The collection and treatment of waste poses a major challenge to modern urban planning, particularly to smart cities. To cope with this problem, a cost-effective alternative to conventional methods is the use of Automated Vacuum Waste Collection (AVWC) systems, using air suction on a closed network of underground pipes to transport waste from the drop off points scattered throughout the city to...

Modelling urban dynamics is mostly pronounced in metropolitan areas, where spatial information science could contribute to efforts of understanding the pattern and future characteristics. This paper discusses the past, current and future trend of land-use dynamics of European part of the Istanbul Metropolitan. Studies on urban growth modelling state that, there is no consensus on the selection ...

Urban fabric characterization is very useful in urban design, planning, modeling and simulation. It is traditionally considered as a descriptive task mainly based on visual inspection of urban plans. Cartographic databases and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities make possible the analytical formalization of this issue. This paper proposes a renewed approach to characterize urban f...