Regional and Urban Design Committee

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  • 1.  Cities in the Era of Big Data

    Posted 08-23-2013 01:04 PM
    As we are in the era of "Big Data" I am interested in how this is changing our cities. Below is an interesting article from the BBC on how some cities are using the data. However, how will it change of the form of our city? Or even will it, or just provide us more information about the use of our urban fabric? 

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22538561

    In a related article from the Wall Street Journal on civic hacking (in a good way).

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324263404578613850076916028.html?KEYWORDS=hacker+city+duty

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    Drew Deering AIA
    AIA National RUDC Chair
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    AIA26 San Diego June 10-13