{"id":36121,"date":"2022-04-12T20:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=idea&p=36121"},"modified":"2022-05-10T15:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T15:04:45","slug":"middleweights","status":"publish","type":"idea","link":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/idea\/middleweights\/","title":{"rendered":"Middleweights: Metros at the Vanguard of American Urbanism"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1550012464337{padding-top: 5% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36152″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]This annually updated foresight project focuses on mid-sized domestic US metropolitan economies.\u00a0 These \u201cmiddleweight\u201d cities are engines of growth unique to the country that punch above their weight economically.\u00a0 The project looks at a group of cities with economic outputs in the same range that have both above average GDP growth over the last 10 years and above average per capita personal income (a measure of prosperity) over the last year. Regions including Columbus, Nashville, and Salt Lake City, for instance, are anchored by so-called \u201csecond tier\u201d cities for real estate investment, yet have experienced high economic growth both before and after the Great Recession that continued throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. \u00a0This track record suggests that these areas will continue to boom, yet may struggle with balancing fast urban and population growth with a livable public realm.\u00a0 The team is using economic analysis for the project. \u00a0The project continues SWA\u2019s foresight work begun with The Future City: Urban Sensorium<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”swa_column_header”]<\/p>\n

RESEARCH TEAM<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Anya Domlesky<\/a> and Emily Schlickman, XL research and innovation Lab at SWA
\nGerdo Aquino<\/a>\u00a0and Ying-yu Hung<\/a>, SWA[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

THANKS TO<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Jaana Remes, McKinsey Global Institute
\nJonah Susskind, XL research and innovation Lab at SWA
\nDrew Watkins<\/a> and Natalia Beard<\/a>, SWA[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

RELATED PROJECTS<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Infrastructure Adaptation<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

FEATURED<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]American Planning Association (APA) National Planning Conference.
\n\u201cWhere We Will Grow: The Vanguard of American Urbanism.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture
\n\u201cLandscape Research Now\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Utah State University
\n“Practice-Based Research for a Changing World”<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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