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How does where we live affect our health?
Introducing the fifth edition of the Access to Healthy Assets and Hazards index — explore our interactive map to see how your neighbourhood scores
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GeoDS and UK LLC join forces to strengthen place-based health research
The collaboration enables new opportunities for researchers to investigate the relationship between place and health
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Find out which British local authority has the highest proportion of online gamblers — and see how your area compares
Great Britain’s first neighbourhood-level gambling classification lifts the lid on our online gambling habits.
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Building new open retail centre boundaries for the UK
Where does a retail centre or high street begin and end? It sounds like a simple question, but ask three different people — a planner, a retailer or a researcher — and you will get three different answers
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GeoDS showcases research at inaugural GeoAI Conference
Earlier this month, the Geographic Data Service (GeoDS) team took part in the inaugural GeoAI conference in Ghent, Belgium. The four-day conference brought together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of geography and artificial intelligence, gathering over attendees from 36 countries and regions. Kicking off the first day in the session, titled ‘Foundation models and…
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Open Data for Neighbourhood Health: How AHAH Can Support England’s New Health Framework
On 17 March 2026, the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England published the Neighbourhood Health Framework, setting out how the NHS and local authorities will reorganise health and care services around defined local populations. The framework represents the most significant structural commitment to place-based health delivery in England in over a decade,…