Applied Data Analysis For Urban Planning And Management

<p>This book showcases the different ways in which contemporary forms of data analysis are being used in urban planning and management. It highlights the emerging possibilities that city-regional governance, technology and data have for better planning and urban management - and discusses how you can apply them to your research.<br/><br/>Including perspectives from across the globe, it’s packed with examples of good practice and helps to demystify the process of using big and open data.</p><ul><li>Learn about different kinds of emergent data sources and how they are processed, visualised and presented.</li><li>Understand how spatial analysis and GIS are used in city planning.</li><li>See examples of how contemporary data analytics methods are being applied in a variety of contexts, such as ‘smart’ city management and megacities.</li></ul><p>Aimed at upper undergraduate and postgraduate students studying spatial analysis and planning, this timely text is the perfect