Paul Waddell

Paul Waddell teaches and does research at Berkeley, where he is now emeritus, on modelling and planning for land use and housing, transport and the environment.¹ He holds a PhD in political economy from the University of Texas at Dallas, and began his career as a regional planner with the North Central Texas Council of Governments.¹

He led the development of the UrbanSim model of urban development.¹ Metropolitan planning organisations and other agencies use it for operational planning in US regions including Detroit, Houston and Seattle, and in cities in Europe, Asia and Africa.¹ His research assesses how land-use regulations and transport investments affect real-estate development and prices, travel, emissions and resource use, and how to involve the public in complex policy choices.¹ He describes cities as complex spatial political economies shaped by the choices of their people and organisations.¹