How data helps us make sense of cities
It’s sometimes hard not to think of cities as clusters of problems we need to solve: housing, food security, and environmental impact come to mind. Earlier this year we highlighted numerous ways in which data professionals are currently tackling these types of challenges by leveraging innovative approaches to climate and geospatial data.
Cities are much more than the sum of their pain points, of course: they reflect social values (the good, the bad, and the ambiguous), inspire creativity and connection, and function as living repositories of evolving cultures.
This month, we invite you to explore the richness and complexity of urban spaces. From bus wait times to the names of the streets we cross, the authors whose work we’ve selected apply their data skills to specific slivers of city life and allow us to gain a more nuanced understanding of how urban environments work.
Before we dive in, we wanted to thank you, as always, for all your support of the work we publish. For those of you who’d like to make a meaningful contribution, consider becoming Medium members; if you’re a student based in eligible countries, you can now sign up with a substantial discount.
We were thrilled to welcome a new cohort of TDS authors in March — they include Matt Collins, Krzysztof Pałczyński, Colin Horgan, Victor Graff, Dr. Roi Yehoshua, Mark Chen, Bernardo Furtado, Toon Beerten, Peng Qian, Edozie Onyearugbulem, Willem Koenders, Aaron Master and Doron Bergman, Lingjuan Lyu, Jacob Marks, Ph.D., Anthony Mensier, Francisco Caio Lima Paiva, Abhi Sawhney, Chris Mauck, Massimiliano Costacurta, Lee Vaughan, and Davide Caffagni, among others. If you have an interesting project or idea to share with us, we’d love to hear from you!
See you next month.
How data helps us make sense of cities
It’s sometimes hard not to think of cities as clusters of problems we need to solve: housing, food security, and environmental impact come to mind. Earlier this year we highlighted numerous ways in which data professionals are currently tackling these types of challenges by leveraging innovative approaches to climate and geospatial data.
Cities are much more than the sum of their pain points, of course: they reflect social values (the good, the bad, and the ambiguous), inspire creativity and connection, and function as living repositories of evolving cultures.
This month, we invite you to explore the richness and complexity of urban spaces. From bus wait times to the names of the streets we cross, the authors whose work we’ve selected apply their data skills to specific slivers of city life and allow us to gain a more nuanced understanding of how urban environments work.
Before we dive in, we wanted to thank you, as always, for all your support of the work we publish. For those of you who’d like to make a meaningful contribution, consider becoming Medium members; if you’re a student based in eligible countries, you can now sign up with a substantial discount.
We were thrilled to welcome a new cohort of TDS authors in March — they include Matt Collins, Krzysztof Pałczyński, Colin Horgan, Victor Graff, Dr. Roi Yehoshua, Mark Chen, Bernardo Furtado, Toon Beerten, Peng Qian, Edozie Onyearugbulem, Willem Koenders, Aaron Master and Doron Bergman, Lingjuan Lyu, Jacob Marks, Ph.D., Anthony Mensier, Francisco Caio Lima Paiva, Abhi Sawhney, Chris Mauck, Massimiliano Costacurta, Lee Vaughan, and Davide Caffagni, among others. If you have an interesting project or idea to share with us, we’d love to hear from you!
See you next month.