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A data revolution is helping to keep workers safe from storms at sea
Part 4 of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster: a six-part series
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Sustainable development’s big data revolution
How information gleaned from mobile networks could help developing countries meet sustainability goals
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In Sri Lanka, researchers are examining how big data gleaned from mobile phone networks provides insight into everything from traffic patterns to population density and could help countries meet their sustainable development goals. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.
Visit the Charting Change website to read “Sustainable development’s big data revolution”.
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