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Building a brighter future for the north

Posted by: Andrew Carter, Posted on: 20 November 2014 - Categories: Economies, Governance
Andrew Carter at the Northern Futures Summit (Credit: Centre for Cities)

On 6 November, the Centre for Cities and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office hosted the Northern Futures Summit in Leeds.

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Reviving the economic performance of Britain’s northern cities

Posted by: Professor Ron Martin, Professor Peter Tyler and Ben Gardiner, Posted on: 7 November 2014 - Categories: Economies
View of Tyne Bridge & Millenium Bridge (dan pope/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Writing some 30 years ago, in her classic study on 'Cities and the wealth of nations', the celebrated North American urbanist Jane Jacobs argued that nations are not the basic economic units, rather cities are.

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Leeds: more than just liveability

Posted by: Katherine Powell, Posted on: 1 July 2014 - Categories: Living in cities, Project update, Regional meetings
Shoppers in Briggate Street, Leeds (Credit: Paco Seoane/CC-BY-2.0)

Sir Alan Wilson and Corinne Swain, members of the Future of Cities lead expert group, recently travelled to Leeds, to discuss the project.

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