ODI says open data can boost urban resilience

"Resilience planners in cities should work more closely with open data specialists to build up the resistance to natural and manmade stresses and shocks, according to a report on the subject.

The Open Data Institute (ODI) teamed up with Canadian body Open North to produce How can we improve urban resilience with open data? Published last month, the document focuses on how open data can be used to beef up cities’ resilience planning.

It says the key message is a need for robust local and global data infrastructures, including the relevant organisations, datasets, technology, training, policies and regulation.

It also emphasises that the two communities have not worked much together so far, and comes up with five recommendations to make it easier for them to do so."