
UNU-MERIT/MGSoG Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 77 pages, Supervisor: Dr. The Circular Economy in European Cities: Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Beta cities are ones with a moderate economic connection with the world economy. An alpha city is a city that plays a huge role in the international community. Sustainable Housing for European Sustainable Cities: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis approach on causal conditions of housing cost overburden rate in urban areas. UNU-MERIT/MGSoG Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 92 pages, Supervisor: Dr. Serdar Türkeli Paliukėnaitė A. Alpha+ cities are the primary cities in the global economic network. Master of Science Thesis in this research line: Vopálecká, M. Living Portfolio of Indicators ģ8 Datasets and 1317 Indicators 2019 Global Top 500 Cities As additional data and indicator aggregator, the City provides a monitoring, evaluation and assessment tool for every city around the world. It globally scans what’s measurable at city level and integrates. Please refer to this link for more information on the Smart City Index.The City is a research, training and outreach platform for the state of art city research in line with SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities. The report is a comprehensive annual benchmarking report that measures how countries and cities grow, attract and retain talent. The book provides an internationally diverse basis of experience, with the purpose of enhancing the realism and pertinence of the model underpinning the Index. Smart Cities Index 2019 follows the release of Sixteen Shades of Smart, a book of sixteen case studies of smart cities at different stages of development. Global Urban Competitiveness Report (2019-2020) 1. In this first edition, the top ten cities are: Singapore (1 st), Zurich (2 nd), Oslo (3 rd), Geneva (4 th), Copenhagen (5 th), Auckland (6 th), Taipei (7 th), Helsinki (8 th), Bilbao (9 th) and Dusseldorf (10 th). The Index thus provides a balanced focus on “economic and technological aspects” and “humane dimensions” of smart cities. The first global index of smart cities of its kind, the SCI is unique in its focus on how citizens perceive the extent and impact of efforts to make their cities ‘smart’. The IMD World Competitiveness Centre’s Smart City Observatory, in partnership with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), are proud to present the first edition of the Smart City Index 2019 (SCI), which includes a global index of 102 cities. Launch of Smart City Index by IMD and SUTD
