Reimagining London

Reimagining London

Dan Raven-Ellison, Guerrilla Geographer Reimagine London is a project that invites Londoners to dream of how their city could be improved. London is an inspirational city. It is well known for its built and cultural heritage, but it also has an incredible natural...
Student Input

Student Input

Andrea Albergoni ‘If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants’. Isaac Newton As a student who has now completed his first major academic project, I could not agree more with the essence of this quotation. In the summer of 2012, I...
Student Data Loans

Student Data Loans

Chloe Smith, GiGL, & Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso at Cranfield University One of the lesser known uses for GiGL partnership data is in the field of research. Collectively, the species, habitats, open space and protected sites data held by GiGL represent a unique...
Not such a Big Society after all

Not such a Big Society after all

The new political focus on a “Big Society” and the serious funding challenge that faces the nature conservation sector as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review presents opportunities and challenges to the biodiversity delivery. An MSc project investigating...
Network quality

Network quality

John O’Neil, Glasgow Caledonian University John O’Neil, a PhD student at Glasgow Caledonian University, used GiGL’s open space data to assess the quality of the green network in Islington. His research has resulted in the creation of a new tool to help you get the...