Future of Cities project closes
Future of Cities project closes
The Future of Cities project has now concluded.
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City visions: Birmingham and West Midlands 2060
The West Midlands is no stranger to ‘futures’ work. In 2006, Forum for the Future working with Sustainability West Midlands, wrote the 'West Midlands Futures: Drivers of change affecting the West Midlands' report.
City visions: Cambridge 2065
What is your vision of Cambridge in 2065? This is the question being asked by 'Visions of Cambridge in 2065', one of 6 city case studies supported by the Foresight Future of Cities project.
City visions: Newcastle 2065
July 2015 saw the publication of the 'Newcastle City Futures 2065' report.
City visions: Lancaster 2065 (update)
Last year we asked young people to write and/or draw their ideas for what Lancaster will or should be like in 2065.
What skills will we need to live in future smart cities?
Today, the idea that data can play a key role in the design and management of cities is widely recognised. However, it’s now time to consider the skills that people will need to live in these smart cities.
The city resilient - some systems thinking
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Bruce Beck and Michael Thompson, Posted on:
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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.
Water and cities: 'The Great Think'
The British press of the mid-19th century called the unavoidable smell of London’s river 'The Great Stink'.
The pre-election period
This Parliament ends on 30 March. Between then and the general election on 7 May is the pre-election period and the Civil Service communicates less, in line with the General Election Guidance.
The science of cities
Cities matter. They will be the site of some of the great opportunities of the future, they will be home to the majority of us and they will be the main drivers of economic growth in the years to come.