Speaking at a launch event in Woodstock on Monday, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the city has pledged to take service delivery into the digital age and ensure "unprecedented" levels of data transparency. The data strategy , he said, sets out details of how the city aims to achieve these goals.
"We are on a journey as a city to try and embed the intelligent and strategic use of data into everything that we do," said Hill-Lewis. "We are increasingly measuring our services and infrastructure performance so that we can better manage delivery to the public.
"We have installed digital tracking systems across our water, sanitation and energy infrastructure, and invested in human resources to monitor and dispatch rapid response teams where issues arise."
Data-driven city management leverages data collection methods such as internet-of-things devices and other sensors, public and private databases, and crowdsourced data are fed into large data analytics tools to provide decision makers with real-time data for planning and monitoring of how city resources are utilised.
Frontrunners in data-driven city management include New York, where data analytics is used to predict fires and reduce crime, and Barcelona, where data from IoT sensors is used to manage traffic, monitor air quality and optimise waste collection.
