Research and analysis

Future of cities: living in the city

Report looking at how urban living may change over the next 50 years.

From:
Government Office for Science
Published
26 June 2014

Documents

Living in the city (WP2)

Ref: GS/14/801

PDF, 1.34 MB, 39 pages

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This paper considers what life in cities has been like up to now, and looks forward to what it could be like in 2065. It sets out 4 possible future scenarios, focusing on the impact each would have on life in the city:

Comment on the report.

This working paper was commissioned as part of the Foresight future of cities project.

Scenarios

Vision of a high-tech city (Source: LIVING IN THE CITY, GO-Science 2014, John Urry, Thomas Birtchnell, Javier Caletrio, Serena Pollasti
Vision of a digital city (Source: LIVING IN THE CITY, GO-Science 2014, John Urry, Thomas Birtchnell, Javier Caletrio, Serena Pollasti)
Vision of a liveable city (Source: LIVING IN THE CITY, GO-Science 2014, John Urry, Thomas Birtchnell, Javier Caletrio, Serena Pollasti)
Vision of a fortress city (Source: LIVING IN THE CITY, GO-Science 2014, John Urry, Thomas Birtchnell, Javier Caletrio, Serena Pollasti)

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Published 26 June 2014

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