Germany shows how strengthening local power is key to recovery

Hambleton, Robin

Abstract

Freiburg, a small, innovative city in southern Germany, provides insights on how to improve civic leadership and city planning in the UK. Proposals for Dietenbach, a new eco-friendly neighbourhood designed to house 15,000 people are outlined. Three lessons from Freiburg, for post COVID-19 recovery in the UK, are identified: 1) City planning in the UK needs to be strengthened, not weakened; 2) Elected local authorities should have the constitutional freedom to do things differently as this facilitates bold, place-based innovation; and 3) Germany has been much more successful than the UK in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic because it has strong and well resourced local government.

Citation

Hambleton, R. (2021). Germany shows how strengthening local power is key to recovery

• Other Type: Newspaper Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 11, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Mar 23, 2021
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Dec 27, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 18, 2022
• Publisher: EMAP
• Pages: 34
• Keywords: city planning; civic leadership; local democracy
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8442116