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The Centre for Cities is an independent research and policy institute that produces research in order to help cities improve their performance. It supports the growth of city economies by producing research, within five main drivers of economic growth: finance, business and enterprise, housing and transport, employment and skills, and leadership.
The Centre’s research focuses on 64 cities and towns in the U.K., defined as primary urban areas. Centre for Cities uses data for Primary Urban Areas (PUA) in its analysis: a measure of the “built-up” area of a city, rather than individual local authority districts. PUA data only exists for English cities. For Welsh and Scottish cities, it uses the corresponding local authority area.
With the support of Future Cities Catapult the institute launched its data tool in the beginning of 2015, which gives users access to its data on U.K. cities in a variety of formats. In July 2015 it became the official data partner for CityMetric, the online magazine launched by the New Statesman to cover urban policy.
The Centre for Cities is based in London, United Kingdom.
