IMPLEMENTING CHANGE:

A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR

JOBS AND GROWTH In co-operation with the EU Presidency, Irish Government and Pobal

26-27 March 2013, Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland

9th Annual Meeting

WORKSHOP G: DATA FOR POLICY DESIGN AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Zorica Nedovic-Budic

Head of School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy,

University College of Dublin, Ireland

GeoICT for Planning & Policy

Zorica Nedović-Budić, University College Dublin

Urban Challenges & Increased Reliance on

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Half the worlds population living in urban areas – set to rise to 67% by 2050

(UN,2012)

Lack of adequate infrastructure; inadequate housing conditions

Natural and built environments affected by regional climate changes (IPCC,2007)

Growth of ICT – 6 billion mobile phone users, 2.4 billion internet users, 30 billion

mobile phone apps downloaded in 2011 (The World Bank, 2012) Increasingly used

to aid prioritisation and response to urban challenges

Geo technology advancements: GIS DSS / PSS PP GIS

Internet GIS SDI VGI (Web 2) ...

GeoWeb + Why?

Geoweb is an “integrative, discoverable collection of geographically related web

services and data that spans multiple jurisdictions and geographic regions” (Lake

and Farley 2007, 15).

Enhanced / more complete geographic information (digital maps)

Public involvement / access to information

E-governance

Information base for spatial

planning and policy,

sustainable development

and other

Examples

Infrastructure index

0.80619

0.810910.80862

0.72000

0.73000

0.74000

0.75000

0.76000

0.77000

0.78000

0.79000

0.80000

0.81000

0.82000

Tracts not crossed by arterial streets Tracts crossed by arterial streets Fortaleza Index

Average Income of Heads of Household

662.36

820.91

750.91

0.00

100.00

200.00

300.00

400.00

500.00

600.00

700.00

800.00

900.00

Tracts not crossed by arterial streets Tracts crossed by arterial streets Fortaleza Index

Inco

me

Infrastructure Index

0.81166

0.75500

0.80862

0.72000

0.73000

0.74000

0.75000

0.76000

0.77000

0.78000

0.79000

0.80000

0.81000

0.82000

Tracts not crossed by rivers Tracts crossed by rivers Fortaleza Index

Average Income of Heads of Household

762.51

660.93

750.91

600.00

620.00

640.00

660.00

680.00

700.00

720.00

740.00

760.00

780.00

Tracts not crossed by river Tracts crossed by river Fortaleza Index

Source: Williams et al. 2012, Dublin’s Place in the Irish and Global Economy 2012

Clusters of Accommodation and

Food Services in RoI in 2011

Density of Construction

Organisations in RoI in 2011

Comprehensive Opportunity Map

Human Development Index

+ LISA

Relative HDI< 90%90% - 110%> 110%

0.3 0 0.3 0.6 Miles

SP mean HDI91= 0.716

66% 90-110

Relative HDI

< 90% 90% - 100% 100% - 110% > 110%

HDI Relative to

Brazilian Average

LISA – Local Indicators of Spatial Association

Clusters of low and high values

(spatial autocorrelation index Moran’s I)

Spatial Statistical Analysis of Intra-Urban Inequalities & Evaluation of

Impact of Public Intervention – Confirmatory Analysis

Modelling Source: Urban Environment Project

Land use maps of the Greater Dublin Region

in 2026 generated by the MOLAND model

for three different scenarios

MOLAND

Along came Web 2.0 – 2-way exchange (information ‘produsers’, Budhathoki et al. 2008, GeoJournal)

Policy & Planning 2.0

Emergence of Volunteered Geographic Info, Crowd-Sourcing,

Social Construction of Knowledge, Citizen-Science

Connections: online communities and production; collaborative / shared contents

Example: community resource

Environmental example

Example: Noise mapping / citizen science -- London

Example: Bed Bugs - Chicago

- GeoICT – social knowledge production &

communication + participation in policy / planning

- not a solution but means to an end

- potential to provide support

- could be enabling

- Areas of application / need?

- Simple solutions?

- Integration (sources / info, institutions, processes)?

Conclusion / Discussion