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Considering the world as a dynamic global system of political, economical and cultural forces, "Field Optimizer" studies the dependence of concurrence between urban fields within this system. The development of an "Attractiveness Coefficient" (AC) makes research into the prosperity of urban fields. The field's AC is correlated with the existence of principal seats - the executive boards - of transnational corporations (TNC's) within the field. The investigated parameters to develop the coefficient are the density of population, the human capital and the measure of connection to networks. Data originating from various internet resources was compiled into the prior parameters and was surveyed on the map of the world with the aid of GIS-software.
The inference of importance out of this exploration is the fact that the urban fields of the occidental world - especially the European ones - need severe strain in the domain of population figures to ensure future attractiveness. In the near future the population growth in urban fields of developing economies will counter balance the technological lead of western urban fields.
The suggested intervention within "Field Optimizer" is the massive migration of population of strong growing urban fields to urban fields that are turning grey, thereby ensuring the latter of a future competitive position. Another aspect this studie is aiming at is the condensation of the urban fields of the world and the intensification of the voids in between.
However political and human aspects of these interventions are very difficult to estimate, the urgency of their application is cutting to the bone of an overburden debate about migration and urbanization worldwide.
© Ivar Branderhorst, Joris Vermeiren and Jeroen Zuidgeest