工业革命:振兴铁锈地带
By IBI 的见解
日期
2016年9月16日
Driverless cars are now available for public use in the United States. Which city has taken this bold step and doubled down on its commitment to innovation? 旧金山，西雅图或者硅谷? 不，是匹兹堡宾夕法尼亚州. The announcement came only weeks after the US Department of Transportation announced 俄亥俄州的哥伦布市获胜 在其5000万美元的智慧城市挑战赛中，击败了 其他六个城市 including established innovators such as Denver and Austin (and San Francisco, of course). Two major steps in urban innovation coming from America’s Rust Belt in less than a month! 腹地发生了什么事?
今年早些时候，《AG平台》指出 支持铁锈地带复兴的三个因素: old industrial skills are acquiring new relevance, 廉价房产是一项重要资产, 制造业企业家的崛起. 这些因素 来到哥伦布, where a long history as a manufacturing and logistics hub is helping to propel a turnaround, 经过几十年的衰退. Two additional factors help to further explain the boost across the region. 第一个, 《AG平台》提到过, is the presence of top universities and research programs in towns and cities across the country. 这一点在匹兹堡尤为明显, where the Carnegie Mellon National Robotics 工程 Center proved to be of 优步的主要利益. 第二，简·雅各布斯 曾经说过 “新想法需要老建筑.“现在, 在许多繁荣的城市, 老建筑被作为遗产保存下来, 限制了他们接受新想法的能力. 除此之外, even nondescript or unloved buildings are too expensive for new ideas in many of today’s shiny, 一线城市. However, Jacobs’ observation remains true on a broader scale. In many cases today, new ideas need unloved cities. And cities that have faced 20+ years of decline are waking up to these opportunities. Recognizing that there will be internal competition, some states have sought legal changes to become more appealing. In Michigan, this includes legalizing fully driverless cars, which is set 在州参议院进行辩论.
Renewal of industrial infrastructure in Duisburg, located in the 鲁尔山谷
By strengthening traditional economic attractants like high quality education, enhancing strong industry connections and establishing appealing legal frameworks, along with the promotion of creative class measures like refurbishing former factories as lofts, 铁锈地带的城市 很多成分 为了大复兴. These lessons aren’t just for (and from) America’s heartland, either. 汉密尔顿, Ontario; the 鲁尔山谷 in Germany; and 罗兹, Poland are all applying similar lessons to orient themselves towards 21st century economies. 这些区域(以及其他类似的区域), still face many challenges; however the sparks to catalyze an economic renewal are beginning to fly once again.
