Geofutures

We are a spatial data analysis consultancy offering insight into what’s happening and where.

[Mark Thurstain @thurstain]

I just published Finding Hope in the green belt https://t.co/L038bClNx4

[Geofutures @mapsandstats]

Bringing together supply & demand of people & accessible areas, biodiversity value, relative env. inequity, amenity & social value, spatial habitat links, restoration focus - understanding these spatial patterns can be done - 'Nature doesn't fit into a box' @CraigBennett3 #30by30

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4% extra land to be protected in England https://t.co/VsSgidG6T1
A good opportunity here to use non-zonal & better data analysis to help understand where these priority places should be, including restoration within 'protected' areas.

[Geofutures @mapsandstats]

Data suggests a #bettingshop rebound is happening.

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@guyshrubsole What a great bit of analysis! Are the areas on the map tree-covered, or the extent of the land ownership? I wonder what the geography of the difference looks like e.g. is the 85% of Crown Estate land without trees in the North / South / coastal / urban?

[Geofutures @mapsandstats]

How many #trees should we plant in England? Here's what the @DefraGovUK #EnglandTreeStrategy vs @friends_earth suggestions look like #GrowBackBetter

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@CarwynJThomas @DanRavenEllison @TheDeveloperUK https://t.co/wrOw7GMtdU this was an old red blaze sports pitch in Glasgow. Rewilded through lack of use and dereliction since the 1980s, and now a hugely popular spot for kids.

[Sustainable Tech Hub @stbahub]

Last month we held our virtual networking event exploring #sustainability in the food sector. Featuring talks from experts in this field & included lightning talks from STBAH participants @mapsandstats @FlorencePardoe @CircleBristol Read the event roundup: https://t.co/94NYChmwxv

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@moveincircles @unherd Very true - and for various areas outside the home counties as well.

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@charliejmccurdy @resfoundation @gustafmaja We used census data mostly due to the geography available and ease of using the SOC. Neighbourhoods with key workers and dependent children would be interesting to look at.

[Geofutures @mapsandstats]

@PaulEmbery @unherd Lots of important points here. We were interested in where the communities struggling to navigate the lockdown you mentioned might be, and so we mapped them. It's not a perfect dataset, but it does start to reveal the 'sharp relief' of those places - https://t.co/GFnG1FVE3F

[Geofutures @mapsandstats]

Our analysis suggests that #lockdown burden is divided between geographic #community lines https://t.co/INVOT2wOxa #Covid19UK #lockdownuk

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With a huge reduction in travel since #COVID19UK how will our distance travelled to work change by the 2021 Census? Which places will adapt the most? What will this map look like? #WorkFromHome #Commuting #SocialDistancing #NetZero

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@DanRavenEllison We model town centres through our Town Centre Monitor project https://t.co/jSLYZkiymT currently for England and Wales.

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@guyshrubsole @RosamundUrwin @GeorgeMonbiot @MilesKing10 @lucyjones @AmyJaneBeer @ChrisGPackham @MarkAvery @vickihird @RobGMacfarlane @billybragg Interesting! Our rough analysis -1 million more GB 'urban' residents with greenspace access (within 500m straight line) if using golf courses on top of playing fields, & public parks (ignoring PROW & gardens). It would add around 40% more non-domestic greenspace to spread into.

[Geofutures @mapsandstats]

@guyshrubsole @RosamundUrwin @GeorgeMonbiot @MilesKing10 @lucyjones @AmyJaneBeer @ChrisGPackham @MarkAvery @vickihird @RobGMacfarlane @billybragg For England & Wales we estimate 860,000 more 'urban' residents with non-domestic greenspace access if using golf courses, accounting for around 37% of this space. Again a rough estimate ignoring PROW and private gardens. No doubt some regional variation as well.

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@guyshrubsole @RosamundUrwin @GeorgeMonbiot @MilesKing10 @lucyjones @AmyJaneBeer @ChrisGPackham @MarkAvery @vickihird @RobGMacfarlane @billybragg There's a negligible difference in 'access' using a 1km distance mostly due to the spread of 'pocket' parks - at this scale the available space in m2 may be a more useful metric in a time of social distancing - it also reveals the nuance in trying to capture greenspace access.

[Geofutures @mapsandstats]

@guyshrubsole @RosamundUrwin @GeorgeMonbiot @MilesKing10 @lucyjones @AmyJaneBeer @ChrisGPackham @MarkAvery @vickihird @RobGMacfarlane @billybragg Yes we've used the OS Open Greenspace data, Census 2011 population-weighted centroids, and the urban-rural classification of OAs. It's a rough estimate, but gives an idea. We should knock out Scotland and see what that looks like.