London: Its People and their Litter
London has historically endured poorer levels of local environmental quality (LEQ) than the rest of England. In answer to this, Capital Standards was established in 2002 to improve London’s LEQ.
Local Environmental Quality in Times of Austerity: Prioritisation and Behaviour Change
In times of austerity, when cuts to local government funding appear almost daily in the news headlines, how do residents of London prioritise public services? And, are these priorities changing in the face of this increasingly challenging financial climate?
This research, co-funded by London Councils and Keep Britain Tidy, looks at how changing resident priorities on public sector spend impact on the ways in which Londoners would like authority bodies to address local environmental quality. Putting the residents in charge of their own ‘budgets’, the research explores: the degree to which residents see fines for local environmental quality and related anti-social behaviour offences as an acceptable source of revenue; what residents are willing to contribute towards the issues personally (time, for example); and what other approaches and techniques are most likely to change poor environmental behaviours and encourage people to ‘do the right thing’.