The impact of the green economy on nine Yorkshire cities until 2020, including Bradford, is to come under scrutiny.

A consortium, based at Hull University, has won a bid to carry out the Green Jobs Project commissioned by Yorkshire Cities on behalf of its nine members.

The work will be carried out by experts from Hull University’s Centre for Adaptive Science and Sustainability, with BE Group and Quantum Strategy & Technology.

It will provide evidence for future policy development and also make specific policy recommendations on the green economy and jobs growth in the city regions of Leeds (including Bradford), Sheffield, Hull and Humber Ports. It is also intended to inform the work of the new Local Enterprise Partnerships.

The study, which is due to be completed in March 2011, will take a comprehensive approach to assessing strengths, opportunities and obstacles to growth through a detailed assessment of current capabilities and prediction of future trends. It is the latest in a series of projects from Yorkshire Cities, an urban policy network for Yorkshire and the Humber.

Quantum Strategy & Technology, which has expertise in low carbon energy, resource efficiency and green jobs mapping, is taking a management role; CASS at the University of Hull will focus on research and development, education, skills and training, and the BE Group will focus on urban planning, regeneration and green infrastructure issues.

Dr Andrew Kythreotis, post doctoral research assistant at CASS, said the project would deliver the intelligence needed to assist Yorkshire and the Humber to make the most of its assets.

He said: “The region is strategically positioned, enabling it to be at the forefront of the drive to stimulate a low carbon economy.”

Richard Pearce, director of Quantum Strategy & Technology said: “We have defined green jobs as those that help to decarbonise the energy system, improve resource efficiency and enhance the natural environment.

“We will be assessing the size and strength of green jobs, now and in the future, to enable us to advise the local authorities on maximising future green job opportunities.”