Managing City Evacuations

I define big data with respect to its size but pay particular attention to the fact that the data I am referring to is urban data, that is, data for cities that are invariably tagged to space and time. I argue that this sort of data are largely being streamed from sensors, and this represents a sea change in the kinds of data that we have about what happens where and when in cities. I describe ...

Debate regarding suburban sprawl in urban studies is contentious. It is fair to say that the phenomenon is not fully understood to satisfaction in the academic, policy, or planning communities and there are a host of reasons why this may be the case. Characterization of sprawl in the literature is often narrative and subjective. Measurement is piecemeal and largely data-driven. Existing studies...

The planning process of energy networks must consider the increased levels of decentralized intermittent renewable energy systems and new loads, e.g. Electric Vehicles (EVs). A distribution grid planning tool must address these new challenges, requiring methods to deal with the increased levels of uncertainty and new trends in observability and controllability of the network. Thus, an essential...

information and communication technology (ict) has transformed how we live our lives and the way we interact in different contexts. benefits of ict and its upcoming efficiencies (i.e. energy efficiency) are becoming the heart of many public services’ reforms which have influenced the time, distance and space concepts. at present, not only there is a lack of clarity about what high-quality ictba...

Abstract: The first step in drafting policies for city building and town planning is to find what kinds of issues have proved to be controversial. Complexity within city planning for many unresolved, modern problems makes the issues more complicated than before. City planning issues have formed a complex, which is never resolved by conventional methods including interview surveying and question...

Pressures for urban redevelopment are intensifying in all large cities. A new logic for urban development is required – green urbanism – that provides a spatial framework for directing population and investment inwards to brownfields and greyfields precincts, rather than outwards to the greenfields. This represents both a major opportunity and a major challenge for city planners in pluralist li...