It is a tool – one that helps a group of cities get to their goal.” Soo-Jin Kim, Head of Urban Policies and Reviews Unit, OECD We are in the middle of the century of cities – the hundred years of accelerated urbanisation that is creating a predominantly urban planet. [...] In this factsheet, four key benefits of the multi-city region are explored: • Long run productivity • Improved growth management • Optimisation of resources • Influence, reach and brand The importance of each benefit varies between multi-city regions, depending on the kind of growth pressures they face and their international status. [...] - Increased productivity Long run - Larger labour and consumer markets productivity - Economic diversification - Improved appeal and viability of smaller centres Improved - Distribution of jobs and opportunity growth management - Easier and more sustainable travel Optimisation - Cost savings and economies of scale of resources - Coordinated environmental planning - Asset resilience - Unified and c. [...] Multi-city regions provide within the region can generate more robust an opportunity for scale in sectors that rely on approaches to protection of land and forests, combining physical and conceptual activities, oceans and soil. [...] Small cities can achieve advantages of scale, from sharing transport amazing results in terms of economic infrastructure, enabling more robust housing development, social integration and markets and supporting the development of environmental sustainability.” offices, science and technology parks.
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