Cyberparks The Interface Between People Places And Technology

Author : Carlos Smaniotto Costa,Ina Šuklje Erjavec,Therese Kenna,Michiel de Lange,Konstantinos Ioannidis,Gabriela Maksymiuk,Martijn de Waal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030134174

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CyberParks – The Interface Between People, Places and Technology by Carlos Smaniotto Costa,Ina Šuklje Erjavec,Therese Kenna,Michiel de Lange,Konstantinos Ioannidis,Gabriela Maksymiuk,Martijn de Waal Pdf

This open access book is about public open spaces, about people, and about the relationship between them and the role of technology in this relationship. It is about different approaches, methods, empirical studies, and concerns about a phenomenon that is increasingly being in the centre of sciences and strategies – the penetration of digital technologies in the urban space. As the main outcome of the CyberParks Project, this book aims at fostering the understanding about the current and future interactions of the nexus people, public spaces and technology. It addresses a wide range of challenges and multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging phenomena related to the penetration of technology in people’s lifestyles - affecting therefore the whole society, and with this, the production and use of public spaces. Cyberparks coined the term cyberpark to describe the mediated public space, that emerging type of urban spaces where nature and cybertechnologies blend together to generate hybrid experiences and enhance quality of life.

Author : Martijn De Waal,Gabriela Maksymiuk,Konstantinos Ioannidis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1013271378

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CyberParks - The Interface Between People, Places and Technology by Martijn De Waal,Gabriela Maksymiuk,Konstantinos Ioannidis Pdf

This open access book is about public open spaces, about people, and about the relationship between them and the role of technology in this relationship. It is about different approaches, methods, empirical studies, and concerns about a phenomenon that is increasingly being in the centre of sciences and strategies - the penetration of digital technologies in the urban space. As the main outcome of the CyberParks Project, this book aims at fostering the understanding about the current and future interactions of the nexus people, public spaces and technology. It addresses a wide range of challenges and multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging phenomena related to the penetration of technology in people's lifestyles - affecting therefore the whole society, and with this, the production and use of public spaces. Cyberparks coined the term cyberpark to describe the mediated public space, that emerging type of urban spaces where nature and cybertechnologies blend together to generate hybrid experiences and enhance quality of life. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Author : Aleksandra Krstic-Furundzic,Eva Vanista Lazarevic,Aleksandra Đukić
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781527526846

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Keeping Up with Technologies to Create the Cognitive City by Aleksandra Krstic-Furundzic,Eva Vanista Lazarevic,Aleksandra Đukić Pdf

This volume represents a selection of papers presented at the Third International Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, held at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Belgrade, Serbia in April 2016. The conference brought together researchers, PhD students and practitioners, in order to create a platform for sharing knowledge in the fields of growth, new technologies, and the environment, as well as particular aspects of achieving the concept of cognitive city. The book will appeal primarily to members of the academic community in the fields of urban design, planning and architecture, engineering and technical sciences, and the humanities and social sciences. It will also be of interest to professional institutions and companies, governments, and NGOs, who will directly benefit from the knowledge presented here.

Author : Katharine S. Willis,Alessandro Aurigi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351713207

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The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities by Katharine S. Willis,Alessandro Aurigi Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities explores the question of what it means for a city to be ‘smart’, raises some of the tensions emerging in smart city developments and considers the implications for future ways of inhabiting and understanding the urban condition. The volume draws together a critical and cross-disciplinary overview of the emerging topic of smart cities and explores it from a range of theoretical and empirical viewpoints. This timely book brings together key thinkers and projects from a wide range of fields and perspectives into one volume to provide a valuable resource that would enable the reader to take their own critical position within the topic. To situate the topic of the smart city for the reader and establish key concepts, the volume sets out the various interpretations and aspects of what constitutes and defines smart cities. It investigates and considers the range of factors that shape the characteristics of smart cities and draws together different disciplinary perspectives. The consideration of what shapes the smart city is explored through discussing three broad ‘parts’ – issues of governance, the nature of urban development and how visions are realised – and includes chapters that draw on empirical studies to frame the discussion with an understanding not just of the nature of the smart city but also how it is studied, understood and reflected upon. The Companion will appeal to academics and advanced undergraduates and postgraduates from across many disciplines including Urban Studies, Geography, Urban Planning, Sociology and Architecture, by providing state of the art reviews of key themes by leading scholars in the field, arranged under clearly themed sections.

