Big Data for Urban Sustainability A Human-Centered Perspective
This book presents a practical framework for the application of big data, cloud, and pervasive and complex systems to sustainable solutions for urban environmental challenges. It covers the technologies, potential, and possible and impact of bi
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Data for Urban Sustainability A Human-Centered Perspective
Big Data for Urban Sustainability
Stephen Jia Wang • Patrick Moriarty
Big Data for Urban Sustainability A Human-Centered Perspective
Stephen Jia Wang School of Design Royal College of Art Kensington Gore London, SW7 2EU, UK
Patrick Moriarty Monash University-Caulfield Campus Department of Design Caulfield East, VIC, Australia
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Preface
Today, the majority of the world’s population live in cities, in contrast to 1950, when under 30% were urban residents. However, has human society created some kind of monster that has already started harming humankind and other creatures on this planet? If so, it’s time to ask: where are we heading? Vast megacities endlessly expanding in both vertical and horizontal directions? More dense living environments? A more conflictual relationship between urban environment and the natural environment? Urban sustainability has become the key to the future of our civilization. Due to the dense concentration of both population and industrial activities, the quality of life of city dwellers already faces various challenges, typically air and noise pollution, traffic congestion and social stress, to a much greater extent than their non-urban counterparts. Nevertheless, urban areas are usually wealthier than non-urban regions, so that roughly 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and a simila
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