Top 10 most innovative cities | SmartPlanet: "“Innovation Cities Global Index measures cities as innovation economies. This goes beyond technology or patents alone,” said 2thinknow’s Executive Director, Christopher Hire. “2thinknow analysts also collect data on assess transport, universities, arts, design, sustainability, economics, start-up facilities, labor as well as other factors to measure the opportunities cities offer their citizens. We aim to measure cities economic opportunity not nations.”"
This assumes that what we have is what we need. Here are a few criteria they either glossed over or missed. 1. Presence of cars, 2. Degree of poverty, 3. Cyber-communities AKA communities of 10,000 with everything within walking distance. Rezoning. I realize we need to work with what we have and that no city meets my notions. But the constant preoccupation with the best of what is is simply another block to what should be. I would rather see one model of a cyber-community than ten cities filled with traffic built on the commuter sprawl model.
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