Next Economy Roadmap

The Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam and The Hague (MRDH) worked with TIR Consulting Group LLC in a joint project to craft an economic vision and development plan to transform this large swath of the Netherlands into a Third Industrial Revolution.

The Third Industrial Revolution narrative proposed in the Roadmap Next Economy introduces an innovative approach to biosphere stewardship based on ushering in digital ecosystems that mirror the dynamics of natural ecosystems, with the intention of pursuing a seamless symbiotic relationship between the circular flows of nature and the economic activities of Dutch society. With this in mind, the Roadmap Next Economy continually hones in on critical ecosystem features including self-organization, mutualism, co-evolution, diversity, emergence, resiliency, and adaptation in modelling the metropolitan region’s new digital ecosystems and accompanying business practices and regulatory regime.