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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

ULI: London benefits from durable city plan, transit-oriented strategy and district agencies.

In its research paper, ‘The Density Dividend: solutions for growing and shrinking cities’, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) highlights six factors that determine a city’s likely success in managing and boosting population density. For London, very strong factors include a durable city plan, transit-oriented development strategy, and district agencies/development corporations. Less positive factors include fiscal flexibility, and planning beyond the city’s borders. ...

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

ULI: Istanbul benefits from metropolitan planning approach beyond the city’s borders.

In its research paper, ‘The Density Dividend: solutions for growing and shrinking cities’, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) highlights six factors that determine a city’s likely success in managing and boosting population density. For Istanbul, good factors include coordination in planning beyond the city’s borders. Less positive factors include fiscal flexibility, the approach to transit, the national planning framework for cities and regional development corporations....

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

ULI: Dresden benefits from national policy framework for cities.

In its research paper, ‘The Density Dividend: solutions for growing and shrinking cities’, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) highlights six factors that determine a city’s likely success in managing and boosting population density. For Dresden, a very strong factor is Germany’s national planning framework for cities. Good factors include a durable city plan, fiscal flexibility and a transit-oriented development strategy. Planning beyond the city’s borders and regional agencies/corporation...

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

ULI: Birmingham benefits from durable city plan and transit-oriented development strategy.

In its research paper, ‘The Density Dividend: solutions for growing and shrinking cities’, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) highlights six factors that determine a city’s likely success in managing and boosting population density. For Birmingham, very strong factors include a durable city plan and transit-oriented development strategy. Good factors include district agencies/development corporations and the national policy framework for cities. Less positive factors include fiscal flexibility...

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

ULI: Dresden needs to increase density to create urban flair.

In its research paper, ‘The Density Dividend: solutions for growing and shrinking cities’, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) argues that the main reason why Dresden should increase its population density is to create urban flair and to meet the goal of becoming a ‘compact ecological city’. The main challenge is the residents’ association of density with Communist-era prefabricated apartments. ...

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

ULI: Warsaw needs to increase density to reintroduce street life and appetite for city living.

In its research paper, ‘The Density Dividend: solutions for growing and shrinking cities’, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) argues that the main reason why Warsaw should increase its population density is to develop the functions of a capital city, as well as reintroducing street life and an appetite for city living. The main challenge is the residents’ association of density with Communist-era tower blocks and with Dubai-style development....

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

ULI: Birmingham needs to increase density in order to attract knowledge economy workers.

In its research paper, ‘The Density Dividend: solutions for growing and shrinking cities’, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) argues that the main reason why Birmingham should increase its population density is to meet housing need and to diversify the lifestyle offer. The city also needs to attract workers from the knowledge economy with an ’18-hour city’. The main challenge is that the concept of density is associated with sub-optimal urban developments constructed after World War II....

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

Savills: Average mainstream house price for typical employee of IT or financial services firm in X of USD257,949

In its recently published report ‘12 Cities: Occupying and investing in world city real estate’, Savills note that, for the typical employee of a digital start-up or hedge fund, the average capital value of a mainstream residence in Mumbai is USD257,949. From December 2011 to June 2015, the value of such a residence has grown by 16%. In that city, mainstream residences generally cost around 19% of prime residences, which have generally been the focus of buying by cross-border purchasers....

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

Savills: Average rental cost for typical employee of IT or financial services firm in Mumbai of USD29,088 p.a.

In its recently published report ‘12 Cities: Occupying and investing in world city real estate’, Savills note that, for the typical employee of a digital start-up or hedge fund, the average annual housing rental cost in Mumbai is USD29,088, or 2.4% more than in 2008. The rental cost is currently equivalent to 5.0 times the city’s overall GDP per capita of USD5,781 per annum. Across the 12 cities surveyed, the average annual rent has risen by 9.3% since 2008 to USD74,946, which is 1.4 times...

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GLOBAL: October 1, 2015

Savills: Average mainstream house price for typical employee of IT or financial services firm in Hong Kong of USD910,478

In its recently published report ‘12 Cities: Occupying and investing in world city real estate’, Savills note that, for the typical employee of a digital start-up or hedge fund, the average capital value of a mainstream residence in Hong Kong is USD910,478. From December 2011 to June 2015, the value of such a residence has grown by 53%. In that city, mainstream residences generally cost around 10% of prime residences, which have generally been the focus of buying by cross-border purchasers....

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