Urban
Informatics Lab
Developing data-driven approaches for
urban problem-solving
About
The IIHS Urban Informatics Lab anchors the application of information and data science to research, practice, and training at IIHS. It analyses urbanisation trends and applies diverse data-driven methods to understand a wide range of urban themes.
The Lab focuses on innovations in data creation, collection, and organisation, while developing new approaches for urban problem-solving in data-scarce contexts. Its work spans employment, economic development, social protection, food systems, land markets, housing, environmental sustainability, health, and inequality.
The Lab aims to build a space for researchers and practitioners working on Indian cities to create, analyse and disseminate data related to urbanisation, as well as to develop novel methods for data-scarce environments.
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Practice
The Lab develops new methods to study and understand urban patterns, innovating in data creation, collection, and organisation, as well as in applying diverse methods to urban problem-solving.
Themes
- Urbanisation, urban and regional economic development and planning, housing, and infrastructure.
- The relationship between economic growth and urbanisation through analyses of employment, industrial transitions, informal work, economic geography, and land-based financing.
Methods
- Large-scale sample surveys measuring social and economic characteristics across cities.
- Quantitative modelling and analyses of urbanisation, integrating conventional secondary data sources and alternative data, like high-resolution remote sensing data at regional, city and neighbourhood levels.
- Development of data sets and tools for analysis, mapping, and visualisation.
Projects
The Lab’s research spans urban growth modelling, ecosystem monitoring, climate resilience,
Rajasthan, India
2022
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Applies advanced spatial analysis to strengthen sustainable urban and territorial planning and policy research using multi-scalar data sets on infrastructure and services, including transport, water and sanitation, energy, and education, with a focus on urban systems.
Rajasthan, India
2022
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Applies advanced spatial analysis to strengthen sustainable urban and territorial planning and policy research using multi-scalar data sets on infrastructure and services, including transport, water and sanitation, energy, and education, with a focus on urban systems.
Rajasthan, India
2022
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Applies advanced spatial analysis to strengthen sustainable urban and territorial planning and policy research using multi-scalar data sets on infrastructure and services, including transport, water and sanitation, energy, and education, with a focus on urban systems.
Rajasthan, India
2022
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Applies advanced spatial analysis to strengthen sustainable urban and territorial planning and policy research using multi-scalar data sets on infrastructure and services, including transport, water and sanitation, energy, and education, with a focus on urban systems.
Research
The Lab analyses India’s urbanisation trends using primary and secondary data across multiple thematic areas.
Themes
- Urbanisation, inequality, employment, health, economic geography, industrial transitions, and informal work in Indian cities.
Methods
- Advanced statistical and machine learning methods to generate evidence in data-scarce environments.
- Spatial analysis of inequalities in access to housing, infrastructure, services, economic opportunity, and public health.
- Development of data sets and tools for analysis, mapping, and visualisation.
Projects
Rajasthan, India
2022
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Applies advanced spatial analysis to strengthen sustainable urban and territorial planning and policy research using multi-scalar data sets on infrastructure and services, including transport, water and sanitation, energy, and education, with a focus on urban systems.
Rajasthan, India
2022
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Applies advanced spatial analysis to strengthen sustainable urban and territorial planning and policy research using multi-scalar data sets on infrastructure and services, including transport, water and sanitation, energy, and education, with a focus on urban systems.
Rajasthan, India
2022
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Applies advanced spatial analysis to strengthen sustainable urban and territorial planning and policy research using multi-scalar data sets on infrastructure and services, including transport, water and sanitation, energy, and education, with a focus on urban systems.
Rajasthan, India
2022
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Applies advanced spatial analysis to strengthen sustainable urban and territorial planning and policy research using multi-scalar data sets on infrastructure and services, including transport, water and sanitation, energy, and education, with a focus on urban systems.
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