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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London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure
Greater London Authority (GLA)The Mayor of London committed to developing a London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure in his 2021 manifesto. This was to help measure London’s success as a place to live and work for all its residents. It would counteract the fact that, for years, London’s success has been mostly measured only in terms of its material wealth. After a comprehensive and thorough development process, we are pleased to present the first iteration of th... - Updated 6 months ago
London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure (development work)
Greater London Authority (GLA)The Mayor of London committed to developing a London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure in his 2021 manifesto. This was to help measure London’s success as a place to live and work for all its residents. It would counteract the fact that, for years, London’s success has been mostly measured only in terms of its material wealth. GLA City Intelligence led the development of this measure of wellbeing and sustainability. It brings togeth... - Updated a year ago
GLA comments on DLUHC Levelling Up metrics
Greater London Authority (GLA)The GLA has conducted an analysis of the metrics accompanying the DLUHC White Paper on Levelling Up. Levelling up will not be achieved by levelling down because London has deep economic links with the rest of the UK. There should be separate missions and metrics on improving productivity and tackling disadvantage. This would allow a clearer focus on poverty alleviation. Strategy and policy development, and supporting measures and analys... - Updated 6 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
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...