Urban Informatics - Collaboration At Nexus of Policy, Technology Design, People Data

Informationen zum Autor Kristene Unsworth is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University! Philadelphia! Pennsylvania! USA. Her research! as well as her teaching! focuses on information policy and ethics. Andrea Forte is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University! Philadelphia! Pennsylvania! USA. She studies and designs technologies that support collaboration! cooperation! and learning in a variety of contexts. Richardson Dilworth is an Associate Professor of Political Science! and Director of the Center for Public Policy! at Drexel University! Philadelphia! Pennsylvania! USA. His research and teaching both focus on American urban political development! urban environment policy! and community economic development. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the creative application and management of information technologies in urban environments, with an emphasis on the intersection between citizen participation in creating city environments and the policy-making that supports it. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Urban Technology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction – Urban Informatics: The Role of Citizen Participation in Policy Making 1. From Design Fiction to Design Friction: Speculative and Participatory 2. Technology-Enabled Participatory Platforms for Civic Engagement: The Case of U.S. Cities 3. Potential and Challenges for Social media in the Neighbourhood Context 4. The Digital Divide in Citizen-Initiated Government Contacts: A GIS Approach 5. Does Anything Ever Happen Around Here? Assessing the Online Information Landscape for Local Events 6. Goals, Challenges, and Capacity of Regional Data Portals in the United States: An Updated Understanding of Long-Standing Discussions

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kristene (Drexel University Unsworth
• Mitarbeit: Richardson Dilworth (Herausgeber), Dilworth Richardson (Herausgeber), Andrea Forte (Herausgeber), Forte Andrea (Herausgeber), Kristene Unsworth (Herausgeber), Unsworth Kristene (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.01.2018
• EAN: 9781138299801
• ISBN: 978-1-138-29980-1
• Seiten: 144
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Media Studies, Urban & municipal planning, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Human Geography, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing, Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing