DIGITAL CITY
In this research area, we explore pressing issues related to ethics in digital cities, as well as seek to identify goals, indicators, and good practices aimed at promoting general wellbeing in urban, digital contexts.
Our research questions
We define the Digital City as "the merging of technology and built-infrastructure in urban contexts. Key issues include promoting digital equity in digital cities, and designing people-centered systems that promote ethical responsibility and positive change".
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The Role of a Data Strategy for Canadian Industries, 2018Digital City Resources
This book looks at what makes a city smart by describing, challenging, and offering democratic alternatives to the view that the answer begins and ends with technology. Drawing on worldwide case studies documenting the redevelopment of old and the creation of new cities, it provides an essential guide to the future of urban life in a digital world.
This is the first report of the Media Ethics Lab Charrette series, aiming to serve as the springboard for a larger media ethics dialogue. Published in partnership with George Brown College's Institute without Boundaries, this is equally a summary of the charrette findings as it is a blueprint for future discussion and innovation in the field.
In this White Paper – “Why Smart Communities Need Digital Inclusion”, NDIA reviews what the term smart communities entail and how local government leaders are cementing divides if they fail to include strategies for digital inclusion and digital equity in their smart community plans.
