Global Urban Competitiveness Ranking -- Global Urban Value Chain in History of Human Civilization -- Themed Report: Urban Competitiveness and SDGs -- Progress in the Pursuit of Global Urban Sustainable Development Goals -- From the Perspective of Sustainable Urban Competitiveness -- Progress in...

Urbanization is a defining trait of the 21st century, and cities are decisive for the future of sustainable development. This has been recognized internationally through the definition of a stand-alone goal for sustainable urban development, the SDG 11. Cities represent extremely serious...

This book contributes to the empirical and theoretical analysis of the performance of cities in a globalizing world, bringing together a range of perspectives on the policy implications for urban management. It provides guidance for policymakers on ways of capitalizing on the global economy that...

Today the concept of sustainable development has been adopted as a basis for promoting development at all levels of territorial organisation. While generally worked out for the global level, this conception has also attained a local dimension, after the local Agenda 21 had been drawn up at the...