The Metro Outlook 2.0 Model
Relationship to Regional Goals:
A parallel relationship exists between the concepts in the Metro Outlook 2.0 model and those in the six regional goals. This parallel structure is illustrated here.
Regional Goals |
Metro Outlook 2.0 Concept |
Economic competitiveness rooted in |
Economic production drawing upon a talented workforce created by high-performing institutions |
High levels and use of human capacity |
Investment in people creating high levels of human capital employable by businesses |
Inherent attractiveness of place and amenities |
Institutions that invest in place to create communities that attract talented people |
Social cohesion |
Social capital |
Strategic decision-making capacity |
Policy and spending decisions |
Efficient use of resources |
Economic production without harming natural assets. |
Indeed, these goals can easily be located within the model, as shown below:
The model now makes it clear that all goals are connected to each other, so if one improves, all are positively affected.
Moreover, we can also create a logical order in which to place them in relation to each other. This is the first step in identifying places of higher and lower leverage.
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