Group Members
Dr. Li Wan
Professor of Planning
Fellow of Gonville and Caius College
Academic Profile
Professor of Planning, and Fellow of Gonville & Caius College. He is interested in spatial economic modelling of urban land use and transport systems. His current research projects include strategic planning at the city/regional level, evaluating the spatial economic impacts of transport decarbonisation and adaptation, and land value capture through development taxes and planning obligations. Dr Li Wan is a co-investigator of the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction and of the UK National Hub for Decarbonised, Adaptable, and Resilient Transport Infrastructures, and a Trustee of the IJURR Foundation.
New report on UK Development taxes:
Development taxes and levies: lessons from the past, ideas for the future (University of Cambridge & Town and Country Planning Association, 2025)
New book on city digital twins:
Digital Twins for Smart Cities: Conceptualisation, challenges and practices (ICE Publishing, 2023).
Research Interest
Land-use and transport modelling; Location and travel choice modelling; Model-based planning policy analysis
Contact
lw423@cam.ac.uk