Decoding the City | Urbanism in the Age of Big Data

Dietmar Offenhuber (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 303821597X / ISBN 13: 9783038215974

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin, 2014

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Decoding the City | Urbanism in the Age of Big Data | Dietmar Offenhuber (u. a.) | Buch | 192 S. | Englisch | 2014 | Birkhäuser Berlin | EAN 9783038215974 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decoding the City | Urbanism in the Age of Big Data
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303821597X
• ISBN 13: 9783038215974
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 243W x 170H x 15D millimeters 243 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 500 grams
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Synopsis

The MIT based SENSEable City Lab under Carlo Ratti is one of the research centers that deal with the flow of people and goods, but also of refuse that moves around the world. Experience with large-scale infrastructure projects suggest that more complex and above all flexible answers must be sought to questions of transportation or disposal. This edition, edited by Dietmar Offenhuber and Carlo Ratti, shows how Big Data change reality and, hence, the way we deal with the city. It discusses the impact of real-time data on architecture and urban planning, using examples developed in the SENSEable City Lab. They demonstrate how the Lab interprets digital data as material that can be used for the formulation of a different urban future. It also looks at the negative aspects of the city-related data acquisition and control.  The authors address issues with which urban planning disciplines will work intensively in the future: questions that not only radically and critically review, but also change fundamentally, the existing tasks and how the professions view their own roles.

About the Authors

Dietmar Offenhuber, Stadtplaner, Assistant Professor an der Northeastern University; Carlo Ratti, Senseable City Lab, MIT

Dietmar Offenhuber, urban planner, assistant professor at Northeastern University; Carlo Ratti, Senseable City Lab, MIT