Author : Alessandro Aurigi,Nancy Odendaal
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780128187449

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Shaping Smart for Better Cities by Alessandro Aurigi,Nancy Odendaal Pdf

Shaping Smart for Better Cities powerfully demonstrates the range of theoretical and practical challenges, opportunities and success factors involved in successfully deploying digital technologies in cities, focusing on the importance of recognizing local context and multi-layered urban relationships in designing successful urban interventions. The first section, ‘Rethinking Smart (in) Places’ interrogates the smart city from a theoretical vantage point. The second part, ‘Shaping Smart Places’ examines various case studies critically. Hence the volume offers an intellectual resource that expands on the current literature, but also provides a pedagogical resource to universities as well as a reflective opportunity for practitioners. The cases allow for an examination of the practical implications of smart interventions in space, whilst the theoretical reflections enable expansion of the literature. Students are encouraged to learn from case studies and apply that learning in design. Academics will gain from the learning embedded in the documentation of the case studies in different geographic contexts, while practitioners can apply their learning to the conceptualisation of new forms of technology use. Demonstrates how to adapt smart urban interventions for hyper-local context in geographic parameters, spatial relationships, and socio-political characteristics Provides a problem-solving approach based on specific smart place examples, applicable to real-life urban management Offers insights from numerous case studies of smart cities interventions in real civic spaces

Author : Xin-She Yang,Simon Sherratt,Nilanjan Dey,Amit Joshi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811623776

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Proceedings of Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology by Xin-She Yang,Simon Sherratt,Nilanjan Dey,Amit Joshi Pdf

This book gathers selected high-quality research papers presented at the Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, held at Brunel University, London, on February 25–26, 2021. It discusses emerging topics pertaining to information and communication technology (ICT) for managerial applications, e-governance, e-agriculture, e-education and computing technologies, the Internet of things (IoT) and e-mining. Written by respected experts and researchers working on ICT, the book offers a valuable asset for young researchers involved in advanced studies. The book is presented in four volumes.

Author : Preben Hansen,Ina Fourie,Anika Meyer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031023279

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Third Space, Information Sharing, and Participatory Design by Preben Hansen,Ina Fourie,Anika Meyer Pdf

Society faces many challenges in workplaces, everyday life situations, and education contexts. Within information behavior research, there are often calls to bridge inclusiveness and for greater collaboration, with user-centered design approaches and, more specifically, participatory design practices. Collaboration and participation are essential in addressing contemporary societal challenges, designing creative information objects and processes, as well as developing spaces for learning, and information and research interventions. The intention is to improve access to information and the benefits to be gained from that. This also applies to bridging the digital divide and for embracing artificial intelligence. With regard to research and practices within information behavior, it is crucial to consider that all users should be involved. Many information activities (i.e., activities falling under the umbrella terms of information behavior and information practices) manifest through participation, and thus, methods such as participatory design may help unfold both information behavior and practices as well as the creation of information objects, new models, and theories. Information sharing is one of its core activities. For participatory design with its value set of democratic, inclusive, and open participation towards innovative practices in a diversity of contexts, it is essential to understand how information activities such as sharing manifest itself. For information behavior studies it is essential to deepen understanding of how information sharing manifests in order to improve access to information and the use of information. Third Space is a physical, virtual, cognitive, and conceptual space where participants may negotiate, reflect, and form new knowledge and worldviews working toward creative, practical and applicable solutions, finding innovative, appropriate research methods, interpreting findings, proposing new theories, recommending next steps, and even designing solutions such as new information objects or services. Information sharing in participatory design manifests in tandem with many other information interaction activities and especially information and cognitive processing. Although there are practices of individual information sharing and information encountering, information sharing mostly relates to collaborative information behavior practices, creativity, and collective decision-making. Our purpose with this book is to enable students, researchers, and practitioners within a multi-disciplinary research field, including information studies and Human–Computer Interaction approaches, to gain a deeper understanding of how the core activity of information sharing in participatory design, in which Third Space may be a platform for information interaction, is taking place when using methods utilized in participatory design to address contemporary societal challenges. This could also apply for information behavior studies using participatory design as methodology. We elaborate interpretations of core concepts such as participatory design, Third Space, information sharing, and collaborative information behavior, before discussing participatory design methods and processes in more depth. We also touch on information behavior, information practice, and other important concepts. Third Space, information sharing, and information interaction are discussed in some detail. A framework, with Third Space as a core intersecting zone, platform, and adaptive and creative space to study information sharing and other information behavior and interactions are suggested. As a tool to envision information behavior and suggest future practices, participatory design serves as a set of methods and tools in which new interpretations of the design of information behavior studies and eventually new information objects are being initiated involving multiple stakeholders in future information landscapes. For this purpose, we argue that Third Space can be used as an intersection zone to study information sharing and other information activities, but more importantly it can serve as a Third Space Information Behavior (TSIB) study framework where participatory design methodology and processes are applied to information behavior research studies and applications such as information objects, systems, and services with recognition of the importance of situated awareness.

