On the Need of Data Ethics to Preserve Urban Democratic Processes
- urbanNext, September 17, 2018.
- 157 words.
Antonio Vetrò, Essay, expanding design practices, FULL, No Density, Politics and economics
Architect’s role, Cities, Cultural agitator, Data, Design, Developing policies, Essay, Ethics, Global Awareness, Technologies, Urban process
Originally published in Future Urban Legacy Lab -- https://full.polito.it/
Data-driven urban policies have gained attention from both private and public sectors. Digital technologies have permitted the collection and processing of large amount of data, especially the geographical one: the narrative of “Smart Cities”, together with the concept of “Big Data” offered new ways of studying urban phenomena through the measurement and visualisation of urban features (directly or indirectly).