Future City Architecture for Optimal Living

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rassia, Stamatina Th (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pardalos, Panos M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Springer Optimization and Its Applications, 102
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Mathematical models.; Mathematical optimization.; Mathematics in Art and Architecture.; Optimization.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.

  This book offers a wealth of interdisciplinary approaches to urbanization strategies in architecture centered on growing concerns about the future of cities and their impacts on essential elements of architectural optimization, livability, energy consumption and sustainability. It portrays the urb...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. If robots conquer airspace: The Architecture of The Vertical City (J. Willmann, F. Gramazio, M.Kohler)
• 2. Smart cities in a smart world (B. Murgante, G. Barruso)
• 3. Understanding the context (R. Nicholson)
• 4. Architectural mithridatism? (C. Blanchet)
• 5. The heat is on, Now we must act (W. S. W. Lim)
• 6. Hollistic approach to shape future cities (R. Tsui, S. Wu, A. Siu)
• 7. Can dense cities really be livable? (L. Hee)
• 8. Building resilient cities to climate change (M. Santamouris, C. Cartalis)
• 9. Evaluation and reliability of shape grammars for urban planning and network design (B. J. Vitins, K. W. Axhausen)
• 10. Using policy instruments to drive optimal living and sustainable consumption in the built and natural environment (T. Ibn-Mohammed, A. Acquaye, R. Greenough, S. Taylor, L. Ozawa-Meida)
• 11. Hidden surface effects: Radiant temperature as an urban and architectural comfort culprit (F. Meggers)
• 12. Weather data and solar orientations (M. Samimi)
• 13. Analysis and classification of public spaces using convex and solid-void models (J. Beirão, A. Chaszar and L. Čavić).