Appendix 9_City Labs Report

Draft Report v1.0

Diverse society, Conflict/War and Migration

‒ Changing society through diversity ‒ Racism is real!! ‒ Rise of far right ‒ Such varying demographics feeds into housing, homelessness and belonging ‒ A resilient city ‒ Inclusion of communities/communities rallying to support ‒ Impact on city- environment, peoples health, quality of life ‒ Impact on infrastructure ‒ Modes of transport ‒ Shifting mindsets; reactions to changes new road, paths; cost personal and funding concerns ‒ Public/personal input ‒ Time involves ‒ Green procurement ‒ Flloding response ‒ Waste – not just food and clothing but also services – sharing services! ‒ Greening of city

Climate Change

New Technology / Digital

‒ Innovation advancement ‒ Global expansion, connection, partnership cities ‒ Impact on employment ‒ Workloads ‒ Positive and negative ‒ Upskilling ‒ Unknown capacity of AI ‒ Diversity in recruitment to CCC ‒ Fear of AI ‒ Eradication of some jobs / creation of other ‒ Use of AI in training in some departments in CCC ‒ First responders, refugee / Ukrainian crisis ‒ Innovation/technological advancement

Cultural and social, library, recreation

‒ Availability of funding ‒ New library building ‒ More demand for recreation/amenity ‒ Social spaces for teenagers ‒ New tech – EVs, carbon neutral tech Free transport as a driver

Active travel and pedestrian access

‒ Electric bikes opening up North city to more active travel ‒ Access challenging – legislation versus pedestrianisation. Spaces need to be shares appropriately allow for all

Population Change

‒ Age profile ‒ Resources ‒ Density

Skills and People

‒ Education ‒ No apprenticeships ‒ Need to promote construction companies not needing wet skills ‒ Inhibitions to growth and innovation ‒ Workforce – reduce barriers to employment (ageing)

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