City Innovation in a Time of Crisis

Edited by Peter Karl Kresl, Charles P. Vaughan Professor of Economics Emeritus, Bucknell University, US

Contents
1 The post-global city: revisiting and reimagining the competitiveness and livability of primary central city centers 1
Edward J Blakely and Richard Hu
2 What must city leaders do to revitalize their city? 14
Peter Karl Kresl
3 Public transport in African cities: addressing the deficit for sustainable development 29
Winnie Mitullalh
4 Revitalization of middle-income cities in Mexico during the pandemic: the case of Mérida, Yucatán, and the city of Oaxaca 44
Clemente Ruiz Durán
5 The impact and recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic: Developing livable cities with high quality of life in Hong Kong 67
Jianfa Shen
6 Urban leadership after COVID-19: developing new forms of work 83
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
7 Inclusive cities and energy transitions: insights from the post-industrial city of Rotterdam 100
Erwin van Tuijl, Martin de Jong and Leo van den Berg
8 Smart infrastructure hub meetup: cities as innovation spaces 117
Kelvin Willoughby and Peter Karl Kresl
9 Co-production approach to ecosystem based adaptation and urban green infrastructure efficiency in metropolitan city-regions of India 139
Shaleen Singhal and Meenakshi Kumar
10 Regional characteristics in crisis management among 127 universities during the Covid-19 period: an analysis of 207 cases from the WURI ranking (2021–2023) 162
Hyunjee Hannah Kim, Min-kyung Sung, Manfred Kirchgeorg and Dong-sung Cho
11 Are cities losing their competitive edge due to overtourism and touristification? The case of Naples’ historic centre 184
Sabrina Sgambati
12 Definition of territorial patterns in the urban system of Mexico leading to diverse challenges for local government, 1900–2020 200
Isela Orihuela and Jaime Sobrino
13 Post-pandemic urban revival: lessons from South Florida’s downtowns 226
John L. Renne