Andrew Dingjan, Director

AURIN

AURIN - Geo-spatial Data And Analytic Tools For Better Urban Planning And Decision Making Presentation to World Geo-Spatial Forum - Rotterdam, May 2016

A Single On-line Platform For Accessing, Analysing And Visualising Urban Research Data

A Suite of Open-Source Analytical Tools

A Federally Funded Project

WHO WE ARE:

UNPARALLELED, SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS TO CURATED, GEO-SPATIAL OPEN DATA ON AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY

Convert Spatial Data Into Meaningful Information For The Purposes Of Intelligent Decision Making

Data is important, but smart tools create meaning

Fusing data and visualising results is most important

Helps turbocharge evidence-based decision processes

WHAT WE DO:

WHAT WE DO: INFORM URBAN RESEARCH PRIORITIES

3700 Users (Research & Govt) 70+ Research Institutions engaged Inc. Universities, CSIRO, ANDS

90+

ENHANCING HEALTH & WELLBEING ACROSS AUSTRALIAN

COMMUNITIES

URBAN DESIGN &

AFFORDABLE

HOUSING

INFRASTRUCTURE

TO ENHANCE

URBAN & REGIONAL

PRODUCTIVITY

ACHIEVING

GREATER

EFFICIENCIES

IN ENERGY &

WATER CONSUMPTION

MODEL AND VISUALISE

SOCIAL AND

ENVIRONMENTAL

INTERACTIONS

Datasets 1700 Academics, Scientists, Architects, Policy Planners, Industry leaders involved in AURIN governance

User Distribution

Account holders at:

• 52 Universities

• 10 Research organizations

• 12 Federal Government units

• 59 State Government agencies

• 51 Local Governments

• 29 Commercial partners

• 37 Not for Profit organisations

OBJECTIVES

• Development – Collect and integrate built environment and urban research datasets – Improve our ability to model and visualise these social and

environment interactions

• Outcomes – Inform evidence-based research, policy and practice – Improve the understanding of Australia's urban settlements as

complex systems – Support urban resource management and policy decisions by making

information easier to access – Improve the sustainability of our cities and urban areas by better

understanding the physical and social aspects of built environments – Improve Australia's ability to undertake collaborative research

internationally.

The Australian Challenge – The AURIN Solution

Rapid population growth and under-planning of its cities.

Surprisingly little integrated infrastructure for complex information / open data processing

‘Policy-based evidence’ approaches more than Evidence-based policy approaches in government and research agendas.

More data, but often with lower explanatory power about

the underlying decisions and behaviours of city users

There are still some significant issues with ‘Open Data’ : • data representativeness and inclusion; • trust and privacy; • State and corporate control and manipulation; and • the blind trust in imperfect algorithms.

AURIN Context

• Urban And Built Environment Is Extremely Broad • Health,

• Transport,

• Future population, • 100k people per annum Melbourne,

• Livability,

• Housing,

• …

• Much Research Depends On Access To And Usage Of Data • The Internet is FULL of data and this is growing exponentially

• Right,

• Wrong,

• Biased,

• Contradictory,

• Needle in haystack,

• ….

$2m+ <$750k

OPEN DATA HAS A ROLE IN IMPROVING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

• Right Size for Networks • Network Mix Optimisation • Demand forecasting & Mgt • Maintenance Optimisation • Congestion Pricing

Airport Link – Brisbane

• Voluntary administration 2013

• Economic failure --incorrect predictions • Went into Receivership in 2013

Clem 7 – Brisbane (Clem Jones Tunnel)

• Opened in 2009 Bankrupt almost immediately

• $144 million in damages litigation

AURIN – Shining Light on the ‘Dark Arts’ - Forecasting Traffic - The poverty of Prediction - Improving planning processes using empirical data for large scale Complex icon Projects is key - Understanding and uncovering Localised phenomena is key to information veracity

Lane Cove Tunnel - Sydney

INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS – Getting Them Right More Often

Well intended And important Initiatives BUT Traffic & User Assumptions Frequently and Fundamentally Flawed

• AUST infrastructure crying out for a more rigourous, evidence-based approach – that the community understands! • Would we need platforms like AURIN if we were more highly data driven and got these large decisions right?

