The second line of research consisted in drawing up a typology of cities on the basis of their social and cultural characteristics, inherent weaknesses and strengths (geographical conditions, financial resources, and political and institutional capacities). We drew up a global picture of the external forces acting in favor of or against the sustainable development of urban territories throughout the world, taking account of demographic, environmental, social, technological, geo-political, economic and geographical trends. "The initial focus of the Tractebel study focused on global trends by identifying more than 100 drivers of change in the multiple dimensions that characterize contemporary cities.
View the study “Cities 2030: what will cities look like in 2030?”Ĭharles-Edouard Delpierre, General Manager Urban, explains how the study was conducted. The “historical city” typology, is more particularly confronted with the risk of an aging population and, in another regard, with a dependence on mass tourism, which makes it economically fragile as soon as a public health crisis is declared. In such conditions, it is difficult to follow directives given in a pandemic such as Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the lack of access to basic infrastructures such as water and roads. “Mega cities”, for instance, show weaknesses with regard to healthcare infrastructure. Nine urban profiles were established: global city, knowledge city, cultural city, industrial city, resort city, historical city, administrative city, mega city and local city.
The study provides a wealth of information, projections and analyses to help define a future strategy for the next decade.Ĭarried out before the public health crisis, it has taken on even more relevant today through its exploration of ways of building resilience in the face of the risks of pandemics. The study maps key trends in the world’s cities, describing societies and the risks they face in their many dimensions – demographic, environmental, economic, geo-political, social, technological and spatial. ENGIE asked the Urban experts from Tractebel, the world leader in sustainable and carbon-neutral development project engineering and part of the Group, to chart the global urban landscape for 2030 so that it can better anticipate the solutions of tomorrow.
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