Cities Outlook

You may have noticed, or you may not, that I have avoided, in the main, including articles about the recession, the down-turn, call it what you will I have not included it.

Breaking my own rules, not for the first time I might add, I urge you to read what Dermot Finch has to say about the impact on cities in this critical time.

via Centre for Cities by Dermot Finch on 27 January

The recession is now official, and it's getting worse.

A few months ago, the focus was mainly on financial services and the housing market. Lots of cities kept saying “we are well-placed to weather the storm”. But with unemployment heading towards 3 million, that can't be right.
Now it looks like all cities will get hit – but in different ways, and some more than others.

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Cities Outlook includes three different league tables – on economic performance, social deprivation and built environment. The top cities are Cambridge, Oxford and Reading – and the bottom ones are Hull, Stoke and Blackburn.

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