London 21: Project Home Page

Mapping Change for Sustainable Communities is a new project run by London 21 in collaboration with UCL and other project partners including:

along with PhD and MSc researchers from UCL

The project is supported by the UCL-led UrbanBuzz Programme, within which UEL is a prime partner.

The project will develop an on-line interactive map of East London and Thames Gateway based on the existing London Green Map. The map will highlight:

Development sites
Environmental issues and projects
Local issues and stakeholder groups
Planning information with links to a web-based resource on planning issues

In order to populate this map the project team will work with 4 communities in the East London and Thames Gateway region. Each community will develop their own online local map reflecting their issues and priorities. Local people will identify their own priorities and will be trained in using the relevant technology. The project will offer them access to planning information and advice and lead to a web-based map which they can maintain and develop.

A mapping workshop will be held in each community and will contain various components relevant to different ages and interests. Some of these include:

Planning information and support from Planning Aid for London
Emotional mapping - the use of innovative systems to record people's reactions to their local environments
A system where people can receive information about local development/environment issues and events via SMS to their mobile phone

At the end of the project each community will have their own map and website that can help them to communicate with new and existing members, increase the outreach of their group and enable the community to organise themselves to deal with development projects.

A report of the Conference on 17th June 2008 can be read here.

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