by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 19, 2021 | Data-driven cities
A new Deloitte report charts the rise of data-driven cities in the US since 2015. The survey found a huge increase in the percentage of cities using data-related strategies, for example, using data analysis to modify programs. More from the report: In addition to the...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jul 19, 2021 | Civic Analytics, Data-driven cities
How do city residents use their urban green spaces? Researchers used cell phone GPS data to see how residents of one UK city interacted with their parks, and used their paper to discuss methods for cleaning GPS data for effective analysis. Read the full paper here....
by CivMetrics Staff | Jun 24, 2021 | Data-driven cities, Government data
A non-profit organization last week released new data scoring 150,000 U.S. neighborhoods on their Tree Equity — a rating combining multiple federal datasets to ID neighborhoods that need more trees. The ratings, from American Forests, can be seen here. US News...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jun 24, 2021 | Data-driven cities, Government data, Procurement
A group of Texas cities — including Dallas, Plano, Irving and dozens of others — have put out a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking novel ways of monetizing their data. From the document: The North Texas Innovation Alliance and its partner governments are...
by CivMetrics Staff | Apr 20, 2021 | Data-driven cities
A new report from MI6, the UK’s external security agency, raises concerns about the risks posed by “smart city” technology deployed by China and it’s potential for abuses. MI6 isn’t just concerned about the tech’s applications in...
by CivMetrics Staff | Apr 20, 2021 | Data-driven cities
Landfills are filling up, and good luck finding neighborhoods which welcoming the building of new heaps of waste.’ But new research suggests that AI and machine learning may be able to improve waste management forecasting, especially for cities without robust...
