11-20, 11:00–11:25 (Pacific/Auckland), WG126
We interact with urban form everyday. It dictates where and how we live, move, build and interact with people and services in our cities. This talk will introduce the exciting world of urban morphometrics - measurements of urban form and their implications on urban evolution, function and performance.
This talk will showcase how open data from OpenStreetMap and other resources combined with open source tools from Python and R can help us build a deep understanding of our urban environment. The talk will be linked to a Github repo with reproducible code (and environment) for any interested enthusiast who wants to delve deeper into this topic.
I am a data scientist working to push the analytics capabilities of public sector work in transport. My current work at the Ministry of Transport involves new modelling paradigms for transport policy, comprehensive re-design of legacy workflows to reproducible analytical pipelines (RAP) and building towards agile and collaborative ways of working for public sector analysts. I'm a passionate advocate for open source and open data in government. I also love using open source tools for exploring my interests in rainforests, cities and urban development.