The Classification of Multidimensional Open Data of Urban Morphology (MODUM) is a national classification for England and Wales at the Output Area level (2011 Census Geography). It describes the typology of neighbourhoods based on a number of built environment and urban morphology attributes, such as street & railway network, green spaces, retail access and historic buildings, calculated from open data sources.

The clustering methdology is Self-Organising Maps (SOM).

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CDRC MODUM Geodata Pack by the ESRC Consumer Data Research Centre;

• Contains National Statistics data Crown copyright and database right 2015;
• Contains Ordnance Survey data Crown copyright and database right 2015;
• Historic England 2015. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2015. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from http://www.HistoricEngland.org.uk;
• Contains Cadw Data 2015;
• Contains LDC data 2015;
• Contains CDRC data 2015.

More details about the data used, methodology and cluster labels can be found in an open access academic paper - see the link below.