Global cities: leading the urban agenda

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Global cities leading the urban agenda Ken
Dalton, AECOM CEO, Europe 15 September 2009
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Global cities leading the urban agenda
Proportion of people in cities
¼
1950
½
2008
2/3
2050
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Million cities today
336
336
potential mega-projects, clients
cities worldwide with more than 1 million
residents
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complexity
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Global cities leading the urban agenda
Information technology
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Global cities leading the urban agenda
Environment
Water
Energy
Global Cities, Authorities, Agencies, etc
Information technology
Transportation
Investment funding
Economics, Planning Development
Benefits of an integrated service offering
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• Why global cities?
• Urban issues are critical and common
• Climate change and environmental impacts
• Population growth and increased density
• Congestion and mobility
• Social and economic deprivation
• City leaders need solutions and partners

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Global cities leading the urban agenda

• How should we sell to cities
• Leverage our skills and be recognised as the
  trusted partner
• Strategic thinking backed by practice and
  capabilities
• Technical thought leadership and integrated
  service line approach
• Connect existing relationships projects to
  enhance reputation

Saadiyat Island Cultural District, UAE
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• Measuring sustainability
• Sustainability is an imperative to determine the
  global competitiveness of cities
• City growth needs to achieve sustainable
  economic, social, cultural and environmental
  progress
• Advantageous to adopt a universal urban
  sustainability framework
• Benchmarking identifies shortfalls in triple
  bottom line
• Sustainable measures
• Sustain lane

Sustainable Measures
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Benchmarking
Portland, Oregon Ranked No
1 Los Angeles
Ranked No 28
Sustain lane 2008 data top 50 US companies
according to sustainable measures
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• Summary
• The urban agenda is right in our industry
  sweet spot
• We must rise to the challenge by offering
  thought leadership
  and an integrated
  approach to city politicians and planners
• Our role is to be creative in finding and
  delivering long
  term solutions to
  sustainability, creating a better
  quality
  of life for city inhabitants

National Australia Bank, Melbourne
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Global cities leading the urban agenda Ken
Dalton, AECOM CEO, Europe 15 September 2009