London Resources

Interior of a green house at Kew Gardens, London

Maps

• OpenEcoMaps uses OpenStreetMap ^W, Sustainable London map, Comment: Matchmaking open data geeks and local mappers, November 30, 2010 and Growing pains & getting data out of OpenStreetMap, March 9, 2011 both by Tom Chance
• Mapping for Change
• Waterway Treasure Map, currently (March 2011) covers four London boroughs: Southwark, Lewisham, Ealing, Hounslow
• see also Focus on London, external links

Random facts

• Greater London, with 7.2 million people, produces as much CO2 as Colombia, with 42 million people. Source: World Development Movement / Carbon Dioxide emissions by UK region
• Housing In England 2004-05: The mix of tenures in London differs noticeably from the rest of England. Owner occupation in London was only 58 per cent (England 71 per cent), social renting 25 per cent (England 18 per cent) and private renting 17 per cent (England 12 per cent). Source: DCLG Statistical Release 2006/0118, 18 October 2006

• The number of trips by bus in London per person per year increased by 28 per cent while trips by bus outside London fell by 13 per cent. Source: Department for Transport - National Travel Survey: 2005. Transport 2000 press release

Carbon footprint

• London's commercial and public sector buildings alone produce around 15 million tonnes of CO2 per year and account for 33 per cent of total London emissions. Source: GLA

Cycling

• Transport for London has installed 10,000 cycling parking spaces across the capital in the past two years, August 9 2007. Source: GLA

• The number of cyclists on London’s major roads has increased by 72 per cent since 2000. Source: Mayor of London, 4-9-2006, Research for Transport for London

Green cities

• Two thirds of London’s land area is made up of green spaces and water and London’s private gardens make up 20 per cent of London’s land area. Source: Greater London Authority, November 29 2007

Poverty in London

• London's Poverty Profile

Tapwater in London

• London tap water costs less than a tenth of a penny per litre and emits 300 times less CO2 than bottled water alternatives. Source: London On Tap, September 2008

Trees in London

• Greater London boasts around seven million trees, a quarter of them in woodland covering some eight per cent of the capital’s land area. Although there has been some replanting to replace the 40,000 trees lost in the last five years, one third of London boroughs have still suffered a net loss of street trees. Source: The Woodland Trust, March 12 2008

Research

• University of Greenwich Centre for Sustainability

Related topics

• Climate change information by local councils in Greater London
• London links#Community resources

Wanted pages and external links

• London Hydrogen Partnership
• Focus on London 2009 site includes interactive map and data store
• Ealing Front Gardens Project

• London Sustainability Exchange (LSx)
• Sustainable development - Information from the Mayor of London
• London Sustainable Development Commission

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References

• Office for National Statistics: Focus on London 2003 - compendium of official statistics about London