The costs of the inner city will drive the revitalisation of suburban districts
Revitalised suburbs
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Green belts will still be with us, and barely nibbled at
Green Belts and NIMBYism
By 2040, cities will have sharper distinctions between bustling district centres and sleepy suburbs
Polycentricity and polarisation
A lack of city centre stock will stimulate a new generation of suburban business parks
Business parks
Placemaking attracts talented citizens, making placemaking more challenging in 2040
Placemaking
The UK will have a new city by 2040
Garden cities
City centre high street will be much more mixed and change more rapidly
City centre shopping and mixed use
Rising densities in all our cities will create new social and economic opportunities
Density in cities
UK will benefit from an increasing cohort of international talent – with real estate to match
International Students
Dizzying change in city healthcare services likely by 2040
Health services provision
By 2040 councils will have a bigger role in providing city social housing
Social housing
By 2040 around half a million households will be in institutionally-owned rented homes
Institutionally owned private rented housing
Graduate brain drain to London will increasingly be mitigated by growing house price differentials
Higher education, graduate retention and talent
Multigenerational housing could have tripled by 2040
Multi-generational housing
International tourism demand and tech innovation could turn hotels into the saviour of the high street
Hotel development
Over the next two decades, cities will lead the charge in developing decentralised local utilities
Large infrastructure becomes obsolete
We predict a loss of up to 6,700 playing fields by 2040
The role of green space in cities