Creative Cities

For the first time in his­tory, over half the world’s pop­u­la­tion now live in urban areas

In Asia, another two mil­lion people are mov­ing to cit­ies every month. For example, China’s urb­an­iz­a­tion is increas­ing at a rapid rate, with an estim­ated 900 mil­lion Chinese expec­ted to be liv­ing in cit­ies by 2020, almost double the cur­rent urban pop­u­la­tion. Over 80% of Europeans are city dwell­ers – and the UK needs to build another three mil­lion homes by 2020.

So how can we ensure that the qual­ity of our lives – and of our envir­on­ments – keeps improv­ing in this cen­tury of the city? By nur­tur­ing the dis­tinct­ive iden­tity and per­son­al­ity of the cre­at­ive city, we can help as many people as pos­sible to think, plan and act cre­at­ively, to grasp oppor­tun­it­ies and solve prob­lems inventively.

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