Political Science : City Planning & Urban Development

As societies face the challenge of securing an efficient and environmentally sound energy supply, researchers have strived to determine the future development of energy consumption, infrastructure and technology endowment. This book proposes a new agent-based approach to studying the development of urban energy systems. Decisions of private and commercial investors and operators are modeled using a bounded rational decision model which are parameterized by socio-economic data. The study goes on to analyze the impact of firms??? competition on technology diffusion and calculate diffusion curves for energy technologies such as solar collectors, boilers and efficiency upgrades for buildings. While making an important methodological contribution to the field of energy modelling, the author also presents practical results which will help urban planners and policy makers take more accurate decisions. As societies face the challenge of securing an efficient and environmentally sound energy supply, researchers have strived to determine the future development of energy consumption, infrastructure and technology resources. This book proposes a new agent-based approach to studying the development of urban energy systems. Decisions of private and commercial investors and operators are modeled using a bounded rational decision model which are parameterized by socio-economic data. The study goes on to analyze the impact of firms??? competition on technology diffusion and to calculate diffusion curves for energy technologies such as solar collectors, boilers and efficiency upgrades for buildings. While making an important methodological contribution to the field of energy modeling, theauthor also presents practical results, which will help policy makers and urban planners make more accurate decisions. more...

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International contributors outline a new approach to environmental evaluation based on decision theory, policy analysis, and environmental considerations. The collection--which focuses on EU directives and policy--presents recent research on implementation of Analytical Strategic Environmental Assessment, or ANSEA, which aims to ensure that environ more...

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Visual technology now saturates everyday life. Theories of the visual - now key to debates across cultural studies, social theory, art history, literary studies and philosophy - have interpreted this condition as the beginning of a dystopian future, of cultural decline, social disempowerment and political passivity. This book presents a wide-ranging critical reassessment of contemporary visual culture through an analysis of pivotal technological innovation from the telescope, through photography to film. A range of theorists - from Baudelaire to Merleau-Ponty, Debord, Benjamin, Virilio, Jameson, Baudrillard and Derrida - have explored how technology not only reinvents the visual but also changes the nature of culture itself. The heartland of all such cultural analysis has been the city, from Baudelaire's flaneur to Benjamin's Arcades. Drawing on the examples of Paris and New York - two key world cities since the 19th century - the book analyses how visual technology is revolutionising the landscape of modern thought, politics and culture. more...

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'This truly inspirational tour de force takes readers on a tremendous global journey of discovery to put the art back into city-making. All those involved in the future of cities should read this monumental work...your imagination will be freed. Practical guidance combined with visionary insights and challenges weave through every chapter' Clive Harridge President Royal Town Planning Institute UK 'Charles Landry has been a long term contributor to "the art of city-making". In his new book he provides a clear insight into this lost art and the way forward as our cities must become attractive sustainable and financially viable living environments.' Professor Rob Adams Director Design & Culture City of Melbourne Australia 'This book has power and art to evolve Asian and Japanese cities creatively and it is a bible for people interested in the future of a city.' Dr Masayuki Sasaki Dean Professor of Graduate School for Creative Cities Osaka City University Japan 'City-making is a difficult art and Charles Landry has captured its essence. His world view is valuable to people everywhere who care about cities. All of his books sit highlighted and dog-eared near my desk and this one will be no exception.' Carol Coletta President CEOs for Cities USA and host and producer of the Smart City radio programme City-making is an art not a formula. The skills required to re-enchant the city are far wider than the conventional ones like architecture engineering and land-use planning. There is no simplistic ten-point plan but strong principles can help send good city-making on its way. The vision for 21st century cities must be to be the most imaginative cities for the world rather than in the world. This one change of word from 'in' to 'for' gives city-making an ethical foundation and value base. It helps cities become places of solidarity where the relations between the individual the group outsiders to the city and the planet more...

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This book analyses the ways in which architects have presented their designs for clients and the public, both historically and contemporarily. more...

Price: $170.00