Glasgow
What do we know about the relationship between air pollution, health, and inequality in Glasgow?
Author / Creator: Allison Catalano
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
Glasgow has some of the worst air quality levels in Scotland
Decomposing Glasgow’s CO₂ Emissions: Key Insights
Author / Creator: Grant Allan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
If you’re interested in understanding more about Glasgow’s emissions, GEMINOA is the place to go.
Socioeconomic inequalities in air pollutant exposure in Glasgow
Author / Creator: Allison Catalano
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Environmental inequalities present in the Glasgow City Council area
Inequalities in air pollution exposure in Glasgow City
Author / Creator: Allison Catalano
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
People from ethnic minority backgrounds are disproportionately likely to live in areas with high concentrations of outdoor pollutants
Quantifying Glasgow’s Emissions Reductions
Author / Creator: Lewis O’Neill
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2025
Glasgow’s emissions reductions between 2005 and 2022.
Glasgow Data Catalogue 2025
Author / Creator: Chrissie Blair
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Data on environmental, energy, transport, economic, health, and inequality indicators relevant to the City of Glasgow
The Role of Solar Energy in Glasgow’s Decarbonisation Strategy
Author / Creator: Milja Keskinen
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2025
Renewable electricity generation has been a major driver of Scotland’s decarbonisation success.
Glasgow Economic and Climate Review 2025
Author / Creator: Glasgow Environmental Monitoring of Indoor and Outdoor Air (GEMINOA)
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Indicators of emissions, air quality, energy, transport, economy, health and inequality in Glasgow.
Toward Inclusive Ownership - Adressing Systemic Barriers for Urban Communities in Scotland
Author / Creator: Gavin Cowan
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Significant obstacles such as delays in community ownership processes and mismanagement within Glasgow City Council’s community asset transfer system continue to exist.
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.