Class 01. 2023-09-14 [slides] [summary] [references for this class] [readings for next class]

Topic 1. e-Planning Research Agenda: Roots and Concepts

Slides

JF [introduction, MIT] | MOG [introduction, UNICAMP] [About Unicamp (2023 - 8 min.)] | PFA [e-Planning vs. blackbox] [e-Planning intro full slides]

Class Summary

In this class, it was presented the subject goals and rationale, the links to the MIT-DUSP Monday's Lunch Speaker Series, and the International Symposium ICPPIT23
After a short introduction by the class Instructors, each student at MIT, USA, at UNICAMP, Brasil, and U.Lisboa, Portugal, introduced themselves to the class at large, referring their main interests.

References used in this class

Ferraz de Abreu, P. (2022), e-Planning: Why,When,Where,How,What,Who, 141 slides, e-planning editions

Ferraz de Abreu, P. (2021) Introdução ao e-Planning (2012), pp73-112, in Ferraz de Abreu, P. et al (2021), "e-Planning & Ubiquity / e-Planeamento & Ubiquidade", 388pp, C-Press, 2021, ISBN 9789899866133

Ferraz de Abreu, P. & Ferreira Jr., J. (2003), "Towards a Research Agenda on e-Planning", MIT-DUSP

Ferreira Jr. Joseph, (2021), "e-Planning at MIT and current challenges", Testimony in Public Hearing, Assembleia da Republica, Portugal, 2021/10/19 VIDEO , Out 2021

Readings / Assignments for Next Class

NOTE: PDFs for non-public articles are on canvas.mit.edu

- What do we mean by e-planning & urban science

Read these two :

Acuto, M., S. Parnell, & K. Seto, (2018) "Building a global urban science," Nature Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-017-0013-9

Bettencourt, L., & G. West, (2010) "A unified theory of urban living," Nature, 467, pp912-913, https://www.nature.com/articles/467912a

MIT Tech Review (cities issue, 2021)

Ching,TY. & Ferreira Jr., J. (2015) "Smart cities: Concepts, perceptions and lessons for planners", in Planning Support Systems and Smart Cities, Gertman, Ferreira, Goodspeed, Stillwell (editors). 145-168.

Ferreira Jr., J., (1999). "Information Technologies that Change Relationships between Low-Income Communities and the Public and Non-profit Agencies that Serve Them", Ch. 7 in High Technology and Low-Income Communities, MIT Press, Schon, Mitchell, Sanyal (editors), MIT Press, Cambridge

Ratti, Carlo and Picon, Antoine (2023) "AI is coming to our neighborhoods and will show us the future of cities", Boston Globe, September 14, 2023

Zhuangyuan Fana ID , Fan Zhangb,1 ID , Becky P. Y. Looa,c ID , and Carlo Ratti (2023) "Urban visual intelligence: Uncovering hidden city profiles with street view images", PNAS, Edited by Richard Shearmur, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; received November 30, 2022; accepted May 18, 2023 by Editorial Board Member Susan Hanson

NOTE: PDFs for non-public articles are on canvas.mit.edu