Glasgow

Free Public Transport Study

Author / Creator: : Steven Reid

Media type: Report

Date published: 2024

The feasibility study of free public transport has been approved by the City Council.


Socioeconomic inequalities in air pollutant exposure in Glasgow

Author / Creator: Allison Catalano

Media type: Report

Date published: 2024

Glasgow has the highest concentrations of NOX and small particulates, but the effects are not evenly distributed.


Quantifying Glasgow's Emissions Reductions: A Data-Driven Analysis from 2005 to 2022

Author / Creator: Jack Williamson

Media type: Research Report

Date published: 2024

The main driver of the reduction in emissions for Glasgow has been the decarbonisation of electricity.


Consumption Rooms: Enabling or Preventing?

Author / Creator: Anthony Heron

Media type: Article

Date published: 2024

The UK’s first consumption room for illegal drugs was announced in September of this year; but is it a good idea?


The Beginning of the Gable End: 50 Years on from the Glasgow Mural Scheme

Author / Creator: Myrtle Boot

Media type: Article

Date published: 2025

Is it through a major infrastructure project, like the overhaul of the Clyde’s waterfront? Or with new ways of perceiving a ‘place’, seen in the Gorbals Crown Street Regeneration? Does the answer lie in being crowned European City of the Year, or host of the Commonwealth Games? 


Understanding Urban Community Landownership

Author / Creator: Carey Doyle

Media type: Report

Date published: 2024

As the community landownership model was applied across Scotland it quickly became clear that urban communities were facing additional challenges in their buy outs, including:

  • Lack of resources at the early stages
  • Additional challenges for more disadvantaged communities
  • Land of understanding of the process
  • Lack of confidence in urban communities by decision makers


James McCune Smith: new discovery reveals how first African American doctor fought for women’s rights in Glasgow

Author / Creator: Matthew Daniel Eddy

Media type: News Media

Date published:

McCune Smith’s activism showed aspiring African Americans that becoming a professional black physician could be more than simply treating patients. For him, being an expert in medical science also included using his training to fight injustice and inequality.


Mapping Economic Potential in North-East Glasgow

Author / Creator: Mhairi Love

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: April 2017

The case for asset based community development in the North-East of Glasgow through mapping derelict and vacant sites in the area and looking at how the Community Empowerment Act could be utilised.