14.3. Data With The People

In Slum Upgrade and Urban Regeneration, one of the most important capacities is the ability of local residents to generate and manage their own data and its technology.

Problem-statement: Many people speak about the importance of data as a means to provide better services to residents of informal settlements. Too few people speak about the importance of data as a means to empower those residents.

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Discussion: There is a basic distinction in all urban development work between “doing for” and “doing with.” In the former approach, often government services provide services for residents in a top-down fashion In the latter, residents are given the power to do more, through partnerships and through technological resources.

This is certainly true when it comes to data technology. Beyond the need for governments to measure populations and services needed, there is a basic need for residents to have data capabilities in their own hands — for example, to be identifiable on email and the Web, to have a record of their physical address, and to have access to Web-based resources.¹

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Therefore:

Build the network of data resources within each neighborhood. Provide technology, training and support, especially to children.

Use data resources to assist with Incremental Self-Build. Provide support at the Neighborhood Planning Center…

¹ See e.g. Hachmann, S., Arsanjani, J. J., & Vaz, E. (2018). Spatial data for slum upgrading: Volunteered Geographic Information and the role of citizen science. Habitat International, 72, 18-26.

Cover photo: Vgrigas via Wikimedia Commons.

Mehaffy, M. et al. (2020). DATA WITH THE PEOPLE (pattern). In A New Pattern Language for Growing Regions. The Dalles: Sustasis Press. Available at https://pattern-language.wiki/.../Data_With_The_People

14.3. Data With The People

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Therefore:

SECTION I:

PATTERNS OF SCALE

1. REGIONAL PATTERNS

2. URBAN PATTERNS

3. STREET PATTERNS

4. NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERNS

5. SPECIAL USE PATTERNS

6. PUBLIC SPACE PATTERNS

7. BLOCK AND PLOT PATTERNS

8. STREETSCAPE PATTERNS

9. BUILDING PATTERNS

10. BUILDING EDGE PATTERNS

SECTION II:

PATTERNS OF MULTIPLE SCALE

11. GEOMETRIC PATTERNS

12. AFFORDANCE PATTERNS

13. RETROFIT PATTERNS

14. INFORMAL GROWTH PATTERNS

15. CONSTRUCTION PATTERNS

SECTION III:

PATTERNS OF PROCESS

16. IMPLEMENTATION TOOL PATTERNS

17. PROJECT ECONOMICS PATTERNS

18. PLACE GOVERNANCE PATTERNS

19. AFFORDABILITY PATTERNS

20. NEW TECHNOLOGY PATTERNS