The Urban Commons : How Data and Technology Can Rebuild Our Communities / Daniel T. O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Daniel T., 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal--Massachusetts--Boston.

Urban renewal.

Municipal services--Massachusetts--Boston--Citizen participation.

Municipal services.

Public spaces--Massachusetts--Boston--Management--Citizen participation.

Public spaces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

PART I . The Field of Urban Informatics

CHAPTER 1. A Data-Driven Approach to Urban Science and Policy

CHAPTER 2. "Seeing" the City through "Big Data"

PART II. Maintenance of the Urban Commons

CHAPTER 3. Caring for One's Territory

CHAPTER 4. Division of Labor in the Commons

PART III. Government in the Age of Civic Tech

CHAPTER 5. Partnering with the Public

CHAPTER 6. Experiments in Coproduction

PARTI V. Digital Divides in Urban Informatics

CHAPTER 7. Extending 311 across Massachusetts

CHAPTER 8. Whither the Community?

Conclusion: The Future of the Urban Commons

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674989641

0674989643

9780674989665

067498966X

OCLC:

1057550278