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City centres: past, present and future
By
Rebecca McDonald
,
Paul Swinney
| 19 February 2019
City centres: past, present and future
By
Rebecca McDonald
,
Paul Swinney
| 19 February 2019
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Executive summary
Introduction
Figure Box 1: Definition of city centres
Figure Box 2: Use of data
The performance of city centres
Figure The performance of city centres has varied over the last two decades
Figure Figure 1: The growth of jobs and population in city centres
Figure Box 3: Population growth in selected city centres, 2001-2011
Figure Figure 2: Composition of population growth in selected city centres, 2001-11
Figure Jobs are the drivers of city centre rebirth
Figure Figure 3: The main reasons why respondents chose to live in their neighbourhood
Figure High-skilled services jobs locate in successful city centres because of the benefits they offer
Figure Not all city centres offer the benefits that high-skilled businesses are looking for
Figure Figure 4: The size and make-up of the exporting base in city centres
Figure Figure 5: Characteristics of city centres
Figure The performance of the high street is an outcome of the wider economic performance of city centres
Figure Figure 6: Vacancy rates in city centresacancy rates in city centres
Figure Figure 7: High street services vacancy rate, by type of city centre
Figure Figure 8: The relationship between high street retail vacancies and ‘quality’ of the retail offer, 2018
Figure Figure 9: Supply of food and leisure space in city centres and vacancy rates of high street services, 2017-18
Figure Some city centres have too many shops
Figure Figure 10: Composition of commercial floorspace in different types of city centre, 2017
Figure Office quality varies across city centres too
Figure Box 4: Energy Performance Certificate Data
Figure Permitted Development Rights pose a risk to the ongoing growth of city centre economies
Conclusions and policy recommendations
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11: Office stock quality and quantity by city centre, 2017
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