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The book drives the reader to a better theoretical and practical comprehension of smart city development, beginning with a thorough and systematic analysis of the research literature published to date.
This book discusses the implications of recent innovations in information and communication technology for civic and political engagement.
Through stories of youth using their many voices in and out of school to explore and express their ideas about the world, this book brings to the forefront the reality of lived literacy experiences of adolescents in today’s culture in ...
Four Scenarios for the Future of the Federal Government: Collected Essays on Transforming Government
What is the Federal Government's future?Will the U.S. Government meet the digital transformation challenge by becoming a model of innovation?Or will the state and local governments become the new centers of technological innovation and ...
In this counterintuitive study of digital democracy, Jen Schradie shows how the web has become another weapon in the arsenal of the powerful, and a potent weapon for conservative activists
This book uses a combination of descriptive statistical analysis and real-world case study narratives to evaluate the ways in which each individual urban variable or their combination matter in the diversity of smart city approaches around ...
This volume provides an important update to our current understanding of politics and the internet in a variety of new contexts, both geographically and institutionally
PRAISE FOR SMART CITIES, SMART FUTURE "Mike and Cornelia have managed to distill hundreds of ideas, sources, milestones, technologies and dreams into a thoughtful 'showcase of tomorrow'. . . their analysis, synthesis and narrative make this ...
The book covers issues presented by the technological changes on policy making and offers a wide array of perspectives
Geographic Citizen Science Design
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)This book presents a selection of wide-ranging case studies that provide insights into the design, interaction barriers, and lessons learned from a diverse set of participants.
This volume draws on the ecojustice, citizen science and youth activism literature base in science education and applies the ideas to situated tensions as they are either analyzed theoretically or praxiologically within science education ...
With The Data Journalism Handbook, you’ll explore the potential, limits, and applied uses of this new and fascinating field.
Shapiro brings much-needed empirical research to a field that has often relied on “10,000-foot views.” Timely, important, and expertly researched, Design, Control, Predict doesn’t just help us comprehend urbanism today—it advances ...
This book provides a sophisticated and nuanced analysis of the role of mapping in contemporary global governance, and will be of interest to students and researchers within politics, geography, sociology, media, and digital culture and
The final section examines areas in which community citizen science may exhibit promise in terms of outcomes and impacts, discusses concerns that may hinder its overall potential, and assesses the roles different stakeholders may play to ...
This book addresses the potentials and challenges for Action Research supporting democratic alternatives
The emergence of sharing mobility is having a profound impact on urban landscapes
This book analyses the impact of new information and communication technologies within representative democracy, and examines how representative democracies are adapting to new ICTs.
Do we live in a democracy? Have we ever practiced democratic education?
This volume sets out to analyse the relation between social media and politics by investigating the power of the internet and more specifically social media, in the political and social discourse
This book will help to resuscitate these intuitive capabilities and strengthen them in the fire of facing our toughest problems
The editors of this book have a straightforward goal: to inspire you to engage your students through public collaboration in scientific research--also known as citizen science.
In particular, the following key questions are of primary interest: Urban fabric: How is 'sharing' shaping cities? Does it represent a paradigm shift with tangible and physical reverberations on urban form?
Technology also expands the nature and volume of data collected by governments, altering the significance of open government data and rendering its practice more complex. In this evolving context, this book explores the future of open data.
Charts the strategic thinking behind the mosaic of movements currently challenging neoliberal globalization.
This volumes examines two major developments in contemporary democratic politics-- the change in party-society linkage and political personalization--and their relation to each other
Explains how the creation and development of the Internet has changed American politics, discussing how the Internet can be used to research political issues, tap into important resources, reach legislators and the media, and organize ...
Drawing on the theoretical debates, practical applications, and sectoral approaches in the field, this ground-breaking Handbook unpacks the political and regulatory developments in AI and big data governance. Covering the political implications of big data and AI on international relations, as well as emerging initiatives for legal regulation, it provides an accessible overview of ongoing data science discourses in politics, law and governance. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
The essays discuss the dynamism in social media, its issues, and its challenges
This White Paper sets out clearly how the UK will continue to unlock and seize the benefits of data sharing in the future in a responsible way.
Anyone interested in using data for social good should read this book." —Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder of The Govlab, New York University and Editor-in-Chief of Data & Policy “The non-profit needs to build data capability so it continues ...
Located at the nexus between politics and the digital, this PhD thesis wants to shed light on the changing dynamics, opportunities and challenges citizens and parties are confronted with due to ongoing technological changes
Social networking is one of the most common online activities, and integral to the lives of people around the world
Sharing economy and urban commons are inherently intertwined.
They’re our neighbors, in-laws, and coworkers. Their story, along with the story of the social good that can result from citizen science, has largely been untold, until now.
Shira Eve Epstein provides the best practical guide for teachers who want their students to confront social problems.” —Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Tufts University
Accessible in style, the book provides: A synoptic overview of big data, open data and data infrastructures An introduction to thinking conceptually about data, data infrastructures, data analytics and data markets Acritical discussion of ...
This volume represents the authentic voices of the thinkers, writers and designers who are helping to build a 'canon' of informed literature which documents the development of the discipline.
This book looks at open data practices historically and from the perspective of those currently involved in advocating for making government data freely available
This book looks at what makes a city smart by describing, challenging, and offering democratic alternatives to the view that the answer begins and ends with technology.
Democracy in the Digital Age is a fascinating philosophical exploration of how the emerging information and communication technologies are impacting political participation in the United States
This book is a collection of reflections by thought leaders at first-mover organizations in the exploding field of "Data Science for Social Good", meant as the application of knowledge from computer science, complex systems and ...
Exploring the relationship between technology and cities, this book brings together an outstanding group of authors in the field to provide a critical and necessary examination of the disruption that is under way.
Who Counts? is the story of the lawsuits, congressional hearings, and bureaucratic intrigues surrounding the 1990 census
This book is written to make it easier and faster for someone to get up to speed on Government Open Data (here on in referred to as 'open data')
Social design is design for society and with society. As social innovation and on the basis of dialogue and participation, social design strives for a new networking of the individual, civil society, government, and the economy.
This clear-eyed guide steps back from hyperbolic hopes and fears to offer a balanced account of what aspects of politics are being shaped by digital media and what remains unchanged
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