Presentation by Edward Blakely, Professor of Urban Policy, United States Studies Center, University of Sydney, Australia. 9th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance (Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland), 26/27 March 2013. http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/9thfplgmeeting.htm

1. 9th Annual Meeting
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE:
A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR
JOBS AND GROWTH
In co-operation with the EU Presidency, Irish Government and Pobal
26-27 March 2013, Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland
PLENARY SESSION I: A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR JOBS AND GROWTH
Edward Blakely
Professor of Urban Policy, United States Studies Center, University of Sydney, Australia

2. Economic
Development
 Since the appearance of the first edition in 1990, Planning Local
Economic Development has been the foundation for an entire generation
of practitioners and academics working in planning and policy
development. Written by authors with years of academic, regional, and
city planning experience, the book has been used widely in graduate
economic development, urban studies, nonprofit management

3. Evolution of Thinking from 1st to 4th Edition
of Local Economic Development
 1st Edition—the endogenous base

4. 2nd Edition
Focus on Innovative Milieus

5. 3rd Edition
Glocalization

7. The City Region Base for Local
Economic Development

“Cities (city-regions),
furthermore, are fast coming
to function as the basic
motor of the global
economy”.
A. Scott, 2001

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9. A multi-tiered network of regional economies

10. Making Sustainable healthy, Safe
Places—the 4th edition

11. Local Economic
Development Concepts

12. Focus of Economic Development

13. The New People Dimensions for Competitive Cities
Economic Diversity Agglomeration of Amsterdam, Munich, San
reinforcing firms that Francisco with very
collaborate as well diverse industries that
as compete for have domestic and
global market share international exports
Population Muti- High levels of London, Paris and New
culturalism immigration and York with exceptionally
cultural tolerance vital and diverse
with regard to race, populations that attract
national origins and jobs and firms
related factors
Creative/skilled High number of Dublin, North Carolina
Workforce specialized Triangle, Hong Kong,
university educated Bangalore and Singapore
imaginative people in all posses well educated
arts, sciences and workers attractive to
management global capital and firms
disciplines

14. Rationale

Basis and Rationale
Local Economic Development Based on Notion
Resource Differentiation
Indigenous Capacity
Uneven Geography of Opportunity
Social and Spatial inequality

15. Local Space


16. Local Economic
Development as Industry

17. Communities Built for
Factories


18. Local Economic Development as
Rural and Small Town Revitlisation


19. Local Economic Development as
Business and Employment Generation

20. Local Economic Development As
Endowments--Human Skills


21. Inequality is an increasing problem
across the globe and an American
Dilemma


22. Indigenous Capacity


23. Not everyone favors our current
form of economic development


24. Uneven Geography of
Opportunity


25. Social and Spatial
inequality


26. Global-local


27. Ed-Med City Future
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28. The Locus of Economic Development

29. Regional Institutional
Infrastrcuture


30. Urban Revitalisation
Zones
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31. Demography as local
economic resource
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32. Local Economic Plan


33. Local Cultural Economy
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37. Local Landscape as
Economic Resource


38. Creating from Junk
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41. University as
Collaborative Builder
 University to
University relations
 University to key
constituents as verifier
 University to Civic
Leaders as unbiased
actor
 University to
government as honest
broker

42. Innovation Cities
 Belfast United Kingdom
 Bern Switzerland
 Birmingham United Kingdom
 Cannes France
Cardiff United Kingdom
 Coventry United Kingdom
Dublin Ireland
 Gdansk Poland

43. Financing the New Knowledge Precincts
Knowledge Space
Live-work Space
Work-Communi-space

44. New Flex-space


45. Re-tooling and Reconfiguring
Existing Economic Nodes
 Re-use of existing space
•
for the New Economy
• Existing Strip Shopping
areas
• Re-examination of roles
and hierarchies of centres
• Role of New populations in
creating and sustaining
new economic and
commercial activities

46. Understanding Brain
Pool

The region needs to retain 20 - 34 year old population

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49. SUSTAINABILITY
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 Feasibility studies and valuation analysis
 Quarterly workshops, seminars and roundtables.
 Grant applications to National and Local
Foundations.
 Research and Consulting opportunities.
 E-commerce opportunities including extended
learning and web workshops simulcast.

54. City Beauty
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56. Good Healthy
Communities
 Pedestrian-oriented,
mixed use design
 Frequent bus service
 Preservation of mature
shade trees
 Renewable energy
 Recycled building
materials

58. Beautiful Places
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