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Overview: Planning support systems

Researchers focus on integrated and spatial planning within a sustainability science context; urban and regional simulation modelling, advanced spatial analysis, infrastructure demand and interaction modelling; innovative information solutions to support planning, monitoring and evaluation of social and economic infrastructure delivery, including the use of remote sensing technologies; advanced resource-efficient technologies for sustainable human settlements; and medium-density housing and safer communities. Specific research groups include Urban and Regional Planning, Geo-modelling, Development Informatics, Sustainable Human Settlements and the Urban Dynamics Laboratory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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