Green Citynomics

Author : Kenny Tang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351279420

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Green CITYnomics by Kenny Tang Pdf

Today, more than half of the world's population are living in cities that are now contributing 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They cover less than 3% of the earth's surface. And urbanization continues apace. With such a massive carbon footprint, it is vital that cities are part of the solution. Despite this, scarcely any consideration has been given to the potential impact of climate change on urban dwellers, especially in the developing countries and burgeoning megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America, where a wide variety of environmental and development challenges are likely to further exacerbate their vulnerability to climatic effects. Green CITYnomics presents a rich set of contributions by a highly diverse group of 45 of the world's leading urban experts on climate change. In particular, it illustrates the desire some cities are already demonstrating in engaging in this war. Standing still is not an option. Budgets have to be fought for; minds have to be won over; old, untenable and unsustainable ideas and solutions must be challenged; green and sustainable solutions must be given the chance to develop and to prove themselves. Each of the cities and urban centres discussed – from Hong Kong to Dresden; from Mexico City to Qatar – are, in their own ways, heroes and examples to us all. This book provides a compelling manifesto for the world's cities in their "Urban War against Climate Change". It is essential reading for climate scientists, national and local policy-makers and scholars worldwide.

Author : Darren Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136539350

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Computer Modelling for Sustainable Urban Design by Darren Robinson Pdf

This is the first book to directly address the physics of urban sustainability and how urban sustainability may be modelled and optimised. Starting with an introduction to the importance and key aspects of the topic, it moves on to a detailed consideration of the urban climate and pedestrian comfort. Comprehensive techniques for the modelling and optimisation of urban metabolism are then described, together with means for defining sustainability as the fitness function to be optimised. It ends with an eye to the future of sustainable urban design and the means available to urban designers and governors to help them to secure a more sustainable urban future. This book will be invaluable both in informing the next generation of urban planners, architects and engineers, and as a tool to current professionals that will directly contribute to the effectiveness of their work by allowing them to more successfully measure and model urban sustainability.

Author : Liliana Bazzanella,Luca Caneparo,Franco Corsico,Giuseppe Roccasalva
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789400725171

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The Future of Cities and Regions by Liliana Bazzanella,Luca Caneparo,Franco Corsico,Giuseppe Roccasalva Pdf

This guide for tomorrow’s urban practitioner systematically explains fifteen best practices across three continents; it explores questions of broad interest for designing and planning the future of cities and regions. Key questions addressed are: Is simulation useful to explore the effects of different design, policy and planning strategies? Which approach will help manage the uncertainties of metropolitan areas both today and tomorrow ? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different simulation practices for city leadership, public and private partnership, and citizen involvement? The book reviews computer models and media, socio-political initiatives, professional practices which help communicating the future effects of different design, political and planning strategies with a wide range of aims: from information, through consultation, towards active participation. These world best practices are considered according to four leading issues for urban and regional development, respectively Simulation, Scenario and Visioning, Government and Governance, and Scale. The book examines the approaches adopted technically and procedurally. The selected knowledge and the innovative tools used in each case study are among the most advanced and up-to-date in the professional and research fields. This volume successfully illustrates these innovative practices and methodologies in a straightforward and accessible way.

Author : Michael Batty
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262534567

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The New Science of Cities by Michael Batty Pdf

A proposal for a new way to understand cities and their design not as artifacts but as systems composed of flows and networks. In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that to understand cities we must view them not simply as places in space but as systems of networks and flows. To understand space, he argues, we must understand flows, and to understand flows, we must understand networks—the relations between objects that compose the system of the city. Drawing on the complexity sciences, social physics, urban economics, transportation theory, regional science, and urban geography, and building on his own previous work, Batty introduces theories and methods that reveal the deep structure of how cities function. Batty presents the foundations of a new science of cities, defining flows and their networks and introducing tools that can be applied to understanding different aspects of city structure. He examines the size of cities, their internal order, the transport routes that define them, and the locations that fix these networks. He introduces methods of simulation that range from simple stochastic models to bottom-up evolutionary models to aggregate land-use transportation models. Then, using largely the same tools, he presents design and decision-making models that predict interactions and flows in future cities. These networks emphasize a notion with relevance for future research and planning: that design of cities is collective action.

Author : Ahmed Mohammed Hussain El Kenawy,El Sayed Mohamed Robaa,Mohammed Magdy Mustafa Torab,Mohamed Hereher
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323859257

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Hydroclimatic Extremes in the Middle East and North Africa by Ahmed Mohammed Hussain El Kenawy,El Sayed Mohamed Robaa,Mohammed Magdy Mustafa Torab,Mohamed Hereher Pdf

Hydroclimatic Extremes in the Middle East and North Africa: Assessment, Attribution and Socioeconomic Impacts focuses on assessing the current situation of hydroclimatic extremes in the MENA region, with particular emphasis on dry and wet extreme events. The results of the rapidly changing atmospheric and oceanic situations of these extremes will be addressed, presenting examples for the environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts of these events in the region and evaluating the current ability to monitor and adapt to such events, as well as exploring the potential use of advanced geospatial techniques in improving current understanding of these extreme events. The book utilizes a multidisciplinary approach with various state-of-the-art methods, approaches, and analytical techniques in environmental, meteorological, and hydrological sciences, providing case studies from the Middle East and North Africa. It will provide a solid basis for scientists to assess the validation of several research methods in the region and may be applicable to other regions as climate change continues to cause increasing aridity worldwide. The case studies presented will reflect the multifaceted character of hydrometeorological extremes in the region, with representative examples for the environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts of climate change. Therefore, this book is a valuable source for climatologists, meteorologists, hydrologists, geographers, and water resources scientists. Thoroughly details the effects of climate variability in the Middle East and North Africa, a hotspot region of climate change vulnerability Examines changes in hydroclimatic extremes at different spatial scales, ranging from local assessments to investigations that cover the entire region Provides a comprehensive assessment of hydrometeorological feedback to current and future climate change in the MENA region Fills the current gap in the literature concerning the response of arid and semiarid regions to climate change, with particular emphasis on the MENA region

