1st Edition
Urban Informatics Collaboration at the nexus of policy, technology and design, people and data
Introduction – Urban Informatics: The Role of Citizen Participation in Policy Making Kristene Unsworth, Andrea Forte, and Richardson Dilworth
1. From Design Fiction to Design Friction: Speculative and Participatory Laura Forlano and Anijo Mathew
2. Technology-Enabled Participatory Platforms for Civic Engagement: The Case of U.S. Cities Kevin C. Desouza and Akshay Bhagwatwar
3. Potential and Challenges for Social media in the Neighbourhood Context Bonnie J. Johnson and Germaine R. Halegoua
4. The Digital Divide in Citizen-Initiated Government Contacts: A GIS Approach Sara Cavallo, Joann Lynch, and Peter Scull
5. Does Anything Ever Happen Around Here? Assessing the Online Information Landscape for Local Events Claudia López, Brian Butler, and Peter Brusilovsky
6. Goals, Challenges, and Capacity of Regional Data Portals in the United States: An Updated Understanding of Long-Standing Discussions Joanna P. Ganning, Sarah L. Coffin, Benjamin McCall, and Kathleen Carson
Biography
Kristene Unsworth is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Her research, as well as her teaching, focuses on information policy and ethics.
Andrea Forte is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She studies and designs technologies that support collaboration, cooperation, and learning in a variety of contexts.
Richardson Dilworth is an Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Center for Public Policy, at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His research and teaching both focus on American urban political development, urban environment policy, and community economic development.
