The urban commons how data and technology can rebuild our communities

The future of smart cities has arrived, courtesy of citizens and their phones. To prove it, Dan O'Brien explains the transformative insights gleaned from years researching Boston's 311 reporting system, a sophisticated city management tool that has revolutionized how ordinary Bostonians us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Daniel T., 1983-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/1906102.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The field of urban informatics. 1. A data-driven approach to urban science and policy
  • 2. "Seeing" the city through "big data"
  • Part II. Maintenance of the urban commons. 3. Caring for one's territory
  • 4. Division of labor in the commons
  • Part III. Government in the age of civic tech. 5. Partnering with the public
  • 6. Experiments in coproduction
  • Part IV. Digital divides in urban informatics. 7. Extending 311 across Massachusetts
  • 8. Whither the community?
  • Conclusion: The future of the urban commons.