Lucy Jones explains, in her excellent book on public disasters,
The Big Ones, how communities that recover best after a calamity have three important features: good collaborative governance, competent and committed local leaders and a far-sighted vision for their area.
The Bristol One City Approach delivers on all three.
1) Good collaborative governance
Each year, the European Union invites cities from across the continent to apply for the award of European Capital of Innovation (iCapital). This is a very competitive process involving rigorous evaluation of bids by an international panel of experts. It is a credit to Bristol that, in September 2019, the One City Approach led to our city being recognised as one of the six most innovative cities in Europe.