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Author: Konstantinos Alexopoulos
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe results of this study presents, analyses and benchmarks the public transport networks and mobility services of thirty six UNECE Capitals.
Author: Harry T. Dimitriou
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 661
ISBN-13: 1849808392
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolicy-making for urban transport and planning of economies in the developing world present major challenges for countries facing rapid urbanisation and rampant motorisation, alongside growing commitments to sustainability. These challenges include: coping with financial deficits, providing for the poor, dealing meaningfully with global warming and energy shortages, addressing traffic congestion and related land use issues, adopting green technologies and adjusting equitably to the impacts of globalisation. This book presents a contemporary analysis of these challenges and new workable responses to the urban transport problems they spawn.
Author: Romain Pison
Publisher: Romain Pison
Published: 2023-07-21
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 1399958763
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRomain Pison navigates the rapidly evolving landscapes of Asia’s cities, unveiling their transformative strides in sustainable transport amidst our climate crisis. This book is more than a collection of observations; it is a deeply personal journey through a region undergoing tremendous change, told with the rich insight of first-hand experience. Romain Pison's exploration is a tapestry of urban planning strategies, innovative technologies, and political leadership that Asian cities are deploying to combat climate challenges. By narrating his experiences across various cities, he paints a vibrant picture of how they are revolutionizing urban mobility in response to our changing climate. Green Horizons is not just a testament to Asia's urban resilience but a practical guidebook, providing real-world roadmaps to a sustainable, climate-resilient future. A must-read for policymakers and urban enthusiasts seeking insight into the nexus of urban planning, climate change, and sustainable transport solutions.
Author: Robert C. Brears
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-01-13
Total Pages: 2334
ISBN-13: 3030877450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile urban settlements are the drivers of the global economy and centres of learning, culture, and innovation and nations rely on competitive dynamic regions for their economic, social, and environmental objectives, urban centres and regions face a myriad of challenges that impact the ways in which people live and work, create wealth, and interact and connect with places. Rapid urbanisation is resulting in urban sprawl, rising emissions, urban poverty and high unemployment rates, housing affordability issues, lack of urban investment, low urban financial and governance capacities, rising inequality and urban crimes, environmental degradation, increasing vulnerability to natural disasters and so forth. At the regional level, low employment, low wage growth, scarce financial resources, climate change, waste and pollution, and rising urban peri-urban competition etc. are impacting the ability of regions to meet socio-economic development goals while protecting biodiversity. The response to these challenges has typically been the application of inadequate or piecemeal solutions, often as a result of fragmented decision-making and competing priorities, with numerous economic, environmental, and social consequences. In response, there is a growing movement towards viewing cities and regions as complex and sociotechnical in nature with people and communities interacting with one another and with objects, such as roads, buildings, transport links etc., within a range of urban and regional settings or contexts. This comprehensive MRW will provide readers with expert interdisciplinary knowledge on how urban centres and regions in locations of varying climates, lifestyles, income levels, and stages development are creating synergies and reducing trade-offs in the development of resilient, resource-efficient, environmentally friendly, liveable, socially equitable, integrated, and technology-enabled centres and regions.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2020-12-07
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9264888853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNon-exhaust emissions of particulate matter constitute a little-known but rising share of emissions from road traffic and have significant negative impacts on public health. This report synthesizes the current state of knowledge about the nature, causes, and consequences of non-exhaust particulate emissions. It also projects how particulate matter emissions from non-exhaust sources may evolve in future years and reflects on policy instrument mixes that can address this largely ignored environmental issue.
Author: John R. Vacca
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2020-09-22
Total Pages: 820
ISBN-13: 012816817X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSolving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies is the most complete guide for integrating next generation smart city technologies into the very foundation of urban areas worldwide, showing how to make urban areas more efficient, more sustainable, and safer. Smart cities are complex systems of systems that encompass all aspects of modern urban life. A key component of their success is creating an ecosystem of smart infrastructures that can work together to enable dynamic, real-time interactions between urban subsystems such as transportation, energy, healthcare, housing, food, entertainment, work, social interactions, and governance. Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies is a complete reference for building a holistic, system-level perspective on smart and sustainable cities, leveraging big data analytics and strategies for planning, zoning, and public policy. It offers in-depth coverage and practical solutions for how smart cities can utilize resident's intellectual and social capital, press environmental sustainability, increase personalization, mobility, and higher quality of life. - Brings together experts from academia, government and industry to offer state-of- the-art solutions for urban system problems, showing how smart technologies can be used to improve the lives of the billions of people living in cities across the globe - Demonstrates practical implementation solutions through real-life case studies - Enhances reader comprehension with learning aid such as hands-on exercises, questions and answers, checklists, chapter summaries, chapter review questions, exercise problems, and more
Author: Osvaldo Gervasi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-09-29
Total Pages: 1035
ISBN-13: 3030588203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe seven volumes LNCS 12249-12255 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2020, held in Cagliari, Italy, in July 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was organized in an online event. Computational Science is the main pillar of most of the present research, industrial and commercial applications, and plays a unique role in exploiting ICT innovative technologies. The 466 full papers and 32 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1450 submissions. Apart from the general track, ICCSA 2020 also include 52 workshops, in various areas of computational sciences, ranging from computational science technologies, to specific areas of computational sciences, such as software engineering, security, machine learning and artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, and of applications in many fields.
Author: Gesa Praetorius, Charlott Sellberg and Riccardo Patriarca
Publisher: AHFE International
Published: 2023-07-19
Total Pages: 770
ISBN-13: 1958651710
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProceedings of the 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023), July 20–24, 2023, San Francisco, USA
Author: Shaimaa Kamel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-11-02
Total Pages: 499
ISBN-13: 3030525848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis proceedings addresses the challenges of urbanization that gravely affect the world’s ecosystems. To become efficiently sustainable and regenerative, buildings and cities need to adopt smart solutions. This book discusses innovations of the built environment while depicting how such practices can transform future buildings and urban areas into places of higher value and quality. The book aims to examine the interrelationship between people, nature and technology, which is essential in pursuing smart environments that optimize human wellbeing, motivation and vitality, as well as promoting cohesive and inclusive societies: Urban Sociology - Community Involvement - Place-making and Cultural Continuity – Environmental Psychology - Smart living - Just City. The book presents exemplary practical experiences that reflect smart strategies, technologies and innovations, by established and emerging professionals, provides a forum of real-life discourse. The primary audience for the work will be from the fields of architecture, urban planning and built-environment systems, including multi-disciplinary academics as well as professionals.
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2007-05-31
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9282101509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers policy-oriented, research-based recommendations for effectively managing traffic and cutting excess congestion in large urban areas.
