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Market Towns of the Future
Market Towns of the future Yorkshire and Humber
Future Scanning for the regions rural capitalsAudiences• Policy Makers & Decision Takers• Local stakeholdersUses data from real towns to develop
scenarios that are applied to fictitious places to test outcomes of
differentapproaches.
Market Towns of the future Yorkshire and Humber
• Review existing research• Differences from previous research
– Climate Change– Shrinking settlements– Coastal towns different– Market towns focus– Regional focus– Future layout of market towns
Market Towns of the future Yorkshire and Humber
• Accepted causes of change• Climate change• An ageing population• The decline in agriculture reversing itself• Towns and cities becoming more dependent on each other• Young adults continuing to be educated in cities• Further development in technology• Some people continuing to be more disadvantaged than others• Environmental migrants, economic migrants and refugees making
areas more culturally varied• Genetics becoming a more advanced part of food production• Increasing tensions between the world’s communities
Market Towns of the future Yorkshire and Humber
Questioned causes of change• The use of economic growth as the main
indicator of progress• Households having more disposable income • Individuality in society• People having more leisure time• People’s pursuit of personal happiness• The dominance of Western culture
Market Towns of the future Yorkshire and Humber
Seven Future Scenarios
Old Sandcastle - Existing
Old Sandcastle - 2032
Old Sandcastle – 2032
Old Sandcastle – shrinking coast
Diary of a Resident of Old Sandcastle in the year 2032
Dennis Jones
New Sandcastle - Existing
New Sandcastle – 2032
New Sandcastle 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle - 2032
New Sandcastle – new riviera
Diary of a new Sandcastle resident – 2032
Solfa Lalula
7 Challenges for the future
• Governance -Policy and Delivery• Governance - Participative Democracy• Governance - Individual Responsibility• Governance - Town and Country
Planning• Demographics• Economy• Climate Change