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Working, Housing: Urbanizing : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU

Robinson, Jennifer; Scott, Allen John; Taylor, Peter J. - 2016

patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the role of cities as centers of production and work in a globalizing …Cities in Time and Space -- Working -- Housing -- Conclusion Remarks: Urbanization -- the Future …

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Smart Cities in the Gulf : Current State, Opportunities, and Challenges

Samad, Wael A. (ed.); Azar, Elie (ed.) - 2019

In this edited volume, academics and practitioners from various disciplines investigate the challenges, opportunities and frameworks in the implementation of Smart Cities in the Gulf. The volume presents insightful analyses and identifies key lessons learned through case studies covering four...

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Transport Systems of Russian Cities : Ongoing Transformations

Blinkin, Mikhail (ed.); Koncheva, Elena (ed.) - 2016

This volume discusses post-socialist urban transport functioning and development in Russia, within the context of the country’s recent transition towards a market economy. Over the past twenty-five years, urban transport in Russia has undergone serious transformations, prompted by the...

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Smart City Implementation : Creating Economic and Public Value in Innovative Urban Systems

Dameri, Renata Paola - 2017

In a series of essays, this book describes and analyzes the concept and theory of the recent smart city phenomenon from a global perspective, with a focus on its implementation around the world. After defining the concept it then elaborates on the role of Information and Communication Technology...

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Urbanization in Asia : Governance, Infrastructure and the Environment

Sridhar, Kala Seetharam - 2014

-- Urbanization and the Environment: An Asian Perspective. … rural interventions as they influence urbanization and its problems/solutions. The second focuses on urban governance …, infrastructure programs, service delivery reforms and their evaluation. The third and final section focuses on urbanization and the …

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Private Sector Development and Urbanization in China : Strategies for Widespread Growth

Wang, Zhikai - 2015

Given the reality of China's economic development and urbanization, this book studies the development of the private … sector and the process of regional urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta region to provide a path for new urbanization …

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Complexity, Cognition, Urban Planning and Design : Post-Proceedings of the 2nd Delft International Conference

Portugali, Juval (ed.); Stolk, Egbert (ed.) - 2016

Introduction -- Part I: Complexity, Cognition and Cities -- 1. What makes cities complex? -- 2. Evolving a Plan: Design and Planning with Complexity -- 3. Self-organization and design as complementary pair -- 4. Cultivating complexity: The need for a shift in cognition -- 5. The fourth...

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Smart City : How to Create Public and Economic Value with High Technology in Urban Space

Dameri, Renata Paola - 2014

Introduction -- Smart and Digital City: A Systematic Literature Review -- Comparing Smart and Digital City: Project and Strategies in Amsterdam and Genova. Are they Digital and/or Smart? -- Smart, Smarter, Smartest: Redefining our Cities -- Recommendations to Improve the Smartness of a City --...

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Urban Innovation Networks : Understanding the City as a Strategic Resource

Gutzmer, Alexander - 2016

Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Globalized Space Versus Refuge of Locality? Beyond the Global Cities discourse -- 3 Rethinking the City: Actor-Network Theory and the Creation of Urban Connections -- 4 Urban Intensities: Architecture, Design, Affect -- 5 Rethinking Innovation: The Urban...

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Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century : Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City

Rodgers, Dennis (ed.); Beall, Jo (ed.); Kanbur, Ravi (ed.) - 2012

By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented expansion in the world's most urbanized region, Latin America, exploring the new urban reality, and the consequences for both Latin...

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