Strategy & Analytics
Data-driven insights for evidence-led urban strategies
Strategy & Analytics

Think City’s Strategy & Analytics practice generates evidence-led insights to guide urban policy-making, providing input into decision-making for cities at both strategic and tactical levels. This encompasses effective discovery, interpretation, visualisation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.

We take an innovative, holistic, and multidisciplinary approach to how we advise our clients and communities. Our projects include baseline studies, policy and strategy development, primary data collection and analysis, and strategic masterplans across topics as diverse as territorial planning, transit-oriented developments, innovation hubs, low-income communities, and sustainable finance. We also work closely with federal and local governments, as well as international agencies like UN-Habitat and the World Bank, to advocate for sustainable urban growth.

Our data analytics platform contains public and proprietary data and aims to democratise information about our cities and communities. When citizens are equipped with a better understanding of where they live, they will be empowered to play an even greater role in shaping their cities.

Key highlights
10
years of presence in Downtown Kuala Lumpur
5
grants programmes implemented
137
grantees awarded
1:7
Estimated co-investment ratio
“Modern organisations face complex questions. Are we investing in the right talent and assets? Are we capturing the opportunities brought about by technological change? How can we become more resilient and sustainable? ”

Howard Lee-Yang
Director, Strategy & Analytics

How We Work

Beyond the Surface

Think City’s evidence-based approach enables our clients and stakeholders to develop a more nuanced and granular understanding of issues within their cities and communities. It encourages new ways of seeing the city – with diverse perspectives and through multiple lenses – towards greater clarity and a holistic view of the intricacies of place and people.

Cities in Motion

We take an interdisciplinary approach and are always striving towards innovative processes to facilitate a grounded and well-rounded appreciation of what goes on in our cities, why they behave in the ways they do, and how they can do better.

Unlocking Place Potential

Our place-based strategy enables us to understand, finance, regenerate, and innovate places for people. In line with our evidence-led methodology, the Think City Strategy & Analytics team generates insights to guide urban policy-making, providing input into decision-making for cities at both strategic and tactical levels.

“Modern organisations face complex questions. Are we investing in the right talent and assets? Are we capturing the opportunities brought about by technological change? How can we become more resilient and sustainable? ”

Howard Lee-Yang
Director, Strategy & Analytics

projects highlighted

past highlights

URBAN Analytics Portal
George Town World Heritage
This interactive storymap represents Think City and its partners’ extensive, decadelong endeavour to monitor and understand the socio-cultural and economic changes of the George Town World Heritage Site.
This report contains the survey results for Think City’s first Business Community Pulse Check. It was conducted in August 2020 in the downtown areas of Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, and George Town.
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This Programme consists of 3 components aimed at levelling up and unlocking new opportunities for Seberang Perai to achieve inclusive and sustainable development.
Strategy & Analytics
CBED
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Environment & Social
A streetscape improvement programme in collaboration with Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB) under the Johor Bahru Transformation Programme to celebrate the diversity of Johor Bahru.
Strategy & Analytics
Urban Solutions
Environment & Social
This programme aims to showcase the benefits of conserving heritage buildings with the right processes and materials, supported by research and technical support from a conservator.
Strategy & Analytics

Urban Solutions

Environment & Social

Established in 2009, we are an impact organisation delivering on urban policy advisory, urban projects and venture building with the sustainable development goals as our guide.
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