Applied Data Analysis for Urban Planning and Management

About

Alasdair Rae is the founder of Automatic Knowledge Ltd a UK-based data and insights company focusing on spatial data analysis and the built environment. Prior to that he was a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield. He is a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society a recipient of the Royal Town Planning Institutes Sir Peter Hall award for Wider Engagement a former Commissioner of the UK2070 Commission and a winner of the Royal Statistical Societys Stat of the Year. His most recent academic work has focused on spatial analysis deprivation housing markets and megaregions and his work frequently appears in the national and international media. He has a PhD from the University of Liverpool an MA from The Ohio State University and a BA from the University of Strathclyde.  Cecilia Wong is Professor of Spatial Planning and Director of Spatial Policy and Analysis Lab of the Manchester Urban Institute the University of Manchester. She is Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences; Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute; and Chair of the UK 2021 Research Excellence Framework Architecture Built Environment and Planning sub-panel. She has research expertise in strategic spatial planning policy monitoring and analysis urban and regional development and housing and infrastructure planning and urban planning in China. She was a commissioner of the UK2070 Commission on Regional Inequalities a commissioner of the Labour Partys Lyons Independent Housing Review a member of Department for Communities and Local Governments expert panel on housing and planning an expert panel member of the European Commissions Urban Audit II and an expert group member of the UN-Habitat City Prosperity Index.