College of Architecture and Urban Studies

Designing, Planning, and Managing Resilient Cities

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:June 9, 2013
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To what disruptions must cities be resilient? How can cities, as complex systems, be resilient? Building a capacity for resilience might be a daunting task when one considers the multitude…

Designing and Planning for Smart(er) Cities – Practicing Planner

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:December 23, 2012
Post category:Arizona State University Articles Center for Public Administration and Policy College of Architecture and Urban Studies College of Public Programs Information Technology innovation Metropolitan Institute Policy Informatics Public Policy Virginia Tech
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You can find my article on smart cities in the current issue of Practicing Planner. Abstract: Within the past 24 months the concept of smart (and intelligent) cities has been…

Recent Visit to IIT-Kanpur – A Summary

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:November 5, 2012
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Ralph Hall has provided a nice summary of our recent visit to IIT Kanpur. I enjoyed my time in Kanpur and look forward to seeing this partnership flourish. To read…

Conference on Community Resilience – Davos, Switzerland

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:August 21, 2012
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I am headed to Davos for the 3rd Annual Conference on Community Resilience. I am co-chairing the conference along with John R. Harrald and Jim Bohland, both from Virginia Tech.…

Getting Serious About Resilience in Planning – in Planetizen

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:July 31, 2012
Post category:College of Architecture and Urban Studies Metropolitan Institute Policy Informatics Virginia Tech
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I co-authored an article for Planetizen with three students (Trevor Flanery, Jaimy Alex, and Eric Park) who were working at the Metropolitan Institute this summer. Resilience is a term much bandied about these…

Designing Resilient Cities

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:July 17, 2012
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This diagram was prepared for a paper on designing resilient cities. Got thoughts? Please send me an email.

What is a Smart City?

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:July 16, 2012
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Within the past 18 months the concept of smart (and intelligent) cities has been become popular in the media. For instance, Scientific American ran a special issue on smart cities.…

Intelligence and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Programs: The Achilles Heel

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:July 9, 2012
Post category:Arizona State University Center for Public Administration and Policy College of Architecture and Urban Studies Information School Information Technology Policy Informatics Public Policy University of Washington Virginia Tech
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Kristen Lau (University of Oxford) and I have a paper accepted for publication in Intelligence and National Security. Kristen was my graduate student at the University of Washington and is now pursuing…

Presenting at the NSF Workshop on Participatory Challenge Platforms with a Public Intent

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:June 15, 2012
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I had a wonderful time exchanging ideas with policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and even students at the NSF Workshop on Participatory Challenge Platforms with a Public Intent put on by…

Report now Available – Challenge.Gov: Landscape Analysis + Citizen and Agency Perspective

Post author:Kevin Desouza
Post published:June 1, 2012
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I have just completed the first draft of my report on the Challenge.gov platform. This paper has been a few months in the making and builds on my recent work…