Talk on Exploiting Network Data to Assess Urban Strategies

Today, I participated to the 12th edition of the BDigital Global Congress in a session on “Smart” Cities. As I genuinely believe that cities are by definition “smart”, I had no conceptual models to propose. Nevertheless, in a brief talk, I intended to communicate notions that I am more comfortable with; focusing on details rather than big pictures. My message crystalized on the opportunity to exploit the data soft infrastructures produce. In the recent years, a first generation of projects mapped network data to raise awareness on city dynamics. At Lift Lab, we are conducting a second generation of investigation that further exploits the value of these data. We are devoting our attention to the production of metrics and indicators from network data. To explain our approach, I presented two case studies that examplify how indicators can integrate space management strategies (assess strategies in New York) and tackle some frustrations of daily life (indicators that measure the hyper-congestion in the Louvre Museum).

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Why do I blog this: This congress was an opportunity to confront some of our maturing concepts on indicators and collect feedback on their implications and applications.