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Evidence papers
The project is informed by a number of independent working papers, developed by experts from across academia and industry, and peer reviewed by independent academics. It is also informed by a number of independent essays, developed by key thinkers in the future of cities arena. These will provide an in depth analysis of some of the issues that UK cities will face over the next 50 years.
Project reports
- Future of Cities: an overview of the evidence
- Future of cities: the science of cities and future research priorities
- Future of cities: foresight for cities
- Future of cities: graduate mobility and productivity
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Working papers
- The future of city leadership in the UK
- Urban metabolism: a review in the UK context
- The future of the urban environment and ecosystem services in the UK
- Cities and public policy: a review paper
- Prospects for land, rent and housing in UK cities
- Coping with change: urban resilience, sustainability, adaptability and path dependence
- Cities: the cultural dimension
- Comparative urban governance
- A visual history of the future
- The evolving economic performance of UK cities
- What are future cities: origins, meanings and uses
- People in cities: the numbers
- Urban form and infrastructure: a morphological review
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Essays
- UK-China city relationships
- Understanding current city foresight practice
- Cities and health
- Land value capture in large scale developments
- Lessons for mega transport project developments
- Commoning and collective approaches to urban space
- Growth coalitions
- Technological change
- Future of cities: universities and cities
- Optimising subsurface use for future cities
- The ground beneath cities: where should future development occur?
- Smart cities, citizenship skills and the digital agenda
- How will city infrastructure and sensors be made smart?
- Cities, green infrastructure and health
- What will cities of the future be made of?
- Beyond peak car
- Future visions for water and cities: a thought piece
- The future of cities. What is the global agenda?
- Invest to save: applying the concept to cities
- Active travel in the city of the future
- Investing in city regions: London and the UK system of cities
- The business of cities
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Scenarios
- Future of health and healthcare provision in cities
- Exploring UK rail scenarios for 2065
- Envisioning futures: visualising Newcastle city futures 2065
- Aspirational city futures
- Future of UK cities: 3 contrasting scenarios
- Living in the city
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Workshop reports
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