Making Sense of the New Urban Science

We are living in the age of cities. It is an urgent time, and an uncertain one. Never before have human beings built so much with such haste. Yet we understand so little about how our urban world grows — and sometimes — declines. To meet this challenge, the world’s universities have set out to plug this knowledge gap, and establish a new science of cities. This report is an initial attempt to understand the collective scope and impact of this movement. What does this new science seek to achieve? Who are its practitioners? What questions are they pursuing? What methods do they use? What are they learning? How might their discoveries shape our shared urban destiny? The first section explores what constitutes urban science, lists key centers, and forecasts enrollment figures. The second section examines the establishment of urban science centers and looks at their research frameworks, models for collaboration, financing schemes, and education programs.

• Record URL:
  http://www.citiesofdata.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Making-Sense-of-the-New-Science-of-Cities-FINAL-2015.7.7.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  New York University, New York

  Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
  295 Lafayette Street
  New York, NY  United States  10012

  Data & Society Research Institute

  New York, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Townsend, Anthony M
  • Chisholm, Alissa
• Publication Date: 2015-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 31p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities; Cooperation; Education; Financing; Forecasting; Research; Research and educational facilities; Urban design
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Transportation (General); I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01580887
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 20 2015 5:11PM