Evolving Cities

Author : Lidia Diappi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781351937979

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Evolving Cities by Lidia Diappi Pdf

Geocomputation has come of age. The whirlwind of change experienced in Geographical Information Science (GIS) - developments in IT, and new data gathering and earth observing technologies - has taken GIS beyond mere data and towards its analysis, modeling, and use in problem solving. Geocomputation is now at the dynamic edge of this revolution. Bringing together the leading researchers in geocomputation, this volume provides an up-to-date overview of the development of new artificial intelligence principles and technologies (NN, CA, Multi-agent Systems and Evolutionary Algorithms) used for the analysis, development and evaluation of urban planning policies and programmes. Charting the new approaches to data-processing, the book provides pointers on how to harness these technologies, advancing the knowledge level of planning by multiplying the information capacity of GIS, and offering a new approach to territorial modeling and micro-scale descriptions of socio-economic, behavioural and micro-spatial theories of urban processes and land use change.

Author : Yasser Elsheshtawy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134128211

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The Evolving Arab City by Yasser Elsheshtawy Pdf

This new collection€reveals the contrasts and similarities between older, traditional Arab cities and the newer oil-stimulated cities of the Gulf in their search for development and a place in the world order.

Author : Martin J. Murray,Human Sciences Research Council
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0796920729

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The Evolving Spatial Form of Cities in a Globalising World Economy by Martin J. Murray,Human Sciences Research Council Pdf

In this paper, Murray draws attention to the large metropolises that dominate as economic power base - cities such as New York and Japan - and then contrasts them with cities that aspire to such "world-class" status as Johannesburg and São Paulo, using the concept of "global cities" as a key context to the discussion.

Author : Karina Landman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351129428

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Evolving Public Space in South Africa by Karina Landman Pdf

Evolving Public Space in South Africa discusses the transformation of public space highlighted in the country. Drawing on examples from major cities, the author demonstrates that these spaces are not only becoming wasted space, but are also adapting and evolving to accommodate new users and uses in various parts of the city. This process of evolution tends to challenge the more traditional visions and general global views of declining public space in cities and argues that it rather resembles the resilience of these spaces and the potential for regeneration through continuously emerging and mutating forms, functions and meanings. Including over 20 black-and-white images, this book would be beneficial to academics and students of urban planning and design and those interested in the regeneration of cities.

Author : W. Brian Arthur
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780429976261

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The Economy As An Evolving Complex System II by W. Brian Arthur Pdf

A new view of the economy as an evolving, complex system has been pioneered at the Santa Fe Institute over the last ten years, This volume is a collection of articles that shape and define this view?a view of the economy as emerging from the interactions of individual agents whose behavior constantly evolves, whose strategies and actions are always adapting.The traditional framework in economics portrays activity within an equilibrium steady state. The interacting agents in the economy are typically homogenous, solve well-defined problems using perfect rationality, and act within given legal and social structures. The complexity approach, by contrast, sees economic activity as continually changing?continually in process. The interacting agents are typically heterogeneous, they must cognitively interpret the problems they face, and together they create the structures?markets, legal and social institutions, price patters, expectations?to which they individually react. Such structures may never settle down. Agents may forever adapt and explore and evolve their behaviors within structures that continually emerge and change and disappear?structures these behaviors co-create. This complexity approach does not replace the equilibrium one?it complements it.The papers here collected originated at a recent conference at the Santa Fe Institute, which was called to follow up the well-known 1987 SFI conference organized by Philip Anderson, Kenneth Arrow, and David Pines. They survey the new study of complexity and the economy. They apply this approach to real economic problems and they show the extent to which the initial vision of the 1987 conference has come to fruition.

Author : Christopher Kennedy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442642737

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The Evolution of Great World Cities by Christopher Kennedy Pdf

Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do--Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like former colonial backwater Hong Kong, defy the odds by growing into major trading centres. What are the key factors distinguishing those cities that become wealthy from those that don't? Christopher Kennedy illuminates how geography, technology, and especially the infrastructure of urban economies allow cities to develop and thrive. The Evolution of Great World Cities unfolds through the tales of several urban centres--including Venice, Amsterdam, London, and New York City--at key junctures in their histories. Kennedy weaves together significant insights from urbanists such as Jane Jacobs and economists such as John Maynard Keynes, drawing striking parallels between the functioning of ecosystems and of wealthy capitals. The Evolution of Great World Cities offers an accessible introduction to urban economies that 'will change the way you think about cities.'

