Inaugural lecture of the UOC's 2008-2009 academic year
Planning and Beyond in the Globalising World
Alfonso Vegara
President of the Fundación Metrópoli
Trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowships
Honorary Consul of Singapore in Spain
abstract
Globalisation has completely changed the scale of territorial intervention. The global economy has generated continental spaces of economic cooperation and trade. International regulators were created alongside. Similarly, a new spatial culture is needed to accommodate these macro-economic mutations. This paper shares some reflections on what such a new spatial culture could entail and how it would influence the professionals who deal with the built environment.
keywords
globalisation, governance, mega-region, planning, urban ecosystem of innovation
Submission date:
September 2008
Accepted in:
September 2008
Published in:
October 2008
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