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Indoor environment and energy use study

Indoor environment and energy use study

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Private renting and the suburbanisation of poverty

One of the most marked changes in the UK’s housing system over the last 30 years has been the rise of the private rented sector (PRS). Many more low-income households now find homes in this sector.

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2023

Data for insights into mobility

Traditional approaches to transport planning are giving way to the new mobilities paradigm. This approach challenges us not to think about transport in neat categories, whether those be trip purpose or travel mode. Instead, it invites us to think about the complexity and interconnectedness of how humans, goods, and information move around.

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2023

Improving the P-Median model with capacity and near-far cost allocation in Spopt

Spopt is an open-source Python library for solving optimization problems with spatial data. Originating from the region module in PySAL (Python Spatial Analysis Library), it is actively evolving to incorporate recently proposed models and techniques aimed at solving problems related to regionalization, facility location, and transportation.

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2023

New funding awarded for Urban Sensing research

UBDC is delighted to announce a series of successful funding applications from the Royal Society, Understanding Society, and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

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2023

Developing research collaborations in Kyoto and Hong Kong

Post-doctoral researcher, Joss Qiaosi Li recently visited Kyoto University and the University of Hong Kong to develop research collaborations

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2023

Unveiling the variability in public transport services across Great Britain

From morning to night: Unveiling the variability in public transport services across Great Britain

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2023

Meet the team - David McArthur

The Urban Big Data Centre brings together the expertise and experience of colleagues from all over the world. We'd like to introduce some of them in a series of informal profiles.

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2023

Meet the team - Barbara Alvarez Solanilla

The Urban Big Data Centre brings together the expertise and experience of colleagues from all over the world.

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2023

Meet the team - Faraz Malik Awan

The Urban Big Data Centre brings together the expertise and experience of colleagues from all over the world.

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2023
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