| Analysis of spatial data |
| http://midas.ac.uk/argus/Research/CartoViz/model.html |
| Scientific visualisation (ViSC) techniques for exploratory analysis of spatial data. |
| Brownfields-Bioremediation techniques |
| http://www.usedi.com/biorem.htm |
| These techniques are set to expand significantly in the US in the last half of this decade. They are established to recover contaminated land to a useable condition. |
| Bury, Leigh and Lancashire |
| http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk |
| 18 North West towns are linked on this comprehensive site. Bury and Leigh are two of the "Lancashire" towns. For Bury there is an index page. You can obtain from this site the latest press cuttings on news about the town via the online local papers. |
| City Maps |
| http://www.xyzmaps.com |
| A new company providing Crown Copyright free digital maps will be releasing maps of Manchester in the Spring. Maps presently available are at 1:10,000 and 1:50,000 scale. However, the costs seem quite high. |
| Communities online |
| A recent issue of "Internet Intelligence Bulletin" (September 1998) describes the work of the networking organisation UK Communities Online (UKCO). It is said about online communities that: "…local government has a key role to play, along the lines of its role as planning authority in a geographical community". UKCO also have their own site at: |
| http://www.communities.org.uk/ |
| Data Protection Registrar |
| http://www.open.gov.uk/dpr/dprhome.htm |
| Downloadable details on the 1998 Act. |
| Data sources |
| http://www.thedatasource.com |
| A company called The Data Source has been established to provide an independent source of worldwide data. Although there is an extensive list of datasets in its website the primary goal for the company will be to provide a search service for unusual data. At the moment there is little reference to UK datasets but the website is being continually developed. See also pg. 10 Mapping Awareness, November 1998. |
| European digital cities project |
| http://www.edc.eu.int/ |
| Links to the European digital cities project. |
| European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) |
| http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/cplan/enhr11.html |
| A 4-page listing of papers from their recent conference on housing futures can be found at this site. There is a link to each paper. Two papers on the housing market are referenced later in this section. |
| Extranets |
| Source: Internet Intelligence Bulletin. |
| Parliamentary IT officers have placed an order for an "extranet" service to connect Parliament to the government-wide computer network known as the Government Secure Intranet. |
| Geography |
| http://www.ngdf.org.uk/uksgb/homepage.htm |
| This page gives details of the UK Standard Geographic base. Details of the datasets involved are given on a further page. |
| GIS Survey & New deal for communities |
| http://www.planning.haynet.com |
| RTPI site with links to these topics. |
| Government Statistical Service |
| http://www.statistics.gov.uk |
| At this site you will find the first version of StatBase from ONS. (See also their News Release: ONS (98) 320 dated 1 October 1998. There are two components: Statsearch which provides detailed information about official statistics and Statstore which holds the statistics themselves. Statbase is due to replace the "Guide to Official Statistics". |
| Greater Manchester Information Society project |
| http://www.mttp.net.uk/isaware |
| The newsletter of ISaware "Newsaware" can be found at this address. |
| Greenfield debate |
| http://www.planning.haynet.com |
| The debate as mentioned on page 4 of Planning magazine 30 October 1998 can be found from this site. |
| House price modelling |
| http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/cplan/enhr/files/Meen-G.htm |
| The full title of this paper presented at the ENHR Conference is: "25 years of house price modelling in the UK. What have we learnt and where do we go from here". The paper is 60 pages long. |
| Housing and poverty alleviation programme |
| http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/hpap/intro.htm |
| This site from Cardiff University introduces the programme and provides a link to research, consultancy and advisory services. Brief details available. |
| Housing Density |
| http://www.teleport.com/~mrtom/hdens.htm |
| On this page there are links to sites around the world with resource materials related to how housing density fits into plans to co-ordinate and manage growth. |
| Housing: Key figures |
| http://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/information/keyfigures/index.htm |
