Description
Through interaction with other databases such as social media, geographic information systems have the ability to build and obtain not only statistics defined on the flows of people, things, and information but also on perceptions, impressions, and opinions about specific places, territories, and landscapes. It is thus necessary to systematize, integrate, and coordinate the various sources of data (especially open data) to allow more appropriate and complete analysis, descriptions, and elaborations.
Spatial Planning in the Big Data Revolution is a critical scholarly resource that aims to bring together different methodologies that combine the potential of large data analysis with GIS applications in dedicated tools specifically for territorial, social, economic, environmental, transport, energy, real estate, and landscape evaluation. Additionally, the book addresses a number of fundamental objectives including the application of big data analysis in supporting territorial analysis, validating crowdsourcing and crowdmapping techniques, and disseminating information and community involvement. Urban planners, architects, researchers, academicians, professionals, and practitioners in such fields as computer science, data science, and business intelligence will benefit most from the research contained within this publication.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Angioletta Voghera (Ed.)
Angioletta Voghera is Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Inter-university Department of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico of Torino. In the Politecnico di Torino she represents the “Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning Area” in the Task force on Technology Transfer, she is member of the Scientific Committee of S3+LAB-Urban Sustainability & Security Laboratory for Social Challenges and of the South China-Torino Collaboration Lab (Politecnico - South China University of Technology). In 2014 she was visiting researcher in EPFL of Lausanne. She is the Coordinator of the National Commission on Environment and Landscape Planning of the National Institute of Urban Planning (INU), www.inu.it (2014). She is member of the Editorials Boards of American Journal of Civil Engineering. Town and Country Planning, GeoProgress Journal, Sentieri Urbani. Rivista dell’INU Trentino. Participating in territorial governance and elective organisation, she is member of the since 2013 Council of Architects, planners, landscape architects and conservation experts of Turin Province and since 2016 of the Administration Council of Parchi Reali (Piedmont Region). Resulted in over 160 international and national publications, her main research activities are in the field of Regional and Landscape Planning and Urban Design focusing on analysis, evaluation, planning and design of sensible environments, such as natural and landscape protected areas, fluvial and rural landscapes. The main publications in these fields are the monographs: Culture europee di sostenibilità. Storie e innovazioni nella pianificazione (Gangemi Editore, 2006), After the European Landscape Convention. Policies, Plans and Evaluation (Alinea, 2011) and -with Ingaramo R. - Planning and Architecture. Searching for an Approach (Alinea International, 2012). Besides she is editor of: Progetti per il paesaggio (Inu Edizioni, 2015) and - with Bianchetti C., Cogato Lanza E., Enver Kercuku A. and Sampieri A. - Territories in Crisis. Architecture and Urbanism Facing Changes in Europe (JOVIS Verlag GmbH, 2015).
Luigi La Riccia (Ed.)
Luigi Riccia is Ph.D. in Regional Planning and Local Development at the Politecnico di Torino, he conducts research activity on Urban and Regional Planning, Landscape and Parks Planning, Environmental Sustainability and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He has worked on numerous research activities and initiatives, including: Landscape Regional Plan of Piemonte (2008-2011); Landscape Indicators. Assessing and Monitoring the Landscape Quality (2008-2011); Fare Paesaggio. Dalla pianificazione di area vasta all’operatività locale (2007-2010); the 5th edition of International Exhibition “Creare Paesaggi. Enjoy the Landscape” (2010); Guidelines of Industrial Landscapes of Sardinia Region (2011-2012); Guidelines for the green network of PTC2 (2015). He has also participated in several EU funded projects: “INTERALPES” (Alcotra 2011-2013); “POLY5” (Alpine Space, 2011-2014); “PLAT.F.O.R.M.” (Alpine Space, 2013-2014); “IP Citygreening” (Erasmus, 2013-2014); “S.T.R.E.E.T.” (Erasmus+, 2015-2018); “WeGovNow” (Horizon 2020, 2016-2019). He is the author of 59 scientific publications and international events and exhibitions on these subjects.