Planning, Property and Environmental Management Research Groups GroupsOur research embraces issues such as spatial analysis, urban governance and sustainability. Spatial Policy and Analysis Laboratory (SPAL) Established in 1983, SPAL engages with urban and regional policy research. Environment, Policy, and Place Rethinking the ways cities and the environment can be managed. The Manchester Real Estate and Urban Economics (MREUE) group We view real estate and urban markets through a multidisciplinary lens in developing theories, methods, and state-of-the-art tools for property research.