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Interconnected responses for interconnected problems: synergistic pathways for sustainable wealth in port cities

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Port cities as hubs for trade and exchange show the extremes of rapid growth and catastrophic decline: they show the complex and interconnected problems of change in urban systems, and the challenge of maintaining local 'sustainable wealth' and prosperity. This suggests a transition from a material-focused (mono-valent) local economic development to a prosperity-focused (multi-valent) local integrated development. This paper sets out a method and framework for working with such problems and responses: the 'synergistic' approach to mapping and design of complex systems. This helps to identify alternative development pathways, looking beyond a linear model, to a more synergistic model based on creative collaboration and shared intelligence. This mapping method for local integrated development is demonstrated with two contrasting examples from the UK: an urban regeneration case from Liverpool: and an urban public health programme from Glasgow.

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  • Joe Ravetz, 2014. "Interconnected responses for interconnected problems: synergistic pathways for sustainable wealth in port cities," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 13(2/3/4), pages 362-388.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgenv:v:13:y:2014:i:2/3/4:p:362-388
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    1. Ying Zheng & Jingzhu Zhao & Guofan Shao, 2020. "Port City Sustainability: A Review of Its Research Trends," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-17, October.

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