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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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UK city visions

Posted by: Tim Stonor, Posted on: 23 September 2014 - Categories: City visions, Living in cities, Regional meetings
Driverless pods in Milton Keynes city centre (Image courtesy of BIS)

As part of our evidence-gathering, the lead expert group and project team has engaged with a number of UK cities to hear directly from them about their views on the future.

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Time travel in the North West

Posted by: Athlyn Cathcart-Keays, Posted on: 22 May 2014 - Categories: Living in cities, Project update, Regional meetings
View of the Manchester skyline

...‘super-region’ in the North West, similar to the South East region. While this could lead to people moving from cities like Lancaster/Preston to Manchester/Liverpool, this migration would sustain the strength...

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A school of the future

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 11 February 2014 - Categories: Living in cities, Project update
Students looking at a petri dish

...and talked to students and teachers about this innovative new model for secondary education. Students welcome Sir Mark to Liverpool Life Sciences UTC A University Technical College or 'UTC' is...

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A blog about the Future of Cities research project, which looked at the opportunities and challenges facing cities over the next 50 years. Find out more.

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