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Coursera: Course Spotlight: How Technology Can Improve Our Cities
Course Spotlight Series: TechniCity, starts March 4, led by Professor Jennifer Evans-Cowley of Ohio State University. This article, based on an interview with the instructor, was written by Class Central. P. Jennifer Evans-Cowley Global urbanization is one of the major demographic trends today. According the United Nations 2014 World Urbanization Report, we recently crossed the threshold where over half the world’s population now lives in urban areas. Prof. Evans-Cowley points to the many ways that technology is being beneficially integrated into many of our cities today, from infrastructure to public arts. There are also concerns that need to be weighed: socio-economic harms, environmental impacts, and data privacy. All of us who live in cities should play a role by being informed. The core question, suggests Prof. Evans-Cowley, is: “What is it that you want from your community? What’s the quality of life you want to experience, and how…