Models of Urban Planning in the Age of Public-Private Partnerships

The cooperation between public and private actors in urban investment and planning characterize the transformations that have recently occurred in large European cities. The connection between urban development and public-private partnerships is the key topic investigated in the latest book by Remo Dalla Longa, SDA Bocconi School of Management Professor of Public Management and Policy, Urban Models and Public-Private Partnership (Springer, 2011, pp. 270, €103.95). The volume looks at kinds of partnerships, territorial contexts, policy tools and results of public-private partnerships in 14 Italian cities, as well as two major European cities, Leipzig and Budapest.

The discussion delves into subjects already addressed by the author in his previous volume Globalization and Urban Implosion (Springer, 2010, pp. 240, €103.95), where he looked at the effects of globalization on the traditional socioeconomic models of urban management. The obsolescence of such models inherited from the modern age requires new forms of active economic participation, in particular regarding the integration of public and private needs.