Open Data Can Build a View Of The Urban Infrastructure And City System - As A System Of Systems

Data Aggregation Platforms Like AURIN integrate Multi-Layered Spatial Data to Map and Visualise: • Linkages between public health outcomes and urban planning policies • Value conflicts between land-use, economics, urban design and personal well-being • Linkages between Industry clustering, agglomeration policies, crime, transport and social disadvantage • Linkages between communications, health, physical infrastructure and public safety

o Goal 1: A Stronger Society Key principles are personal responsibility for health, wellbeing, safety. AURIN - metrics for healthier/safer areas (SEIFA Index, VAMPIRE Index)

o Goal 2: A Better Connected Society The role of design and development in promoting social cohesion, equality of opportunity, health. AURIN: Rates of Population Growth, Demographics; Illness eg diabetes distributions

o Goal 3: A Competitive Metropolis A diverse and local employment – an agile/adaptable workforce.

AURIN - Prosperity Index - COFFEE

o Goal 4: A Healthier Environment Stronger natural assets despite growing population.

AURIN – Tree Canopy maps; Heat wave vulnerability; urban densification – developments

AURIN And Big Data Supporting A More ‘Resilient Melbourne’ Data and spatial evidence for 6 maps to support each of the goals for Resilient Melbourne Strategy

Mapping, Charting & Analysis

AURIN CURRENTLY USED AS BASIS FOR ($9M) DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT ‘CLEAN AIR AND URBAN LANDSCAPES ‘(CAUL) PROJECT

• Air quality and impact on biodiversity, threatened species, health and wellbeing, greening the cities, …

• New data from Bureau of Meteorology (1878-..), National Pollutant Inventory, Australian Energy Market Operators, Environmental Protection Agency, …

Temperature @3am Over Last 10 Years In Melbourne

Polluting Sites Around Melbourne & Energy Generators

Correlating Traffic Volumes with Incidence of Respiratory Diseases

DHHS collaborating with us to build AURIN’s capability to inform best practice policy and planning decisions that will

maximize local health and wellbeing.

OPEN DATA IS KEY TO INFORMING HEALTH AND SOCIAL POLICY

Boroondara Liveability Collaborative & AURIN AURIN workbench tools: - Analyse variance in liveability - Identify land areas and neighbourhood

service connections to improve liveability for an aging population - Understand ‘location’ as determinant of

social health eg access to: - public transport; - walking pathways; - fresh food. - General Practitioners (GPs), - pharmacies, - community health centres

Assess Socio-economic Vulnerability To Movements In Petrol Prices And Mortgage Rates According To Location

Each data set is represented as a set of geo-references zones which have a standard VAMPIRE score and a number of input variables (e.g. median household income).

Vulnerability Indices For Mortgage, Petroleum And Inflation Risks And Expenditure (VAMPIRE) Datasets. AURIN & Griffith University’s Urban Research Program

Measure of socio-economic oil vulnerability in australian cities, based on an analysis of socio-economic indicators from the ABS

Psychological Distress - Modelled Estimate

Estimated number of people aged 18 years and over with high or very high psychological distress

Walkability to GP Practices – 800 metres

Understanding Health Services Utilisation

Source: Walkability Tool by Mccaughey Centre accessed by the AURIN Portal. Data inputs: PSMA, PTV and Department of GPs

Challenge: Nthn Melbourne communities taking unwell children directly to hospital Emergency Departments – Why?

University of Adelaide - Public Health Information Development Unit, (2014): Chronic Disease – Diabetes Estimate. Accessed from AURIN Portal on 13 October 2015

Diabetes Clusters

Chronic Disease Mapping and Clustering

• Criminal Offences and Liquor Licenced Venues – Frankston Area

Number of Offences / Postcode Area for 2015

Land Use Allocation Results - 2031

Land Use Allocation Results - 2016

Land Use Suitability - Current

RED = Not Suitable; Dark Green – highly suitable

AURIN - Creating ‘Decision Choice’ Scenarios

ESP

Environment Scenario Planner (ESP) 3D modelling tool for investigating and comparing options for redevelopment sites on a range of performance categories including a) embodied & operating carbon, b) energy & water demand, c) transport, construction and operating cost, and more.

AURIN Map - Addressing Geo-Consumerisation And The Need For Information And Accuracy

Open access (map.aurin.org.au) to series of indicators derived by partner organizations

AURIN Map - map.aurin.org.au • Providing access to data will not only show people what their tax money can achieve, but give them the tools to get involved in their city’s affairs. • Smart Systems + Smart Citizens = Smart Cities