沿海水信息订单:逆向工程纽约市的数据仪表板
James A Hodges1, Rachel Paprocki2
1San José State University, San José, CA, USA.
Social studies of science
|October 9, 2025
概括
这项研究分析了信息系统如何塑造纽约市城市水质知识. 数字工具和数据结构影响公众对沿海水道污染和健康风险的理解.
科学领域:
- 环境信息学环境信息学
- 城市生态城市生态学
- 科学传播科学传播
背景情况:
- 城市沿海水道面临着污染带来的挑战.
- 公众对水质的了解影响了娱乐活动.
- 信息系统在传播环境数据方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 检查信息系统如何影响有关城市沿海水道的知识.
- 分析数据结构和网页设计在塑造公众对水质和健康风险的看法方面的作用.
- 了解数字基础设施对环境知识生产的影响.
主要方法:
- 来自纽约市两个数据发布计划的数据结构和Web源代码的分析.
- 信息设计如何促进或掩盖知识的定性评估.
- "信息顺序"的框架,以将发现置于背景.
主要成果:
- 特定的数据结构和网页设计特征培养了关于水质和污染的不同形式的知识.
- 依赖于共享的地理信息系统和网络框架塑造了知识生产.
- 强调肠球菌作为污染指标,影响了理解范围.
结论:
- 环境数据倡议中广泛共享的数字和观察特征可以促进和限制未来的知识生产.
- 信息系统的设计对公众对城市水质问题的参与有重大影响.
- 了解"信息顺序"是改善环境沟通和决策的关键.
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