Europe shows the world what well-run cities look likeĬompared to other parts of the world, Europe is home to many medium-sized cities that are agile, specialised, distinctive and globally recognisable. Here are five core reasons for optimism about the future of Europe’s cities. In fact, these assets make them well equipped for the demands and trade-offs that the next decades are likely to bring. But to observe them as a combined group or ‘system’ from a global perspective, they also have a unique set of compelling endowments that are hard to emulate in other continents. Today Europe’s cities certainly encounter new kinds of challenges that demand more than business-as-usual. This overlooks the ingredients cities require for success over multiple cycles. Some of what is being written about the future of Europe’s cities is the result of a rush to explain the abrupt changes that globalisation and technology elicit.
But are Europe’s cities really poised to lose out?
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