USP2: Urban World Systems

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USP2 Urban World Systems Winter
2005 City-Regions and the Quest for
Integrated Regional Planning    
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The Impacts of Globalization on Cities (The
slides in this presentation were copied
selectively from a larger slide show made
available by the UN-Habitat on their website)
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diaspora   noun 1 (the diaspora) the dispersion
of any people from their traditional homeland.
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The UN-Habitat outlines four dynamic trends in
city-region governance over the past decade

• (1) devolution of power and resources away from
  centralized governments toward local and regional
  governments,
• (2) rising level of citizen participation in
  policy-making,
• (3) emergence of new forms of multi-level
  governance (collaborative arrangements joining
  public, private, and civil society institutions
  in urban problem solving), and
• (4) policy and decision-making structures that
  are more process-driven and territorially based
  (attuned to regional blocs and area-based
  interests) (UN-Habitat 200159-62).

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Progressive Regionalism and planning for
sustainable development
Planning programs at universities can-and
must-raise questions and generate answers about
the structure of our society and about how the
great transformations underway are to be
influenced otherwise, how do we know towards
what are we planning? What are the appropriate
questions in these realms for our day and for the
future, and how are they best raised and
answered? (Harvey Perloff 1981i) Preface
Progressive Regionalism considers the
intersection of local and global forces that
express themselves at the regional level. By
"progressive" we mean an historically-based yet
forward-looking, critical standpoint shared by
people and organizations dedicated to eradicating
root causes of poverty, social injustice/inequity,
and environmental degradation. Included is a
search for alternate forms of governance.
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San Diego-Tijuana City-Region
Sustainability Science New Regionalism Infor
mation Visualization Technology Ethics and
Env. Justice
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• Frontiers of Critical Regional Ecology
• New regionalism/institutionalism
• Sustainability science
• Information science
• Ethics and Culture

(Ethics is the study of standards/systems of
conduct and moral judgment moral philosophy).
Cross-fertilization across these fields is a
vital intellectual and practical task essential
to sustainable development.
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New Regionalism The rise of new regionalism,
Global City-Regions as a unit of
analysis Integrating the what, where, how and
why of sustainable development
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• New Regionalism/ Institutionalism
• Wheeler 2000 defines the new regionalism in
  terms of five features
• a focus on the metropolitan region as the unit of
  analysis and action,
• a renewed emphasis on physical planning, urban
  design, and place,
• a broadened agenda including environmental,
  equity, and livability issues as well as economic
  development,
• a normative, action-oriented approach aimed at
  addressing regional problems, and
• a widened range of research methods including
  qualitative as well as quantitative tools (p.
  1).
• The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
  Development issued a report, State of the Cities
  2000 Megaforces Shaping the Future of the
  Nations Cities with a major recommendation
  stating that the answer to achieving livable
  communities lies in regional cooperation HUD
  2000.
• New Institutionalism Examines the interactive
  relationship of formal and informal sets of
  rules, attitudes, beliefs and expectations in the
  context of public policy, decision-making, and
  civic engagement in development processes.
  ---this brings into play a more sophisticated
  view of governance.

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Drivers of the Metropolitan Regionalism

• A survey by the National Association of Regional
  Councils has found that the number of regional
  efforts is growing in the U.S. A recent report
  by the National Academy of Public Administration
  (NAPA) argues that the renewed interest in
  "thinking regionally" has to do with five current
  challenges
• Developing a workforce preparing and linking
  people with jobs in rapidly growing suburbs.
• Competing economically building world class
  research facilities, transportation systems, and
  supplier networks.
• Quality of life protecting the environment,
  controlling traffic congestion and injuries, and
  preserving safe, healthy communities.
• Paying for growth making wise investments in
  public facilities in growing suburbs.
• Redevelopment revitalizing inner cities and
  first tier suburbs. (cited in Livable Communities
  2000 20-21)

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MISSION STATEMENT As a partnership among federal,
state, local, and U.S. tribal governments, the
mission of the Border 2012 Program is To
protect public health and the environment in the
U.S.-Mexico border region, consistent with the
principles of sustainable development. Border
residents suffer disproportionately from many
environmental health problems, including
water-borne diseases such as hepatitis A and
respiratory problems such as asthma. The elderly
and children are most at risk. Tribal communities
and residents of some unincorporated communities
also are at greater risk because of inadequate or
non-existent water supplies.
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The Borders Committee guiding principles intended
to serve as a framework for policy objectives and
actions