Author : Enakshi Sengupta,Patrick Blessinger
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781800432628

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Changing the Conventional University Classroom by Enakshi Sengupta,Patrick Blessinger Pdf

Changing the Conventional University Classroom highlights the interventions practiced around the world by higher education instructors forced to make necessary changes in the conversion from face-to-face educational instruction to the use of online and virtual platforms during the COVID pandemic.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004542389

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Placemaking in Practice Volume 1 by Anonim Pdf

Placemaking has become a key concept in many disciplines. Due to an increase in digitization, mobilities, migration and rapid changes to the urban environments, it is important to learn how planning and social experts practice it in different contexts. Placemaking in Practice provides an inventory of practices, reflecting on different issues related to placemaking from a pan European perspective. It brings different cases, perspectives, and results analysed under the same purpose, to advance knowledge on placemaking, the actors engaged and results for people. It is backed by an intensive review of recent literature on placemaking, engagement, methods and activism results - towards developing a new placemaking agenda. Placemaking in Practice combines theory, methodology, methods (including digital ones) and their application in a pan-European context and imbedded into a relevant historical context. Contributors are: Branislav Antonić, Tatisiana Astrouskaya,Lucija Ažman Momirski, Anna Louise Bradley, Lucia Brisudová, Monica Bocci, David Buil-Gil, Nevena Dakovic, Alexandra Delgado Jiménez, Despoina Dimelli, Aleksandra Djukic, Nika Đuho, Agisilaos Economou, Ayse Erek, Mastoureh Fathi, Juan A. García-Esparza, Gilles Gesquiere, Nina Goršič, Preben Hansen, Carola Hein, Conor Horan, Erna Husukić, Kinga Kimic, Roland Krebs, Jelena Maric, Edmond Manahasa, Laura Martinez-Izquierdo, Marluci Menezes, Tim Mavric, Bahanaur Nasya, Mircea Negru, Matej Nikšič, Jelena Maric, Paulina Polko, Clara Julia Reich, Francesco Rotondo, Ljiljana Rogac Mijatovi, Tatiana Ruchinskaya, Carlos Smaniotto Costa, Miloslav Šerý, Reka Solymosi, Dina Stober, Juli Székely, Nagayamma Tavares Aragão, Piero Tiano, Cor Wagenaar, and Emina Zejnilović

Author : Walter Leal Filho,Diogo Guedes Vidal,Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis,Ricardo Cunha Dias
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030863043

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Sustainable Policies and Practices in Energy, Environment and Health Research by Walter Leal Filho,Diogo Guedes Vidal,Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis,Ricardo Cunha Dias Pdf

This book aims to give a contribution to a more comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of the cross-cutting issues on energy, environment and health research topics in the current world scenario, where nations all over the world are struggling to accomplish the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure sustainable patterns for all. This interdisciplinary implies a commitment between all fields of science, working together to provide knowledge that could result in the promotion of quality of life. At the present, it is evident that not all people benefit from sustainable policies and practices and the communication between health, energy, environmental and social problems is undeniable. A call for different views could be a pathway attracting universities, stakeholders, organizations and civil society to deeply discuss how one solution does not fit all societies. Few publications are coherently handling this matter. This book is expected to fill this gap and to develop an interest in a larger audience working in general sustainable development and cross-cutting issues. This book is produced by the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR). It gives special emphasis to state-of-the-art descriptions of approaches, methods, initiatives and projects from universities, stakeholders, organizations and civil society across the world, regarding cross-cutting issues in energy, environment and health research.

Author : Amjad Almusaed,Asaad Almssad,Linh Truong - Hong
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781838803513

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Sustainability in Urban Planning and Design by Amjad Almusaed,Asaad Almssad,Linh Truong - Hong Pdf

This book has been prepared to embody the major and efficient applications of the different duties and the role of sustainability in urban planning and design, by a new reading of the city structure and composition, as well as offering a solid and clear concept for this kind of science. The book aims to illustrate various theories and methods of the treatment of the modern ideas of metropolitan life. The book is divided into two parts and contains 23 chapters.

