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Visualising the future of Newcastle

Posted by: Future of Cities team, Posted on: 2 February 2016 - Categories: City visions

This animation looks at scenarios for the future of Newcastle upon Tyne over the next 50 years.

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City visions: Newcastle 2065

Posted by: Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Posted on: 7 September 2015 - Categories: City visions, Living in cities
Cover of the Newcastle City Futures report.

July 2015 saw the publication of the 'Newcastle City Futures 2065' report.

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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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'Geordies will live here!'

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 21 January 2014 - Categories: Living in cities, Regional meetings
View of Tyne Bridge & Millenium Bridge (dan pope/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

In this blog post, a member of the Project Team describes a visit that Sir Mark Walport recently made to the North East. 'Geordies will live here!' was the response...

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