Viewpoint: Science Cities: refreshing the concept for 21st-century places

[...] there is a firm belief that the UK economy will be able to remain successful only if UK businesses innovate and if economic activity moves up the value chain. [...] while cities have until recently been regarded as problem places, characterised by industrial decline, deprivation and high unemployment, they are now increasingly being seen as the places which are driving growth in the economy (the new economic geography).