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Title Teaching Data Justice: Algorithmic Bias And Critical Spatial Analysis In Urban Planning Education
ID_Doc 54493
Authors Acolin A.; Kim A.M.
Year 2024
Published Journal of Planning Education and Research, 44, 3
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739456X221116356
Abstract As urban planners increasingly use technological advances to generate and analyze new data, we must take care to overcome biases embedded in them. We survey American planning programs and find that very few spatial analysis syllabi explicitly raise this issue or include readings or exercises to train students about the limitations and opportunities for critically handling new data streams. We conclude with suggestions for curricular strategies to help fill this pedagogical gap by incorporating (1) groundtruthing and fieldwork exercises; (2) exercises of comparative urban contexts and spatial patterns; and (3) digital participation and public discourse. © The Author(s) 2022.
Author Keywords algorithmic bias; GIS; remote sensing; smart city; social media


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