The Social Atlas of Europe

The Social Atlas of Europe

Author: Dimitris Ballas

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1447313534

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This is the first human geography social atlas of Europe to consider the European economy, culture, history and human and physical geography as a single land mass and a more unified European people. It provides an accessible overview of Europe and a human geography contribution to debates about a wide range of topics.


Sydney's Century

Sydney's Century

Author: Peter Spearritt

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9780868405131

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In this lively portrait of Sydney's development, Peter Spearritt traces a century in the life of the city - from the celebrations of the Federation of Australia in 1901 to the 2000 Olympic Games. He describes the extra-ordinary growth of the city and its sprawling suburbs, and the transition from a port and a manufacturing center to an international financial hub.


The Other Sydney

The Other Sydney

Author: Jock Collins

Publisher: Common Ground

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1863350179

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The western and south-western suburbs of Sydney are the heart of Sydney's cultural diversity: where most of Sydney's immigrants live and which gives it a complex, changing character at odds with the often negative stereotypes that dominate the media. This set of papers looks behind the stereotype at the social reality.


Big Data Support of Urban Planning and Management

Big Data Support of Urban Planning and Management

Author: Zhenjiang Shen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 3319519298

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In the era of big data, this book explores the new challenges of urban-rural planning and management from a practical perspective based on a multidisciplinary project. Researchers as contributors to this book have accomplished their projects by using big data and relevant data mining technologies for investigating the possibilities of big data, such as that obtained through cell phones, social network systems and smart cards instead of conventional survey data for urban planning support. This book showcases active researchers who share their experiences and ideas on human mobility, accessibility and recognition of places, connectivity of transportation and urban structure in order to provide effective analytic and forecasting tools for smart city planning and design solutions in China.


Census Mapping Survey

Census Mapping Survey

Author: Prithvish Nag

Publisher: Concept Publishing Company

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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Country reports, with reference to selected countries from all the continents.


Social Process and the City

Social Process and the City

Author: Peter Williams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-08

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 113567079X

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Contemporary urban studies engages a wide range of approaches in the analysis of the processes at work in urban areas. These approaches derive from anthropology, economics, geography, history, politics and sociology as well as from the professional experience of town planning and architecture. Social process and the city reflects this growing cross-disciplinary engagement. This shows the important, problematic, role which cities in particular, and urban change in general have played in the growth of Australia. The overriding concern of each essay in this collection is to develop an understanding of the ways urban areas function and an awareness of how differing interpretations of 'urban phenomena' might be applied. This attention to the nature of the forces at work, and the processes these forces manifest themselves in, is extended both empirically and conceptually. This book was first published in 1983.


The Atlas of AI

The Atlas of AI

Author: Kate Crawford

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0300209576

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The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy and freedom What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? In this book Kate Crawford reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequality. Drawing on more than a decade of research, award-winning science, and technology, Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the energy and minerals needed to build and sustain its infrastructure, to the exploited workers behind "automated" services, to the data AI collects from us. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a political and a material perspective on what it takes to make artificial intelligence and where it goes wrong. While technical systems present a veneer of objectivity, they are always systems of power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world.


Gentrification, Displacement, and Neighborhood Revitalization

Gentrification, Displacement, and Neighborhood Revitalization

Author: J. John Palen

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780873957847

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Bringing an empirical, objective approach to a topic that has often been the source of emotional and uninformed controversy, Gentrification, Displacement and Neighborhood Revitalization provides an introduction to major issues in urban revitalization, new research findings, and a discussion of theoretical perspectives. This is the first broad-based survey of a scattered literature that has not been readily accessible. The book's comprehensive introduction leads to informative analyses of new research by sociologists, planners, geographers, and urban studies faculty. A concluding essay examines the present state of knowledge about gentrification and discusses its implications, suggesting future developments and trends.