City and Enterprise: Corporate Community Involvement in European and Us Cities

by Leo van den Berg

Bringing together comparative case studies from Amsterdam, Chicago, Leeds, London, Munich, New York, Seattle, St. Louis and The Hague, this asks what are the potential implications of corporate community involvement for the sustainable development of cities and the creation of cross-sector partnerships. It analyzes the involvement of companies in urban challenges in the fields of education, employment, safety, affordable housing and the living environment. It also looks at the efforts made to establish strategic partnership between 'enlightened' corporations and public authorities. The book reveals that 'pro-active' firms attach much value to investments in their 'urban environment' as part of their corporate strategy. But it also shows that cities do not yet take full advantage of these arising opportunities.

222 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Professor Dr Leo van den Berg is director of EURICUR. Since EURICUR's foundation he has been involved in many research projects, dealing with topics such as the governance of metropolitan regions, organising capacity, urban tourism and private-sector involvement in city development. He got his Master degree in spatial economics in 1972 and his doctoral degree in 1985, both at Erasmus University. Leo van den Berg is also director of the Unit Regional, Port and Transport Economics within the Department for Applied Economis at the Erasmus School of Economics and he is scientific director of various master courses.