RICS Launches Its Global Vision for Cities Policy Program

03/25/2010 10:12

Cannes, France -- March 22, 2010 -- RICS published the first-stage discussion paper for its Vision for Cities work programme at MIPIM - an international real estate conference in Cannes, France. On Wednesday, March 17, RICS launched a discussion paper for the international property community at an RICS-hosted seminar at MIPIM. "RICS Vision for Cities: Planning and delivering urban infrastructure to achieve sustainable growth" follows other recent sustainability-focused publications by RICS such as the RICS Global Climate Change Strategy. The discussion paper outlines the environmental, economic and social context in which city governments and property professionals across the globe are planning and delivering long-term infrastructure, and identifies the nine key drivers for global city growth and place shaping (see page six of the paper). Read the full paper and news item here. About RICS & RICS Americas RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), with headquarters in London, is the leading organization of its kind in the world for more than 100,000 professionals in property, land, construction and related environmental issues. RICS Americas, based in New York and covering North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, has more than 2,000 members in commercial and residential development, construction and project management, brokerage, planning and finance, valuation and fine arts appraisal. For further information visit www.ricsamericas.org or e-mail ricsamericas@rics.org.