The Nexus City
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Building Resilient Cities In China The Nexus Between Planning And Science
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Author : Xueming Chen
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-05-20
Building Resilient Cities In China The Nexus Between Planning And Science written by Xueming Chen and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-20 with Social Science categories.
This book discusses a range of planning and management issues related to building urban resiliency. It covers such topics as urban, environmental, and transportation planning, historical preservation, emergency relief and management, geographic information systems (GIS) and other technological applications. The book includes case studies of several cities and districts in China, including Shanghai, and a number of cities in the United States of America. Urban resiliency in the face of uncertainty is a priority for planning and governance in communities worldwide. In China, which has suffered many of the world’s most devastating floods, earthquakes, and typhoons, preparing for the threat of disaster has long been an important planning objective. Recent calamities, such as the 2008 Winter Storms, the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, and the 2012 Beijing Floods have only made planning for resiliency more urgent. As planners work to prepare for such events, interdisciplinary collaboration becomes increasingly important. Planners need the tools and insights offered by other fields, including both the natural and social sciences. At the same time, these interdisciplinary relationships help shape the identity of urban-rural planning in its new role as one of China’s primary academic disciplines. Thus, the nexus between planning and science is critically important in building resilient cities in China, and the Chinese planning experience can serve as an example to and benefit countries around the world.
The Nexus City
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Nexus City written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
This research elaborated in greater depth how the connectivity of WEF flows occurs and how their related governance networks reconfigure. This research argued that resource flows contain a social and a material dimension that interplay with one another in giving shape to resource provisioning systems and in connecting WEF. This research work contributed to the theorising of the urban nexus. It shed light on the socio-material interface of flows in shaping connections between WEF, and the actors facilitating these connections. Its main argument is that in the quest for understanding the WEF urban nexus, cities are crucial spaces in which environmental flows get configured and linked through governance networks. Some of the key actors to look at when identifying nexuses are switchers and programmers. These are actors that link and configure the socio-material flows of WEF facilitating the emergence of nexus governance networks. These actors play an important role on how nexus governance networks emerge, and how they connect and (re)configure WEF flows. This research focused on the interaction of structures, functions, and power dynamics of networks (re)connecting and (re)configuring WEF in higher or lesser nexus outcomes. This thesis proposed a set of concepts to analyse the nexus as exemplified through examples from geothermal energy in Reykjavik, a food centre showcase in Bologna, proximity food in Barcelona, the cases of the last mile of food and the car-regulated last time in Amsterdam (the experimental city). In the in-depth case study of Barcelona, this thesis argued that the sustainability of proximity food is not just determined by distance (between places of production and access) but by the specific ways in which food flows relate to connections with energy-and-water flows. We conclude that in Barcelona, proximity is developed as a concept to improve and gain on food sustainability and it has been employed as a crucial element in the re-coding of the urban food network and its food flows. However, such code and coding still deserve further developments in closing physical and social distances, not only within the food network (through its processes) but between the WEF dimensions at and through every process of food provisioning in Barcelona. In the in-depth case study of the car-regulated city of Amsterdam, this thesis unpacked the content and meaning of what occurs in distributing food in the proximity. The authors study the case of emergent e-transport alternatives distributing food in the last mile (following food flows on board of electric boats, electric vehicles, and electric bikes). The authors argued that a more sustainable last mile of food requires more than a shift toward greener modes of transport. It is also about the wider supporting urban infrastructure, including fuel shifts, alternative infrastructure provisioning (e.g. the use of canals as opposed to roads), and the socio-political infrastructure supporting or limiting the sustainable urban food transition (e.g. who supports or obstructs the transition). One of the final conclusions of this thesis suggests that governing the nexus requires a nexus interface which is mainly developed by switchers & programmers with the help of incumbent actors. The thesis concluded on two tools that switchers, programmers, and incumbents used for steering nexus projects in cities. 1) Food proximity: learning from food short supply chains and practice, and 2) New social relations organising water, energy, and food: the open-code experimental city. between urban versus global governance, for proximity or for an experimental-city policy. After critically reflecting on the pros and cons of such tools, this research suggests that researching the urban requires to also study the continuum of urban flows on the move (socio-material), across urban and global scales, through resource networks. A final thought on actors making the nexus of governance networks is that new social relations as shown in cities do not always come along straightforwardly. WEF nexus thinking needs to be assisted by guiding principles, concepts, methodologies, and tools (as proximity and experimentation, but also many other ones) that can provide an initial direction towards pathways of further connectivity. In either way, from a closed-code fashion or from a more open-source code one.
