Our impact
With international researchers, a worldwide alumni, and extensive use of our valued data collections and respected data services, UBDC has global reach and influence. A selection of case studies illustrates our varied impact.
Waterproofing Data Project - Full report and resources
The ESRC Celebrating Impact Award winning, Waterproofing Data project engaged local people from marginalised communities, including school children and the elderly, to map flood prone areas and generate new data on past and present flood events.
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Impact stories
Using spare CCTV to monitor activity on city streets
The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) is working closely with Glasgow City Council (GCC) to develop innovative methods for monitoring activity on Glasgow’s streets using excess on the city’s extensive CCTV network.
Workforce challenges in Adult Social Care
Researchers shed light on workforce challenges in adult social care, using an expansive dataset held by UBDC looking at workforce challenges in adult social care.
How to 'REPAIR' our high streets
Researchers from UBDC and the Universities of Glasgow, Sheffield and UCL conducted a mixed method study called Real Estate, Place Adaptation and Innovation within an integrated Retailing system.
Scottish Local Government during COVID-19: Data Needs, Capabilities, and Uses
The Urban Big Data Centre carried out an in-depth analysis of Scottish local government’s data engagement between autumn 2020 and spring 2021.
Older people and sedentary behaviour: what’s the connection with the environment?
UBDC assisted with a research project contrasting the relationships between sedentary behaviour measures on the one hand and neighbourhood measures on the other.
Using weather data to understand usage of Glasgow’s cycle hire scheme
The Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) approached UBDC for help with a report on active, sustainable travel that the GCPH was preparing on Glasgow City Council’s cycle hire scheme.
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