Big data and sustainable cities: applications of new and emerging forms of geospatial data in urban studies

Sun, Yeran; Du, Yunyan

doi:10.1186/s40965-017-0037-0

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“…• To raise awareness throughout society, including at the family level, regarding persons with disabilities, and to foster respect for the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities; • (Mooney and Minghini 2017) including urban studies (Bakillah et al 2014a;Crooks et al 2015;Gil 2015;Sun and Du 2017), routing and navigation (Luxen and Vetter 2011;Bakillah et al 2013;Neis and Zielstra 2014;Rousell et al 2015) as well as studies of touristic activities (Vohnout et al 2014;Teslya 2014). Within the CAP4Access project, we employed the possibility and suitability of OSM data for a routing service dedicated to people with limited mobility.…”

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OpenStreetMap data quality enrichment through awareness raising and collective action tools—experiences from a European project

Mobasheri

Zipf

Francis³

2018

Geo-spatial Information Science

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Nowadays, several research projects show interest in employing volunteered geographic information (VGI) to improve their systems through using up-to-date and detailed data. The European project CAP4Access is one of the successful examples of such international-wide research projects that aims to improve the accessibility of people with restricted mobility using crowdsourced data. In this project, OpenStreetMap (OSM) is used to extend OpenRouteService, a well-known routing platform. However, a basic challenge that this project tackled was the incompleteness of OSM data with regards to certain information that is required for wheelchair accessibility (e.g. sidewalk information, kerb data, etc.). In this article, we present the results of initial assessment of sidewalk data in OSM at the beginning of the project as well as our approach in awareness raising and using tools for tagging accessibility data into OSM database for enriching the sidewalk data completeness. Several experiments have been carried out in different European cities, and discussion on the results of the experiments as well as the lessons learned are provided. The lessons learned provide recommendations that help in organizing better mapping party events in the future. We conclude by reporting on how and to what extent the OSM sidewalk data completeness in these study areas have benefited from the mapping parties by the end of the project. ARTICLE HISTORY

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OpenStreetMap data quality enrichment through awareness raising and collective action tools—experiences from a European project

Mobasheri

Zipf

Francis³

2018

Geo-spatial Information Science

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“…There is an increasing recognition that advanced ICT constitute a promising response to the challenges of sustainable development due to its tremendous, yet untapped, potential for tackling different socio-economic issues and environmental problems (see, e.g., Angelidou et al 2017;Batty et al 2012;Krogstie 2016, 2017a;Kramers et al 2014). Many urban development approaches emphasize the value and role of big data technologies and their novel applications as an advanced form of ICT in advancing sustainability (e.g., Al Nuaimi et al 2015;Batty et al 2012;Bettencourt 2014;Bibri 2018aBibri , b, 2019aBibri and Krogstie 2017b;Pantelis and Aija 2013;Sun and Du 2017).…”

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A scholarly backcasting approach to a novel model for smart sustainable cities of the future: strategic problem orientation

Bibri

Krogstie

2019

City Territ Archit

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Sustainable cities have, since the early 1990s, been the leading global paradigm of urban planning and development thanks to the different models of sustainable urban form proposed as new frameworks for redesigning and restructuring urban places to achieve sustainability. Indeed, huge advances in some areas of sustainability knowledge and a multitude of exemplary practical initiatives have been realized, thereby raising the profile of sustainable cities worldwide. The change is still inspiring and the challenge continues to induce scholars and practitioners to enhance existing, and propose new, models. Especially, sustainable urban forms have been problematic, whether in theory or practice, so is yet knowing to what extent progress has been made towards sustainable cities. They are associated with a number of problems, issues, and challenges and thus much more needs to be done considering the very fragmented, conflicting picture that arises of change on the ground in the face of the expanding urbanization. This involves the question of how they should be monitored, understood, analyzed, planned, and even integrated so as to improve, advance, and maintain their contribution to sustainability. This brings us to the issue of sustainable cities and smart cities being extremely fragmented as landscapes and weakly connected as approaches, despite the proven role and untapped potential of advanced ICT, especially big data technology, for advancing sustainability under what is labeled 'smart sustainable cities. ' Essentially, there are multiple visions of, and pathways to achieving, such cities, which depends on how they can be conceptualized. This paper details the two parts of strategic problem orientation by answering the guiding questions for Steps 1 and 2 of the futures study being conducted. This study aims to analyze, investigate, and develop a novel model for smart sustainable cities of the future using backcasting as a scholarly approach. It involves a series of papers of which this paper is the first one. We argue that a deeper understanding of the multi-faceted processes of change or the interplay between social, technological, and scientific solutions is required to achieve more sustainable cities. Visionary images of a long-term future can stimulate an accelerated movement towards achieving the long-term goals of sustainability. The proposed model is believed to be the first of its kind and thus has not been, to the best of one's knowledge, produced, nor is it being currently investigated, elsewhere.

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“…With advances in information and communication technology (ICT) and the spread of smart devices and mobile systems, introducing new applications and services [22], residents can now better participate in urban management and development compared to in the past [23]. Social network services (SNSs) are considered a good example of the latest data and dedicated applications (apps), such as complaint apps.…”

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Analysis of Environmental Issues with an Application of Civil Complaints: The Case of Shiheung City, Republic of Korea

Min

Jun

Lee

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IJERPH

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The aim of this study was to better identify the information generated by citizens and to explore the regional social phenomenon whereby higher quality urban services focused on understanding regional issues are promoted. Citizens voluntarily and continuously communicate with local government both online and offline. We wanted to determine how civic information can be applied to urban planning. We selected Shiheung City, Republic of Korea, as our study area, as the city is formed of various types of land use: industrial areas, agricultural land, and residential areas. This area is facing developmental pressure with released development-restricted areas, and has been environmentally damaged by industrial complexes. We conducted a semantic network analysis of the top 10% most commonly used nouns in civil complaints to determine the keywords. Each thematic map we created was based on geographical information to explain the temporary, continuous, and chronic issues. The chronic problems were discussed in relation to the regional development process. The process of identifying and analyzing local issues by analyzing information voluntarily provided by citizens plays an important role in government-led urban management planning and policy formation and can contribute to decision making in the development of future urban policies.

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Big data and sustainable cities: applications of new and emerging forms of geospatial data in urban studies

Cited by 22 publications

References 14 publications

OpenStreetMap data quality enrichment through awareness raising and collective action tools—experiences from a European project

OpenStreetMap data quality enrichment through awareness raising and collective action tools—experiences from a European project

A scholarly backcasting approach to a novel model for smart sustainable cities of the future: strategic problem orientation

Analysis of Environmental Issues with an Application of Civil Complaints: The Case of Shiheung City, Republic of Korea

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