X And The City

Author : John A. Adam
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400841690
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X and the City written by John A. Adam and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What mathematical modeling uncovers about life in the city X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow through tunnels? Can you predict whether a traffic light will stay green long enough for you to cross the intersection? And what is the likelihood that your city will be hit by an asteroid? Every math problem and equation in this book tells a story and examples are explained throughout in an informal and witty style. The level of mathematics ranges from precalculus through calculus to some differential equations, and any reader with knowledge of elementary calculus will be able to follow the materials with ease. There are also some more challenging problems sprinkled in for the more advanced reader. Filled with interesting and unusual observations about how cities work, X and the City shows how mathematics undergirds and plays an important part in the metropolitan landscape.

Author : John A. Adam
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691162328
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X and the City written by John A. Adam and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What mathematical modeling uncovers about life in the city X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow through tunnels? Can you predict whether a traffic light will stay green long enough for you to cross the intersection? And what is the likelihood that your city will be hit by an asteroid? Every math problem and equation in this book tells a story and examples are explained throughout in an informal and witty style. The level of mathematics ranges from precalculus through calculus to some differential equations, and any reader with knowledge of elementary calculus will be able to follow the materials with ease. There are also some more challenging problems sprinkled in for the more advanced reader. Filled with interesting and unusual observations about how cities work, X and the City shows how mathematics undergirds and plays an important part in the metropolitan landscape.

Author : Mark Robbins
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781616891060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American City "X" written by Mark Robbins and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American City X, editor Mark Robbins, former dean of Syracuse University's School of Architecture, argues that innovative and compelling architecture can not only enhance the way a city is perceived, but also change the way it works. Looking to Syracuse, NY, as the archetypal "American City X," the book showcases projects that demonstrate potential positive futures for post industrial cities across the country. Featuring renovations and ground-up constructions—ranging from landscapes to buildings and infrastructure—at both residential and institutional scales, the successful recent work in Syracuse addresses sustainability, material and formal experimentation, and inventive use of space for evolving community needs.

Author : Mario Gandelsonas
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 1568981511
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X-Urbanism written by Mario Gandelsonas and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines configurations of urban space, analyzing them in ways that blur the traditional opposition between figure and ground.

Author : C.A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1845649427
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sustainable City X written by C.A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability this book addresses the multidisciplinary aspects of urban planning; a result of the increasing size of cities; the amount of resources and services required and the complexity of modern society. Most of earth’s population now lives in cities and the process of urbanisation continues generating many problems deriving from the drift of the population towards them. These problems can be resolved by cities becoming efficient habitats, saving resources in a way that improves the quality and standard of living. The process, however, faces a number of major challenges, related to reducing pollution, improving main transportation and infrastructure systems. New urban solutions are required to optimise the use of space and energy resources leading to improvements in the environment, i.e. reduction in air, water and soil pollution as well as efficient ways to deal with waste generation. These challenges contribute to the development of social and economic imbalances and require the development of new solutions. Large cities are probably the most complex mechanisms to manage. However, despite such complexity they represent a fertile ground for architects, engineers, city planners, social and political scientists, and other professionals able to conceive new ideas and time them according to technological advances and human requirements. The challenge of planning sustainable cities lies in considering their dynamics, the exchange of energy and matter, and the function and maintenance of ordered structures directly or indirectly, supplied and maintained by natural systems. Topics covered include: Urban Strategies; Planning, Development and Management; Urban Conservation and Regeneration; The Community and the City; Eco-town Planning; Landscape Planning and Design; Environmental Management; Sustainable Energy and the City; Transportation; Quality of Life; Architectural Issues; Cultural Heritage Issues; Intelligent Environment and Emerging Technologies; Planning for Risk; Disaster and Emergency Response; Safety and Security; Waste Management; Infrastructure and Society; Urban Metabolism.

Author : Joan Busquets
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788884472946
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cities Ten Lines written by Joan Busquets and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cities: 10 Lines - A New Lens for the Urbanistic Projects documents three years of faculty research seminars at the Harvard Graduate School of Design that focused on the development of a pedagogic taxonomy to frame the methods and tools with which designers currently shape cities and open territories." "The work documented in the catalogue presents the shifts designers have made in their projection of the city. Over the past three decades, new techniques in working the built environment have been deployed in multiple settings, interacting with a wide array of cultures, scales and intensities. Furthermore, the notion that urban grounds can be successfully refurbished is gaining clout rapidly, while the innovative nature of these interventions is creating spaces of an unprecedented urban quality."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : New York (N.Y.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City Record written by New York (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Khachay
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030226298
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research written by Michael Khachay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research, MOTOR 2019, held in Ekaterinburg, Russia, in July 2019. The 48 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 170 submissions. MOTOR 2019 is a successor of the well-known International and All-Russian conference series, which were organized in Ural, Siberia, and the Far East for a long time. The selected papers are organized in the following topical sections: mathematical programming; bi-level optimization; integer programming; combinatorial optimization; optimal control and approximation; data mining and computational geometry; games and mathematical economics.

Author : John Moses
Publisher : Chicago : Chicago World Book Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White City written by John Moses and published by Chicago : Chicago World Book Company. This book was released on 1893 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
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