Complex Systems Design & Management Asia : Designing Smart Cities: Proceedings of the First Asia - Pacific Conference on Complex Systems Design & Management, CSD&M Asia 2014 / / edited by Michel-Alexandre Cardin, Daniel Krob, Pao Chuen Lui, Yang How Tan, Kristin Wood |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina |
006.3
620 913-919 |
Soggetto topico |
Computational intelligence
Artificial intelligence Urban geography Computational Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) |
ISBN | 3-319-12544-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Conference Organization""; ""Contents""; ""Part I Invited and Regular Papers""; ""Model Checking of Energy Consumption Behavior""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Model-Based Analysis""; ""2.1 Energy Consumption Behavior""; ""2.2 Energy Consumption Properties""; ""3 Behavioral Model""; ""3.1 Power Consumption Automaton""; ""3.2 Operational Semantics""; ""4 Property Specification""; ""4.1 Syntax""; ""4.2 Semantics""; ""5 Model Checking""; ""6 Related Work""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""References""
""UNISENSE: A Unified and Sustainable Sensing and Transport Architecture for Large Scale and Heterogeneous Sensor Networks""""1 Introduction""; ""1.1 Background""; ""1.2 Motivation""; ""1.3 Contributions""; ""1.4 Organization of the Paper""; ""2 The UNISENSE Architecture""; ""2.1 Overview""; ""2.2 Application Profiling""; ""2.3 Node Architecture""; ""2.4 Intelligent Network Design""; ""2.5 Network Management and Visualization""; ""2.6 Deep Sensing""; ""2.7 Generalized Participatory Sensing""; ""2.8 Security, Privacy, and Trust""; ""3 Case Studies""; ""3.1 Urban Noise Monitoring"" ""3.2 Public Infrastructure Monitoring (Smart Bins)""""3.3 Event Management (CuteBit)""; ""3.4 Vertical Farming Monitoring""; ""3.5 Practical Issues and Lessons Learnt""; ""4 Related Work and Competitive Advantages""; ""5 Conclusion and OngoingWork""; ""References""; ""Black-Box Optimization of Lighting Simulation in Architectural Design""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Application to Architectural Design""; ""3 The Radial Basis Function Method""; ""3.1 Selection of the Initial Points""; ""3.2 Selection of the Next Evaluation Point""; ""3.3 Extensions""; ""3.4 Open-Source Implementation"" ""References""""Aligning Cyber-Physical System Safety and Security""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Related Work""; ""2.1 CPS Safety""; ""2.2 CPS Security""; ""2.3 Safety and Security Integration""; ""3 Integrated CPS Safety and Security Lifecycle Process""; ""4 CPS Safety and Security Alignment Using Failure Attack-Countermeasure Graph""; ""5 FACT Graph Example""; ""6 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Singapore Road Vehicle Fleet Evolution""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Model Structu ure and Data Source""; ""3 Building ks Block of Fleet Model""; ""3.1 New Registratio on of Motor Vehicles"" ""3.2 Survival Rate a and Lifetime Distribution""""3.3 Vehicle Kilome eters Travelled (VKT)""; ""3.4 Vehicle Fuel U Use""; ""3.5 Greenhouse as Ga (GHG) Emissions""; ""4 Model Finding gs""; ""5 Future Work""; ""6 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Design and Management of Flexible On-Shore LNG Production Engineering Systems""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Background and Motivation""; ""2.1 Flexibility in Engineering Design""; ""2.2 Simulation Based Flexibility Analysis""; ""2.3 LNG Production System Design""; ""3 Scope and Pro blem Definition""; ""4 Methodology"" ""4.1 Step 1: Deterministic Analysis"" |
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Governing Metropolitan Transport : Institutional Solutions for Policy Problems / / by Simone Busetti |
Autore | Busetti Simone |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (131 p.) |
Disciplina |
330
336 338.4 338.9 351 388 913-919 |
Collana | PoliMI SpringerBriefs |
Soggetto topico |
Regional economics
Spatial economics Urban geography Public administration Transportation Public finance Service industries Regional/Spatial Science Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) Public Administration Public Economics Services |
ISBN | 3-319-10659-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 The Policy Case for Metropolitan Transport Authorities; Abstract ; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Investigating Metropolitan Transport Authorities (MTAs) Through Institutional Analysis; 1.2.1 Introducing Institutions; 1.2.2 Applied Institutional Analysis: The Case of MTAs; 1.3 Institutions and Policy Problems: The Instrumental Logic; 1.3.1 Learning from the Classics; 1.3.2 Discussing MTAs and Policy Problems; 1.4 A Static Critique on the 'Instrumental Logic'; References; 2 Institutions, Institutional Change and Policy Outcomes; Abstract ; 2.1 Introduction
