Panel Discussion: Diversity and Urban Governance

Abstract

Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe Dück: Cities across Europe are confronted more than ever with issues related to patterns of migration, housing, economic growth etc. In order to create equitable, sustainable and effective forms of urban governance, policies and measures need to emerge that employ an alternative approach. In the last decades, we have seen an increase in more integrative forms of governance in many European cities where actors from civil society organizations, NGOs, businesses etc. have cooperated with administrative bodies and exercised influence upon decision- making processes.