eBooks from the Library
Intelligent Infrastructure by
While many of its traditional elements, such as roads and utilities, do not change, urban infrastructure is undergoing a fascinating and necessary transformation in the wake of new information and communication technologies. This volume brings together many of the most important new voices in the fields impacting modern urban infrastructure to explore this revolutionary change in the city. Increasingly, it is connective systems rather than built forms that bind a city together.
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2017
Bike Boom by
Bicycling advocates envision a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation. While many global cities are seeing the number of bike commuters increase, this future is still far away; at times, urban cycling seems to be fighting for its very survival. Will we ever witness a true "bike boom" in cities?
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2017
City Cycling by
A guide to today's urban cycling renaissance, with information on cycling's health benefits, safety, bikes and bike equipment, bike lanes, bike sharing, and other topics. Bicycling in cities is booming, for many reasons: health and environmental benefits, time and cost savings, more and better bike lanes and paths, innovative bike sharing programs, and the sheer fun of riding.
Call Number: eBOOKPublication Date: 2012
Green Cities by
Via 150 signed articles, Green Cities: An A-to-Z Guide provides an overview of the key concepts that urban planners, policy makers, architects, engineers, and developers use to understand the sustainability dimensions of the urban environment. It identifies cities that have taken steps to become greener and discusses the strategies they have used; it also reviews broad concepts associated with green cities.
Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2011
Cutting Edge Energy Technology by
Every day scientists and researchers are racing to reshape the future with cutting-edge technologies meant to harvest power from new sources, improve energy efficiency, and slow climate change. This book covers breakthroughs in battery technology, new developments in green building construction, and the expansion of "smart" houses, roads, and cities based on the Internet of Things.
Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2016
Rooftops as lungs
The Cities we'd like to live in - from sustainability for all.
Green buildings - vertical forests
- BOSCO VERTICALE (VERTICAL FOREST), MILAN "On flat land, each Vertical Forest equals, in amount of trees, an area of 20,000 square meters of forest. In terms of urban densification it is the equivalent of an area of a single family dwelling of nearly 75,000 sq.m. The vegetal system of the Vertical Forest contributes to the construction of a microclimate, produces humidity, absorbs CO2 and dust particles and produces oxygen."
- Boston medical centre roof-top farm "The Boston Medical Center Rooftop Farm harvests approximately 25 different crops, absorbs stormwater and reduces the building’s carbon footprint at the same time as it provides thousands of pounds of fresh, healthy produce for patients and the hospital’s Preventative Food Pantry and other programs. A sign advertises BMC’s daily farm offerings on a sign outside the cafeteria entrance."
Around Australia
- Future cities: Planning for our growing populationInfrastructure Australia published the Australian Infrastructure Plan in February 2016. It outlines an evidence-based pathway towards more efficient and productive infrastructure for Australia’s future. The Plan
explored some of the key challenges facing Australian cities in the context of population growth:
Super Cities [Hypothetical]
Hypothetical: Super Cities [58:58 mins]
What happens if Australia faces a population explosion. What will our future cities look like and who gets to decide? Ali Moore gathers a panel including John Brumby and Bernard Salt to ponder the issues of a Big Australia.
SOURCE: ABC News 24 (2018), Hypothetical: Super Cities, posted on ClickView, https://clickv.ie/w/WWys.
Around the world
This compares cars, busses, light rail for 200 people [ Click on the image.]
E2 Transport: Portland
E2 Transport: Portland - A sense of place [25:25 mins]
Thanks to a progressive public transportation portfolio that includes train, streetcar, bus and aerial tram, Portland has become a global model of transit-oriented development (TOD).
SOURCE: E2 Transport (2010) Portland - A sense of place, posted on Clickview, https://clickv.ie/w/CYys
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