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2024 | Buch

Global Urban Value Chain in History of Human Civilization

Global Urban Competitiveness Report (2020–2021)

verfasst von: Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu

Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

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This study was designed and the book prepared by the National Academy of Economics Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. By applying the indicator system and objective data, it evaluates the competitiveness of 1006 cities around the world in detail, measures the development pattern of global city competitiveness as a whole, and discusses theoretical and practical issues in the development of a global city. The report proposes the key concept of the “global urban value chain” which runs through the history of human civilization. It provides a detailed study of the relationship between urban competition and SDG and analyzes Sustainable Development Goal 11 and typical cases to clarify which cities meet the Sustainable Development Goals. The annual competitiveness report provides a detailed analysis of the economic competitiveness, sustainable competitiveness, and distribution patterns of 9 sub-competitiveness of 1006 cities worldwide.

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Frontmatter

General Report

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Chapter 1. Global Urban Competitiveness Ranking 2020–2021
Abstract
The urban economic competitiveness is a determining force of current and short-term economic performance. The report proposes that in 2020-2021, the top 10 cities in the world in terms of economic competitiveness are New York, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Munich, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Shenzhen and San Jose. The urban sustainable competitiveness is a determining force for long-term urban development. The report proposes that in 2020-2021, the top 10 cities in the world in terms of sustainable competitiveness are Tokyo, Singapore, New York, Hong Kong, London, Paris, San Francisco, Barcelona, Shenzhen and Osaka.
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu
Chapter 2. Global Urban Value Chain in the History of Human Civilization
Abstract
Human civilization is the net value human beings create through interaction in a specific space. Human maximum demand, human physical and intellectual endowments, the law of diminishing returns to scale, and the space and moving cost of resource existence determine that the development of human beings is a process of combination, circulation and iteration of the four factors, namely, the external environment, population, interaction and civilization value.
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu

Themed Report: Urban Competitiveness and SDGs

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Chapter 3. Progress in the Pursuit of Global Urban Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): from the Perspective of Sustainable Urban Competitiveness
Abstract
In rapid urbanization, the sustainable development of cities has become one of the most critical global issues.
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu
Chapter 4. Progress in the Implementation of Global Urban Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11): From the Perspective of Sustainable Urban Competitiveness
Abstract
In the process of rapid urbanization in the world, sustainable development has become one of the most critical global issues. The essential theoretical basis for evaluating and monitoring sustainable development is the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) system, which is also the core content of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (from now on referred to as “2030 Agenda”).
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu
Chapter 5. Case Analysis of Typical Cities with SDGs
Abstract
This chapter is a collection of international case studies contributed by UN-Habitat and relevant experts, covering different cities such as Cape Town, Tshwane, Tokyo, Singapore, Madrid, Mexico City, Stockholm, Nairobi, and Shanghai, focusing on the SDG progress or analysis from a city perspective.
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu

Global Urban Economic Competitiveness Report

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Chapter 6. Global Urban Economic Competitiveness in 2020
Abstract
The top 20 cities by comprehensive economic competitiveness are: New York, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Munich, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Shenzhen, San Jose, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Frankfurt, Boston, Dublin, Vienna, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Hamburg, and Seattle. The sci-tech upstarts broke into top 10 and several well-developed small and medium-sized metropolitan areas vaulted into top 20.
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu
Chapter 7. Analysis of Global Urban Economic Competitiveness in 2020
Abstract
Young talent constitutes the most important element of competitiveness.
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu

Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness Report

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Chapter 8. Manifestation of Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness in 2020
Abstract
The sustainable competitiveness of a city is the decisive force for its long-term development and the key to continuously meeting the increasingly complex and demanding social welfare needs of its residents. Asian cities are seeing an overall advancement in their sustainable competitiveness.
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu
Chapter 9. Interpretation of Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness in 2020
Abstract
Economic vitality (EV) is a key indicator to measure a city’s capacity and potential for economic development, and a critical component of sustainable competitiveness of cities. The indicator comprises the following sub-indicators: ease of doing business, IPR protection, proportion of young workforce, GDP growth rate, and labor productivity.
Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jing Guo, Haidong Xu
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Metadaten
Titel
Global Urban Value Chain in History of Human Civilization
verfasst von
Pengfei Ni
Marco Kamiya
Jing Guo
Haidong Xu
Copyright-Jahr
2024
Verlag
Springer Nature Singapore
Electronic ISBN
978-981-9714-02-5
Print ISBN
978-981-9714-01-8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1402-5