Tranquil City and Outlandish Cooperative have started a new Innovate UK-funded project exploring how environmental mapping data can be used to track progress against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). If you haven’t heard about them before, they’re a set of 17 goals and targets that aspire to make the world a better place for all.

We are exploring how geospatial data can be created globally and used for strategic urban planning, site and intervention design and evaluation of impact towards three specific SDGs:

• Good Health & Wellbeing (SDG 3)
• Sustainable Cities & Communities (SDG 11)
• Life on Land (SDG 15)

We have some big ideas about how our data can help make healthier, more sustainable cities where nature and people can thrive. But we need your input to understand where this data is most effective and how it should be presented and used within the policy, planning and design process.

We’re looking for policymakers, charities, urban planners and environmental practitioners from around the world to complete a short survey on how the UN Sustainable Development Goals relate to their day-to-day work. This initial survey will ask some high-level questions on how each of the SDGs is relevant for your city and discipline and if you’ve experienced any challenges with trying to measure progress. Your insights will be invaluable to informing the next stage of the experiment process.

If you’d like to be involved in some 1-2-1 chats to give more detail on your experience, please leave your email address in the survey. We are hoping to bring a select few of you along in our journey to test design ideas, create environmental data packs for your city and arrive at a solution that measures and informs how positive change can be achieved.

Thank you!

Tranquil City & Outlandish Co-operative