A review and reframing of participatory urban dashboards

Urban dashboards form part of a wider ecosystem of urban data platforms and products being created and used in an age of ever-increasing digitalisation of city services and governance. The design of these dashboards typically consolidates information into a single view for government and industry to efficiently and effectively monitor the performance of urban systems – such as those of energy, built form, transport, culture, performance, innovation and health. Many of these dashboards focus on a one-way flow of data and thus do not cater specifically to the functions of public participation, community engagement and collaboration.