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Improvement Measures of Urban Thermal Environment (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)

Springer, 2015

Maximizing readers’ insights into urban and architectural environmental planning with consideration for the thermal environment, this work highlights how various urban heat-island strategies have been developed and their effectiveness in urban areas. Specific measures to combat the urban heat-island phenomenon, including improvement of...

The Art of Siege Warfare and Military Architecture from the Classical World to the Middle Ages

Oxbow Books, 2021

The papers in this book present, for the first time, the world of warfare, both defensive and offensive, from the Classical periods to end of the Middle Ages in one collection. These scholarships have attracted ancient writers and generals and nowadays historians, archaeologists and researchers poliorcetics. Military historiography and...

Transport and Town Planning: The City in Search of Sustainable Development (Science, Society and New Technoogies)

John Wiley & Sons, 2019

In a context where climate change urgently requires us to alter our paradigms, this book explores the possibilities of cities that are both more energy efficient and more respectful of the environment.

Based on the observation that urban planning has been detrimentally affected by the compartmentalization of...

Geocomputation and Urban Planning (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2009

Sixteen years ago, Franklin estimated that about 80% of data contain geo-referenced information. To date, the availability of geographic data and information is growing, together with the capacity of users to operate with IT tools and instruments. Spatial data infrastructures are growing and allow a wide number of users to rely on them. This growth...

Databases and Information Systems VI: Selected Papers from the Ninth International Baltic Conference, DB&IS 2010 - Volume 224 Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

IOS Press, 2011

This volume presents papers from the Ninth International Baltic Conference on Databases and Information Systems (Baltic DB&IS 2010) which took place in Riga, Latvia, in July 2010. Since this successful biennial series began in 1994, the Baltic DB&IS conferences have become an international forum of high scientific criteria for...

Air Power and Freight: The View from the European Union and China (SpringerBriefs in Energy)

Springer, 2019

This book addresses the challenges of planning sustainable freight transport systems (road and air) in a time when the industry faces increasing pressure from environmental limits, climate change, carbon emission targets, bottlenecks in oil supply, infrastructure shortages and urban congestion. The author examines sustainable...

Graphs and Networks: Multilevel Modeling

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Completely updated and containing two new chapters, this title covers spatial analysis and urban management using graph theory simulation. Highly practical, the simulation approach allows readers to solve classic problems such as placement of high-speed roads, the capacity of a network, pollution emission control, and more.

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Children in Street Situations: A Concept in Search of an Object (Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research)

Springer, 2019

This book provides new insights on the lives of children in street situations by providing analyses from a qualitative perspective on the sociology of childhood. It proposes some insightful perspectives on the current discussion about the rights of children in street situations. It includes a unique selection of texts, which were...

Telecommunications Challenges In Developing Countries: Asymmetric Interconnection Charges For Rural Areas

World Bank Publications, 2004

Telecommunications Challenges in Developing Countries addresses an important aspect of interconnection—the settings of call termination charges. In rural telecommunications, network costs are known to be high. The traditional consensus has been that many rural areas cannot be connected without subsidies. This paper investigates the...

Inequality and Uncertainty: Current Challenges for Cities

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

It is not possible to ignore the fact that cities are not only moving, vibrant and flourishing spaces, promising hope for better quality of life, but that they also accumulate and reflect significant problems. This book explores the relational and dynamic nature of urban inequalities, including their visible and invisible forms. By...

Geographic Information Systems and Science

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Geographic Information Systems and Science has become the pre-eminent textbook in its field, for students and practitioners alike. Its unique approach communicates the richness and diversity of GIS in a lucid and accessible format. This fully revised and updated second edition reinforces the view of GIS as a gateway to science and...

A Science Comic of Urban Metro Structure: Performance Evolution and Sensing Control

Springer, 2018

This science comic presents the entire life cycle of the metro system in an accessible and fun way. Just like human beings, a metro system can get sick, and this book introduces its ailments, medical records along with experts’ diagnoses and available treatments. Using cartoons, it enables readers of all levels to quickly...

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