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Fast Growth Cities
By
Maire Williams
| 8 March 2016
Fast Growth Cities
By
Maire Williams
| 8 March 2016
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Introduction
Why do Fast Growth Cities matter?
Table Highly productive
Table High tax generation
Table Table 2: Economy taxes generated and Government spending
Table Increasing employment and high skilled jobs
Table Figure 1: Employment
Table Figure 2: Private sector jobs growth
Table Figure 3: Private sector KIBS jobs
Table High and increasing wages
Table Figure 4: Average weekly earnings
Table Business entrepreneurialism & innovation
Table Figure 5: Business starts and closures per 10,000 of the population
Table Attractive places to live
Table Figure 6: Population growth
Key challenges constraining growth
Table Increasing transport congestion
Table Figure 7: Commuting into the Fast Growth Cities
Table Constrained housing supply and increasing unaffordability
Table Figure 8: Housing affordability, 2015
Table Figure 9: Growth in housing stock
Table Low skills, skills shortages and retention
Table Figure 10: Proportion of working age population with high level qualifications and no formal qualifications
Conclusions
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1: GVA per worker
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