The potential for mobile devices to transform the urban environment is of particular interest to Anthony Townsend, an urban planner at the Taub Urban Research Centre at New York University.

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As usual with these inquiries, they're starting with experts - including Dr Adam Marshall of the British Chambers of Commerce, Jessica Bauly, Head of Infrastructure at the CBI, Dr Hugh Ellis, Chief Planner, Town and Country Planning Association, and Alex Morton, Senior Research Fellow, Policy Exchange.

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