When I was an urban planning student at the University of California, Los Angeles, more than 30 years ago, my area of concentration was known as the “built environment” — the bricks and mortar, the form and design of the…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: waste
Drowning in Data, Cities Need Help
Posted in Greater efficiency, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Bikeshare, cities, Corridorscope, data, Governing, rubbish, trash, waste, William Fulton
Where is all the open data for waste management?
Post: 7 July 2015 This post covers resources and issues related to open data about waste management in the UK. I’m putting this material together now because Defra, the government department responsible for waste policy, has recently announced an intention…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: Circular Economy, DEFRA, Disposal, Hazardous, Industrial, Landfill, mapgubbins, open data, Owen Boswarva, Radioactive, recycling, waste, waste management, Waterbase
Delivering Faster Results with Food Inspection Forecasting
Consider this: Chicago, a city with nearly three million people and more than 15,000 food establishments, has fewer than three dozen inspectors who are in charge of annually checking the city’s entire lot. When inspectors check this entire lot, 15%…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public safety, Saving money Tagged with: Allstate Insurance, Chicago, crime, data analytics, Food, Food Safety, forecasting, health, open data, predictive analytics, public health, rodents, sanitation, science, SmartData Platform, temperature, USA, waste, waste management