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Development Paradigms for Urban Housing in BRICS Countries
Tiwari, Piyush - 2016
This book is a concise treatise of the alternative paradigms used in BRICS countries to tackle urban housing shortages. There are a number of alternative methods for meeting these shortages which BRICS countries have adopted. These alternatives may agree in terms of desired outcome, but when it...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012692815
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396627
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398171
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014018466
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019972
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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 --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014020690
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306575