Ed’s talk will frame cities as complex systems and use this to explain how societal outcomes, including health and climate change, are influenced by the physical systems that cities are made of – the street networks, land uses, and public transport systems. It will discuss how to position city data within a framework and whether it shows what happens, where it happens, and when it happens compared to why it happens. Based on use case study projects, Ed will illustrate how Space Syntax Integrated Urban Models have been used to link built environment characteristics to daily activities and long-term outcomes, and also how they have been applied to outcome-focused urban planning projects.