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technology to serve everyone in a dynamic and ‘hyper-connected’ city centre “Te sectors most impacted by
It will also urge that work be
done to find out what should be done to encourage reduced car use in the city centre. Te white paper will say: “Glaswegians enjoy driving to and from the city centre and the first task is to make that easier. But in the longer term, can beter transport solutions incentivise alternatives to car use?” Tere will also be a call to
encourage the innovation economy in the city centre. It will call for moves to “beter define the innovation districts in the city centre and their identity and location and also define which districts require more or less regulation”. Te document will say:
“Rapidly evolving digital technologies are transforming retail, leisure, education and public administration. Te shiſt to digital
“The city centre must adjust to changes and opportunities and develop a confident new approach”
platforms for transactions and networking provides a new set of pressures on land uses and the role of physical space.” It will say that digital platforms
can change the way that space is used in high streets, in the public realm, in shops, corporate and public offices and small business premises.
digital platforms are also those that are most strongly clustered in city centres,” the white paper will say. “Tis means that city centres
must adjust to these changes and discover new ways of using space that complement the digital world and are enhanced by it.” Alison McRae, Projects Director
of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, said: “Te white paper will set out the changes happening in our city centre and the challenges that they present. Over the next five years, Glasgow city centre must adjust to these changes and opportunities and develop a confident new approach. “We hope that Chamber
members, city centre partners and the wider community will read the white paper and act on what it says.”
The city centre of tomorrow
The white paper is a joint project by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and the Urban Land Institute. It followed a two-day event, a retreat and conference held in Glasgow city centre in October 2014. The white paper’s author is
Professor Greg Clark, Senior Fellow, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe, and Visiting Professor, Strathclyde International Public Policy Institute, University of Strathclyde.
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