Urban Commons - How Data and Technology Can Rebuild Our Communities

Informationen zum Autor Daniel T. O’Brien is Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University and Co-Director of the Boston Area Research Initiative, based at Northeastern and Harvard universities. Klappentext Through voicemail, apps, websites, and Twitter, Boston¿s sophisticated 311 system allows citizens to report potholes, broken streetlights, graffiti, and vandalism that affect everyone¿s quality of life. Drawing on Boston¿s rich data, Daniel T. O¿Brien offers a model of what smart technology can do for cities seeking both growth and sustainability. Zusammenfassung Through voicemail, apps, websites, and Twitter, Boston’s sophisticated 311 system allows citizens to report potholes, broken streetlights, graffiti, and vandalism that affect everyone’s quality of life. Drawing on Boston’s rich data, Daniel T. O’Brien offers a model of what smart technology can do for cities seeking both growth and sustainability.

Product details

• Authors: Dan O'Brien, Daniel T O'Brien, Daniel T. O'Brien, Daniel T. O''brien
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780674975293
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97529-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Public Administration, Social research & statistics, urban economics, Urban communities, Social research and statistics, Regional / urban economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General