SAT-B06: Recent Progress in Big Data and Landscape Architecture: Applications through Crowd-Sourced Information

Saturday, October 28, 2023

2:00pm – 3:15pm CT

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Bo Zhang, ASLA, LEED AP

Associate Professor
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Speaker(s)

Jessica E. Fernandez, PhD, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP ND (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Xiwei Shen, PhD, ASLA

Assistant Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

This session is an extension of the “How Big Data Benefits You” workshop from the 2021 ASLA Conference. It shares updated developments in utilizing crowd-sourced data to cultivate inclusive and vibrant outdoor environments.

Learning Outcomes:

Review conventional ways crowd-sourced data is mined from open platforms, and how it can provide important social clues about how a place is used.
Learn new approaches that have been recently developed by the presenters for how crowd-sourced data is utilized in data-informed planning and design processes.
Understand the big-picture shifts towards crowd-sourced data in addressing issues such as health, economy, activity, and experiences from project case studies.
Learn how a crowd-sourced-data-informed method can be a significant programming tool as well as a post-occupancy tool.