taking advantage of big data and the internet of things to advance the social-ecological study of...
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Taking Advantage of BIG DATA and the Internet of Things to Advance the Social-Ecological Study of Urban System ComplexityTimon McPhearsonAssistant Professor of Urban EcologyTishman Environment and Design CenterThe New School
CLIMATE CHANGE IN CITIES
Towards a Science of Cities
McPhearson, Pickett, Grimm, Alberti, Niemela, Elmqvist, et al., in prep
The NYC Social-Ecological System
Social-Ecological Data in Cities
NYC GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
HOUSEHOLDINCOME
DATA SOURCES• Land use• Land cover• Census• City Government• Social Media• Crowd-sourced
New York City
Vacant
Land
(~30,000 lots
>2800 hectares)
Kremer, Hamstead, and McPhearson,
Landscape and Urban Planning (2013)
Social Need
Eco
log
ical Val u
e
Low
Low
Hig
hHH
LL HL
LH
High
Social-Ecological Valuation
Ecological Value
of Vacant Lots
Social Need for
Ecosystem
Services
Identifying Hotspots for Social-ecological Transformation
McPhearson et al.,Ecosystem Services (2013)
New York City
1m Resolution Landcover
Five Urban Ecosystem Services Indicators in NYC
PERCEPTIONS, VALUES, ATTITUDES• Photos: Flickr, Twitter, Facebook…
• Tags: Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, Facebook…
• Text: All
• Emoticons: All
• Other: Apps, Sensors, Chats, Blogs
URBAN SOCIAL MEDIA DATA
Flickr Twitter
McPhearson, Wood, Kremer, Hamstead, and Keeler, in prep
Similar Social Media Footprints
Flickr
R = .95
McPhearson, Wood, Kremer, Hamstead, and Keeler, in prep
Relationship Between Park Size and Social Use
Flickr Twitter
Phot
os
Twee
ts
Park Area Park Area
McPhearson, Wood, Kremer, Hamstead, and Keeler, in prep
The Internet of Things (IoT)
THANK YOU