bristol approach to citizen sensing
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WorkingwithCitizenstocollectsensordataforanOpenSmartCity
KatherineRooneyODIBristolandBristolCityCouncil@[email protected]
Bristol,EnglandPopulation450,000
CapitaloftheWestofEngland
OpenDataInstituteNode
Digitalemploymentcluster
www.opendata.bristol.gov.uk
https://portal-bristol.api.urbanthings.io
In2016BristolandLondonwerenamedasLeadingSmartCitiesintheUK.
?Somethingismissing…
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Citiesareaboutpeople.So,SmartCitiesshouldalsobeaboutpeople.Andweshouldaskpeople,whatkindofcitydoyouwanttolivein?
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InBristolweask,“HowcantechnologyandopendataimproveBristol’sFuture”?
Toanswerthatquestion,wemuststartwithunderstandingwhatissueswewouldliketechnologyandopendatatohelpussolve.
Wearelearningtonot starttheconversationwithtechnologyanddata.
WorkingwithKnowleWedsMediaCentrewestartedwithopenconversations.
Ifyoustartwithanopenconversation,youoftenendupsomewhereyouwouldnotexpect!
Canweusesensorstocollectdatathatwouldhelpsolvethisissue?
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Workingwithpeoplewhodon’tusuallyworkwithdata–wehavetostartfromthebeginning.Whatisdata?Howcanwecollectit?
Designingasensortocollectdatatohelppeopleunderstandmoreaboutdampintheirhomes
TheFrogslivedindamphomesforaweek,collectingdata.
AnimportantpartofTheBristolApproachistheCityCommons,makingsurecitizenscontrolhowtheirdataisused.
Explainingdataownershipisevenharderthanexplaininghowtocollectandvisualisedata!
The‘dampseason’hasstartedagaininEngland,andwehavesomenewimprovedFrogsreadytohopintodamphomes.
http://kwmc.org.uk/projects/bristolapproach/
Insummary:• InBristolwebelievethatasmartcitywillonly
succeedifcitizensareinvolvedandengaged.• Thereisahugeopportunitynowforcitizens
tocollecttheirowndata.• Ifcitizendatacanbecombinedwithcityopen
data,wecangetclosertoareallysmartcity!
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