Category Archives: Smart Cities

Applied Urban Modelling 2018

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Michael Batty

This conference is the seventh in a by-now very well established meeting held each June in Cambridge UK, which brings together those working on land use transport interaction/integration models (LUTI models) in the narrower sense and more generally on urban … Continue reading →

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The Good City Conference

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Michael Batty

The Urban Transformations Consortium’s Conference on the theme of the ‘Good City’ was held in Oxford last week from April 18thto 20th. A variety of approaches to cities were presented with panel sessions devoted to healthy cities, shelter and ownership, … Continue reading →

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Data-Driven Urban Dynamics at ORNL

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Michael Batty

Visited the Urban Dynamics Institute (UDI) headed up Budhendra Bhaduri (Budhu) which is a rapidly growing effort in data-driven technologies applicable to cities. This group which is based at Oakridge National Labs which began life in the war years as part of … Continue reading →

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