TY - JOUR
T1 - Time to Upgrade Our Tools
T2 - Integrating Urban Data Science into Economic Development Research and Curriculum
AU - Fang, Li
AU - Green, Jamaal
AU - Ye, Xinyue
AU - Shi, Wei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Urban data science (UDS) is developing rapidly and starting to be widely adopted in urban planning research and curricula. However, economic development planners have been relatively slow in introducing UDS into their toolkits. This reality is a disservice to the subfield and students. This article discusses the motivation and current practices of UDS in economic development, identifies successes and challenges, and suggests actions moving forward. Professional training, curriculum innovation, and support from departments, institutions, and the broader academic and professional communities are called for.
AB - Urban data science (UDS) is developing rapidly and starting to be widely adopted in urban planning research and curricula. However, economic development planners have been relatively slow in introducing UDS into their toolkits. This reality is a disservice to the subfield and students. This article discusses the motivation and current practices of UDS in economic development, identifies successes and challenges, and suggests actions moving forward. Professional training, curriculum innovation, and support from departments, institutions, and the broader academic and professional communities are called for.
KW - economic development
KW - planning curriculum
KW - urban data science
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U2 - 10.1177/0739456X221128501
DO - 10.1177/0739456X221128501
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85141024563
SN - 0739-456X
JO - Journal of Planning Education and Research
JF - Journal of Planning Education and Research
ER -