Rhona Pringle Renaissance Market Towns Programme Manager

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