cellular automation-based Markov chain method were used to predict urban growth. To demonstrate the applicability of the developed approach, it was applied to a case study, namely the city of Mashhad in Iran, where suitable sites for landfills were identified considering the urban growth in different geographical directions for this city by 2048. The proposed approach could be of use for policymakers, urban planners, and other decision-makers to minimize uncertainty arising from long-term resource allocation.

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