In current a long time, cities have turn out to be more and more adept at amassing all kinds of knowledge. However that information can have restricted impression when authorities officers are unable to speak, not to mention analyze or put to make use of, all the knowledge they’ve entry to.
This dynamic has at all times bothered Sarah Williams, a professor of city planning and expertise at MIT. Shortly after becoming a member of MIT in 2012, Williams created the Civic Information Design Lab to bridge that divide. Through the years, she and her colleagues have made city planning information extra vivid and accessible by human tales and putting graphics. Learn the total story.
—Ben Schneider
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