In this final post on the Future of Cities, we examine the Political decisions that will shape their development. As we noted last time, the economic situation caused by the…
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“Raising our game”: the EU’s new Strategic Foresight Network
On 18 and 19 November last year, the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) held its annual conference. “Thinking about the Future: Europe’s Road to 2030” took place entirely…
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…
Predictions for 2021?
Regular readers of our blogs will know that single point forecasts are not scenarios – and so pretty much useless for planning for the future. That said, in this blog,…
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…
Reasonable Worst-Case Scenarios
We’re hearing a lot from Government about “reasonable worst-case scenarios” at the moment. At first sight it seems sensible. We need to think beyond the “base case” or “central case”,…