Author : Yasser Elsheshtawy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134128204

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The Evolving Arab City by Yasser Elsheshtawy Pdf

Today cities of the Arab world are subject to many of the same problems as other world cities, yet too often they are ignored in studies of urbanisation. This collection reveals the contrasts and similarities between older, traditional Arab cities and the newer oil-stimulated cities of the Gulf in their search for development and a place in the world order. The eight cities which form the core of the book – Rabat, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh – provide a unique insight into today’s Middle Eastern city. Winner of The International Planning History Society (IPHS) Book Prize.

Author : Daniel A. Griffith,A.C. Lea
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400968936

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Evolving Geographical Structures by Daniel A. Griffith,A.C. Lea Pdf

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Cappuccini, San Miniato, Italy, July 18-30, 1982

Author : Zheng Yongnian,Sarah Y. Tong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317818816

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China's Evolving Industrial Policies and Economic Restructuring by Zheng Yongnian,Sarah Y. Tong Pdf

In the past three decades, China has successfully transformed itself from an extremely poor economy to the world’s second largest economy. The country’s phenomenal economic growth has been sustained primarily by its rapid and continuous industrialisation. Currently industry accounts for nearly two-fifth of China’s gross domestic product, and since 2009 China has been the world’s largest exporter of manufactured products. This book explores the question of how far this industrial growth has been the product of government policies. It discusses how government policies and their priorities have developed and evolved, examines how industrial policies are linked to policies in other areas, such as trade, technology and regional development, and assesses how new policy initiatives are encouraging China’s increasing success in new technology-intensive industries. It also demonstrates how China’s industrial policies are linked to development of industrial clusters and regions.

Author : James Lesh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000606713

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Values in Cities by James Lesh Pdf

Examining urban heritage in twentieth-century Australia, James Lesh reveals how evolving ideas of value and significance shaped cities and places. Over decades, a growing number of sites and areas were found to be valuable by communities and professionals. Places perceived to have value were often conserved. Places perceived to lack value became subject to modernisation, redevelopment, and renewal. From the 1970s, alongside strengthened activism and legislation, with the innovative Burra Charter (1979), the values-based model emerged for managing the aesthetic, historic, scientific, and social significance of historic environments. Values thus transitioned from an implicit to an overt component of urban, architectural, and planning conservation. The field of conservation became a noted profession and discipline. Conservation also had a broader role in celebrating the Australian nation and in reconciling settler colonialism for the twentieth century. Integrating urban history and heritage studies, this book provides the first longitudinal study of the twentieth-century Australian heritage movement. It advocates for innovative and reflexive modes of heritage practice responsive to urban, social, and environmental imperatives. As the values-based model continues to shape conservation worldwide, this book is an essential reference for researchers, students, and practitioners concerned with the past and future of cities and heritage. The Foreword and Chapter 1/Introduction of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Renaud Bellais
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783509652

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The Evolving Boundaries of Defence by Renaud Bellais Pdf

This volume analyses key features of recent and ongoing transformations of defence issues, from four key perspectives. These are defence economics, the spatial footprint of defence, human resources management by the armed forces and the international landscape of defence.

