How can city governments achieve better results with the same resources? In the face of rapid urbanisation, environmental challenges and other pressures, working with partners can transform a city.
Through a series of case studies, this booklet looks at how innovative partnership models can boost a city’s competitiveness, sustainability and liveability. We begin with Singapore, which consolidated all aspects of water management under a single entity to try to ‘close the water loop’—a case of partnership across traditional governmental and disciplinary silos. Next, we spotlight a successful 10-year regeneration partnership between the local government and the private sector in North East Lincolnshire, UK. Finally, we examine how public utilities, a local bank, and the community came together to establish a Carbon Bank system in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, in their efforts against climate change. Based on research by the Centre for Liveable Cities and its partners, these studies highlight the transformative impact of innovative urban governance in cities around the world.