Local NW - Local agendas
Problems and opportunities for the counties around the region
Merseyside
The historic problems and potential of Merseyside are well known. The de-industrialization, the loss of international shipping, and the rivalry with Manchester for core functions have compounded with low entrepreneurship and low quality housing.
Again this county shows massive contrasts, between the relative wealth of Sefton and the relative poverty of Knowsley and the Wirral.
The eco-efficiency agenda for Merseyside would focus on the urbanized city-region:
- Offshore renewable generation, now forthcoming
- Public transport
- Urban food systems
- Revitalization of urban services in order to stem the outward migration for better education, housing etc
- Revitalization of urban communities, as a counterpart to private consumption of goods and mobility
