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The Leeds City Region is a city region in the North of England centred on Leeds, West Yorkshire. The activities of the city region are coordinated by the Leeds City Region Partnership. Since April 2007 strategic local governance decisions have been made by the joint committee of the Leeds City Region Leaders Board.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Leaders Board: Introduction )〕 A multi-area agreement was established in 2008 and since 2011 economic development has been supported by the Leeds City Region LEP, which forms a business-led local enterprise partnership.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= About Us: Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) )〕 As part of a 2012 'city deal' a West Yorkshire Combined Authority will be established in order receive devolved powers for transport, economic development and regeneration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Proposal: A Leeds City Region Deal )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Six biggest English cities get extra powers )〕 The secretariat for the city region is based within Leeds City Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Contact Us )〕 The Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone promotes development in four sites along the A63 East Leeds Link Road. This sub-region (defined by local labour markets and journey to work areas) covers the whole of West Yorkshire and parts of neighbouring North and South Yorkshire; that is, the ten local authority districts (in order of Population size) Leeds, Bradford, York, Kirklees, Barnsley, Wakefield, Selby, Calderdale, Harrogate and Craven. With close to 3 million people, a resident workforce of 1.4 million, over 100,000 businesses and an economy worth £55 billion in 2012.〔http://www.centreforcities.org/assets/files/2014/Cities_Outlook_2014.pdf〕 The region is diverse and has many centres, both geographically and culturally. It is one of eight city regions defined in the 2004 document ''Moving Forward: The Northern Way'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Moving Forward: The Northern Way )〕 a collaboration between the three northern regional development agencies which is a part of the 20 year government strategy to grow the economy of Northern England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Moving Forward: The Northern Way )〕 As a partnership, the Leeds City Region is firmly established and has in operation an accountable decision making structure, which involves the Leaders of all eleven partner authorities. It has made several successful bids for government funded economic development projects. == Geography == The region includes the whole of West Yorkshire and parts of South Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. The geographical area included in the city region is made up of the local authority areas of: *West Yorkshire, comprising Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield *from South Yorkshire, Barnsley *from North Yorkshire, Craven, Harrogate, Selby, York It covers a wide and varied physical region, taking in much of the Yorkshire Dales National Park as well as Nidderdale. Of the five cities, Leeds is the largest in geographical area, population and economy. The southern part of the region is largely urban with many former industrial centres. The northern part is mainly rural but includes significant urban centres, notably Harrogate and York. The northern areas are generally wealthier than the southern part of the city region. Barnsley is also part of the Sheffield City Region.〔(Sheffield City Region website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leeds City Region」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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