Technologies for urban and spatial planning
Subtitle: virtual cities and territories
By: Nuno Norte Pinto, Jose Antonio Tenedorio, Antonio Pais Antunes and Josep Roca Cladera, editors
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Hershey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781466643499; 9781466643505; 9781466643512
Subjects: City planning; Technological innovations; Cities and towns; Growth; Social aspects; Virtual reality
Description: "This book covers a multitude of newly developed hardware and software technology advancements in urban and spatial planning and architecture, drawing on the most current research and studies of field practitioners who offer solutions and recommendations for further growth, specifically in urban and spatial developments"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preamble / The Editors; title: Deconstructing smart cities / Michael Batty; title: The use of ICT in planning practice : contributions to an effective link between real and virtual cities and territories / Nuno Pinto, Dominique Lancrenon, Martin Berchtold; title: Multi-agent systems for urban planning / Andrew T. Crooks, Amit Patel and Sarah Wise; title: Dg-abc : an integrated multi-agent and cellular automata urban growth model / Elisabete A. Silva, Ning Wu; title: Smart sensoring and barrier free planning : project outcomes and recent developments / Antônio Nélson Rodrigues, Peter Zeile, Fabíola Aguiar, Georgios Papastefanou, Bergner; title: The use of social for urban planning : virtual urban landscapes created using twitter data / Fabien Neuhaus; title: Invito : an interactive visualisation tool to support spatial decision processes / Stefano Pensa, Elena Masala; title: Towards a multifunctional virtual city model / Margaret Horne, Emine Mine Thompson, James Charlton; title: Urban morphology and energy consumption : simplified tools for the estimation of energy needs and solar income at the urban and district level / Cláudio Carneiro, Eugenio Morello, Gilles Desthieux, Carla Balocco, Virginia Gori; title: New developments in geographical information technology for urban and spatial planning / José António Tenedório, Carla Rebelo, Rossana Estanqueiro, Cristina Delgado Henriques, Luis Marques, José Alberto Gonçalves; title: A 3d city model as user interface connected to an energy model / Erik Kjems, Poul Alberg Østergaard.