REsolutions, a four-year international programme, offers an invitation to all urban actors to Rethink Economic solutions that operationalize sustainable, efficient, and resilient local development.
 

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Basic information on Metropolis

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- The Metropolis Initiatives kick off - Take the Initiative!

- Metropolis Initiative “Agile Cities” at the Rio Summit on Service Innovation in Cities

- Take the Initiative! First meeting of the Metropolis Initiative on Metropolitan Governance

- Metropolis Initiative on Climate Change meeting at ICLEI World Congress in Belo Horizonte

- Barcelona establishes the public/private basis to roll out Smart Cities

- Metropolis and the Kreanta Foundation sign agreement to work together on the Cátedra Medellin-Barcelona initiative

- Calendar of events

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- Countdown to the Metropolis World Congress (Porto Alegre, 23-26 November 2011)

- 1st Metropolis Asian Women's Network Forum (Seoul)

- Jean-Paul Huchon candidate for a new term as President of Metropolis

- Appointment of the new Acting Secretary General of Metropolis

- Global city network Metropolis engaging with Urban India

- Calendar of events

Report presenting the results of Commission 1: Ecological Region for the period 2009-2011.

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- Introduction
- Commission activities
- Open spaces: peri-urban agriculture, water, biodiversity and food security
- Cities and climate change
- Recommendations

Report presenting the results of Commission 3: Integrated Urban Governance for the period 2009-2011.

Content:

- The approach: what is Integrated Urban Governance?
- Benefits and costs of Integrated Urban Governance
- Public participation
- Political and organisational arrangements
- Enabling Integrated Urban Governance: political and administrative framework for policy integration
- Organising integrated projects: tools and instruments
 

Report presenting the results of Commission 5: Partnership for Urban Innovation for the period 2009-2011.
Content:
- Introduction and Objectives of the commission
- Activities
- Processes and transmission of urban innovations
- Specific alliances for urban innovation in cities

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- Outcomes of the Metropolis Board of Directors meeting, Moscow 21-24 May 2009
- Launch of the Global Fund for Cities Development
- II Metropolis International Women’s Network Forum
- Commission Meetings and International Activities
- New Members
- Calendar of Events

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This publication sets out some of the innovative technology and sustainability actions from Metropolis member cities, the Connected Urban Development partner cities and other progressive cities worldwide. These provide an insightful and inspiring benchmark of best practices towards Smart+Connected Communities. These signify the emergence of an urban services platform approach towards the role of technology in the sustainable development of cities. The following information from Metropolis and Cisco forms an important contribution towards a blueprint of economic, environmental and socially sustainable best practices, technology platforms and methodologies that can be implemented as a reference by other cities around the globe.

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- Outcomes of the Metropolis Board of Directors meeting, Moscow 21-24 May 2009
- Partnership for Urban Innovation Launch Meeting
- Metropolis Website Redesign
- Forthcoming Commission Meetings and International Activities
- New Members
- Calendar of Events

Study prepared by Commission 5: Partnership for Urban Innovation, in collaboration with the firm CISCO, targeted at the analysis, via an extensive survey, of strategies and initiatives for urban sustainability in cities from around the world. Includes an urban innovation appendix.

Introduction by Chris Johnson
Chinese Cities in Contemporary Globalisation by Peter Taylor and Michael Hoyler
Urbanisation in China: Causes and Consequences by Eric Heikkila
Three City Regions in China by CB Richard Ellis
Mega-City Region Development in the Greater Pearl River Delta by Anthony Yeh and Jiang Xu
The Chinese Urban Age by Richard Hu
Shanghai's Waterfront by Richard Marshall

Introduction by Chris Johnson
Cities in Today's Global Age by Saskia Sassen  
World City Network by Peter Taylor
Physical Connection: Airline Networks by Ben Derudder & Frank Witlox
Virtual Connection: Information Networks and Cities by Johnathan Rutherford
Global Knowledge Networks by Michael Hoyler and Heike Jons
D_City: Networking the Data Modelling Revolution by Davina Jackson
 

III Metropolis Awards:
-  First Prize: Berlin. Neighborhood Mothers
-  Second Prize: Canton. Conservation Plan for the Historical District of Xin He Pu
-  Third Prize: Belo Horizonte. Vila Viva Program. Aglomerado da Serra
-  Special Mention: Porto Alegre. Vila dos Papeleiros – Santa Terezinha
-  Other projects presented

Basic document for the meeting of Commission 4: Urban Mobility Management, addressing commercial transport and related matters. It presents the problems observed, a number of solutions adopted and the results obtained through different good practices.

