Although the usual festival of the rich didn’t happen at Davos this year, the WEF did produce its usual annual report on global risks – the 16th edition. The analysis…
Category: Trends
The Future of Cities - 3
In this third blogpost on the future of cities, we look at city economics. Although tied up with political decisions, notably on devolution, it is worth considering the current dynamics…
The Future of Cities - 2
In this second blogpost on the future of cities, we look at the impacts of new technology. The application of technology to city development often goes by the name of…
The Future of Cities
A key “megatrend” identified by SAMI and many others is increasing urbanisation, globally. This interacts with a great many other trends and forces in complex ways. In this series of…
When oil demand peaks: thinking about the geopolitical impacts of peak oil.
What happens to oil producing countries when oil demand peaks? When petro-economies no longer are able to finance themselves through the extraction and export of oil products, what do they…
Changing drivers of change – social attitudes
We’ve seen how demographics, various macro-economic forces, climate breakdown and technology will cause change. The last of SAMI’s six drivers of change is changing social attitudes, a critical underpinning force. …