Holism, collective intelligence, climate change and sustainable cities
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Holism, collective intelligence, climate change and sustainable cities
As the Earth’s systems are under increasing unsustainable pressures, human security is clearly at stake. Cities are regarded to be increasingly important sites for climate responses, and something can still be solved if humankind acts quickly. Novel methods to long-standing quandaries, such as climate change, can now be applied. It is proposed that city adaptation and mitigation strategies shou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Procedia Computer Science
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1877-0509
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2017.05.315