UrbanBuzz
Building sustainable communities
EASY
Project title
Project summary
Evidencing Adaptable Sustainability
Sustainable communities are perceived as those
which are able to adapt to changing dynamics of
their composition. A key consideration has to be
the quality of services and opportunities afforded
by the social infrastructure in the face of change.
Boroughs are currently experiencing high population
churn, resulting in uncertainty in their demographic
composition. There need to be robust mechanisms
for compiling and updating the evidence-base on
population change, on which policy and planning
changes must necessarily be founded.
Lead organisation
UEL
Project coordinator
Allan Brimicombe
Contact details
T: 0208 223 2352
a.j.brimicombe@uel.ac.uk
Website
www.urbanbuzz.org
www.uel.ac.uk/geo-information/
EASY
Project value
£172,311 grant plus £90,823
contribution in kind
Start/end dates
4/6/07 to 3/12/08
Project partners
UCL; Terra Cognita; Thames Gateway
London Partnership
UrbanBuzz project monitor
Gemma Moore
gemma.moore@ucl.ac.uk
This project aims:
• To use a wide range of available administrative
and other data sets to construct an integrated
evidence base of demographic, social and
cultural change by small-area geography
• To develop micro-simulation models for the
boroughs that will produce demographic
projections by small-area geography, but also
managing the uncertainties in the base data
• To promote the use of the evidence-base and
the demographic projections in support of
social infrastructure planning in the boroughs
• To deliver knowledge transfer through capacity
building and skills enhancement to make these
sustainable activities, so that Local Authorities
can continue to monitor change and adapt to
change.
EASY is a series of knowledge transfer activities that
also aims to deliver useful, well-founded tools and
products to Local Authorities that will underscore
their ability to develop sustainable communities.