Urban and municipal planning and policy

A fully revised fifth edition providing comprehensive coverage of flexible multibody system dynamics.

The research textbook surveys the field for young HCI researchers who are making their way in the world of research.

A fully revised fifth edition providing comprehensive coverage of flexible multibody system dynamics.

Integrates theory, algorithms, modeling, and computer implementation while solved examples show realistic engineering optimization problems.

Discusses the use of manipulators on satellites and the dynamics of satellites carrying robotic manipulators and of planetary rovers.

Guides readers in the new and growing research field of Ambient/Active Assisted Living to understand its multidisciplinary background.

Investigates Roman built environments from architectonic and planning perspectives, while celebrating the achievements of the provinces as well as Italy.

An introductory textbook for engineering students, connecting finite element theory with practical application and implementation.

Inclusion and Exclusion of the Urban Poor in Dhaka explores how the inhabitants of poor neighborhoods in Dhaka, Bangladesh, gain inclusion in the city at the face of exclusion.

A modern look at state estimation, targeted at students and practitioners of robotics, with emphasis on three-dimensional applications.

A modern and unified treatment of the mechanics, planning, and control of robots, suitable for a first course in robotics.

A modern look at state estimation, targeted at students and practitioners of robotics, with emphasis on three-dimensional applications.

This beginning graduate textbook teaches data science and machine learning methods for modeling, prediction, and control of complex systems.

This beginning graduate textbook teaches data science and machine learning methods for modeling, prediction, and control of complex systems.

A unique, top-down treatment of the principles and practice of signal processing used in real mobile communications systems.

A unique, top-down treatment of the principles and practice of signal processing used in real mobile communications systems.

A presentation of the challenges of European rural landscape management, exploring alternatives that incorporate place-based approaches.

A presentation of the challenges of European rural landscape management, exploring alternatives that incorporate place-based approaches.

Research volume on urban energy transition that will have wide interdisciplinary appeal to researchers in energy, urban and environmental studies.

Shows how highways facilitated the sorting of Democrats and Republicans along urban-suburban lines, polarizing the politics of metropolitan development.

Shows how highways facilitated the sorting of Democrats and Republicans along urban-suburban lines, polarizing the politics of metropolitan development.

Analyses voluntary programs for sustainable buildings and cities, a prominent strategy to mitigate climate change.

In the digital-driven economy era, an AI-oriented competency framework (AIoCF) is a collection to identify AI-oriented knowledge, attributes, efforts, skills, and experiences (AKASE) that directly and positively affect the success of employees and the organization.

The rapid and tumultuous technological transformation of our societies has triggered a self-exploratory public debate about what it means to be human.

Over 100 scientists, architects, journalists, artists and activists address creatively the unprecedented challenges facing an Urban Planet.

Over 100 scientists, architects, journalists, artists and activists address creatively the unprecedented challenges facing an Urban Planet.

The first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates, suitable for students and researchers alike.

The first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates, suitable for students and researchers alike.

Artificial Intelligence presents a practical guide to AI, including agents, machine learning and problem-solving simple and complex domains.

Describes the physics of the coastal ocean, for advanced students, researchers, urban planners, and environmental engineers.

Describes the physics of the coastal ocean, for advanced students, researchers, urban planners, and environmental engineers.

The first richly illustrated worldwide portrayal of urban ecology, tying together organisms, built structures, and the physical environment around cities.

The first richly illustrated worldwide portrayal of urban ecology, tying together organisms, built structures, and the physical environment around cities.

Scholarly history of efforts to reduce the environmental costs of US suburban development.

Scholarly history of efforts to reduce the environmental costs of US suburban development.

Introducing multibody dynamics with an emphasis on flexible body dynamics, this edition features an additional chapter with explanations for the fundamental issues addressed.

Mobile Robotics offers comprehensive coverage of the essentials of the field, suitable for both students and practitioners.

An authoritative and accessible one-stop resource, the first edition of An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence presented one of the first comprehensive examinations of AI.

Mobile Robotics offers comprehensive coverage of the essentials of the field, suitable for both students and practitioners.

This 2006 book combines modern and traditional solid mechanics topics in a coherent theoretical framework.

Critical Infrastructure: Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Fifth Edition represents a continuation of research and recommendations from the past editions that spans nearly twenty years of focusing on critical infrastructure (CI) protection.

Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angelestraces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the citys growth: Phineas Banning, Harrison Gray Otis, Henry Huntington, Harry Chandler, William Mulholland, and Moses Sherman.

An accessible introduction to the unifying principles of ecology through the exploration of urban ecosystems.

An accessible introduction to the unifying principles of ecology through the exploration of urban ecosystems.

In a world defined by ever-deepening crises-climate, social, economic, and political-urban spaces emerge as both battlegrounds of injustice and the arenas of possibility.

Energy Efficiency Applications in Buildings presents an investigation into the energy use and measures to improve the energy efficiency of existing building stock in the UK.

Leading figures in Australian robotics research provide an overview and guidance for human-robot interaction (HRI) experimental design and evaluation methodologies that consider the ethical implications of the research and its applications from a human-centred and contextual perspective.

Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices explores how the changing modes of representation in architecture and urbanism relate to the transformation of how the addressees of architecture and urbanism are conceived.

This book is an inspiring exploration of Solheimar Ecovillage in Iceland, a pioneering community that embodies sustainability, social responsibility, and inclusivity.