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
Shops will remain vital to city centres. What and who, is in those shops - will be very different
Shops
City centre high street will be much more mixed by 2040 – with the data to match
Fintech will transform the real estate impact of retail financial services
Consumer financial technology
All major UK cities will have attempted a city branding exercise by 2040 - will it work?
City branding
CCTV will remain in use in our cities, but its usefulness will be eroded by more recent technologies
CCTV
Findings show UK city officials focus on people-centric technologies to deliver smart cities
UK City Officials Survey
An inevitable rise in privately owned public spaces within our cities by 2040
Privatisation of public space
Brexit and the city?
Brexit