Elizabeth Delmelle

About Elizabeth Delmelle

Elizabeth Delmelle is an Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning and Director of the Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA) Program. Her research applies spatial data science to study urban dynamics, neighborhood change, and how spatial patterns of development and investment affect equity, accessibility, and quality of life.

Areas of Expertise

Technology, Society and Analytical Methods, Housing, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning

Selected Publications

Nilsson, I., & Delmelle, E. C. (2024). How the marketing of real estate properties explains mortgage applicants by race and income. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science., Delmelle, E. C., Nilsson, I., & Adu, P. (2023). Neighborhood and housing choices of out-of-town versus local movers: The case of Charlotte, North Carolina. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1-20., Nilsson, I., & Delmelle, E. C. (2023). An embedding-based text classification approach for understanding micro-geographic housing dynamics. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 37(12), 2487-2513., Delmelle, E. C. (2022). GIScience and neighborhood change: Toward an understanding of processes of change. Transactions in GIS, 26(2), 567-584.

Recent Courses Taught

MUSA 5080\\CPLN 5920 Public Policy Analytics, MUSA 6310 Communication in Urban Spatial Analytics