Building Sustainable Cities of the Future, Bishop Justin
Автор: Justin Bishop Название: Building Sustainable Cities of the Future ISBN: 331954456X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319544564 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book draws upon the expertise of academic researchers, urban planners and architects to explore the challenge of building the sustainable cities of the future.
How better information and better access to it improves the quality of our decisions and makes for a more vibrant participatory society.
Information is power. It drives commerce, protects nations, and forms the backbone of systems that range from health care to high finance. Yet despite the avalanche of data available in today's information age, neither institutions nor individuals get the information they truly need to make well-informed decisions. Faulty information and sub-optimal decision-making create an imbalance of power that is exaggerated as governments and corporations amass enormous databases on each of us. Who has more power: the government, in possession of uncounted terabytes of data (some of it obtained by cybersnooping), or the ordinary citizen, trying to get in touch with a government agency? In Missed Information, David Sarokin and Jay Schulkin explore information -- not information technology, but information itself -- as a central part of our lives and institutions. They show that providing better information and better access to it improves the quality of our decisions and makes for a more vibrant participatory society.
Sarokin and Schulkin argue that freely flowing information helps systems run more efficiently and that incomplete information does just the opposite. It's easier to comparison shop for microwave ovens than for doctors or hospitals because of information gaps that hinder the entire health-care system. Better information about such social ills as child labor and pollution can help consumers support more sustainable products.The authors examine the opacity of corporate annual reports, the impenetrability of government secrets, and emerging techniques of "information foraging." The information imbalance of power can be reconfigured, they argue, with greater and more meaningful transparency from government and corporations.
Автор: Andrew Thatcher, Paul H.P. Yeow (Editors) Название: Ergonomics and Human Factors for a Sustainable Future ISBN: 9811080712 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811080715 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 21953.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book focuses on different sustainable products and services, such as electrical vehicles, green buildings, and biophilic and biomimetic systems, at multiple hierarchical levels within its chapters.
Автор: Marsden Terry, Morley Adrian Название: Sustainable Food Systems: Building a New Paradigm ISBN: 0415639557 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415639552 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8114.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm. This book brings together an integrated range of key social science insights exploring the contributions and interventions necessary to build this framework.
Автор: Mohammad Dastbaz Название: Building Sustainable Futures: Design and the Built Environment ISBN: 3319193473 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319193472 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15957.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents state-of-the-art research and case studies on new approaches to the design, construction and planning of our cities.
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