Arguments for and field experiments in democratizing digital data collection : the case of Flocktracker

Data is becoming increasingly relevant to urban planning, serving as a key input for many conceptions of a "smart city." However, most urban data generation results from top-down processes, driven by government agencies or large companies. This provides limited opportunities for citizens to participate in the ideation and creation of the data used to ultimately gain insights into, and make decisions about, their communities. Digital community data collection can give more inputs to city planners and decision makers while also empowering communities. This thesis derives arguments from the literature about why it would be helpful to have more participation from citizens in data generation and examines digital community mapping as a potential niche for the democratization of digital data collection.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Palencia Arreola, Daniel Heriberto.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• P. Christopher Zegras.

• Urban Studies and Planning.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/121749

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/121749