Use Of Big Data To Measure Livability In Cities?

Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by JJohnson, May 13, 2015.

  1. JJohnson

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    Hello, guys! First of all, I've been monitoring this forum for a while and finally decided to join after my yesterday's finding.

    So I stumbled upon this interesting article Can big data measure livability in cities?. It seems that this new website measures life quality of neighborhoods and houses in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London and Berlin: "Cornerstone of PlaceILive is their Life Quality Index -an algorithm that takes aspects like transportation, safety, and affordability into account. Making it possible for people to easily compare the livability of different houses."

    I like the concept, it looks like a mix of Walkscore and Yelp for me. I found some useful information there - bus shops near my house, bakeries, farmers markets and similar stuff. What i like the most is some cool maps with various demographic metrics, safety rates or internet speed across the city's neighborhoods that they do. For example, this predominant ethnicity map across neighborhoods of New York is pretty dope.

    Anyway, if I understand correctly it's quite a new service. Maybe you guys know any similar websites that provide insights for NYC? What I would also like to discuss is if it is really possible to measure livability of a specific place only using statistics and not personal opinion? Is big data a future of improving development of cities?

    Cheers!
     

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