This section sets out the key areas where we want to deepen our understanding to drive the levelling up agenda, and to unleash opportunity, prosperity and pride in place across the UK. In addition, we want to understand in more granular detail which interventions best drive local growth (local growth is an area of joint responsibility between BEIS and DLUHC).
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The first phase of the SUE Programme has focused necessarily on the present, assessing current solutions and their application in the near future, thus providing a strong empirical base on which to build. There now exist...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
The project focuses on sustainable regeneration and provides alternative solutions with an evidence base and strategies for implementation.
The overall aim of the SURegen consortium is to undertake research to develop a prototype Regeneration Simulator Workbench (RSW) that meets the decision-making challenges that Sustainable Urban Regeneration (SUR) poses, ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Salford
The project aims to develop a prototype Regeneration Simulator Workbench that addresses the challenges of sustainable urban regeneration.
There are growing calls and policies demanding environmental net-gain from new developments. This is because the environment is increasingly seen as a valuable and multi-functional asset that benefits people's health, we...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: WSP UK LIMITED
The project aims to develop a Net Gain Planning Tool to assess and measure the extent of environmental net-gain in new plans or developments.