{"id":10350,"date":"2011-09-07T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=10350"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:58:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:58:37","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-open-source-planning-test-cities-change-by-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/09\/07\/world-wide-wednesday-open-source-planning-test-cities-change-by-us\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: Open source planning, test cities, Change by Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-22435\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=22435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mit-cities-jobs-main\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mit-cities-jobs-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-22322\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=22322\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-world-wednesday1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/feature-world-wednesday1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 According to the International Federation of Surveyors, approximately 70% of urban growth occurs outside of formal planning channels. Researchers at MIT have recently released an open source urban planning software to help reduce inefficiencies resulting from haphazard planning. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1778514\/open-source-program-released-to-redesigning-tomorrows-cities?partner=rss\" target=\"_self\">Fast Company<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Place Pulse, another planning software platform out of MIT Media Labs, is also making waves. The platform uses a &#8220;hot or not&#8221; set-up, asking users to identify which of two images appears to be the safest environment. The data collected allows administrators to better understand collective perceptions of space. (<a href=\"http:\/\/popupcity.net\/2011\/09\/place-pulse-hot-or-not-for-cities\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+popupcity+%28The+Pop-Up+City%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_self\">Pop-Up City<\/a>)<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0It&#8217;s hard to believe that with whole neighbourhoods foreclosed, US company Pegasus Global Holdings is moving forward on a plan to create a test city in New Mexico. The centre, which won&#8217;t have a permanent population, will be used as a testing ground for new technologies such as smart grids and next generation wireless networks. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/main\/2011\/09\/06\/abqnewsseeker\/company-plans-to-build-test-city-in-n-m.html\" target=\"_self\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Local Projects and CEOs for Cities have partnered up to change the face of public engagement in America. Their project, Change by Us, connects citizens with ideas to real projects tackling all sorts of local issues. Jake Barton, founder of Local Projects puts it this way: \u201cIt\u2019s a way of reinventing public participation. Cities are about shared goals and common interests, and we have created a platform around that concept, creating a social networking platform for civic activity.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtech.com\/e-government\/Change-by-Us-Connects-Citizens-to-Government.html\" target=\"_self\">Government Technology<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1778514\/open-source-program-released-to-redesigning-tomorrows-cities?partner=rss\" target=\"_self\"><em>Fast Company<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a World Wide Wednesday worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to www@spacing.ca<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. \u2022 According to the International Federation of Surveyors, approximately 70% of urban growth occurs outside of formal planning channels.<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/09\/07\/world-wide-wednesday-open-source-planning-test-cities-change-by-us\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: Open source planning, test cities, Change by Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5864],"tags":[4662,1070,1530,635,4663,4658,4668,4661,3860,4660,2429,4664,4659,4666,4667,1302,4665,370],"class_list":["post-10350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-albuquerque-journal","tag-america","tag-fast-company","tag-founder","tag-government-technology","tag-international-federation-of-surveyors","tag-jake-barton","tag-local-projects","tag-mit","tag-mit-media-labs","tag-new-mexico","tag-open-source-urban-planning-software","tag-pegasus-global-holdings","tag-social-networking-platform","tag-software-platform","tag-united-states","tag-wireless-networks","tag-world-wide-wednesday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Wide Wednesday: Open source planning, test cities, Change by Us - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/09\/07\/world-wide-wednesday-open-source-planning-test-cities-change-by-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Wide Wednesday: Open source planning, test cities, Change by Us - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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