Looking Forward to Changing Face with Environmental Twist ; City at 40: Sustainability Will Be Key Ingredient to Future Landscape of Swansea Claim University Experts

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OVER the past fortnight the Post has taken readers on a stroll down memory lane, looking at the way things were when Swansea was given city status in 1969, and how it's changed since. But what about the future? While it's pretty much impossible to tell what events might affect Swansea's future, we can, to a certain extent, peer into the crystal ball to see how our cultural landscape will look in 2049.

A big part of that is what the city will look like.

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Looking Forward to Changing Face with Environmental Twist ; City at 40: Sustainability Will Be Key Ingredient to Future Landscape of Swansea Claim University Experts

Mike Cullis, programme director for the School of the Built and Natural Environment at Swansea Metropolitan University, said over the next 40 years around 80 per cent of Swansea's buildings will be the ones we see around us now.

Cope So not much of a huge change then, as far as communities and neighbourhoods go.

That wouldn't be so bad, he said, as long as they are looked after and adapted to cope with changing environmental needs.

"We need to do ...

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