Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward
This report is an initiative of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the science and knowledge service of the European Commission (EC), and supported by the Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). It highlights drivers shaping the urban future, identifying both the key challenges cities will have to address and the strengths they can capitalise on to proactively build their desired futures. The main aim of this report is to raise open questions and steer discussions on what the future of cities can, and should be, both within the science and policymaker communities. While addressing mainly European cities, examples from other world regions are also given since many challenges and solutions have a global relevance. The report is particularly novel in two ways. First, it was developed in an inclusive manner – close collaboration with the EC’s Community of Practice on Cities (CoP-CITIES) provided insights from the broader research community and city networks, including individual municipalities, as well as Commission services and international organisations. It was also extensively reviewed by an Editorial Board. Secondly, the report is supported by an online ‘living’ platform which will host future updates, including additional analyses, discussions, case studies, comments and interactive maps that go beyond the scope of the current version of the report. Steered by the JRC, the platform will offer a permanent virtual space to the research, practice and policymaking community for sharing and accumulating knowledge on the future of cities. This report is produced in the framework of the EC Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies and is part of a wider series of flagship Science for Policy reports by the JRC, investigating future perspectives concerning Artificial Intelligence, the Future of Road Transport, Resilience, Cybersecurity and Fairness
Interactive online platform : https://urban.jrc.ec.europa.eu/thefutureofcities
ALBERTI Valentina;
ALONSO RAPOSO Maria;
ATTARDO Carmelo;
AUTERI Davide;
RIBEIRO BARRANCO Ricardo;
BATISTA E SILVA Filipe;
BENCZUR Peter;
BERTOLDI Paolo;
BONO Flavio;
BUSSOLARI Ioris;
LOURO CALDEIRA Sandra;
CARLSSON Johan;
CHRISTIDIS Panayotis;
CHRISTODOULOU Aris;
CIUFFO Biagio;
CORRADO Sara;
FIORETTI Carlotta;
GALASSI Maria Cristina;
GALBUSERA Luca;
GAWLIK Bernd;
GIUSTI Francesco;
GOMEZ PRIETO Javier;
GROSSO Monica;
MARTINHO GUIMARAES PIRES PEREIRA Angela;
JACOBS Christiaan;
KAVALOV Boyan;
KOMPIL Mert;
KUCAS Andrius;
KONA Albana;
LAVALLE Carlo;
LEIP Adrian;
LYONS Lorcan;
MANCA Anna Rita;
MELCHIORRI Michele;
MONFORTI-FERRARIO Fabio;
MONTALTO Valentina;
MORTARA Barbara;
NATALE Fabrizio;
PANELLA Francesco;
PASI Giulio;
PERPIÑA CASTILLO Carolina;
PERTOLDI Martina;
PISONI Enrico;
ROQUE MENDES POLVORA Alexandre;
RAINOLDI Alessandro;
REMBGES Diana;
RISSOLA Gabriel Julio;
SALA Serenella;
SCHADE Sven;
SERRA Natalia;
SPIRITO Laura;
TSAKALIDIS Anastasios;
SCHIAVINA Marcello;
TINTORI Guido;
VACCARI Lorenzino;
VANDYCK Toon;
VANHAM Davy;
VAN HEERDEN Sjoerdje;
VAN NOORDT Colin;
VESPE Michele;
VETTERS Nadja;
VILAHUR CHIARAVIGLIO Nadia;
VIZCAINO Maria Pilar;
VON ESTORFF Ulrik;
ZULIAN Grazia;
VANDECASTEELE Ine;
BARANZELLI Claudia;
SIRAGUSA Alice;
AURAMBOUT Jean Philippe;
2019-06-12
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC116711
978-92-76-03847-4 (online),
978-92-76-03848-1 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 29752 EN,
OP KJ-NA-29752-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-29752-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC116711,
10.2760/375209 (online),
10.2760/364135 (print),