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Business ethics
ISBN : PSU:000061874190

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Ethical Corporation Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Shailesh Kumar Singh,C.T. Dhanya
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030021979

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Hydrology in a Changing World by Shailesh Kumar Singh,C.T. Dhanya Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges in hydrological modeling. Hydrology, on both a local and global scale, has undergone dramatic changes, largely due to variations in climate, population growth and the associated land-use and land-cover changes. Written by experts in the field, the book provides decision-makers with a better understanding of the science, impacts, and consequences of these climate and land-use changes on hydrology. Further, offering insights into how the changing behavior of hydrological processes, related uncertainties and their evolution affect the modeling process, it is of interest for all researchers and practitioners using hydrological modeling.

Author : Harriet Bulkeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135130121

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Cities and Climate Change by Harriet Bulkeley Pdf

Climate change is one of the most significant global challenges facing the world today. It is also a critical issue for the world’s cities. Now home to over half the world’s population, urban areas are significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions and are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Responding to climate change is a profound challenge. A variety of actors are involved in urban climate governance, with municipal governments, international organisations, and funding bodies pointing to cities as key arenas for response. This book provides the first critical introduction to these challenges, giving an overview of the science and policy of climate change at the global level and the emergence of climate change as an urban policy issue. It considers the challenges of governing climate change in the city in the context of the changing nature of urban politics, economics, society and infrastructures. It looks at how responses for mitigation and adaptation have emerged within the city, and the implications of climate change for social and environmental justice. Drawing on examples from cities in the north and south, and richly illustrated with detailed case-studies, this book will enable students to understand the potential and limits of addressing climate change at the urban level and to explore the consequences for our future cities. It will be essential reading for undergraduate students across the disciplines of geography, politics, sociology, urban studies, planning and science and technology studies.

Author : David J. Maguire
Publisher : Esri Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015063210929

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GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling by David J. Maguire Pdf

A guide for geographic analysts, modelers, software engineers, and GIS professionals, this book discusses agent-based modeling, dynamic feedback and simulation modeling, as well as links between models and GIS software. This collection also presents a state-of-the-art understanding of applications based on environmental, atmospheric, hydrological, urban, social, health, and economic models.

Author : Bryn Mawr College
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:1002288532

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Bryn Mawr College Calendar by Bryn Mawr College Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Science
ISBN : PSU:000062999779

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Scientific American by Anonim Pdf

Monthly magazine devoted to topics of general scientific interest.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1736 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Commerce
ISBN : UVA:X006063855

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The Economist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jana Sillmann,Sebastian Sippel,Simone Russo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780128148952

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Climate Extremes and Their Implications for Impact and Risk Assessment by Jana Sillmann,Sebastian Sippel,Simone Russo Pdf

Climate extremes often imply significant impacts on human and natural systems, and these extreme events are anticipated to be among the potentially most harmful consequences of a changing climate. However, while extreme event impacts are increasingly recognized, methodologies to address such impacts and the degree of our understanding and prediction capabilities vary widely among different sectors and disciplines. Moreover, traditional climate extreme indices and large-scale multi-model intercomparisons that are used for future projections of extreme events and associated impacts often fall short in capturing the full complexity of impact systems. Climate Extremes and Their Implications for Impact and Risk Assessment describes challenges, opportunities and methodologies for the analysis of the impacts of climate extremes across various sectors to support their impact and risk assessment. It thereby also facilitates cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary discussions and exchange among climate and impact scientists. The sectors covered include agriculture, terrestrial ecosystems, human health, transport, conflict, and more broadly covering the human-environment nexus. The book concludes with an outlook on the need for more transdisciplinary work and international collaboration between scientists and practitioners to address emergent risks and extreme events towards risk reduction and strengthened societal resilience. Provides an overview about past, present and future changes in climate and weather extremes and how to connect that knowledge to impact and risk assessment under global warming Presents different approaches to assess societal-relevant impacts and risk of climate and weather extremes, including compound events, and the complexity of risk cascades and the interconnectedness of societal risk Features applications across a diversity of sectors, including agriculture, health, ecosystem services and urban transport

Author : Cynthia Rosenzweig,William D. Solecki,Patricia Romero-Lankao,Shagun Mehrotra,Shobhakar Dhakal,Somayya Ali Ibrahim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781316603338

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Climate Change and Cities by Cynthia Rosenzweig,William D. Solecki,Patricia Romero-Lankao,Shagun Mehrotra,Shobhakar Dhakal,Somayya Ali Ibrahim Pdf

Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.

Author : Malcolm Moor,Jon Rowland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134366552

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Urban Design Futures by Malcolm Moor,Jon Rowland Pdf

The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance. Urban design has moved from marginality to mainstream. The principles espoused by urban designers over the past thirty years are now accepted as key to a better urban environment and as we move towards greater sustainability, different ideas are emerging that are challenging some of the accepted urban design norms; urban design is at a watershed. Urban Design Futures presents essays from an international cast of authors to review progress and explore emerging ideas: should urban design reflect the future rather than recreate the past? What are the new driving forces that will shape urban living and hence urban design in the future? This book explores new concepts and points the way towards a series of urban design paradigms for the twenty-first century.