A “pioneering” British tech startup aims to improve urban planning for towns and cities by helping planners to better respond to local needs for community facilities, spaces and events. Yeme Tech, has created a highly sophisticated Community Data Platform (CDP) to help planners and developers instantly identify social infrastructure, facilities, and community spaces which are missing from British neighbourhoods. The platform is the result of years of work by the Yeme Tech team including its founder and CEO Amir Hussain, who is Deputy Chair of Housing Regeneration and Place at West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Now Yeme Tech, based in Bradford, plans to take this approach global after signing a partnership deal with Esri UK, part of the world’s largest provider of geographic information system (GIS) software Esri Inc. Amir said the platform, not only measures community resources - such as schools, shops, green space, libraries and cultural assets - but also local stakeholders, local events and the activities of local groups.
