Welcome to our research catalogue, presenting papers from our most recent interrogations.

Green for Victory: Parks and responsibility
Autumn 2020
Of the 3000 parks in London, the majority are owned by local authorities. Due to decades of budget cuts, it is becoming increasingly common for councils to transfer these over to local community groups. Freed from quarterly spend reporting and top-down management chains, the benefits of community management mean that…

Green for Victory: Parks and open doors
Autumn 2020
A quick glance at the green map of our capital reveals that most of its parks and gardens are clustered in distinct areas, leaving great gaps in the urban forest and entire neighbourhoods devoid of green. Unfortunately, this more often than not correlates with wealth and ethnicity - with less…

Green for Victory: Parks and the wild
Autumn 2020
With almost 50% green cover and as many trees as people, London is statistically the greenest major city in the world. Yet Londoners desperately lack access to nature, and we find ourselves in a mounting green space crisis. Green for Victory explores the discrepancy between the stats and the stories.…