Abstract
Port cities as hubs for trade and exchange show the extremes of rapid growth and catastrophic decline: they show the complex and interconnected problems of change in urban systems, and the challenge of maintaining local 'sustainable wealth' and prosperity. This suggests a transition from a material-focused (mono-valent) local economic development to a prosperity-focused (multi-valent) local integrated development. This paper sets out a method and framework for working with such problems and responses: the 'synergistic' approach to mapping and design of complex systems. This helps to identify alternative development pathways, looking beyond a linear model, to a more synergistic model based on creative collaboration and shared intelligence. This mapping method for local integrated development is demonstrated with two contrasting examples from the UK: an urban regeneration case from Liverpool: and an urban public health programme from Glasgow.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 362-388 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | International Journal of Global Environmental Issues |
| Volume | 13 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- ports; shipping; environmental change; urban regeneration; public health; sustainable wealth; emergence; complexity; synergistic mapping; port cities; sustainability; economic development; creativity; collaboration; shared intelligence; local integrated development; UK; United Kingdom; Liverpool; Glasgow.
