Yorkshire and the Humber has a number of large, vibrant cities - the West Yorkshire conurbation of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield is the fourth largest urban area in the UK. But Hull is the only entirely urban authority in the region, which has almost a third of the total area of National Parks in England (the North Yorkshire Moors, most of the Yorkshire Dales and part of the Peak District) covering a fifth of the region's land area.
In the past two decades the region has suffered from the decline of traditional industries with substantial job losses in coal mining, steel, engineering and textiles. However, this has been offset by growth in public administration and the service sector. Leeds is now the second largest legal and financial centre outside London. Tourism in the coastal districts, York and the Moors and Dales is also significant, worth around £2bn annually and supporting around 140,000 jobs. The Index of Multiple Deprivation shows that almost one in three of the region's neighbourhoods fall within the country's 20 per cent most deprived.
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