Future of Cities project closes
Future of Cities project closes
The Future of Cities project has now concluded.
This blog is no longer being updated.
Shaping our cities
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.
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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Katherine Powell, Posted on:
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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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Athlyn Cathcart-Keays, Posted on:
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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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Francesca Perry, Posted on:
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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.
The Future of Cities
In the first Future of Cities blog post the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Mark Walport, explains what the project is about and what experts in Cambridge have to say about it.