Social Maps Could Potentially Shape Future City Planning

What is a city? To technologist Dave Troy, a “city is the sum of the relationships of the people that live there.” By mapping the interests of dwellers in some of the world’s most populated cities by looking at what they share online, Troy has generated a new and incredibly detailed way to view a city’s diversity beyond race. This rich data, as Troy believes, provides a real opportunity to design cities that are truly desired.

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Cite: Karissa Rosenfield. "Social Maps Could Potentially Shape Future City Planning" 03 Jan 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/583673/social-maps-could-potentially-shape-future-city-planning> ISSN 0719-8884

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