South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority Growth Plan The SYCMA Growth Plan is ambitious, but does it stack up? Betweenness centrality in the South Yorkshire economyNetwork diagram of 63 variables in the South Yorkshire economy, with 110 of the 186 links drawn. The most central variables sit on a rising diagonal from Flood and climate risk at lower left to Public investment capacity at upper right, with their driver variables stacked beneath. Public investment capacity is the largest and darkest node, lying on about a third of all shortest paths and on 12 of the 45 named feedback loops. RegionalproductivityRegionalproductivity Traded sector& exportsTraded sector& exports Inwardinvestment &anchor firmsInwardinvestment &anchor firms Cluster density& supply chainsCluster density& supply chains AppliedresearchassetsAppliedresearchassets Private R&DinvestmentPrivate R&Dinvestment Technologyadoption byfirmsTechnologyadoption byfirms BusinessdynamismBusinessdynamism Finance &investmentreadinessFinance &investmentreadiness IntegratedbusinesssupportIntegratedbusinesssupport ClusterleadershipClusterleadership High-wage jobcreationHigh-wage jobcreation Start-up value& ventureattentionStart-up value& ventureattention FoundationalsectorproductivityFoundationalsectorproductivity Innovation-ledprocurementInnovation-ledprocurement Transportreliability &coverageTransportreliability &coverage Effectiveurban densityEffectiveurban density Agglomeration& spilloversAgglomeration& spillovers Housing supply& qualityHousing supply& quality Commercial &lab spaceCommercial &lab space Private &institutionalinvestment inplacePrivate &institutionalinvestment inplace Centrefootfall &vibrancyCentrefootfall &vibrancy Culture,leisure &visitor offerCulture,leisure &visitor offer Safety &social capitalSafety &social capital Talentattraction &retentionTalentattraction &retention Externalmarket accessExternalmarket access Developmentviability gapDevelopmentviability gap Sheffieldcore-citystrengthSheffieldcore-citystrength RoadcongestionRoadcongestion Quality oflifeQuality oflife EconomicinactivityEconomicinactivity PopulationhealthPopulationhealth Technicalskills atLevels 3–5Technicalskills atLevels 3–5 Basic skillsattainmentBasic skillsattainment Labour supply&participationLabour supply&participation HouseholdincomeHouseholdincome Early years &schoolreadinessEarly years &schoolreadiness Youthdisengagement(NEET)Youthdisengagement(NEET) Out-migrationof youngtalentOut-migrationof youngtalent Employer-ledskills co-designEmployer-ledskills co-design SkillsescalatorSkillsescalator Unfilledhigher-levelvacanciesUnfilledhigher-levelvacancies Integratedemployment &health supportIntegratedemployment &health support AutomationexposureAutomationexposure Clean energyclusterClean energycluster Grid capacity& energyinfrastructureGrid capacity& energyinfrastructure HousingretrofitactivityHousingretrofitactivity Fuel poverty &cold homesFuel poverty &cold homes CarbonemissionsCarbonemissions Flood & climateriskFlood & climaterisk Naturalcapital &biodiversityNaturalcapital &biodiversity Green & blueurbaninfrastructureGreen & blueurbaninfrastructure Digitalcapacity &inclusionDigitalcapacity &inclusion Green skills &retrofitsupply chainGreen skills &retrofitsupply chain Devolvedpowers &fundingcertaintyDevolvedpowers &fundingcertainty InstitutionalcapacityInstitutionalcapacity Delivery trackrecordDelivery trackrecord InvestorconfidenceInvestorconfidence PublicinvestmentcapacityPublicinvestmentcapacity Public trust &civicparticipationPublic trust &civicparticipation Spatial &socialinequalitySpatial &socialinequality Spatial focuson GrowthAreasSpatial focuson GrowthAreas National casefor investinghereNational casefor investinghere LEAST CENTRAL LEAST CENTRAL MOST CENTRAL MOST CENTRAL SECOND ORDER — NO DIRECT LINK TO THE TOP TEN NODE SIZE AND TONE = BETWEENNESSLINK WIDTH AND TONE = EDGE BETWEENNESSLINK STYLE99113135289596moves in the same direction (+)moves in the opposite direction (−)effect arrives after a delay All 63 variables are shown, drivers stacked beneath the variable they feed. The 110 strongest links of 186 are drawn, carrying 84% of edge betweenness. The 45 loops are the model’s named set, not an enumeration. Public investment capacity lies on a third of all shortest paths here and on 12 of the 45 named loops; Regional productivity sits on more loops (14) but carries less than half the traffic.