Impact of geography

Identifying homes in flood risk areas across England

Aviva’s analysis reveals that the share of new homes built in England’s flood‑risk areas has increased significantly, with one in nine new properties constructed between 2022 and 2024 located in medium or high flood‑risk zones.

Mapping children’s access to playgrounds across England

Access to playgrounds and play areas are important to children’s health, well-being, and social development. The University of Sheffield have been investigating how access is dictated by geography and deprivation, and the inequality of provision.

Meeting the Bank of England’s climate standards

Ordnance Survey (OS) is helping financial institutions identify, measure, and manage climate risks across insurance and retail banking portfolios, to comply with the Bank of England’s new climate standards

Preserving place name heritage in modern developments

GeoPlace and the Institute for Name-Studies collaborated to undertake historical research into modern street-naming policies, ensuring that traditional names are considered in development projects and honours local history.

Mitigating and adapting climate risks to properties and neighbourhoods

Working with Liverpool-based housing association, Livv Housing Group, Map Impact is helping to improve understanding of climate risks to properties and neighbourhoods.

Identifying hard to heat homes in the UK

Ordnance Survey (OS) worked to identify homes most vulnerable to heat loss across the UK, helping local authorities target energy-efficiency interventions where they are needed most.

Wetlands protecting England’s coasts

Research from the Cambridge Coastal Research Unit (CCRU) demonstrated the critical role that coastal wetlands play as natural buffers against storm impacts.

Supporting nature-based solutions to flood risks in Britain

The Rivers Trust has helped to accelerate the delivery of Natural Flood Management strategies (NFM) to support more local organisations, community groups, farmers and volunteers to work together more effectively against flood risk.

Impacts of human activity on Lake Windermere’s water quality

Map Impact carried out work which highlights the impacts that human activity is having on England’s largest freshwater body, Lake Windermere in Cumbria.

Exploring 100 years of England’s archaeological history

Historic England have combined 30 years of archived aerial photograph mapping projects, making these freely available online, providing public access to thousands of historic landscapes.

Mitigating the impact of mining in Mongolia on nomadic pastoralists

Researchers at University of Oxford along with multiple stakeholders in Mongolia, are investigating the impact of mining on the nomadic pastoralists of Mongolia through detailing the significant risks faced by these communities.

Inspiring young people to learn more about coastal flood resilience

Children and young people are being inspired to learn more about climate change and coastal flood resilience through an interactive Minecraft game, CoastCraft.