1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457606403321

Titolo

Behaviour monitoring and interpretation [[electronic resource] ] : BMI : well-being / / edited by Björn Gottfried and Hamid Aghajan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, : IOS Press, 2011

ISBN

6613289671

1-283-28967-9

9786613289674

1-60750-731-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

Ambient intelligence and smart environments, , 1875-4163 ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

GottfriedBjörn

AghajanHamid

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Well-being

Human behavior - Data processing

Intelligent agents (Computer software)

Artificial intelligence

Electronic books.

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Foundations of well-being -- pt. 2. Supporting the well-being through care taking in smart environments -- pt. 3. Improving the well-being through life-stle and entertainment.

Sommario/riassunto

The notion of well-being is one which is crucial to many aspects of our daily lives. In addition to providing one of the cornerstones to a healthy lifestyle, the concept of well-being extends to the selection of the type of environment we live in, our interaction with other people and the things we do to realize our plans for the future. Well-being is so intrinsic to our daily lives that it plays a fundamental role at all times and in all places, so it is important that it is taken into account when designing the ubiquitous computing technologies which pervade our lives nowadays. This book con



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910172213603321

Autore

Gleeson Brendan <1964->

Titolo

Geographies of disability / / Brendan Gleeson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-68197-6

1-134-68198-4

1-283-70764-0

1-280-51763-8

0-203-02121-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 253 p. : ill., 2 maps

Disciplina

305.9/0816

Soggetti

People with disabilities

People with disabilities - History

Barrier-free design

Spatial behavior

Human geography

Urban geography

City planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. A socio-spatial model of disability -- pt. 2. Historical geographies of disability -- pt. 3. Contemporary geographies of disability.

Sommario/riassunto

Geographies of Disability explores the relationship between space and disability explaining how space, place and related concepts such as mobility shape the experiences of disabled people. The book is organised into three parts. Part one presents a critical appraisal of theories of disability, space and embodiment and develops a disability model. Part two takes an historical perspective and uses case studies to expose how the transition to capitalism affected the everyday lives of disabled people. Part three explores contemporary scenarios of disability: the Western city and the important policy realms of community care and accessibility regulation. Demonstrating and



explaining why the production of space has disadvantaged disabled people both in the past and in contemporary societies, Geographies of Disability presents an important contribution to the major policy debates on disability in Western societies and offers new considerations for the broader debates on embodiment and space within Geography.