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SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND THE ROLE OF ICT IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SPACES
The dataset comprises diverse sources collected across four research papers within a PhD thesis dissertation context. It includes:
Transcripts of Interviews:
These transcripts capture conversations with various stakeholders, such as academics, government practitioners, NGOs, private companies and local residents. They provide insights into social dynamics, preferences, and...
Residents' Preferences for Land Use Mix and Development Density, Cardiff, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The objectives of the project were:
to measure and investigate, with the use of stated preference (SP) techniques and qualitative interviews, citizens' demands for a range of urban living solutions;
to model citizens' demands for particular components of the compact city environment;
to use results from...
Competitive City and Urban Policy : Modelling Discretionary Grant Allocation in the UK, 1994-1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the research was to examine the relative contribution of need, bid-quality and political factors to the success of bids made to the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) programme in England between 1994 and 1997. 1196 bid documents were collected from archive and other sources. Each was subjected...
Safe and sustainable cities: human security, migration and well-being 2017-2019
This project used quantitative and qualitative methods, namely a cross-sectional survey with self-identified migrants and photo-elicitation interviews with self-identified migrants and city planner in Chattogram (formally Chittagong), Bangladesh. Both methods were employed to investigate self-identified sources of urban precarity and insecurity among migrant populations and...
Waterproofing Data Project: Evaluation Survey Results With School Students and Community Resident Volunteers, 2020-2021
The Waterproofing Data project explored how to build communities’ resilience to flooding, by engaging them in the process of generating the data used to predict when floods will occur. The project team developed a functional citizen-science mobile app prototype and a model school curriculum, which has been successfully co-produced and trialled with more than 300 students...
Smart City Solutions for Managed Adaptation and Monitoring of Hydro-Meteorological Climate Change Related Risk in Mexico, 2019-2022
The study focused on a pilot case in a vulnerable settlement in Mexico City with high levels of growth in the last two decades, as well as projections of migrations due to climate change. The research tested mechanisms for long-term sustainable processes of risk mitigation through engaging communities and organisations in a constructive ‘dialogue of knowledges’. The pilot...
Waterproofing Data Project: Participatory Mapping and Survey Resources, 2020-2021
The Waterproofing Data project explored how to build communities’ resilience to flooding by engaging them in generating the data used to predict when floods will occur. The project team developed a functional citizen-science mobile app prototype and a model school curriculum, which has been successfully co-produced and trialled with more than 300 students from over 20...
Migration, Transformation and Sustainability, 2018-2022
This project collected quantitative data through a cross-sectional survey that aims to study the disruptive potential of migration on behavioural and attitudinal aspects of consumption and habit formation for sustainable practices. The data were collected in eight cities: Accra (Ghana), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Brussels (Belgium), London (UK), Worcester...
Industry and Employment in the Inner City, 1978-1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to study the views and activities of employers located in the inner city areas of Britain.Main Topics:Attitudinal Questions
Opinions of employers on the way that location in the inner city affects the operation of their businesses; potential for growth of employment...
Birmingham Household Survey (Race Relations), 1976
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this project was to compare the experiences in the fields of housing, education and employment of first generation West Indians and Asians with indigenous residents in areas of high immigrant concentration in Birmingham.Main Topics:Topics covered include household composition, educational...
Classroom Survey on Dividing a Real Estate Asset, 2018
This data is a summary of classroom surveys conducted in the UK, Netherlands and Norway. Participants were presented with an experiment from game theory where a real estate asset was shared between a group. The outcome of the classroom survey was analysed using the predictions of the Shapeley value concept.Across Western Europe the activity of urban regeneration is now...
Planning education research in South Africa 2018
This dataset was gathered primarily in the first quarter of 2018 with planning professionals and planning educators in South Africa. The purpose of the project was to assess the changing needs within planning education as South Africa has evolved over the last 20 years to determine whether planning education is fit for purpose in its current configuration. The data...
Social Survey of Households in Six Redevelopment Areas in Belfast, 1966
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey aimed to provide social information relevant to the reconstruction of six areas of Belfast (including Sandy Row, Donegall Pass, Cromac, Shankill and Albertbridge). Information was gathered on residents' housing conditions and experience, attitudes to housing, area and amenities provided.Users...
Waterproofing Data Project: Flood Memory Interviews, Transcript Data, 2018-2021
The Waterproofing Data project explored how to build communities’ resilience to flooding, by engaging them in the process of generating the data used to predict when floods will occur. The project team developed a functional citizen-science mobile app prototype and a model school curriculum, which has been successfully co-produced and trialled with more than 300 students...