Author : Elena Ianchovichina
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464820274

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The Evolving Geography of Productivity and Employment by Elena Ianchovichina Pdf

The Evolving Geography of Productivity and Employment: Ideas for Inclusive Growth through a Territorial Lens in Latin America and the Caribbean employs a territorial lens to understand the persistently low economic growth rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Using new data and methods, it shows that deindustrialization, distance, and divisions offer intertwined explanations for an urban productivity paradox in the LAC region: its highly dense cities should be among the world’s most productive, yet they are not. LAC cities have been held back by lack of dynamism, poor connectivity, and divisions into disconnected poor and affluent neighborhoods. Deindustrialization has shifted urban employment, especially in the largest LAC cities, away from manufacturing and toward less dynamic, low-productivity nontradable activities, such as retail trade and personal and other services, that profit less from agglomeration, especially in highly congested cities. Although employment in urban tradable services has risen, the increase has not been strong enough to offset the decline in manufacturing employment. Meanwhile, intercity connectivity issues have undermined the performance of the region’s network of cities by restricting market access and firms’ ability to benefit from specialization in smaller cities. Within cities, poor connectivity and residential labor market segregation have limited the gains from agglomeration to neighborhoods in central business districts where formal firms operate. Informality has persisted in low-income neighborhoods, where residents face multiple deprivations. By contrast, many agricultural and mining areas have benefited from the strong demand for commodities by China and other fast-growing economies, particularly during the Golden Decade (2003†“13), leading to a decline in territorial inequality in most countries in the region. The report concludes that to encourage inclusive growth, countries must more efficiently transform natural wealth into human capital, infrastructure, and institutions and improve the competitiveness of the urban economy. It then sketches out the contours of such a development strategy, identifying policy priorities at the national, regional, and local levels.

Author : Feng Xie,David Levinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441998040

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Evolving Transportation Networks by Feng Xie,David Levinson Pdf

Over the last two centuries, the development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life. The main theme of this book is to understand the complexity of transportation development and model the process of network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political. Using multidimensional concepts and methods, the authors develop a holistic framework to represent network growth as an open and complex process with models that demonstrate in a scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such as travelers, property owners, developers, and public jurisdictions could result in a coherent network of facilities on the ground. Models are proposed from innovative perspectives including self-organization, degeneration, and sequential connection to interpret the evolutionary growth of transportation networks in explicit consideration of independent economic and regulatory initiatives. Employing these models, the authors survey a series of topics ranging from network hierarchy and topology to first mover advantage. The authors demonstrate, with a wide spectrum of empirical and theoretical evidence, that network growth follows a path that is not only logical in retrospect, but also predictable and manageable from a planning perspective. In the larger scheme of innovative transportation planning, this book provides a re-consideration of conventional planning practice and sets the stage for further development on the theory and practice of the next-generation, evolutionary planning approach in transportation, making it of interest to scholars and practitioners alike in the field of transportation .

Author : California Housing and Planning Association, San Francisco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : City planning
ISBN : UIUC:30112047390791

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A Chart for Changing Cities by California Housing and Planning Association, San Francisco Pdf

Author : Cristina Guevara
Publisher : Cristina Guevara
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9787304928018

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On the Edge of the Future by Cristina Guevara Pdf

In "On the Edge of the Future," readers are taken on a thought-provoking journey through the latest advancements in technology and science, exploring their profound impact on society, ethics, and the human psyche. This compelling narrative delves into artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and beyond, offering a glimpse into a future where the boundaries between humanity and technology become increasingly blurred. The book examines AI's rapid progression and integration into daily life, from smart homes to autonomous vehicles. It vividly portrays a world where AI enhances efficiency and presents new moral dilemmas and challenges. The author skillfully navigates the reader through these complex scenarios, highlighting this unstoppable technological tide's potential benefits and risks. Moving beyond artificial intelligence, the book explores the revolutionary field of biotechnology, particularly the advancements in genetic engineering and personalized medicine. It discusses the ethical quandaries arising from gene editing technologies like CRISPR and their potential to cure diseases, extend human lifespan, and even alter human capabilities. The narrative carefully balances the scientific marvels with the societal implications, prompting readers to consider the responsibilities of such power. The book's final sections delve into the human element in this technological odyssey, discussing how these advancements could reshape social structures, economies, and even the human experience. The author does not shy away from the difficult questions about privacy, equity, and the potential loss of certain human aspects in an increasingly digital world. "On the Edge of the Future" leaves readers pondering humanity's role in an age where the lines between biological and artificial, real and virtual, are fading, urging a collective contemplation of our path forward in this brave new world.