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Infrastructure Planning Through Geosocial Intelligence: Using Twitter As A Platform For Rapid Assessment And Civic Co-Management During Flooding In Jakarta, Tomas Holderness, Katina Michael, Etienne Turpin

SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers

The ability to collect data using sensor-based technologies is increasing within a public technical means. As governments in rapidly-urbanising developing nations seek to address the climatic, social and economic challenges of the 21st century, there is a progressive requirement to map and articulate civil infrastructure. When a local government needs to proactively react to impending and disruptive phenomena they increasingly look to data and technology to help them manage and respond accordingly. Mobile social media, in a citizens-as-sensors paradigm, offers the potential to collect data with which to advance our capacity to understand and promote resilience of cities to both …