1. Data Mining of Local Print Media
For Contextual Urban Planning
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2. Analyzing Vast Database of Local & Regional Newspapers
Media is called the mirror of society and it tells the stories of
any region
Imagine the amount of data and information media might
have gathered in decades of exploration,
•About any particular region,
•Its people,
•Community and their behavior,
•Their needs and aspirations,
•Their strengths and their opportunities,
•Their social and economic dynamics and potentials
This huge amount of data can be of tremendous importance
for planners and policy makers,
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3. Standard way of research
Secondary data in elementary stage (published reports
or online content),
Primary data at later project stage (Survey)
This relevant information may be –
•Authentic,
•Maybe half baked,
•May be partially relevant,
•May be totally wrong
•May not be available even
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4. Local & Regional Newspapers
Rich and authentic information
Issue
Its tiresome to filter all those relevant information about
the particular region or issue from the thousands of
chronological issues of dozens of national and regional
newspapers and magazines.
What is Needed
Need is to encourage and formalize a methodology to
utilize this untapped knowledge of print media for the
planning process.
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