TRANSPARENT CHENNAI

Maps, Data, Insights

MORE DATA as a KEY to IMPROVED URBAN GOVERNANCE

HOW CAN WE USE DATA TO EMPOWER CITIZENS?

WHAT WE DO:

COLLECT, PROCESS, AND CREATE MAPS, DATA, and RESEARCH on IMPORTANT CIVIC ISSUES WORK WITH CITIZENS TO HELP THEM GENERATE THEIR OWN DATA AND TO USE DATA EFFECTIVELY

DATA is PROBLEMATIC.

DATA is a SITE of CONTESTATION.

DATA IS PROBLEMATIC.

1. INCOMPLETE

DATA IS PROBLEMATIC.

1. INCOMPLETE 2. INCORRECT

DATA IS PROBLEMATIC.

1. INCOMPLETE 2. INCORRECT 3. DOES NOT REFLECT CITIZENS EXPERIENCES

1. INCOMPLETE: URUR / OLCOTT KUPPAM

2. INCORRECT: RECORDS OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

3. DOES NOT REFLECT CITIZEN EXPERIENCES: WARD EXPERIMENT

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Survey Sheets

Pens and Cameras

PUBLIC TOILETS: ASSESSMENT

Only 2 of 11 are usable toilets One mens toilet locked and unused Kuppam toilet not repaired since being damaged by the tsunami Lack of lights is a serious problem across toilets

WALKABILITY
SCORE out of 30 for COMFORT, SAFETY, and PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE

WALKABILITY SCORES

WALKABILITY: ASSESSMENT
Average score of only 51% 2 of 3 roads that are walkable (above 70%) are internal residential roads, only one main road is walkable Two worst scoring roads are the two busiest roads, with greatest amount of pedestrian activity

Garbage:

Garbage:

GARBAGE: ASSESSMENT
36% of the total dumpsters (40 out of 111) were broken, overturned or overflowing. 8 roads had 50% of large trash sites Areas of greatest trash density were near the recognized slum areas of the ward, suggesting inequities in service provision

TECHNOLOGY: NOT JUST FOR E-GOVERNANCE. BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.