Urban Solutions & Urban Lab / Mogadishu, Somalia
Urban planning, research and spatial analysis.
HudhudX is an organisation based in Mogadishu working in urban planning, urban research, spatial analysis, digital mapping and visualisation. Urban Lab, its research platform, is being developed alongside these services.
HudhudX works on how urban areas are organised, how they change and how they can be planned. The work starts from spatial information: collecting it, analysing it, and presenting it so that it can be used in planning and development decisions.
- Location
- Mogadishu, Somalia
- info@hudhudx.com
- Web
- hudhudx.com
02Services
Planning, research and mapping work from the same spatial base.
Each service area uses the same material: the street pattern, plots, land use and population of a settlement. Planning sets out how land should be used and where growth should go. Research measures what exists and how it is changing. Mapping makes both readable.
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Urban Planning and Development
Land-use planning, spatial development strategies, growth assessment and settlement planning.
- B
Urban Research and Analysis
Urban studies, GIS-based spatial analysis, population, density and land-use analysis.
- C
Digital Mapping and Visualisation
GIS mapping, thematic cartography, spatial data visualisation and 2D and 3D urban models.
How they connect. Research provides the evidence for planning decisions. Mapping turns both into material people can read and discuss. Planning questions then define what needs to be researched next.
Planning. Land-use zones, a growth boundary and road nodes set out on the street and block pattern.
Research. A sampling grid, a measured transect and proportional symbols, with density bands derived from them.
Mapping. The same measurements represented as a thematic map: classed shading, scale and orientation.
04Urban Lab
Research platform · in development
Urban Lab
Urban Lab is the research and experimentation platform of HudhudX. It is where independent research, datasets and analytical methods are developed, and where the methods used in planning and mapping work are tested and documented. The platform is being established; nothing has been published yet.
Areas of activity
- L1Independent urban research
- L2Urban datasets and knowledge resources
- L3Research publications and working papers
- L4Experimental mapping and visualisation
- L5Development and testing of analytical methods
- L6Knowledge exchange and research collaboration
05Projects
06Contact
Contact
info@hudhudx.comFor enquiries about planning, research or mapping work, or about collaboration through Urban Lab, write with a short description of the subject, the location and the timeframe.