Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Urban CommonsCondition: NewEAN: 9780674975293ISBN: 9780674975293Publisher: Harvard University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/03/2018Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Daniel T. O'BrienLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: How Data and Technology Can Rebuild Our CommunitiesISBN-10: 0674975294Description: The future of smart cities has arrived, courtesy of citizens and their phones. To prove it, Daniel T. 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 use and maintain public spaces. Through its phone service, mobile app, website, and Twitter account, 311 catalogues complaints about potholes, broken street lights, graffiti, litter, vandalism, and other issues that are no one citizen’s responsibility but affect everyone’s quality of life. The Urban Commons offers a pioneering model of what modern digital data and technology can do for cities like Boston that seek both prosperous growth and sustainability.Analyzing a rich trove of data, O’Brien discovers why certain neighborhoods embrace the idea of custodianship and willingly invest their time to monitor the city’s common environments and infrastructure. On the government’s side of the equation, he identifies best practices for implementing civic technologies that engage citizens, for deploying public services in collaborative ways, and for utilizing the data generated by these efforts.Boston’s 311 system has narrowed the gap between residents and their communities, and between constituents and local leaders. The result, O’Brien shows, has been the creation of more effective policy and practices that reinvigorate the way citizens and city governments approach their mutual interests. By unpacking when, why, and how the 311 system has worked for Boston, The Urban Commons reveals the power and potential of this innovative system, and the lessons learned that other cities can adapt.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Business & Finance, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Urban Commons
Title: The Urban Commons
EAN: 9780674975293
ISBN: 9780674975293
Release Date: 12/03/2018
Release Year: 2018
Subtitle: How Data and Technology Can Rebuild Our Communities
ISBN-10: 0674975294
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Urban Commons : How Data and Technology Can Rebuild Our Communities
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Topic: Urban & Land Use Planning, Public Affairs & Administration, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Statistics, Development / Sustainable Development, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 1.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Architecture, Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 20 oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Daniel T. O'brien
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
