Dr. Calzada presented Euskal Hiria as the Basque City-Region at the University of Oxford (UK), Future of Cities Programme at the 23rd May 2012. Talked about City-Regions & Sovereignty.

1. (Towards the) Future of City-Regions (?):
@Euskal_Hiria = Basque City-Region.
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2 Cases: Dublin (Ireland) & Portland (Oregon).
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
Research Associate at the University of Oxford (UK). Future of Cities FoC Programme, InSIS.
PostDoctoral Research Fellow at Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science.
Lecturer at the University of Mondragon. Business Faculty.
Potluck Seminar at the Future of Cities Programme.
InSIS Institute for Science, Innovation & Society. University of Oxford (UK)
23rd May 2012, Oxford (UK).
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
http://about.me/icalzada

2. 4 Big Research Questions:
Simplifying:
• 1.- What is the role that Regions are playing in the urban current global
postcrisis game?
• 2.- Are City-Regions the second division players in the urban phenomenon
that are innovating socially more than others territorial entities such as
Smart/Global Cities & Nation-States?
• 3.- Could we just talk about the new age of Future of City-Regions?
• 4.- Am I missing something when reading about Smart/Global Cities &
Nation-States. What about City-Regions? Could we consider them as a
territorial unit in the Future of Cities (FoC) programme from the Social
Innovation perspective? What is their contribution?
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
http://about.me/icalzada

3. Primary Hypothesis:
Look for/Compare/Look into:
SOCIALLY INNOVATIVE CITY-REGIONS
PRIMARY
HYPOTHESIS
Systems
Possible
effects
• URBS:
Urban.
• CYBER:
Rela9onal.
• Compe99veness/Innova9on
growth.
• CIVITAS:
Economic-­‐Cultural.
• Iden9ty/Sovereignty/Autonomy
claims.
• POLIS:
Socio-­‐Poli9cal.
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4. Benchmarking Cases: èBasque
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
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5. 3 Benchmarking Cases: èBasque
http://www.basquecity.org
@Euskal_Hiria
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
http://about.me/icalzada

6. 0.3.- About Myself: My Context
3 Benchmarking Cases: èBasque
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
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7. EUSKAL HIRIA
èBasque City-Region Framework
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
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8. EUSKAL HIRIA è Basque City-Region Framework
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
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9. EUSKAL HIRIA è Basque City-Region Framework
System
(4)
URBS
CYBER
CIVITAS
POLIS
Urban
System
Rela=onal
System
Socio-­‐Cultural
System
Socio-­‐Poli=cal
System
Factors
(12)
5.1.-­‐
6.1.-­‐
7.1.-­‐
8.1.-­‐
Human
Geography
Physical
Connec=vity.
Mul=culturality:
GloB/Kaliza=on,
Iden=ty,
5.2.-­‐
6.2.-­‐
Immigra=on.
Diaspore
&
Basque
Social
Interac=on
Digital
Connec=vity.
7.2.-­‐
language.
Spaces
design.
6.3.-­‐
Compe==veness/ 8.2.-­‐
5.3.-­‐
Social
Connec=vity.
Crea=vity/Educa=on/
Civilian
Par=cipa=on
&
Network-­‐Territory:
Talent/Entrepreneurship.
2.0
Ci=zenship:
Hubs&Periphery
7.3.-­‐
Sovereignty.
architecture.
Local
Communi=es:
8.3.-­‐
Neighbourhoods
&
Internal
Territorial
Villages.
Regula=on:
Autonomous
Tax
Regime.
Social
Innova=on
COMMUNITY
CONNECTIVITY
CREATIVITY
PARTICIPATION
Strategic
Axes
Aaributes
(4)
SUSTAINABLE
CONNECTED
CREATIVE
PARTICIPATIVE
City-­‐Region
City-­‐Region
City-­‐Region
Ciudad-­‐Región
City-­‐Region
Portland
Dublin
Dublin
Portland
Benchmarking
(OR-­‐EE.UU.)
(IRE-­‐UE)
(IRE-­‐UE)
(OR-­‐EE.UU.)
Reference
Author
Jane
Jacobs
Manuel
Castells
Richard
Florida
Robert
Putnam
Rob
Hopkins
Zigmunt
Bauman
Jhon
Thackara
David
Harvey
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10. Thank you
Eskerrik asko
Gracias
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D.
igor.calzada@insis.ox.ac.uk
http://www.igorcalzada.com
http://www.basquecity.org
http://about.me/icalzada
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Twitter: @icalzada
University of Oxford (UK)
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Oxford. UK.
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