The Nexus Floating City Community
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Author : Eugene Tsui
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Nexus Floating City Community written by Eugene Tsui and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Cities And Affordable Housing
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Author : Sasha Tsenkova
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-06
Cities And Affordable Housing written by Sasha Tsenkova and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-06 with Architecture categories.
This book provides a comparative perspective on housing and planning policies affecting the future of cities, focusing on people- and place-based outcomes using the nexus of planning, design and policy. A rich mosaic of case studies features good practices of city-led strategies for affordable housing provision, as well as individual projects capitalising on partnerships to build mixed-income housing and revitalise neighbourhoods. Twenty chapters provide unique perspectives on diversity of approaches in eight countries and 12 cities in Europe, Canada and the USA. Combining academic rigour with knowledge from critical practice, the book uses robust empirical analysis and evidence-based case study research to illustrate the potential of affordable housing partnerships for mixed-income, socially inclusive neighbourhoods as a model to rebuild cities. Cities and Affordable Housing is an essential interdisciplinary collection on planning and design that will be of great interest to scholars, urban professionals, architects, planners and policy-makers interested in housing, urban planning and city building.
Designing Sustainable And Resilient Cities
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Author : Alessandro Melis
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-07-27
Designing Sustainable And Resilient Cities written by Alessandro Melis and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-27 with Architecture categories.
This book explores the link between the Food-Water-Energy nexus and sustainability, and the extraordinary value that small tweaks to this nexus can achieve for more resilient cities and communities. Using data from Urban Living Labs in six participating cities (Eindhoven, Gdańsk, Miami, Southend-on-Sea, Taipei, and Uppsala) to co-define context-specific challenges, the results from each city are collated into an Integrated Decision Support System to guide and improve robust decision-making on future urban development. The book presents contributions from CRUNCH, a transdisciplinary team of scholars and practitioners whose expertise spans urban climate modelling; food, water, and energy management; the design of resilient public space; collecting better urban data; and the development of smart city technology. Whilst previous works on the Food-Water-Energy nexus have focused on large, transnational cases, this book explores local ways to use the Food-Water-Energy nexus to improve urban resilience. It suggests tangible ways in which the cities and communities around us can become both more efficient and more climate resilient through small changes to their existing infrastructure. Over half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and this is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. We urgently need to make our cities more resilient. This book provides a planning tool for decision-making and concludes with policy recommendations, making it relevant to a range of audiences including urbanists, environmentalists, architects, urban designers, and city planners, as well as students and scholars interested in alternative approaches to sustainability and resilience. Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
The Nexus
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Author : Kim Richardson
language : en
Publisher: FablePrint
Release Date : 2014-04-20
The Nexus written by Kim Richardson and has been published by FablePrint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-20 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
From bestselling author Kim Richardson comes a fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Harry Potter. When Mrs. Dupont used Zoey to set The Great Junction in motion: the event that occurs when two portals from different worlds align and make a permanent doorway, with it came disaster. The two worlds cannot withstand the pull of The Great Junction, and now the worlds are collapsing. What’s worse, Zoey uncovers that her mother is kept prisoner in the Nexus. Together with her friends, Zoey must find a way to undo the damage, save her mother, and close the portals from both worlds before it’s too late. Because if she doesn't both worlds will end…
The Nexus
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Author : J. Kraft Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2012-02-01
The Nexus written by J. Kraft Mitchell and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Fiction categories.
