Unleashing metro growth

Guest post by Jim O’Neill, City Growth Commission Chair. One year ago the City Growth Commission set out with a simple, extremely ambitious goal, namely to think of specific recommendations...
Guest post by Jim O’Neill, City Growth Commission Chair. One year ago the City Growth Commission set out with a simple, extremely ambitious goal, namely to think of specific recommendations...
...in the room. This format took the conference beyond a ‘white tower’ discussion of the challenges facing northern city economies, to a positive, practical and locally driven discussion of the...
What opportunities might ecosystem services hold for the future city? Green roofs, living walls and vertical gardening are just some of the ideas mentioned in the latest paper published by...
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...
...and cities, we can begin to develop solutions that make the urban health advantage a reality for everyone in every city. There are strong links between spatial planning decisions and...
...the city is perhaps more of a focus for culture than it ever was. In spite of the siren calls of the ‘digitariat’, cities have come through emboldened and changed,...
...spotlighting the papers we published in June: People in cities: the numbers Living in the city Urban form and infrastructure: a morphological review People in cities: the numbers Professor Tony...
...from advanced manufacturing to the creative industries, policy makers need to think in terms of the supply systems or supply chains required. These will differ from city to city, reflecting...
...people see the future of our city, which we are now sharing with the world. There was one thing we made clear from the project’s onset. This isn’t the kind...
...universities, local business and government, who discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by the city over the next 50 years. A key focus of the discussion was the attraction that...