ESRC Festival of Social Science, Understanding Welsh Places: hands-on introduction to an interactive website with data on your local area
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What’s on offer?
The event will be an introduction to the Understanding Welsh Places (UWP) website. A brief introduction will be followed by an interactive, hands-on workshop where attendees can learn how to use the website. You will be shown how you can use data about your local area (Cardiff and South Wales / Bangor and North Wales) to help you understand where you live and how it is similar or different to neighbouring places. Exploring the similarities and contrasts might give you ideas for your place, or you can share examples of your best practice with others.
What’s it about?
On the UWP website you will find useful data and geographical information about your town or local area to help you identify opportunities for your community. This includes information about every place in Wales with 1,000 or more residents. If you live in a town or community with fewer than 2,000 people, you will find that there is less data available than for larger places. There is data on the demographic, social and economic make up of an area, the availability of community services and assets including public transport, and data on how people move between places such as commuting and migration patterns. The graphics, maps and guidance on the website will help you to explore the data you need to make a difference in the place where you live or work.
Who is leading the event?
Scott Orford, Professor in Spatial Analysis and GIS at Cardiff University
Sam Jones, Research Data Officer for WISERD at Cardiff University
Of interest to:
Although anyone can attend, we would particularly like to attract members of town and community councils, civil society and third sector groups who would benefit from working with comparative data on their local areas.
Glamorgan Building
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff
CF10 3WA