Class 02. 2023-09-21   [slides] [summary] [references in this class] [readings for next class]

Topic 2. Urban Science & Computing in Planning

Slides:
• JF [urban science, MIT]   PFA [Readings & References for next]

Class Summary:

In this class, it was presented what do we mean by e-planning & urban science, discussing the recommended readings, with frequent input from the students, including from the linked classes at Unicamp and University of Lisbon, via zoom. The "international flavour" was also expanded, with a new classroom located in the Brasilian Parliament's CEFOR campus (Centro de Formaçãoo, Treinamento e Aperfeiçoamento, da Camara de Deputados), in the city of Brasilia.

Current campi following this class: MIT-DUSP, Cambridge, USA; FCA-UNICAMP, Campinas, Brasil; CFOR-CdD, Brasilia, Brasil; CITIDEP-CIAUD-Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.

References used in this class:
• Acuto, M., S. Parnell, & K. Seto, (2018) "Building a global urban science," Nature Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-017-0013-9


• Bettencourt, L., & G. West, (2010) "A unified theory of urban living," Nature, 467, pp912-913, https://www.nature.com/articles/467912a


• MIT Tech Review (cities issue, 2021)


• Ching,TY. & Ferreira Jr., J. (2015) "Smart cities: Concepts, perceptions and lessons for planners", in Planning Support Systems and Smart Cities, Gertman, Ferreira, Goodspeed, Stillwell (editors). 145-168.


• Ferreira Jr., J., (1999). "Information Technologies that Change Relationships between Low-Income Communities and the Public and Non-profit Agencies that Serve Them", Ch. 7 in High Technology and Low-Income Communities, MIT Press, Schon, Mitchell, Sanyal (editors), MIT Press, Cambridge


• Ratti, Carlo and Picon, Antoine (2023) "AI is coming to our neighborhoods and will show us the future of cities", Boston Globe, September 14, 2023


• Zhuangyuan Fana ID , Fan Zhangb,1 ID , Becky P. Y. Looa,c ID , and Carlo Ratti (2023) "Urban visual intelligence: Uncovering hidden city profiles with street view images", PNAS, Edited by Richard Shearmur, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; received November 30, 2022; accepted May 18, 2023 by Editorial Board Member Susan Hanson

NOTE: PDFs for non-public articles are on canvas.mit.edu

Readings / Assignments for Next Class:

Read:


• Ferraz de Abreu, P. (2021) "The Qualitative Leap of the Information & Communication Technologies / O Salto Qualitativo das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (2002) bilingual chapter / capitulo bilingue, pp. 47-72


• Ferreira Jr., J. (2021) e-Planning & Computing at MIT - Keynote (2019) pp.35-39, in Ferraz de Abreu, P. et al (2021), "e-Planning & Ubiquity / e-Planeamento & Ubiquidade", 388pp, C-Press, 2021, ISBN 9789899866133



Skim:


• Ferraz de Abreu, P. (2022), e-Planning: Why,When,Where,How,What,Who, 141 slides, e-planning editions


• Ferreira Jr. Joseph, (2021), "e-Planning at MIT and current challenges", Testimony in Public Hearing, Assembleia da Republica, Portugal, 2021/10/19 VIDEO , Out 2021

Browse:


• Ferraz de Abreu, P. & Ferreira Jr. J., (2008), "The ePlanning Agenda" presented at , International ePlanning Colloquium, "Technology with Social Sciences", MIT-Portugal, ISCSP-UTL, Lisbon, Portugal, 27 March 2008.


• Ferraz de Abreu, P. (2021) Introdução ao e-Planning (2012), pp73-112, in Ferraz de Abreu, P. et al (2021), "e-Planning & Ubiquity / e-Planeamento & Ubiquidade", 388pp, C-Press, 2021, ISBN 9789899866133


• Ferraz de Abreu, P. (2021) Brief quotes and references, relating MIT Schwarzman College 2018/19 with e-Planning 1992-2008 pp32-33, 332, 337, in Ferraz de Abreu, P. et al (2021), "e-Planning & Ubiquity / e-Planeamento & Ubiquidade", 388pp, C-Press, 2021, ISBN 9789899866133


• Ferraz de Abreu, P. (2021), "Towards an integrated research approach: The problem life-cycle and transdisciplinary frameworks" , pp247-268 , in Ferraz de Abreu, P. et al (2021), "e-Planning & Ubiquity / e-Planeamento & Ubiquidade", 388pp, C-Press, 2021, ISBN 9789899866133


• Ferreira, S. (2005), Evolution and Future of the Knowledge Commons: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Less Developed Societies, MIT Community Innovation Lab.



Historical references:


• Ferraz de Abreu, P. (1993), "Towards a Definition of Information Systems in Planning", MIT-DUSP


• Wriston, W.B. (1992), The Twilight of Sovereignty. MacMillan, Scribners. 1992.


• Zuboff, S. (1989) "In The Age Of The Smart Machine: The Future Of Work And Power", Paperback Ð October 2, 1989