Anthony Townsend, Senior Research Scientist at New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation, will focus on the way new data are being used in academic research to decipher how cities work and how these new discoveries will be applied in local government. He will explore frameworks for engaging citizen scientists more deeply in these efforts to encourage less technocratic styles of data-driven research and governance.
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Marron Institute of Urban PlanningD&S fellow Anthony Townsend coauthored an NYU Marron Institute working paper. Abstract: The 21st century is being shaped by two global trends: the near-total urbanization of the world’s population, and the seamless integra... Read on Marron Institute of Urban PlanningJuly 2015 -
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Star City GroupWe are living in the age of cities. It is an urgent time, and an uncertain one. Never before have human beings built so much with such haste. Yet we understand so little about how our urban world grows — and sometimes — decline... Read on Star City GroupJuly 2015 -
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Public CultureAbstract: "Since the very origins of urban planning in the late nineteenth century, the field has aspired to establish a firm scientific footing for the nature of cities, their cycles of growth and decline, and ways that we can... Read on Public CultureMay 2015