economic
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Talks
How should New Wall Street invest in National Economies? Simon Roberts at TEDxNewWallStreet
Where does money come from and how does it work? National accounts provide a mine of data for understanding the …
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Research
4see workshop on economic growth
On 29th June 2011 as part of the lunchtime series organised by the strategic futures network, FAN Club 2.0, the 4see model was introduced followed by detailed discussion of implications of economic growth for the UK service sector and overall employment.
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Research
A global land-grab: is food the strongest currency?
Increasing populations and environmental degradation are placing a huge strain upon global food supplies. Many countries have developed a new strategy to secure their food stocks – leasing or buying agricultural land abroad.
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Short films
Greening the Private Banking Industry
I recently attended a green investment conference in Zurich. Julius Bar, one of Switzerland’s many private banks, hosted the event …
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Research
Fighting for resources: a new type of conflict?
Many of the Earth’s natural resources will not last forever. Countries are now willing to go to war to secure their natural resource supplies to ensure their future security. How is resource scarcity influencing the political and social agenda?
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Workshops
ICE Future of UK Aviation Industry
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) wanted to instigate a national debate about the future development of UK airport infrastructure. In 2009, they commissioned Arup’s Foresight team to design and lead a collaborative process to build a set of plausible scenarios for the future of UK aviation.
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Publications
drivers of change: 2009
This new set of 175 cards investigates leading drivers in greater depth that have particular relevance to the work of Arup. They include energy, waste, climate change, water, demographics, urbanisation and poverty.
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Short films
The story of energy, stuff and the economy
How can our society can get off the growth tread mill without wholesale collapse of our economy?
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Tools
drivers of change voting application
The Drivers of Change voting application is a cloud based tool for digitally storing and re-presenting the issues that groups of people feel are important.
