Toward precision governance: infusing data into public management of environmental hazards

David M. Hondula, Evan R. Kuras, Justin Longo and Erik W. Johnston

Public Management Review, 2018, vol. 20, issue 5, 746-765

Abstract: Precision governance is an administrative capacity in which policy decisions are enhanced with information about individual and collective preferences and contexts. We introduce the prospects for precision governance of natural hazards through the use of both big and individual data technologies, describing what is enabled and what concerns arise with their use. We ground our perspective with a topical focus on mitigating the health risks of high temperatures in the chronically hot setting of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. A study examining individually experienced temperature data provides compelling evidence that the transition towards data-driven precision governance will enhance hazard preparedness and response efforts.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2017.1320043

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