Policy Modelling
The Measurement and Modelling working group focuses on developing and implementing protocols for measurement of urban environmental features and exposures, with a focus on air quality, noise, transportation mode and safety, and housing. In addition, the group works on acquiring data for modelling and on applying models to characterize baseline status of environmental exposures and the impacts of specific policy scenarios, to cities in the Pathways project. Using our collective experiences in London and Vancouver, work to date has largely focused on development of methods for air pollution, noise and transportation characterization in Accra which can then be applied in other Pathways cities where existing data are lacking.
Related Publications
The health effects of fixed-guideway transit investment: a review of methods and best practice Technical Report
University of British Columbia 2018.
Rediscovering Chinese cities through the lens of land-use patterns Journal Article
In: Land Use Policy, vol. 79, pp. 362-374, 2018.
Block-level changes in the socio-spatial landscape in Beijing: Trends and processes Journal Article
In: Urban Studies, vol. 56, iss. 6, pp. 1198-1214, 2018.
A framework for joint modelling of activity choice, duration, and productivity while travelling Journal Article
In: Transportation Research Part B, vol. 106, pp. 153-172, 2017.
Sanitation, hookworm, anemia, stunting, and wasting in primary school children in southern Ethiopia: Baseline results from a study in 30 schools Journal Article
In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 11, iss. 10, pp. e0005948, 2017.