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What do we need to change?<br />

The spatial response<br />

For in<strong>for</strong>mation on s<strong>our</strong>ces of data used<br />

within the spatial response, please see<br />

the evidence base, part 3 section 11<br />

87<br />

3.9 The spatial response<br />

In addressing the unique economic geography of the region, the regional<br />

economic strategy examines three key contextual issues, all of which have<br />

direct impacts on the spatial response to <strong>future</strong> economic development.<br />

The three distinct but related aspects, all crucial to the prosperity and<br />

well-being of the region, are as follows:<br />

• the relationship to London and the role of the East of England in the<br />

Greater South East, the powerhouse of the UK <strong>economy</strong><br />

• a network of small and medium-sized cities and market towns<br />

• geographical differences in per<strong>for</strong>mance.<br />

The Greater South East – the relationship to London and the South East<br />

London as a leading global city has major effects on the East of England.<br />

This is most visible through the high levels of commuting from areas in<br />

the South of the region.<br />

Figure 13<br />

The Greater South East<br />

London-Stansted-Cambridge-Perterborough<br />

Milton Keynes/South Midlands<br />

Ash<strong>for</strong>d<br />

The Thames Gateway<br />

Dacorum-St Albans-Welwyn Hatfield<br />

BERKSHIRE<br />

HAMPSHIRE<br />

Bed<strong>for</strong>d<br />

BEDFORDSHIRE<br />

SURREY<br />

Crawley<br />

WEST SUSSEX<br />

CAMBRIDGESHIRE<br />

OXFORDSHIRE<br />

Aylesbury<br />

LUTON<br />

Luton<br />

HERTFORDSHIRE<br />

STANSTED<br />

ESSEX<br />

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE<br />

Harlow<br />

Ox<strong>for</strong>d<br />

Wat<strong>for</strong>d<br />

Chelms<strong>for</strong>d<br />

Winchester<br />

Southampton<br />

Basingstoke<br />

SOUTHAMPTON<br />

ISLE of<br />

WIGHT<br />

Reading<br />

SOUTHAMPTON<br />

Milton Keynes<br />

Bracknell<br />

FARNBOROUGH<br />

Portsmouth<br />

PORTSMOUTH<br />

Guild<strong>for</strong>d<br />

Peterborough<br />

CITY<br />

LONDON<br />

HEATHROW<br />

Brighton<br />

Cambridge<br />

EAST SUSSEX<br />

King’s Lynn<br />

Bury St Edmunds<br />

KENT<br />

NORFOLK<br />

Colchester<br />

SOUTHEND<br />

Olympic site Southend-on-Sea<br />

BIGGIN HILL<br />

GATWICK<br />

Tunbridge Wells<br />

KING’S LYNN<br />

SUFFOLK<br />

Ipswich<br />

TILBURY & LONDON GATEWAY<br />

The Medway Towns<br />

Hastings<br />

Ash<strong>for</strong>d<br />

Norwich<br />

NORWICH<br />

MANSTON<br />

Canterbury<br />

DOVER<br />

GREAT<br />

YARMOUTH<br />

LOWESTOFT<br />

FELIXSTOWE<br />

IPSWICH<br />

HARWICH<br />

CHANNEL TUNNEL

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