Big Data and Urbanism: How to Organize Information for Optimal Application
Big Data refers to data that, due to its quantity and complexity, requires specific applications in order to be processed. New trends in urbanism, data collection, and management, not to mention the development of new platforms and tools, have given rise to a new era in urban analysis, creating new resources to understand, evaluate, and manage the evolution of cities.
Street Networks of Every City (a square mile). The consistent spatial scale allows us to easily compare different street networks. Image © Geoff Boeing. Graphics from "Spatial Information and the Legibility of Urban Form: Big Data in Urban Morphology" Under License CC BY 4.0
Big Data refers to data that, due to its quantity and complexity, requires specific applications in order to be processed. New trends in urbanism, data collection, and management, not to mention the development of new platforms and tools, have given rise to a new era in urban analysis, creating new resources to understand, evaluate, and manage the evolution of cities.
