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SeeClickFix Ranks Municipalities By Civic Activity and Responsiveness

January 4, 2012 by Megan Dalton
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With the launch of its new comparative widget, SeeClickFix announces a new way to rank the responsiveness and activity of local municipalities across the globe. Through this effort, SeeClickFix hopes to encourage greater civic engagement, promote accountability from both governments and residents, and expand the channels available for... [read more]

Apps for The Environment

November 4, 2011 by Kaid Benfield
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   The federal Environmental Protection Agency has announced winners of a contest to create the best “Apps for the Environment.”  After a solicitation earlier this year, the agency drew 38 entries and 2000 votes on them from website users.  The main prerequisite was that entrants base the program at least in part on... [read more]

Using Web Apps to Create a Culture of Civic Engagement

July 14, 2011 by This Big City
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Last November, the second annual Open Cities conference was held in Washington D.C. at the headquarters for the American Institute for Architects. Hosted by Next American City with support from the Rockefeller foundation, the conference brought together a group of urban planning and policy practitioners, technologists and... [read more]

Apps for Urbanists

February 28, 2011 by Yuri Artibise
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As smart phones get more ubiquitous, so too do location-based apps.Almost every app you download to your phone these days asks to know your location. According to one estimate, there are over  6,400 location-aware application available for the iPhone, and another 1000 for Android devices. I have written before how I... [read more]