Author : Abusaada, Hisham,Elshater, Abeer,Rodwell, Dennis
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781799870067

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Transforming Urban Nightlife and the Development of Smart Public Spaces by Abusaada, Hisham,Elshater, Abeer,Rodwell, Dennis Pdf

Public places are places where all citizens, irrespective of their race, age, religion, or class level (social or economic), cannot be excluded. It serves to improve the lifestyle experience of its inhabitants, as well as promote social connections. All citizens are responsible for it and are interested in it, and the intervention for change must be the responsibility of all without exception. As such, bottom-up urban planning is essential for urban environments and for transforming nightlife in public places in order to create more meaningful experiences and instill a greater sense of identity and community. Transforming Urban Nightlife and the Development of Smart Public Spaces analyzes the patterns of transformations of nightlife in public life. The book investigates urban nightlife transformations and the challenge of enhancing the sense of belonging in sensitive areas such as local communities and historical sites. The chapters present new insights to control the chaotic intervention related to the elements of traditional or digital technology, whether from citizens themselves or local authorities. The objective also is to document urban nightlife transformations that enhance the sense of belonging in historical sites. Important topics covered include urban-gamification, digital urban art, urban socio-ecosystems, and reimagining space in the urban nightlife. This book is ideal for urban planners, developers, social scientists, technologists, civil engineers, architects, policymakers, government officials, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in urban nightlife and nightscape and the smart technologies used for transformation.

Author : Hoffmann, Karin A.,Schröder, Sebastian,Nehls, Thomas,Pitha, Ulrike,Pucher, Bernhard,Zluwa, Irene,Gantar, Damjana,Suklje Erjavec, Ina,Kozamernik, Jana
Publisher : Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783798332805

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Vertical Green 2.0 – The Good, the Bad and the Science by Hoffmann, Karin A.,Schröder, Sebastian,Nehls, Thomas,Pitha, Ulrike,Pucher, Bernhard,Zluwa, Irene,Gantar, Damjana,Suklje Erjavec, Ina,Kozamernik, Jana Pdf

Vertical Greenery Systems (VGS) as systemic, nature-based solution can contribute to the quality of urban space and resilience to climate change. However, there are challenges and reservations about its performance and realization. This book discusses perspectives of urban stakeholders, design and maintenance, potentials regarding food, water, and energy as well as governance, planning and financing. It joins findings from the transnational research project „Urban Vertical Green 2.0“. Vertikalbegrünung (VG) kann als systemische, naturbasierte Lösung zur Qualität des Stadtraums und zur Klimaresilienz beitragen. Jedoch gibt es Herausforderungen und Vorbehalte zur Wirksamkeit und Ausführung. Dieses Buch beleuchtet VG aus Sicht städtischer Akteure, diskutiert Gestaltung und Pflege, Potenziale in Bezug auf Agrarproduktion, Wasser und Energie sowie Governance, Stadtplanung und Finanzierung. Es bündelt Ergebnisse aus dem transnationalen Forschungsprojekt „Urban Vertical Green 2.0“.

Author : Catherine Ann Cameron
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781681088815

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Thriving Across the Lifespan and Around the Globe: Day in the Life Visual Research Approach by Catherine Ann Cameron Pdf

Thriving Across the Lifespan and Around the Globe: The Day in the Life Visual Research Approach is the result of several decades of international, pan-disciplinary research-team collaborations using quasi-ecological visual methodologies to investigate the psychosocial development of children in diverse communities. The initial studies highlighted in this work involved filming a ‘Day in the Life’ of toddlers and primary school children, their families, and schools in diverse communities in Asia, South and North America, and Europe. Filmed in their homes and communities for an entire day, the youngest participants were commonly seen to be thriving in diverse psychosocial domains, such as in their security strivings, emergent literacy and graphic representations, and musicality. Research shows that the nature of a child's development can vary in as many ways as there are diverse contexts. Thriving in the transition from home to primary school is a second developmental milestone investigated in the research. The book serves as an account of the lived experiences of thriving children,among their families, their schools and their communities. The contents give an invaluable insight into the psychology of early childhood while giving the reader an opportunity to understand the resilience of mobile early teenagers as well as independent older adults. The contributions in the book also provide an additional layer to our understanding of visual ethnography by covering such phenomena as agency and communitarianism, spirituality, and the place of humour in the context of challenges encountered across the lifespan. Through presenting quasi-ecological experimental approaches, this reference enhances the reader’s insight into the texture and nature of thriving in situ, in natural contexts.

Author : Jessie Y. C. Chen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031610448

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Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality by Jessie Y. C. Chen Pdf