Urban Living Pilot – The Bristol Urban Area Diagnostics Pilot

Duration: 06/16 - 11/17

While Bristol has shown considerable success in steering a path towards greater wellbeing and sustainability, reflected in its status as European Green Capital 2015, it has nevertheless struggled to fully realise its ambitions of urban transformation. Urban Living Pilot – The Bristol Urban Area Diagnostics Pilot aims to identify the barriers slowing progress towards its goals and strengthen the capacity of local actors to achieve them.

Building on a wide ranging partnership of stakeholders in the City of Bristol and South Gloucestershire urban area, the pilot project will engage local authorities, businesses, civic organisations, academics and other groups to work together in a multi-sectoral consortium. Through the development of an integrated diagnostic framework, the research will focus on addressing the key challenges of mobility, wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability.

By challenging entrenched approaches and creating a space for innovation, the project will provide citizens with an alternative to ‘business as usual’ models and assist city leaders in different areas in responding to the complex problems they face.