Leading Cities
A Global Review of City Leadership
by Elizabeth Rapoport, Michele Acuto, Leonora Grcheva
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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. 
Book Description
Leading Cities is a global review of the state of city leadership and urban governance today. Drawing on research into 202 cities in 100 countries, the book provides a broad, international evidence base grounded in the experiences of all types of cities. It offers a scholarly but also practical assessment of how cities are led, what challenges their leaders face, and the ways in which this leadership is increasingly connected to global affairs.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.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download Leading Cities ebook for free in PDF format (13.7 MB).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction: a time for city leadership
Chapter 2
Exploring city leadership: catalysts of action
Chapter 3
The shape of leadership: actors and structures
Chapter 4
Setting priorities: leadership between global and local
Chapter 5
Setting directions: leadership and strategic urban plans
Chapter 6
Conclusions: a search for better city leadership
Book Details
Title
Leading Cities
Publisher
UCL Press
Published
2019
Pages
142
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13
9781787355477
ISBN10
1787355470
ISBN13 Digital
9781787355453
ISBN10 Digital
1787355454
PDF Size
13.7 MB
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