Informed Urban Environments

Author : Ata Chokhachian
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031038037
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Informed Urban Environments written by Ata Chokhachian and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects ground-breaking works on the actual and potential impact of big data and data-integrated design for resilient urban environments, including human- and ecology-centred perspectives. Comprehending and designing for urban social, demographic and environmental change is a complex task. Big data, data structuring, data analysis (i.e. AI and ML) and data-integrated design can play a significant role in advancing approaches to this task. The themes presented in this book include urban adaptation, urban morphology, urban mobility, urban ecosystems, urban climate, urban ecology and agriculture. Given the compound nature of complex sustainability problems, most chapters address the correlation between several of these themes. The book addresses practitioners, researchers and graduate students concerned with the rapidly increasing role of data in developing urban environments.

Author : Joseph Chow
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128136146
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Informed Urban Transport Systems written by Joseph Chow and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed Urban Transport Systems examines how information gathered from new technologies can be used for optimal planning and operation in urban settings. Transportation researchers, and those from related disciplines, such as artificial intelligence, energy, applied mathematics, electrical engineering and environmental science will benefit from the book’s deep dive into the transportation domain, allowing for smarter technological solutions for modern transportation problems. The book helps create solutions with fewer financial, social, political and environmental costs for the populations they serve. Readers will learn from, and be able to interpret, the information and data collected from modern mobile and sensor technologies and understand how to use system optimization strategies using this information. The book concludes with an evaluation of the social and system impacts of modern transportation systems. Takes a fresh look at transportation systems analysis and design, with an emphasis on urban systems and information/data use Serves as a focal point for those in artificial intelligence and environmental science seeking to solve modern transportation problems Examines current analytical innovations that focus on capturing, predicting, visualizing and controlling mobility patterns Provides an overview of the transportation systems benefitting from modern technologies, such as public transport, freight services and shared mobility service models, such as bike sharing, peer-to-peer ride sharing and shared taxis

Author : Marko Joas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134692676
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Informed Cities written by Marko Joas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed Cities looks at the knowledge brokerage processes between cities and higher education institutions, and in particular evaluates governance mechanisms for monitoring local sustainability and the role of research within this. The first part of the book provides an analysis of tools for governing sustainable cities and develops a typology of existing tools. It then considers approaches to monitor local sustainability on a European level, focusing on a number of key tools such as the Covenant of Mayors, Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities, and Green Capital Award. The second part of the book introduces an explorative application of two tools that the author team have used in practice to monitor local sustainability, Urban Ecosystems Europe and Local Evaluation 21, presenting and evaluating European level data collected from local governments. The third part of the book looks deeper into a number of case studies discussing how a working and rewarding city-university connection can be created and nourished in an administrative and political setting. Finally, the last part of the book reflects on lessons learned from the application of the tools and accompanying research process and makes recommendations for further developing monitoring tools for urban sustainability on a European level. This book will be essential reading for professionals in urban and regional planning who are tasked with monitoring the effects of sustainability policies, as well as for graduate students in planning, environmental governance, sustainable development and related disciplines.

Author : Gail Hansen
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 1683402790
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Ecology for Citizens and Planners written by Gail Hansen and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for city residents, developers, designers, and officials looking for ways to bring urban environments into harmony with the natural world and make cities more sustainable, Urban Ecology for Citizens and Planners offers a wealth of information and examples that will answer fundamental scientific questions, guide green initiatives, and inform environmental policies and decision-making processes. This book provides an overview of the synergistic relationships between humans and nature that shape the ecology of urban green spaces. It also emphasizes the social and cultural value of nature in cities for human health and well-being. Chapters describe the basic science of natural components and ecosystems in urban areas and explore the idea of biophilic urbanism, the philosophy of building nature into the framework of cities. To illustrate these topics, chapters include projects, case studies, expert insights, and successful citizen science programs from urban areas around the world. Authors Gail Hansen and Joseli Macedo argue that citizens have increasingly important roles to play in the environmental future of the cities they live in. A valuable resource for real-world solutions, this volume encourages citizens and planners to actively engage and collaborate in improving their communities and quality of life.

Author : Will Wilson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226901467
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constructed Climates written by Will Wilson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study demonstrates the value of urban green. Focusing specifically on the role of vegetation and trees, the book shows the costs and benefits reaped from urban open spaces, from cooler temperatures to better quality ground water - and why it all matters. While a work of science, the book does not ignore the social component: it looks at low-income areas that have poor vegetation, and shows how enhancing these areas through the planting of community gardens and trees can alleviate social ills.

Author : Ekim Tan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789490322878
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Play the City. Games Informing the Urban Development written by Ekim Tan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new book by Play the City. From Cape Town to Amsterdam to Istanbul, the book sheds light into the particular applications and outcomes of City Gaming in diverse planning and city making regimes worldwide. Following Ekim Tan's PhD work on city gaming, this book has been designed to make her research more accessible to all. The book features a chapter dedicated to unravelling the city-gaming method as developed by the Play the City teams, with case studies from Shenzhen, Cape Town, Amsterdam, Almere and Istanbul. In addition to Play the City's work, the book includes reviews of select influential city-games from around the world, and is enriched with personal interviews from gaming experts such as Eric Gordon, Pablo Suarez and Mohini Dutta.0.

Author : Steward T. A. Pickett
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300249381
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science for the Sustainable City written by Steward T. A. Pickett and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A presentation of key findings and insights from over two decades of research, education, and community engagement in the acclaimed Baltimore Ecosystem Study In a world of more than seven billion people—who mostly reside in cities and towns—the Baltimore Ecosystem Study is recognized as a pioneer in modern urban social-ecological science. After two decades of research, education, and community engagement, there are insights to share, generalizations to examine, and research needs to highlight. This timely volume synthesizes the key findings, melds the perspectives of different disciplines, and celebrates the benefits of interacting with diverse communities and institutions in improving Baltimore’s ecology. These widely applicable insights from Baltimore contribute to our understanding the ecology of other cities, provide a comparison for the global process of urbanization, and inform establishment of urban ecological research elsewhere. Comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and highly original, it gives voice to the wide array of specialists who have contributed to this living urban laboratory.

Author : Cynthia Rosenzweig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1316603334
Total Pages : 855 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Cities written by Cynthia Rosenzweig and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.

Author : Robert A. Futterman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104847340
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Our Cities written by Robert A. Futterman and published by . This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Jari Niemelä
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191613231
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Ecology written by Jari Niemelä and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns proceeds sustainably. Urban ecology, the interdisciplinary study of ecological patterns and processes in towns and cities, is a rapidly developing field that can provide a scientific basis for the informed decision-making and planning needed to create both viable and sustainable cities. Urban Ecology brings together an international team of leading scientists to discuss our current understanding of all aspects of urban environments, from the biology of the organisms that inhabit them to the diversity of ecosystem services and human social issues encountered within urban landscapes. The book is divided into five sections with the first describing the physical urban environment. Subsequent sections examine ecological patterns and processes within the urban setting, followed by the integration of ecology with social issues. The book concludes with a discussion of the applications of urban ecology to land-use planning. The emphasis throughout is on what we actually know (as well as what we should know) about the complexities of social-ecological systems in urban areas, in order to develop urban ecology as a rigorous scientific discipline.