This paper describes the urban design of the digital city called AlphaWorld. AlphaWorld is a digital community created in 1995 and accessed daily through the internet by thousands of users. Unlike other digital communities, AlphaWorld’s users may also settle land and construct objects within the world. The design and content of these constructions are determined autonomously, and the cumulative...

In the 21st century, 'Smart City' and 'Smart Community' have been attracting attention in many cities around the world, in order to utilize limited resources effectively and utilize limited resources as well as establish sustainable cities. However, this smart city debate has not been activated as much as I thought. In this study, we discuss the concept of a smart city and examine cyber securit...

In June, 2011 at the United Nations (UN) in New York City, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank launched the first World Report on Disability. This short overview of the Report provides information about its purpose, development and content, intended audiences, and outcomes. Special attention is directed to the sections of the Report which address telerehabilitation and inform...

Virtual reality has been used to bring people into isolated environments that either mimic the real world or abstract worlds. This game demo presents SonicWalker, a virtual reality based city that places the participant into the environment of a person who is blind. The participant is required to navigate city streets without using any vision relying only on 3D audio.

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In the scenario of technological changes that were introduced by the waves of globalisation and the construction of an Information Society, together with recent national distresses, Brazilian cities face the challenge of combining competitiveness and sustainable urban development. Having in mind this complex landscape, this article seeks to analyse the experience Rio Operations Centre (ROC) of ...

the local institutions in iran, like many countries in the world, have been established in order to realize decentralization system. the city councils are one of the most important institutions which conduct the affairs of the city with theirs executive organs. these councils make some important decisions in their legal jurisdictions which review on these decisions is very important. so the leg...