Operationalizing the Urban Nexus: Increasing the productivity of cities and urbanized nations

The increasing centrality of cities in the global economy is part and parcel of the global urbanization process. Both population and economic concentration in urban regions will continue until at least mid-century. As urbanizing nations and city-based corporations each seek to increase their productivity and pursue sustainable development, they will therefore need to fi nd more and more of their solutions in the context of urban development and management.