City visions: Reading 2050
Although Reading is not yet officially a ‘city’ it forms part of one of the most economically vibrant and connected urban areas in the UK.
Living in cities
This theme looks at people in the urban environment. It covers health, lifestyles, belonging and identity, culture and behaviour alongside housing, social disparities, public services and demography.
UK city visions
As part of our evidence-gathering, the lead expert group and project team has engaged with a number of UK cities to hear directly from them about their views on the future.
How is our language on cities changing?
I recently lived in India, where English is widely spoken. English is my own mother tongue and, when discussing something with Indians, I often presumed that, just because ‘we both spoke English’, we would understand each other.
The future of urban living
As part of the Foresight Future of Cities project, a number of evidence papers have been written to provide an in depth analysis of some of the issues that UK cities will face in 2040 and 2065.
Leeds: more than just liveability
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Living in cities, Project update, Regional meetings
Sir Alan Wilson and Corinne Swain, members of the Future of Cities lead expert group, recently travelled to Leeds, to discuss the project.
City populations: what can history tell us about the future?
As part of the Foresight Future of Cities project, a number of evidence papers have been written to provide an in depth analysis of some of the key issues that UK cities will face in 2040 and 2065.
Time travel in the North West
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Living in cities, Project update, Regional meetings
Sir Mark Walport recently travelled to Manchester, Liverpool and Lancaster, accompanied by lead expert Rachel Cooper and the Future of Cities team, to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by the cities in the coming decades.
Birmingham: a sticky city?
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Living in cities, Project update, Regional meetings
At the end of February we headed to Birmingham, the place that's often cited as 'the UK's second city’.
A school of the future
Sir Mark Walport and the Future of Cities team recently visited Liverpool to discuss the project. As part of this, we took a tour of the Liverpool Life Sciences UTC and talked to students and teachers
'Geordies will live here!'
In this blog post, a member of the Project Team describes a visit that Sir Mark Walport recently made to the North East.