Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh
The smartphone exemplifies the rhetorical smart city movement. This paper examines one potential use of smartphone technology—mapping public transportation services in a megacity of the Global South. We examine the potential user impacts of introducing a smartphone-generated and analogue-delivered s...
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| author | Zegras, P. Christopher Eros, Emily Butts, Kuan Resor, Elizabeth Kennedy, Stephen Ching, Albert Mamun, Muntasir |
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| description | The smartphone exemplifies the rhetorical smart city movement. This paper examines one potential use of smartphone technology—mapping public transportation services in a megacity of the Global South. We examine the potential user impacts of introducing a smartphone-generated and analogue-delivered schematic bus map in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After distributing the map, we used a web-based survey to investigate impacts on users’ knowledge, as measured by their stated understanding, navigation and perceptions of the system. While a small and biased sample, the results suggest that the map fills a knowledge gap, provides useful and valued information and may stimulate ‘exploration’ of the city and its bus system. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1007152022-10-01T02:11:20Z Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh Zegras, P. Christopher Eros, Emily Butts, Kuan Resor, Elizabeth Kennedy, Stephen Ching, Albert Mamun, Muntasir Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Zegras, P. Christopher Zegras, P. Christopher Eros, Emily The smartphone exemplifies the rhetorical smart city movement. This paper examines one potential use of smartphone technology—mapping public transportation services in a megacity of the Global South. We examine the potential user impacts of introducing a smartphone-generated and analogue-delivered schematic bus map in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After distributing the map, we used a web-based survey to investigate impacts on users’ knowledge, as measured by their stated understanding, navigation and perceptions of the system. While a small and biased sample, the results suggest that the map fills a knowledge gap, provides useful and valued information and may stimulate ‘exploration’ of the city and its bus system. Singapore. National Research Foundation (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Center. Future Urban Mobility Program) 2016-01-06T02:45:49Z 2016-01-06T02:45:49Z 2014-12 2014-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1752-1378 1752-1386 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100715 Zegras, P. Christopher, Emily Eros, Kuan Butts, Elizabeth Resor, Stephen Kennedy, Albert Ching, and Muntasir Mamun. “Tracing a Path to Knowledge? Indicative User Impacts of Introducing a Public Transport Map in Dhaka, Bangladesh.” CAMRES 8, no. 1 (December 10, 2014): 113–129. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsu028 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Oxford University Press Prof. Zegras via Peter Cohn |
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| title | Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| title_full | Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| title_short | Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| title_sort | tracing a path to knowledge indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in dhaka bangladesh |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100715 |
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