[Ica-osgeo-labs] Urban Science - City Analytics - first thoughts

[Charles Schweik]

Patrick, Chris, All:

One direction would be to use this common interest across the network to do
these things:

1) Inventory *who* *in our network* is doing *what* development or
application in this Urban Science area currently;
2) Inventory key needs or research questions on the development (and
application) side;
3) Inventory key educational needs/desires;
4) Use this above to develop a shared document (Google Doc or OSGeo wiki
page maybe?) that we could use to go after funding to support our network.

I'm now freeing up to start to think about research network grant proposal
writing... I don't know if somehow NASA's Worldwind could be a foundational
technology here somehow?

My two cents,

Charlie


On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 6:33 AM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <
patrick.hogan at nasa.gov> wrote:

> Dear Urban Science - City Analytics Folks,
>
> Chris Pettit is leading this and I am here to help. Each of you who are
> personally addressed, have expressed interest in moving this Urban Science
> - City Analytics theme into a bright future. If we think of this as putting
> the planet on track from the ground up, this is it, one city at a time!
> Solutions that we collectively share!!! To become a groundswell for all!
>
> I think there may be a better name for this than "Urban Science - City
> Analytics" maybe 'Municipal Munificence' (just kidding) but at lease
> something less techno, i.e., SmartCity? This enterprise will not only
> address management of city infrastructure, zoning, permit process,
> taxation, flooding, traffic, routing of garbage trucks, and all the other
> munificent things integral to community living, but it will do this with an
> eye for constant improvement (analytics) to increase sustainability,
> prepare for climate change, and simply orient ongoing repair and growth in
> ways that continually improve the quality of city life.
>
> This will necessarily decrease vehicle traffic, increase bicycle and
> pedestrian traffic, enhance more self-sufficient communities, increase
> cooperatives, and make schools, stores and services more accessible to more
> 'localized' communities. Then connect those local communities with each
> other via major public transportation arteries.
>
> Okay, however ideal we orient, we must first address ^basic^ city
> management issues. Let's put together a list of what those are and then
> together prioritize them. At least that will establish the target. I see a
> lot of activity out there already thinking about these things. . .
>
> Master programme in Sustainable Cities at Aalborg University Copenhagen
> http://sustainablecities.aau.dk/
>
> Climate Adaptation Guidebook for Municipalities
>
> http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/14193/FY13-0119+Climate+Adaptation+toolkit+lowres.pdf
>
> General background info:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_energy
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_transport
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living
>
> WoW! A place where I would like to live!
> A rural town in Italy, a leader in energy sustainability:
> http://reregions.blogspot.com/2010/03/varese-ligure-italy.html
>
> Local Grocery
>
> http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/2004-01-08/mondragons-eroski-mass-retailer
>
> http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-new-economy/mondragon-worker-cooperatives-decide-how-to-ride-out-a-downturn
>
> Local Agriculture & Industrial Equipment
> http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs/gvcs-machine-index/
> http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski
>
> Anyway, just a shot over our bow.
> What shall we do? Where to from here?
>
> -Patrick
>
>  Patrick.Hogan at nasa.gov
>  Project Manager
>  NASA World Wind
>  650.604.5656 (office)
>  650.269.2788 (cell)
>
>


-- 
Charlie Schweik

Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dept of Environmental Conservation and Center for Public Policy and
Administration

Personal website: http://people.umass.edu/cschweik
Publications: http://works.bepress.com/charles_schweik/

Author, Internet Success: A Study of Open Source Software (MIT Press, 2012)
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