This paper serves as a proposal to the London Borough of Merton as to why it should adopt a city planning and management concept called City Knowledge. The concept of City Knowledge is defined, explained and illustrated with examples from cities in Europe and the United States. It details how the idea is a change in the way a municipality should employ this scheme. Real life examples are used to show how City Knowledge could benefit the borough, with special attention to a case study involving safety in the Housing and Social Services Department. The situations are tailored in such a way that the reader can easily relate to them.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Moore, Kevin R.
• Morin, Joshua Michel
• Casavant, David N.
• Guay, Michael T.

Subject

• Security
• Infrastructure
• Community
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05D032I

Keyword

• City planning
• Organizational effectiveness

Advisor

• Trimbur, John

Year

• 2005

Center

• London, England Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Merton Council London

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Location

• London

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-29