2.2 Emergence, Evolution and Institutional Efficiency2.2.1 Functionalism and Equilibria-Institutions; 2.3 Looking Inside Stability and Change; 2.3.1 Stability and Path Dependence; 2.3.2 Historical Institutionalism and Varieties of Institutional Change; 2.4 Power, Institutions and Institutional Change; 2.5 A Policy Perspective on Institutional Change; 2.5.1 Who Cares? The Actors of Constituent Policies; 2.5.2 What Do Designers Want? Institutional Preferences Revisited; 2.5.3 A Peaceful Decision? Modes of Interaction for Reforming the Metropolis; 2.5.4 When Will Change Happen?; References 3 The New Governance of Transport in LondonAbstract ; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Brief History of London Transport and Institutions; 3.2.1 Policy Problems Between the Abolition of the GLC and the Constitution of the GLA; 3.3 Setting Up a New Government: The Greater London Authority; 3.3.1 No Compromise in Parliament: The 'Blair Factor' and the Labour Victory; 3.3.2 No Compromise at the Local Level: London Business and the Boroughs; 3.3.3 Avoiding Tacit Opponents: The Administrative Process; 3.3.4 Inside Labour: The PPP and the 'Livingstone Factor' 3.4 Understanding Change: New Governance for Better Transport?3.4.1 Clear Accountability: The Mayor, the Assembly and TfL; 3.4.2 A Strong Metropolitan Leadership: The Mayor, Central Government and the Boroughs; 3.4.3 A New Decision-Making for Transport Policy; 3.4.4 Solving Congestion; 3.5 Some Preliminary Conclusions; References; 4 The Metropolitan Transport Authority of Barcelona (ATM); Abstract ; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 From the Origins of Public Transport to the Abolition of the Metropolitan Government; 4.2.1 The Abolition of the Metropolitan Government; 4.3 The Establishment of the ATM 4.3.1 The Constituent Process: Beyond Coordination4.3.2 The Establishment of the ATM: Some Provisional Conclusions; 4.4 Understanding Change: New Governance for Better Transport?; 4.4.1 The ATM and the Funding System; 4.4.2 Coordinated Planning: Project Elaboration, Approval and Implementation; 4.4.3 Coordinated Services: Company Affiliations and the Operation of the Services; 4.5 The ATM Model: A Conservative Innovation; References; 5 Lessons for Institutional Designers; Abstract ; 5.1 How to Trigger Institutional Change; 5.2 Driving the Change Process 5.3 Institutional Designs for Policy Capacity |
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Busetti Simone | ||
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Nature Policies and Landscape Policies : Towards an Alliance / / edited by Roberto Gambino, Attilia Peano |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (500 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.72
910 913-919 |
Collana | Urban and Landscape Perspectives |
Soggetto topico |
Urban geography
Nature conservation Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) Nature Conservation |
ISBN | 3-319-05410-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part I: New Paradigms -- Nature Conservation and Landscapes: An Introduction to the Issues -- Bringing Together Nature and Culture: Integrating a Landscape Approach in Protected Areas Policy and Practice.-The Place of Protected Areas in the European Landscape: A EUROPARC Federation Perspective -- From Park Centric Conservation to Whole Landscape Conservation in the USA -- Ecological Functions, Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation -- A Territorial Contradiction -- Legal Frameworks for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection -- Beyond Gardens and Nature Reserves: Contemporaneous Landscapes -- From the Territory to the Landscape: The Image as a Tool for Discovery -- Part II: From Nature to Landscape and Back -- Biosphere Reserves and Protected Areas: A Liaison Dangereuse or a Mutually Beneficial Relationship? -- Connecting the Alpine Protected Areas in a Wide Ecological Infrastructure. Opportunities from a Legal Point of View -- Protected Areas, Natura 2000 Sites and Landscape. Divergent Policies on Converging Values -- Regional Planning for Linking Parks and Landscape: Innovative Issues -- Landscape and Protected Natural areas. Laws and Policies in Italy -- Evolution of Concepts and Tools for Landscape Protection and Nature Conservation -- Nature Conservation in the Urban Landscape Planning -- Protection of Peri-urban Agricultural Landscapes: Vegas and Deltas in Andalucía -- Linking Landscape Protection and Nature Conservation. Switzerland’s Experience with Protected Mire Landscapes -- Putting the Park-Landscape Alliance to the Test: Protected Landscapes as a Proving Ground -- Participatory Planning Tools for Ecotourism in Protected Areas of Morocco and Tunisia: A First Experience -- Tourism and Conservation in Protected Areas: An Economic Perspective -- Participation and Regional Governance: A Crucial Research Perspective