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Data action

Using data for public good

by LINTON J
Published in July 2022 - Page 34

Sarah Williams
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2020
ISBN: 9780262044196

The sub-subtitle of this book is “How to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression,” and the opening paragraph kind of says it all:

As digital systems multiply across the landscape, they are producing immense streams of data that can help inform how we manage and plan cities. The potential now exists, at a scale previously unavailable, to directly measure issues

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