Research and analysis

Future of cities: UK scenarios

Report looking at future scenarios for the UK's system of cities.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 13 April 2016

Documents

Future of UK cities: 3 contrasting scenarios

Ref: GS/16/9

PDF, 1.34 MB, 15 pages

Details

This report presents 3 contrasting versions of the future of the UK’s system of cities:

• ‘major cities empowerment’ - where major cities other than London experience the highest population growth
• ‘London-centric’ - where London and the wider South East region experience the highest population growth
• ‘smaller cities focus’ - where smaller cities absorb the highest proportion of population growth

These scenarios can be used by national and local decision-makers to explore ‘what-if’ questions about the future.

The report was commissioned as part of the Foresight future of cities project.

Published 13 April 2016