on Protected Areas Policies -- Old and New Conservation Strategies: From Parks to Land Stewardship -- Between Nature and Landscape: The Role of Community Towards an Active Conservation in Protected Areas -- The Contractual Communities Contribution to Cultural and Natural Resource Management -- The Concept of Limits in Landscape Planning and Design -- Landscape and Ecosystem Approach to Biodiversity Conservation -- Biodiversity and Landscape Policies: Towards an Integration? A European Overview -- From P-Arks to P-Hubs: Moving from the Idea of the Protected Areas as Noah’s Arks to the Concept of Parks as Places of Meeting and Sharing (hubs) of Wider and More Efficient Frameworks -- Landscape Policies and Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation. The Experience of the Arco Latino European Landscape Observatory -- Cross-cutting Issues in Treating the Fragmentation of Ecosystems and Landscapes -- Multi-scalar and Inter-sectorial Strategies for Environment and Landscape -- Urban Landscapes and Nature in Planning and Spatial Strategies -- Integrated Planning for Landscape Protection and Biodiversity Conservation -- An Assessment of the Role of Protected Landscapes in Conserving Biodiversity in Europe -- Lessons Learned from U.S. Experience with Regional Landscape Governance: Implications for Conservation and Protected Areas -- Park, Perception, Web. Visual Preferences on Digital Native Urban Parks as a Tool for Investigating Urban Landscape Perception in Europe -- Landscape Scenic Values: Protection and Management from a Spatial-planning Perspective.- European Cultural Routes: A Tool for Landscape Enhancement -- Economic Valuation of Landscape at Risk: A Critical Review -- Towards an Integrated Economic Assessment of Landscape -- Protected Areas: Opportunities for Decentralized Financial Mechanisms? -- Part III: Experiences and Practices.-The Langhe Landscape Changes -- Cultural Landscape and Royal Historical System in Piedmont Region -- Regional Management Tools at Local Level: The Po and Orba Regional River Park.-The Landscapes of the Portofino Nature Regional Park -- The Alpi Liguri Nature Regional Park -- Towards the Park of Florence Hills -- Protected Area Planning, Institution and Management in Apulia Region: The Lama San Giorgio Nature Regional Park -- The Environmental Issue in Sicily -- The Enhancement of Historical Landscape. The Grange in Southern Europe -- Nature, Landscape, Energy: The Energy Masterplan of Emilia-Romagna Po Delta Regional Park -- How to Manage Conflicts Between Resources Exploitation and Identity Values. The Agri Valley Amid Oil Supply and the Lucanian Apennines National Park -- Planning and Management in the Otranto-Leuca Nature Park: Integration of Approaches for an Active Conservation -- A Regional Planning for Protected Areas Sustainable Development in the Mercantour and Maritime Alps. |
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Planning London for the Post-War Era 1945-1960 / / by Emmanuel V. Marmaras |
Autore | Marmaras Emmanuel V |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina |
710
900 910 913-919 |
Collana | Springer Geography |
Soggetto topico |
Regional planning
Urban planning Urban geography History Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) History, general |
ISBN | 3-319-07647-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | From the Contents: Part I The Reconstruction Question -- The British Town Planning on the eve of the Second World War -- Part II The Preparation of Planning Machinery -- Part III Replanning London -- The Central Government policy for re-planning London -- The Independent Plans for London - The Modern Architects’ Research Society (MARS) plan - Part IV Redeveloping Central London.-. |
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Marmaras Emmanuel V | ||
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Smart Milan : Innovations from Expo to Expo (1906–2015) / / by Mattia Granata |
Autore | Granata Mattia |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina |
641.3
658514 664 670 910 913-919 |
Soggetto topico |
Geography
Urban geography Culture—Study and teaching Food—Biotechnology Management Industrial management Industrial engineering Production engineering Popular Science in Geography Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) Regional and Cultural Studies Food Science Innovation/Technology Management Industrial and Production Engineering |
ISBN | 3-319-17263-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Milan, History of a Smart City -- The Capital of Modernity -- Fascism, Anti-Fascism and Modernity -- The Capital of the Miracle -- Capital of Innovation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299448003321 |
Granata Mattia | ||
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Materiale a stampa | ||
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