Finally, the analysis of the factors of the PerfectCity Charter issue “Economic environment” is finished and online. The dossier no. 4 is to find in the “PerfectCity Charter” section in the sidebar.

We are looking forward to your comments and thoughts about this dossier.

In the light of our current PerfectCity poll it is time to focus on another factor. When we are talking about “Social security” we mean protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others – including public insurances, pensions and child allowances.

To support this issue we would like to present an interesting report from ISSA to you. The ISSA, International Social Security Association, is an international organization bringing together government departments, social security administrations and agencies.

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One factor of the current poll is “Gardening and landscaping”, which is defined as maintenance of public green areas. It also means creating and building new public green areas and there is an interesting project to find in New York City: A defunct stretch of railroad on the Far West Side of Manhattan is destined to become a park in the sky.

The High Line is an abandoned 2.33 km (1.45 mile) section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, along the lower west side of New York City borough of Manhattan between located in the West Village. The High Line was built in the early 1930s by the New York Central and has been unused by freight service since 1980. It is in a state of disrepair, although the elevated structure is basically sound. Wild grass and plants grow along most of the route.

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We have closed our poll on economic environment and we would like thank everyone who has voted for the factors in our poll. Now, we would like to present the summarized results to you:

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Regarding our PerfectCity Charter it is time for a new issue. Therefore, a new poll is online focussing on social services. Please vote for the most important facets and aspects of this issue shaping the city of the future. We are interested in the following question: Which factors define the social services for you the most? What do you think is most important about social services in the City of The Future?

You can cast your votes in the sidebar by distributing 100 points between the following factors which are listed in a random order:

• Health care
• Education
• Security service
• Road and building maintenance
• Refuse management
• Gardening and landscaping
• Social security

This poll will be online until the end of August. Please take a few seconds to cast your votes. If you have any questions concerning these factors, please do not hesitate to ask in the comments.

We look forward to your votes!

Before we will start our new PerfectCity Charter issue and poll within the next week, you still have got a few days to participate in our current poll. Please take a minute to vote for the most defining factors of the economic environment of the city in the future.

The next issue will be social services. By presenting a list of relevant factors of this issue to you, we are looking forward to your ideas and proposals on the integral parts. Besides sending your ideas you can vote on that from Thursday on.

We are looking forward to your comments and ideas.

When it comes to our PerfectCity Charter we would like to look into a new issue. This time the aim is to find out which factors are most important when it come to social services. The term “social services” has a wide ranging meaning. We want to focus on the general services provided by a city council to its citizens. Thus, social services are defined as benefits such as education, security or health care and the facilities providing and supporting them.

To see what is important for a city of the future in terms of the social services we composed a list of different factors. Please help us to evaluate these factors before we put them in the new poll and let our reader vote for them.

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The analysis of the result of our past poll on “Environmental Conditions & Sustainability” is finished. We ask our readers, which factors define environmental conditions and sustainability for them the most.  Now we would like to present the summarized results to you:

 

When it comes to the question what is most important about the City of The Future in terms of environmental issues, the most important factor is “Energy efficiency and production”. On position number two we find “Green space” followed by “Green construction and buildings” in third position. “Waste management / recycling” was ranked on four. The following factors were ranked in the order: “Green public transportation”, “Energy conservation systems” and “Xeriscaping”.

You find a detailed analysis of the results including an interpretation Dossier No. 3 in the sidebar.

While doing some research for our different factors in the current poll on “Economic Environment”, we found an interesting study on tourism. “City Tourism & Culture: The European Experience” is a report commissioned jointly by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and European Travel Commission (ETC) and provides insights into the expansion of European cities as cultural tourism destinations.

The study provides a conceptual framework for the analysis of city tourism with a cultural motivation and aims to contribute to the marketing and product development of city tourism by throwing more light on the evolution of cultural tourism in Europe from ‘traditional’ to ‘innovative’. Based on the concepts of ’heritage’, ‘cultural’ and ‘creative’ cities, the study clusters destinations according to their predominant cultural product, and analyses the recent performance and positioning of each cluster - as well as their opportunities for future growth.

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