Download eBook Free: https://ouo.io/L73LO6 The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance By: Stephen Goldsmith, Susan Crawford Publisher: Jossey-Bass Print ISBN: 9781118910900, 1118910907 eText ISBN: 9781118911211, 1118911210 Edition: 1st Format: PDF Available from $ 22.99 USD SKU 9781118911211 Organized into eight chapters, the Data-Smart City is a resource for governing cities in the digital age with applicability to civic engagement, urban infrastructure, public safety, health and human services and regulation. The book highlights the promising intersection of government and data through vivid case-studies featuring the municipal pioneers and big data success stories from Boston, Chicago, New York and Copenhagen. The contents covers three new forms of empowerment made possible by recent technological breakthroughs; 1) the use of data to visualize service delivery and predict the places where streamlining and service improvement is possible, 2) paper-based traditional tasks can be commodified by digital means, so that cities can act with greater discretion, agility, professionalism, and decisiveness and 3) the voice of citizens and civic groups is now present and actionable, real-time.