• Our region will pursue fair and equitable
  planning with consideration of interregional
  impacts and will maintain active and honest
  communication with our neighboring counties,
  tribal governments and the Republic of Mexico.
• Our region will promote shared infrastructure,
  efficient transportation systems, integrated
  environmental planning and economic development
  with our neighboring counties, tribal governments
  and the Republic of Mexico.
• Our region recognizes that it is a unique and
  dynamic place to liveone that embraces cultural
  diversity, promotes interregional understanding,
  and benefits from our varied history and
  experience. (Borders Committee web site)

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The U.S.-Mexico border region is shared by two
nations, ten states (four in the U.S. and six in
Mexico), and 64 municipalities (39 in Mexico and
25 in the U.S.). There are 26 U.S. federally
recognized Native American tribes in the border
region, which range from 9 to 17,000 members.
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D.Scott Slocombe (2001) Integration of Physical,
Biological, and Socioeconomic Information. In A
Guidebook to Integrated Ecological Assesments,
edited by Jensen and Bourgeron
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Conceptual Map of the Sustainable Development
Literature

• Four Challenges of Critical Regional Ecology
• Wise stewardship of ecosystems and natural
  capital (environment)
• Adaptable political organization and government
  that fosters social learning and innovation
  (legal-institutional terrain).
• Social justice and equity (socio-cultural milieu)
• Efficiency in systems of production, distribution
  and exchange (economy and technology)

Time present decades
centuries millennia
Regional Ecology
Space local regional
global
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Endogenous development seeks to strengthen a
city-regions relative autonomy through
investment in what Friedmann describes as seven
interrelated resources complexes essential for
sustaining a city-regions long-term ability to
compete globally. These complexes include
Human assets, or all the things that nurture our
ability to grow into healthy and productive human
beings good nutrition, housing and viable
neighborhoods, health care, and
education. Social assets, which is a robust,
self-organizing civil society deeply engaged with
the everyday life of its communities. Cultural
assets, or the regions physical heritage and the
distinctiveness and vibrancy of its cultural
life. Intellectual assets, or the quality of the
regions universities and research institutions
and what Japan calls its living human
treasures, its leading artists, intellectuals,
and scientists who embody the citys creative
powers. Environmental assets, which includes
those qualities of the physical environment that
are essential for sustaining life itself, such as
the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the
capacity of the land to sustain permanent human
settlement. Natural assets, the regions
natural resource endowment, such as land,
landscapes, beaches, forests, fisheries, and
mineral deposits whose use is for production and
enjoyment. Urban assets, commonly referred to as
urban infrastructure, which includes facilities
and equipment for transportation, energy, water
supply, sewage treatment, and solid waste
disposal or, in a more general sense, the built
environment.
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The Regional Workbench Program
Mentors
University
Community / Government
Students
Regional Workbench Program
Community Outreach
Students
Mentors
Link Research To Action
Sustainability Science and Policy Development
Benefits
Industry
Education Innovation and Workforce Development
Industry/University Partnerships
Management Skills
Technical Skills
Quality Research Skills
Provides a Mode of Communication
Web Site
Presents Cutting Edge Research
Links Diverse Databases
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UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements
Programme) (2004). The state of the world's
cities globalization and urban culture.
Sterling, Va., Earthscan Chap. 3. What are the
four dimensions of metropolitanization outlined
in this chapter? (answer spatial,
social/morphological, institutional, and
economic) Be able to describe a few key
highlights of each of these four dimensions. For
example, the institutional dimension concerns the
fact that metropolitan growth has given rise to
an growing number of institutions and
jurisdictions with responsibilities for various
functions of metropolitan governance (p. 54). On
page 61, the report outlines a six-part typology
of recent metropolitan studies. What are the six
categories? (see list below). Be able to briefly
describe each. 1. The restructured metropolitan
economy 2. The globalization of city space 3. The
restructuring of urban form 4. The appearance of
the fractal city 5. Violence and conflict in
metropolitan space 6. Sim cities and the urban
imagination
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• REGIONAL WORKBENCH CONSORTIUM (RWBC)
• http//www.regionalworkbench.org
• Multimedia documentaries and bilingual
  interactive narratives
• http//www.regionalworkbench.org/education/narrati
  ves.php
• Colonia 10 de Mayo, Tijuana, Mexico (2002,
  UCSD-TV 6022 20 min.)
• The Regional Workbench Consortium (2003, UCSD-TV
  7244 28 min.)
• Tijuana River Watershed (2003, bilingual
  narrative)
• Working Papers http//www.regionalworkbench.org/e
  ducation/publications.php
• Keith Pezzoli kpezzoli_at_ucsd.edu