Subject: Architecture
Department/institution: Department of Architecture
Contact details: ty290@cam.ac.uk
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Tianren Yang has been a Research Associate at the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies since completing his PhD at Cambridge. He is interested in developing advanced urban analytics and modelling to provide a scientific understanding of how cities evolve, particularly in relation to technology, policy and human behaviour. His current research explores integrated policy perspectives to measure and predict how to maximise economic, environmental and social benefits through the spatial coordination of various urban developments (e.g. housing, jobs and transport).
As a chartered urban planner, Dr Yang consults widely for industry in real estate and city development, endeavouring to apply research insights to practical decision-making. He has worked for the China Development Bank, Boston Consulting Group, and EPSRC Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction on analysing and modelling large-scale urban changes. So far, he has taken part in the development of computer models for several dominant city regions in the UK (Greater London and Cambridge), the USA (Chicago Metropolitan Area) and China (Greater Shanghai and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei).
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