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IDEAMAPS network launches new platform
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Waterproofing Data project wins ESRC Celebrating Impact award
An UBDC project that’s increasing community resilience of flood-prone areas in Brazil has won an ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize.
Are short-term rental regulations impacting Airbnb listings?
Airbnb, the biggest player in the online ‘home-sharing’ world, is running a 2023 ad campaign to encourage more people to rent out their homes or rooms for some extra cash. This comes at the same time that the Scottish Government has put in place new regulations for the sector.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Unveiling the variability in public transport services across Great Britain
From morning to night: Unveiling the variability in public transport services across Great Britain
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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