🌿 Empowering Citizen Voices in Budapest’s Greening Strategy 🌿
On 10th July 2025 Louise posted in Featured, News, Projects
Mapping for Change has been working with Budapest City Council and GGGI Hungary as part of the EU-funded UP2030 HE project to strengthen public engagement in planning and decision-making around green infrastructure improvements.
Continue reading…Thank You, UCL, for Supporting Innovation and Social Enterprise!
On 31st January 2025 Amanda Newton posted in Featured, News
We are thrilled to be featured among the 10 innovative startups in TechRound’s recent article, being recognised alongside such a dynamic group of companies is truly an honor.
Mapping Sustainable Travel
On 10th August 2021 Louise posted in Featured, News, Projects
When facing place-based environmental, social and cultural issues, including the challenges of decarbonising transport, maps are an effective tool. They can help us collect information about an area, bring issues to the table, build a shared local vision, and act as a tool of communication with decision makers.
Continue reading…Tackling Odour Pollution in Southall and Hayes
On 27th October 2020 Perrine Machuel posted in Featured, News, Projects
In 2018, residents in Southall and Hayes, West London, started a campaign calling for authorities to tackle air and odour pollution occurring during the redevelopment of a former gas site in the area. The campaign Clean Air for Southall and Hayes (CASH) aims to raise awareness and create momentum to take action about the air and odour issues that residents are facing.
Continue reading…Science for My Health
On 19th July 2019 Louise posted in Featured, News, Projects, Uncategorised
Air pollution in Kampala is deteriorating at a concerning rate causing serious threat to the health of the population across the City. Children, older people and those with existing heart and lung conditions are among the most vulnerable and many of them are exposed to poor air quality during their daily commute to work and school. This is compounded by the fact that many schools are located near high traffic areas.
Continue reading…Kampala City Air
On 4th January 2019 Louise posted in Featured, News
2018 has been a rather epic year in terms of our work on air quality. We supported the largest ever distribution of nitrogen dioxide monitors deployed by school students in Barcelona and ended the year with our first project in Sub-Saharan Africa, more precisely, Uganda.
Launch of Breathe Clean!
On 7th March 2018 Ruben Douglas posted in Featured, News, Uncategorised
What is Breathe Clean?
Tower Hamlets council, in partnership with Mapping for Change, is providing residents and businesses in Tower Hamlets with diffusion tubes to measure nitrogen dioxide in the places that matter to them.
Bike&Map: Contributing to Urban Design & Planning through Community Knowledge
On 22nd December 2017 Louise posted in Featured, News, Projects
The research, Analysing Active Mobility through Participatory Urbanism, deals with the practical application of emerging trends in participatory urbanism, as applied to the understanding of the urban environment issues of active mobility in Malta. Through citizen science, neogeography and volunteered geographic information (VGI), this research sought to analyse if and how community knowledge can be considered a viable option for understanding the urban environment issues for bicycle users in Malta. Continue reading…
Mapping For Change Pilot Projects In Malta
On 19th December 2017 Louise posted in Events, Featured, Projects
The Mapping for Change engagement process has been piloted in Malta through a series of Participatory GIS initiatives held from December 2016 to November 2017. The participatory mapping projects were carried out as part of a doctoral thesis by Wendy Jo Mifsud and formed part of a research project led by StudjUrban within the wider Design 4D City research programme of the Valletta 2018 Foundation.
Stakeholder Workshop for Collaborative Community Engagement Platform.
On 14th December 2017 Louise posted in Events, Featured, News
Understanding the needs and aspirations of different actors in the collaborative delivery of public sector services were among the goals of a stakeholder workshop held in October at the Canada Water Library. Key representatives from the London Borough of Southwark, voluntary sector organisations, and partners of the WeGovNow project engaged in an interactive and lively discussion.