Freedom, creativity and the future of cities

Authors

  • Gonzalo Melián Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Design at IE University and Visiting Professor at Universidad Francisco Marroquin. Ph.D. in Architecture, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Ph.D. Candidate in Economics and Master in Economics of the Austrian School, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
  • Gabriel Calzada Álvarez Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Associate Professor of Economics at IE University and Visiting Professor at Universidad Fran-cisco Marroquin. PhD. in Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52195/pm.v9i1.215

Abstract

What will the cities of the future be like? This is a question that does not have an unequivocal response. The cities of the future will be developed by people who have not been born yet or who are not devoted to shaping urban planning policy and markets. Furthermore, these cities have not yet been created and will be created thanks to a knowledge that does not yet exist today. All we can do is try to draw along the general (alternative) guidelines according to which those future cities might be constructed and the consequences of every alternative. This work tries to analyze the main problems caused by today’s urban planning models and its results. Later we will try to explain the different general policy frameworks used to develop urban areas. Finally, we will offer a figure of the type of urban development and the economic consequences of every alternative. In this final step the author will analyze the scope that is granted to human creativity and social cooperation in each case.

Key words: City, knowledge, creativity, entrepreneurship, prices, economic calculation, speculation, corruption, cartesian order, spontaneous order, developed or contractual law, customary law and urban planning.

JEL Classification: R00, R40, R48, R50, R52, R58, K11, K12, K32.

Resumen: ¿Cómo serán las ciudades del futuro? Esta es una pregunta que no tiene una respuesta inequívoca. Las ciudades del futuro serán desarrollados por personas que no han nacido aún o que no se dedican a la elaboración de las políticas de planificación urbana. Además, estas ciudades todavía no se han creado y se crearán gracias a un conocimiento que no existe aún hoy en día. Todo lo que podemos hacer es tratar de esbozar diferentes alternativas para la creación de las ciudades del futuro y las consecuencias de cada alternativa. Este trabajo pretende analizar los principales problemas causados por los modelos actuales de planificación urbana y sus resultados. Además vamos a tratar de explicar los diferentes marcos de política general utilizados para las espacios urbanos. Por último, se ofrecerán dos posibilidades de planeamiento urbano y las consecuencias económicas de cada alternativa. En esta parte final el autor analiza el alcance que se otorga a la creatividad humana y la cooperación social en cada caso.

Palabras clave: Ciudad, Conocimiento,  creatividad, Función Empresarial, Precios, Cálculo Económico, Especulación, Corrupción, Orden Cartesiano, Orden Espontáneo, Leyes Contractuales o desarrolladas, Ley Consuetudinaria y Planeamiento Urbano.

Clasificación JEL: R00, R40, R48, R50, R52, R58, K11, K12, K32.

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2012-01-01

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Melián, G. ., & Álvarez, G. C. . (2012). Freedom, creativity and the future of cities. REVISTA PROCESOS DE MERCADO, 9(1), 51–72. https://doi.org/10.52195/pm.v9i1.215

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