big data

Tech landscape: Who owns the smart city?

28.06.2019

Simon Wicks

big data | Infrastructure - Communications | Policy & Politics | privatisation | public vs private | smart cities | tech landscape | Technology | UK

Is there an ethical dimension to the application of smart city technologies? Simon Wicks considers new work by a past contributor to the planner that raises uncomfortable questions.
Tech landscape: The future of #Plantech

15.01.2019

The Planner

AI | Artificial Intelligence | big data | plantech | Proptech | tech landscape | Technology | UK

How will technology shape planning and placemaking in 2019/20? We asked a selection of innovators and planners to make their predictions
Convention 2018: The tech transforming planning

30.07.2018

The Planner

big data | Bitcoin | Blockchain | Convention2018 | crowdsourcing | Technology | UK | Virtual reality
Legal briefs: Flintshire gypsy development sees off court challenge; Apple debacle triggers call for dedicated planning court

18.05.2018

Roger Milne

Apple | big data | Business & Enterprise | Community | Demographics & Population Growth | Development Management & Enforcement | high court | Housing | Planning Law | travellers | UK

A round-up of legal news: 12 May-18 May, 2018
Life, connected

11.03.2016

Samer Bagaeen

big data | Business & Enterprise | car parking | Community Engagement | consumer behaviour | Infrastructure | International | Internet of Things

Samer Bagaeen looks at how the Internet of Things is driving a consumer revolution – and what that may mean for planners.
Urban big data

11.03.2016

Prof. Rob Kitchin

big data | Business & Enterprise | city control centre | Community Engagement | Development Management & Enforcement | Dublin Dashboard | Infrastructure | International | smart cities

For as long as data has been generated about cities various kinds of data-informed urbanism have been occurring. The data employed is typically sampled, generated on a one-off or occasional basis, limited in...
Data drive - planning and big data

11.03.2016

Prof. Rob Kitchin and Samer Bagaeen

big data | Business & Enterprise | Community Engagement | Development Management & Enforcement | Infrastructure | International | smart cities | Statistics | UK

What impact is the collection and use of ‘big data’ having on the ways we govern and interact with urban environments? And what does that mean for city planning in the future? Prof. Rob Kitchin and Samer...