Does England need an urban policy?
As city devolution gathers momentum, is it time to ask how all the pieces fit together. What governance capacities are required, how does planning fit in, what roles should the state fulfil?
Governance
This theme looks at issues of leadership, governance boundries, structures, relationships between local and central governments, planning, and aspects of public services and finances.
‘Systems of cities’ and the role of universities
Cities could increasingly take the lead on solving societal problems. Ed Glaeser, an economist at Harvard, famously said that cities are our greatest invention.
The future of city leadership
Mayors and civic leaders from around the world shared their ideas on the future of city leadership at the City Leadership Summit in October. How to lead place-based innovation emerged as a major theme.
The city resilient - some systems thinking
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Form, Governance, Infrastructure
What do Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium in London, the now glorious heritage of Islington’s housing stock, and the cable-car system in Kathmandu for getting milk supplies to that city, all have in common?
The future of housing in UK cities
The role housing plays in underpinning or undermining achievement in British cities in the coming decades will vary from city to city.
Urban governance: do current models support our ambitions for great places?
The Future of Cities paper, 'Comparative urban governance', begins with a clear and concise definition of urban governance.
Building a brighter future for the north
On 6 November, the Centre for Cities and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office hosted the Northern Futures Summit in Leeds.
Unleashing metro growth
One year ago the City Growth Commission set out with a simple, extremely ambitious goal, namely to think of specific recommendations that might boost the growth rate of the UK economy.
London and the UK system of cities
Does London’s growth occur at the expense of other UK cities, as it can sometimes seem when the capital’s economy surges ahead?
The business of cities
One important trend in the investigation into the future of cities is the rapidly evolving relationship between cities and business.