Greater London Authority (GLA)
The GLA is a strategic regional authority, with powers over transport, policing, economic development, and fire and emergency planning. Three functional bodies — Transport for London, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, and London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority — are responsible for delivery of services in these areas.
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Low Emission Neighbourhoods
Greater London Authority (GLA)A Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) is an area-based scheme that includes a package of measures focused on reducing emissions (and promoting sustainable living more generally). A LEN is delivered by a borough with support from the Greater London Authority (Mayor's Air Quality Fund), Transport for London (TfL) and the local community or Business Improvement Districts for Business LENs. For more information please visit-https://www.london.... - Updated 5 years ago
Hackney City Fringe
Greater London Authority (GLA)Two zones in the City Fringe during peak hours, will be restricted to walking, cycling and low emissions vehicles only. These zones, known as ultra low emissions streets, or ULEV streets. For more information please visit-https://hackney.gov.uk/article/5270/Ultra-low-emission-streets. - Created 6 years ago
SuDS Opportunity Mapping Tool
Greater London Authority (GLA)User Guide for the SuDS Opportunity Mapping Tool. - Created 6 years ago
Borough Heat Mapping reports (2010-2012)
Greater London Authority (GLA)Borough Heat Mapping reports produced by Local Authorities across London in the period 2010-2012. LDA funded through the DEMap Programme - Created 6 years ago
Communal Heating Consumer Survey Report
Greater London Authority (GLA)The Communal Heating Consumer Survey was conducted in October 2017 to collect feedback from consumers on their views on the quality and satisfaction of the communal heating scheme which provides space heating and hot water to their properties. A report has been published a year after, summarising the survey's key findings and results, and it can be downloaded here. The GLA is aware that residents in some new developments where CHP sy... - Updated 6 years ago
Green roofs in the Central Activities Zone
Greater London Authority (GLA)Overview An updated spatial data set for existing green roofs has been produced for London's Central Activities Zone (CAZ) using 2015 aerial imagery. The CAZ makes up around two per cent of London's total area. Method ArcMap GIS software was used to map green roofs installations. The aerial imagery was loaded into the software in true colour (RGB) and infrared (IR) composites, along with the CAZ boundary and London 500x500m Ordnance Sur... - Updated 7 years ago
London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (LAEI) 2010 Air Quality Focus Areas
Greater London Authority (GLA)The LAEI 2010 has since been superseded. Click here for the full list of releases. There are 187 Air Quality Focus Areas in the Capital. These are locations that not only exceed the EU annual mean limit value for NO2 but are also locations with high human exposure. The Focus Areas were defined to address concerns raised by boroughs within the LAQM review process and forecasted air pollution trends. This is not an exhaustive list of Lon... - Updated 7 years ago
Natural Capital Account for London
Greater London Authority (GLA)This is the first natural capital account for London, and was supported by the Mayor of London, the National Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The natural capital account assesses the economic value of different benefits that London and Londoners gain from the city’s public parks and other green spaces. For more information on the methodology and results of this analysis, please see the London.gov.uk website. - Updated 7 years ago
PM2.5 map and exposure data
Greater London Authority (GLA)This report contains an introduction to PM2.5, summarises our current understanding of PM2.5 concentrations and exposure, discusses the findings of research undertaken by the GLA and TfL into the extent of PM2.5 pollution in London, and assesses the potential for meeting World Health Organisation guidelines by 2030. Our analysis found that at present all Londoners are exposed to concentrations higher than WHO air quality guidelines, bu... - Updated 7 years ago
Mortality Risk from High Temperatures in London (Triple Jeopardy Mapping)
Greater London Authority (GLA)A heatwave refers to a prolonged period of unusually hot weather. While there is no standard definition of a heatwave in England, the Met Office generally uses the World Meteorological Organization definition of a heatwave, which is "when the daily maximum temperature of more than five consecutive days exceeds the average maximum temperature by 5°C, the normal period being 1961-1990". They are common in the northern and southern hemisph...