Abstract
In a globalized world, cities have become a pool of very diverse communities, each with its intrinsic traits, customs, habits, and needs. They come from every creed, gender, age, and social status, yet together they form one big society. A society that must have unified visions in order to flourish and achieve its desires. However, it is often the case that despite governments best efforts, societies’ expectations far exceed or outgrow the capability of the system. Even with all services available, every city still has groups who struggle to survive within the system, often leading to stagnant development or erosion of social standards. Furthermore, local governments in fast progressing societies, in immerging or rapidly expanding cities tend to not empower the local innovative voice. Such disruption often leads to mis-aligned urbanization, which favors certain groups, and does not reach far beyond the basic welfare. Issues such as equity and availability of access are not afforded evenly across the community. The response to such problem is to engage in a more inclusive system of governance, where NGO’s and community innovators participate in shaping more inclusive policies that address urbanization and implementation of societal development. This study explores ways for a “central government” model to achieve sustainable growth which does not leave any members of the society behind from an integration perspective, it also explores ways to fund such an approach without overburdening the resources available (optimized inclusive management), and it highlights the roles of the various stakeholders in forming a well-balanced inclusive policy.
