In her previous article, Anna Leidreiter showed how 'sustainable' is not enough: we must start to build regenerative cities. Today she describes how the city of Oakland is building the circular metabolic systems required to turn that concept into reality with its zero waste policies.
Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr argue that instead of grandiose schemes like a global senate of mayors, we must concentrate on creating popular demand for city networking, and giving more power and visibility to existing efforts.
Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr survey the landscape of city networks and local government associations and call for some serious bureaucratic Darwinism to cull the overduplication of organisations.
The UK government is abolishing Regional Spatial Strategies, giving greater power to local governments. But with many cross-regional issues remaining, will they be able to fulfil their new roles?
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Anna Leidreiter is Policy Officer - Climate and Energy at the World Future Council Foundation in Hamburg, which aims to place the interests of future…
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