supporting cities to transition
Lessons Learnt from the AECOM Global Cities Institute
/ The institute draws on AECOM’s fully integrated planning, design engineering and management capabilities, to help make cities better.
/ The institute draws on AECOM’s fully integrated planning, design engineering and management capabilities, to help make cities better. / Our city teams bring together a wide range of disciplines: from architects and environmental planners, to transport engineers and development economists, to advance urban progress.
/ The institute draws on AECOM’s fully integrated planning, design engineering and management capabilities, to help make cities better. / Our city teams bring together a wide range of disciplines: from architects and environmental planners, to transport engineers and development economists, to advance urban progress. / The AECOM Global Cities Institute partners with cities to diagnose their most pressing issues, bringing together the best expertise in a multi-disciplinary laboratory that goes beyond traditional practice.
recent partners
recent partners
/ Smarter Density / Making the most of every drop – Tonghui River
/ Connected Working / Connected Urban Form / Connected Transport
/ Transportation funding / Knowledge Infrastructure / Trade and investment diversity
the process PARTNERING: COMMON GROUND
RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION
Identifying key issues for growth, change and a ‘better’ city
Probing, testing and challenging the key issues Using local and international experience Exploring worlds best practice
PRESENTING KEY FINDINGS
INDUSTRY LEADERS FORUMS
What does the city need to do to attain best practice and become a ‘better’ city?
Bringing key decision makers together to debate the way forward
Publishing key findings
case study: auckland Aspiration: The most liveable city in the world Challenges: Meeting housing demand, creating a people-centred land transport system and changing the low-skill, low-wage economy. Strategy: One Vision & One Plan Positives: Stunning natural environment and consistently in world’s top 10 of most liveable cities
case study: auckland
the transitional and transformational city state / Understanding and capturing opportunity
/ City must be smarter in the way it encourages public and private sector partnerships
/ Clear and deliverable vision and action priorities / Creating the conditions to sustain a competitive economic advantage / Productivity growth / No room for indecision, tardiness and she’ll be right attitude
real transformation / Changing the continuum of projecting the past in to the future / Moving to a high-value economy / Embracing innovation and targeting investment / Quality, compact growth via a portfolio of solutions / Improved integration of transport and land use
connectedness Connected transport, connected people & connected businesses
connectedness Connected transport, connected people & connected businesses
confidence through credibility / Providing confidence to the market is critical / A high wealth, high skills economy needs innovation and investment / Identify and deliver a plan of programmes which are committed, credible and create transformational change / Create opportunities for unified governance and a comprehensive plan to drive actions / Attract and retain people with creative, technological and innovative skills.
conclusions: lessons learnt / Partnering is essential
conclusions: lessons learnt / Partnering is essential / Probing & Testing Urban Aspirations
conclusions: lessons learnt / Partnering is essential / Probing & Testing Urban Aspirations / Delivering Confidence
supporting cities to transition
Lessons Learnt from the AECOM Global Cities Institute
supporting cities to transition
Lessons Learnt from the AECOM Global Cities Institute