Commission goals and activities

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-  Conclusions of the Last Metropolis Board of Directors Meeting held in Antananarivo from 17 to 19 September 2007  
-  Summary of Commissions 2, 3 and 5 Meetings
-  International Activities and Meetings
-  Calendar of Events

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-  Summary of the Metropolis Extraordinary Board of Directors Meeting
-  Biography of the New President
-  Metropolis World Report
-  Cities Bank
-  Appointments
-  Calendar of Events

Metropolis organized a technical training workshop in September 2007 that was principally targeted at African member cities of Commission 3: Comprehensive Neighborhood Regeneration, interested in comprehensive regeneration projects of informal or precarious neighborhoods, in which diverse experts presented the cases of Antananarivo, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Río de Janeiro,

Content:

• Planning and urban-development experiences of precarious neighborhoods
• Comprehensive regeneration project of the neighborhoods of Andavanamba and Anosibe (Antananarivo)
• Metropolitan environmental problems with regard to water-bearing springs: The Case of São Paulo
• Vila Viva. Aglomerado de la Sierra Program and Structural Interventions
• Favela-bairro program in the city of Río de Janeiro

Basic information on Metropolis

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-  Board of directors of Metropolis Meeting in Toronto
-  Commission 3 and Commission 6 Meetings
-  Study on Metropolitan Regions
-  Launch of the new Action Plan 2006-2008
-  International Activities and Meetings
-  Appointments

Results of the Metropolis research project on the world’s main metropolitan regions to identify the forms of institutional organization and the system of government of the world’s leading metropolitan regions. Includes a selection of 16 Metropolis member cities.

III Metropolis Awards:
-  First Prize: Antananarivo. Redevelopment of the Districts in the Southwest of the Capital
-  Second Prize: Seoul. Reform of the Bus System
-  Third Prize: Alexandria. Solid Urban Waste Comprehensive Management Project
-  Special Mention: Berlin. Energy Saving Agreement in Berlin
-  Special Mention: Brasilia. Samambaia: An Example of a Human Settlement
-  Special Mention: Montreal. Quartier International
-  Other projects presented

Commission 4 Report, centered on urban mobility management, which addresses the debate over six thematic areas of urban transport: Mobility and Urban Development – Mobility and Social Cohesion – Environmental Impact – Urban Transport Financing – Urban Transport of Goods Management – Mobility Planning and Public Participation.
Includes numerous good practices from cities in the Metropolis network and a complete bibliography with information on the thematic areas and cities addressed.
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By commission from the Metropolis Secretariat General, the Evolution of Institutions Observatory at Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University carried out a comparative study on the governance of large cities. The chosen cities were Barcelona, Buenos Aires, London, Montreal, Mexico City, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Seoul.

Project manager: Dr. Enric Argullol i Murgadas

Summary: I. Metropolitan Phenomenon and Institutional Response – II. Relations and Tensions – III. Organizational Options – IV. Metropolitan Powers – V. Organization of the Territory – VI. Financial Aspects – VII Final Considerations

Commemorative publication on the 20th anniversary of Metropolis.

Content: 1. Metropolis: History and Activities of the Organization – 2. A World of Metropolises: History of the Metropolises; Current Trends and Prospects – 3. Metropolitan Problems and Challenges: Governance; Impact of Major Events on City Development; Mobility; Environment; Poverty and Housing; Employment – 4. Appendix: Metropolis Members.

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Document that sets out the results of a questionnaire carried out with 15 Metropolis member cities on the following matters: 1. Conditions – Traffic Framework of Development – 2. Basic Indicators – 3. Principal Traffic Problems – 4. Transport Policy Objectives – 5. Is There a Strategic Approach to Planning? – 6. Good Practices – 7. Proposals for the Exchange of Experiences
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Report presenting the results of Commission 4: The Information Society and the City, as part of the Metropolis Congress in Seoul 2002.
 

Report presenting the results of Commission 2: Urban Poverty Reduction Strategies, as part of the Metropolis Congress in Seoul 2002.
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