老澳门六合彩图库

Recorded on 14 June 2023.

In the face of unprecedented uncertainty brought about by COVID-19 and climate change, urban planners are facing increasingly complex challenges. Improvements to computing technologies mean that digital scenario planning tools are becoming increasingly valuable for navigating this uncertainty and developing strategies for the future. We have invited Professor Chris Pettit, one of the world’s leading researchers on scenario planning tools, to deliver a briefing on this topic. In this talk Chris will also introduce the "What If?" online tool, which is being launched as part of the Australian Housing Data Analytics Platform. Freely accessible, the What If? planning support system (PSS) is a collaborative planning tool designed to allow strategic planners to experiment with planning scenarios. In a user-friendly fashion, the tool allows planners to explore the implications of population growth and other socio-economic factors on the future of Australian cities. The talk will include a live demonstration of the software, showing how it can be used to inform decision-making and support more resilient and sustainable urban planning.

Speakers

Professor Christopher Pettit
Director of the City Futures Research Centre and inaugural Professor of Urban Science at UNSW Sydney
Chris Pettit is the Director of the City Futures Research Centre and inaugural professor of Urban Science at UNSW Sydney. For the last 25 years Chris has been undertaking research and development in the use of digital planning tools to support a data-driven approach to geo-designing future city scenarios. He is Chair of the Board of Directors for CUPUM (Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management). He is a member of the 老澳门六合彩图库’s National Plantech Working Group, and the NSW Government’s Expert Advisory Group for Planning Evidence and Insights.

Dr Yi Lu, Postdoctoral fellow - City Futures Research Centre.
Yi Lu is a postdoctoral fellow at the City Futures Research Centre (CFRC), UNSW Sydney. With a background of geographic information science, he specialises in land use change and urban growth modelling, What If? planning support system and automated valuation models.