IN THIS CITY, CRIMINALS MAY JUST MAKE THE BEST CRIME FIGHTERS.The United Space Programs built the floating city to be a better place for humanity, free of the crime and corruption that riddled the cities of Earth. They failed. Less than a century old, the satellite metropolis of Anterra now harbors a massive criminal underground.Jill Branch is just one of countless teenagers sucked into the illegal activities of the city. She's an errander - a pawn for crime lords to hire for their grunt work. But her latest task turned out to be more than she bargained for. Now she's on the run from a client who is apparently some sort of undercover government agent. But she's about to find out he doesn't want to arrest her; he wants to recruit her. And if Jill agrees, she may be part of one of the most unique crime fighting projects in history.More information at JKraftMitchell.Wordpress.com
The Invisible City
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Author : Kyle Gillette
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-23
The Invisible City written by Kyle Gillette and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-23 with Performing Arts categories.
The Invisible City explores urban spaces from the perspective of a traveller, writer, and creator of theatre to illuminate how cities offer travellers and residents theatrical visions while also remaining mostly invisible, beyond the limits of attention. The book explores the city as both stage and content in three parts. Firstly, it follows in pattern Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities, wherein Marco Polo describes cities to the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, to produce a constellation of vignettes recalling individual cities through travel writing and engagement with artworks. Secondly, Gillette traces the Teatro Potlach group and its ongoing immersive, site-specific performance project Invisible Cities, which has staged performances in dozens of cities across Europe and the Americas. The final part of the book offers useful exercises for artists and travellers interested in researching their own invisible cities. Written for practitioners, travellers, students, and thinkers interested in the city as site and source of performance, The Invisible City mixes travelogue with criticism and cleverly combines philosophical meditations with theatrical pedagogy.
Recoded City
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Author : Thomas Ermacora
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-01
Recoded City written by Thomas Ermacora and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-01 with Architecture categories.
Recoded City examines alternative urban design, planning and architecture for the other 90%: namely the practice of participatory placemaking, a burgeoning practice that co-author Thomas Ermacora terms ‘recoding’. In combining bottom-up and top-down means of regenerating and rebalancing neighbourhoods affected by declining welfare or struck by disaster, this growing movement brings greater resilience. Recoded City sheds light on a new epoch in the relationship between cities and civil society by presenting an emerging range of collaborative solutions and distributed governance models. The authors draw on their own fresh research of global pioneers forging localist design strategies, public-realm interventions and new stakeholder dynamics. As the world becomes increasingly digital and virtual, a myriad of online tools and technological options is becoming available. These give unprecedented co-creation opportunities to communities and professionals alike, yielding the benefits of a more open – DIY – society. Because of its close engagement with people, place and local identity, the field of participatory placemaking has huge untapped potential. Responding to the challenges of the Anthropocene era, Recoded City is for decision-makers, developers and practitioners working globally to make better and more liveable cities.
Water Energy Food Nexus And Climate Change In Cities
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Author : Lira Luz Benites Lazaro
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-11-15
Water Energy Food Nexus And Climate Change In Cities written by Lira Luz Benites Lazaro and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-15 with Political Science categories.
This book aims to contribute to the transdisciplinary study of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in cities and to help policy makers adopt a more integrated approach to natural resources management in urban environments to face the challenges and threats of climate change. This approach is based on a multidimensional scientific framework that seeks to understand the complex and non-linear interrelationships and interdependencies between water-energy-food under climate change and to generate solutions to reduce trade-offs among development goals and generate co-benefits that help encourage sustainable development and contribute to the achievement of SDGs, mainly SDG 11 (make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable) and SDG 13 (take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts). Governing the WEF nexus in cities is one of the greatest resource challenges of our time, as cities consume large amounts of WEF, but one that can also generate relevant alternatives with which to tackle climate change. To help fostering these alternatives, this book analyzes the governance, institutional and political economy factors that determine the effectiveness of the nexus approach and reviews the potential, the benefits and the policy implications of the adoption of the WEF nexus approach at the urban level. Through a series of hands-on cases, chapters in this book present the opportunities of the WEF nexus approach to achieve innovation and transformative change and discuss concrete areas of synergy and policy initiative to raise urban resilience. Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Climate Change in Cities will serve both as a guide for policy makers as well as a useful resource for students and researchers in fields such as urban studies, public health, environmental sciences, energy studies and public policy interested in learning how cities can represent possibilities to navigate and manage sustainability from local to global.