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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830557603321

Autore

Kocatürk Tuba

Titolo

Distributed intelligence in design [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Tuba Kocatürk, Benachir Medjdoub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-282-94451-7

9786612944512

1-4443-9239-5

1-4443-9237-9

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KocatürkTuba

MedjdoubBenachir

Disciplina

624.0285

720.285/63

Soggetti

Building - Information services

Architecture - Information services

Distributed artificial intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. 1. Of sails and sieves and sticky tape / Bryan Lawson ; 2. Distributed perspectives for intelligent conceptual design / Volker Mueller ; 3. Distributed intelligence or a simple coherent mental model? / Chris J.K. Williams and Roly Hudson ; 4. Sharing intelligence : the problem of knowledge atrophy / Peter Brandon -- pt. 2. 5. Pedagogical frameworks for emergent digital practices in architecture / Brent Allpress ; pt. 6. Emergence and convergence of knowledge in building production : knowledge-based design and digital manufacturing / Eduardo Lyon ; pt. 7. Artifact and affect : open-ended strata of communication / Matias del Campo and Sandra Manninger ; pt. 9. Digital tools for creative hinges / Sean Hanna -- pt. 3. 9. Th effects of integrated BIM in processes and business models / Arto Kiviniemi ; 10. Integrated building design for production management systems / Rita Cristina Ferreira ; 11. Flexibility, semantics and standards / Robin Drogemuller and John H. Frazer ; 12. Examples of distributed intelligence on large-scale building lifecycle projects / Martin Riese --



pt. 4. 13. Rapid practice expansion through strategic design computation / Cristiano Ceccato ; 14. Algorithmic modellign, parametric thinking / Neil Katz ; 15. Interview with the Specialist Modeling Group (SMG) : the dynamic coordination of distributed intelligence at Foster and Partners / High Whitehead ... [et al.] ; 16. Interview with Lars Hesselgren, Director PLP research / Lars Hesselgren and Benachir Medjdoub ; 17. Geometry, topology, materiality : the structural parameters in the collaborative design approach / Manfred Grohmann and Oliver Tessmann.

Sommario/riassunto

The book contains the papers developed from the presentations at the Distributed Intelligence in Design Symposium, held in Salford in May 2009. In this context, Distributed Intelligence refers to the interdisciplinary knowledge of a range of different individuals in different organisations, with different backgrounds and experience, and the symposium discussed the media, technologies and behaviours required to support their successful collaboration. The book focusses on: how parametric and generative design media can be coupled with and managed alongside Build

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910383843003321

Autore

Ahrens Petra

Titolo

Gender Equality in Politics : Implementing Party Quotas in Germany and Austria / / by Petra Ahrens, Katja Chmilewski, Sabine Lang, Birgit Sauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

9783030348953

3030348954

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Political Science, , 2191-5474

Disciplina

305.420943

Soggetti

Identity politics

Elections

Sex

Comparative government

Politics and Gender

Electoral Politics

Gender Studies

Comparative Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introducing the Cross-National Comparison of Quotas -- Contextualizing Quotas: The Political Systems of Germany and Austria -- The History of Electoral Gender Quotas -- The Post-Quota Gender Gap: Standard Explanations -- Institutional Quota Roadblocks on the Federal Level -- Institutional Quota Roadblocks on the Land Level -- Conclusion: The Long Road to Parity in Politics.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a timely and unique contribution to current debates on how effectively voluntary party quotas address the persistent underrepresentation of women in legislatures. Using a most similar case design and a mixed-methods approach, the authors draw attention to the ways in which electoral systems and party regulations interface with voluntary party quotas in Germany and Austria. All quota parties in these countries support the goal of equal participation of women and men in elected office, and quotas are presented as a means to precisely that end. In order to assess parties’ commitment to their declared goals, and the effectiveness of quotas, the book introduces the concept of the post-quota gender gap and defines it as the difference between a party’s adopted quota and the actual share of women in legislative bodies at the national and regional level. Complementing the existing literature on recruitment and socio-cultural legacies, the authors argue that the problem of voluntary party quotas lies at the intersection of party quota design and electoral law. Either parties need to design quotas that actually work within a given electoral system, or we need legislative action geared toward advancing parity not just in candidate selection, but in the composition of legislatures. The book draws on gendered candidate and election data, on the party statutes of federal and state-level party organizations, and on interviews with party officials and party women’s organizations. .