| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| [NT 15000414]: |
307.1/216 |
| Title/Author: |
Sustainable infrastructure : breakthroughs in research and practice // Information Resources Management Association. |
| Published: |
Hershey, Pennsylvania : : IGI Global,, 2019. |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xxiii, 1044 p.) |
| Subject: |
City planning. |
| Subject: |
Ecovillages. |
| Subject: |
Infrastructure (Economics) |
| ISBN: |
9781799809494 (ebk.) |
| ISBN: |
9781799809487 (hbk.) |
| [NT 15000227]: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| [NT 15000228]: |
Volume I. Section 1. Communication and energy systems. Chapter 1. Enabling policies for advancing sustainability of electricity access programs ; Chapter 2. Efficient control strategies to optimize electricity cost and consumer satisfaction ; Chapter 3. Modelling software-defined wireless sensor network architectures for smart grid neighborhood area networks ; Chapter 4. Optimized base station sleeping and renewable energy procurement scheme using PSO ; Chapter 5. Monitoring and optimization of pilot pollution in high-rise ; Chapter 6. An energy management strategy and fuel cell configuration proposal for a hybrid renewable system with hydrogen backup ; Chapter 7. Feasibility study of renewable energy integrated electric vehicle charging infrastructure ; Chapter 8. Hybrid particle swarm and gravitational search optimization techniques for charging plug-in hybrid electric vehicles -- Section 2. Housing and construction. Chapter 9. Improving the use of BIM using system engineering for infrastructure projects ; Chapter 10. An intelligent approval system for city construction based on cloud computing and big data ; Chapter 11. Challenges facing building construction in Developing countries ; Chapter 12. Classical building materials ; Chapter 13. Management efficiency building materials ; Chapter 14. A review on reduced environmental impacts of alternative green concrete productions ; Chapter 15. The effects of vertical stress on the liquefaction potential originated from buildings in the urban areas: a case study ; Chapter 16. Bank credit applications and advancement recommendations in regards to sustainable buildings in Turkey ; Chapter 17. Integrated model of affordable housing delivery for the city of Windhoek -- Section 3. Planning and governance. Chapter 18. Land use, economic welfare and property values: an analysis of the interdependencies of the real-estate market with zonal and socio-economic variables in the municipalities of Apulia Region (Italy) ; Chapter 19. Economic instruments for sustainable environmental management ; Chapter 20. Integrated economic and spatial planning for the food-energy-water Nexus ; Chapter 21. Government's role in setting optimal policies for green supply chain ; Chapter 22. Incorporating the negotiation process in urban planning DSS -- Volume II. Chapter 23. How technologies can enhance open policy making and citizen-responsive urban planning: miramap - a governing tool for the Mirafiori Sud District in Turin (Italy) ; Chapter 24. Social media for public involvement and sustainability in international planning and development ; Chapter 25. Emotional mapping in local neighbourhood planning: case study of Příbram, Czech Republic ; Chapter 26. Sustainable infrastructures: a new infrastructure investment strategy ; Chapter 27. Using an online data portal and prototype analysis tools in an investigation of spatial livability planning ; Chapter 28. Analysis of environmental infrastructure sustainability of low cost apartment: Rusunawa in Jakarta ; Chapter 29. Smart cities in Spain: policy, sustainability, and the national plan new political measures, agents, and sustainability ; Chapter 30. Mapping the commons in Istanbul: finance of public infrastructural investments in northern forests -- Section 4. Sanitation and water treatment systems. Chapter 31. Waste disposal: sustainable waste treatments and facility siting concerns ; Chapter 32. Polymer consumption, environmental concerns, possible disposal options, and recycling for water treatment ; Chapter 33. Sustainable environmental service - knowledge management: a case of Bangkok MSW management ; Chapter 34. Selecting demolition waste materials disposal alternatives using fuzzy TOPSIS technique ; Chapter 35. Design and operation of semi-aerobic landfill ; Chapter 36. Items of consideration in the design of a Malaysian landfill ; Chapter 37. Assessment of available technologies for hospital waste management: a need for society ; Chapter 38. Utilization of SVM, LSSVM and GP for predicting the medical waste generation ; Chapter 39. Structure development for effective medical waste and hazardous waste management system -- Section 5. Transportation systems. Chapter 40. Modelling formalisms for green transportation systems ; Chapter 41. A specific issue on sustainability of transportation planning in an urban region: ambulance location problem ; Chapter 42. Increase of transportation efficiencies and emission reduction within a city ; Chapter 43. Comparative analysis of public transport users' perception targeting sustainable transportation ; Chapter 44. Applications of nanotechnology in transportation engineering ; Chapter 45. The role of engineers and their tools in the transport sector after paradigm change: from assumptions and extrapolations to science ; Chapter 46. A mathematical model for demand distribution in an air transport network: an application to Sardinia ; Chapter 47. California's "fast-track" to high-speed rail: the early challenges and ultimate success of the california high-speed rail project ; Chapter 48. A business development strategy for India's rail company ircon in expanding businesses to Asia, Africa and Middle East. |
| [NT 15000229]: |
"This book examines sustainable development through the lens of transportation, waste management, land use planning, and governance"-- |
| Online resource: |
http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-7998-0948-7 |