Leading Cities: A Global Review of City Leadership
About this ebook
Arguing that effective leadership is not just something created by an individual, Elizabeth Rapoport, Michele Acuto and Leonora Grcheva focus on three elements of city leadership: leaders, the structures and institutions that underpin them, and the tools used to drive change. Each of these elements are examined in turn, as are the major urban policy issues that leaders confront today on the ground. The book also takes a deep dive into one particular example of tool or instrument of city leadership – the strategic urban plan.
Leading Cities provides a much-needed overview and introduction to the theory and practice of city leadership, and a starting point for future research on, and evaluation of, city leadership and its practice around the world.
About the author
Elizabeth Rapoport is an urban planner and researcher, and Director of Research and Advisory Services for the Urban Land Institute, Europe.
Michele Acuto is Professor of Global Urban Politics and Director of the Connected Cities Lab in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne.
Leonora Grcheva is a community engagement and participation expert with UK company Soundings, leading public consultation on large scale planning projects. She has previously worked for the UN-Habitat Urban Planning and Design Lab in Nairobi.
