The Responsive City : Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance (9781118910900)

Leveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew cities and citizenship in America The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age that will help leaders link important breakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessons of small-group community input to create more agile, competitive, and economically resilient cities. Featuring vivid case studies highlighting the work of pioneers in New York, Boston, Chicago and more, the book provides a compelling model for the future of governance. The book will help mayors, chief technology officers, city administrators, agency directors, civic groups and nonprofit leaders break out of current paradigms to collectively address civic problems. The Responsive City is the culmination of research originating from the Data-Smart City Solutions initiative, an ongoing project at Harvard Kennedy School working to catalyze adoption of data projects on the city level. The book is co-authored by Professor Stephen Goldsmith, director of Data-Smart City Solutions at Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor Susan Crawford, co-director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg penned the book s foreword. Based on the authors experiences and extensive research, The Responsive City explores topics including: * Building trust in the public sector and fostering a sustained, collective voice among communities; * Using data-smart governance to preempt and predict problems while improving quality of life; * Creating efficiencies and saving taxpayer money with digital tools; and * Spearheading these new approaches to government with innovative leadership.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 208 pages
• Dimensions 153 x 241 x 20mm | 396g
• Publication date 02 Sep 2014
• Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement 1. Auflage
• ISBN10 1118910907
• ISBN13 9781118910900
• Bestsellers rank 307,141

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