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
We’ll still have offices in 2040. But they’ll be smarter than their workers
Offices
Creative and tech industries
Manchester still #1
Law firms under pressure from tech and globalisation will force change in their real estate footprints
Legal services
‘Big Bang 2.0’ could cause further de-clustering of financial services
Financial services
Brexit and the city?
Brexit
The competitive hierarchy of British cities won’t change much by 2040
The hierarchy of UK cities
Today’s tall buildings will be tomorrow’s city heritage
Heritage
CaMKOx: The Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor
Will flexible working policies drive cities to 24/7?