A REVIEW OF CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES SUCCESS FACTORS

City development strategies (CDS) have been employed by more than 200 cities worldwide to cope with the challenges of the 21st century. Globalization, decentralization, and rapid population growth have brought about new conditions in cities and have thus entailed the need for a new approach to planning. International agencies propose CDS to enable cities to adapt to these new conditions. However, the worldwide use of CDS shows different levels of success, so an understanding of CDS success factors is important. By reviewing CDS literature, this paper aims to illustrate CDS success factors in order to develop and recommend successful CDS. It systematically reviews existing literature to highlight the success factors, particularly process success factors.