| Main statistics on housing at the national level. |
| Housing Market |
| http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/cplan/enhr/files/Marsh-A2.html |
| This is another paper from the ENHR conference. This fully-referenced 18-page academic paper is entitled: "Modelling the housing market: the role of expectations." |
| Housing Quality Indicators |
| http://www.housing.detr.gov.uk/hrs/hrs070.htm |
| This summary contains the main findings of a study examining the feasibility of developing a set of indicators for assessing the quality of social housing in England. |
| Information Society Initiative |
| http://www.itforall.gov.uk |
| Information Society Initiative – information on the benefits of the information society for individuals. This is a government information site. |
| "Inside" |
| http://www.bl.uk/serials |
| This is a new service from the British Library. It offers a fully integrated current awareness and document delivery service, covering 20,000 journals and 16,000 conferences taken and held by the British Library |
| International Passenger Survey (Marketing agents) |
| http://www.mdst.co.uk |
| http://www.interstat.co.uk |
| The "Travelpac" compact dataset 1993-96 is a set of selected variables drawn from the International Passenger Survey (IPS). It provides information on travel patterns to and from the UK, telling you how many people travelled, how they travelled, how long they stayed and how much they spent. An alternative dataset called Travelpac Comprehensive Dataset may also be available soon. This dataset is for more in depth analysis. Further details are also available from marketing agents who hold IPS data from 1990 onwards. Details can be found at above web sites. |
| LPAC – Future sources of large-scale housing… |
| http://www.lpac.gov.uk/cr43-98.html |
| This report was produced in the summer and is a lengthy assessment, which will inform the proposed 1998/99 Housing Capacity Study in London |
| Manchester Facts and figures |
| http://www.manchester.gov.uk/yourcc/final.htm#census94 |
| "Manchester Forum" |
| http://www.manchestercivic.org.uk |
| The paper can be viewed on the internet at the above address |
| National Information Services and Systems (NISS) |
| http://www.niss.ac.uk/welcome/index.html |
| NISS manages a substantial collection of information and information resources, as well as offering links to a wide range of information services on the internet and other networks world-wide. |
| Navidata |
| http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/download.asp |
| This system can be downloaded from the above site. The software from the Central Statistical Office (CSO) allows you to quickly find various sources of data on any topic that the government produces statistics on. |
| Planning Resources on the Internet |
| http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/housing.html |
| This site will provide you with links to associations, data, online publications and other sites of interest but most are American. |
| Salford planning department |
| http://www.salford.gov.uk/tech.htm |
| Social Housing |
| Http://www.jrf.org.uk/housing/HR648.htm |
| This site is a Joseph Rowntree Foundation Findings entitled: "Regionalism, devolution and social housing" (6 pages). |
| Software |
| http://www.download.com |
| Downloadable software products on various topics are available from this site. |
| Statistics |
| http://www.official-documents.co.uk |
| The Green Paper (CM3882) is available from this site. |
| Thesaurus of Geographic names |
| http://www.gii.getty.edu |
| Basic details on 900,000 places!! See also the article by Paul Miller in BURISA 134, pg. 13 September 1998. |
| Thomson's Directory-Business Addresses |
| http://www.inbusiness.co.uk |
| This is the site of Thomson's directory. The homepage provides you with a search facility. The results will provide you with the correct name of a company, address, telephone and type of business details. The site can be accessed at the following address: |
| http://www.thomweb.co.uk |
| Thomson Directories have also released an updated version of Business Search Pro, the CD-ROM compiled from its database of 2.2 million business listings. |
| Alternatively, if you are only interested in companies in the North West and North Wales you could search a new Internet Directory produced by House of Images. The annual fee is £10. The internet address is: |
| http://www.businessinfo.co.uk |
| Urban Villages Forum |
| http://www.urban-villages-forum.org.uk |
| Details of projects that this organisation is involved with can be found from this site. For instance the Hulme project is at: |
| http://propertymall.com/uvf/hulme.htm |