Urban and municipal planning and policy

This book explores the often-overlooked positive role of public housing in facilitating social movements and activism.

Informal Housing in the Global North proposes analytical and conceptual approaches to investigate the progressing 'informalisation' of contemporary housing in the Global North and beyond.

Cities in South Asia are homes to one of the highest concentrations of people anywhere in the world and the allocation of land and urban resources and the benefits that can be derived from them in this region have become increasingly contested.

Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications introduces the principle, design, fabrication and application of small-scale robots for biomedical applications.

Smart Cities are fascinating, but they also have a dark side that little is said or written about.

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This book introduces the theories and methods of Nature-Inspired Robotics in artificial intelligence.

This book provides an in-depth look at how American consumers will react to the significant social, economic and marketplace changes that will be brought about by the robot revolution.

This book offers organizations the catalyst for swift change to take strategic advantage of what AI has to offer.

In today's high-pressured world, digital transformation is everywhere on the agendas of corporate boards and has risen to the top of CEOs' strategic plans.

Thirsty is an exploration of Los Angeles' storied history in regards to water.

How do we move from defensive tactics that respond to the latest stages of capitalist urbanization, to transformative, strategic revolts, attacking the root causes and putting into practice alternative forms of urban life?

Municipalities around the world have increasingly used inclusionary housing programs to address their housing shortages.

I have never been particularly interested in slavery, perhaps because it is such an obvious fact of my family's history.

"e;If there's one place to go for everything you need to know about housing and aging, it's Stephen Golant.

In the months leading up to the birth of her first child, Hannah Palmer discovers that all three of her childhood houses have been wiped out by the expansion of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

The Civic Health Diagnostic Workbook was written with purpose: to help you diagnose your communitys civic health, plan for effective public engagement, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of your engagement processes, and also identify, benchmark, and share best practices.

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and three in Southern Africa - make up the empirical foundation of this publication.

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and three in Southern Africa - make up the empirical foundation of this publication.

There are few other human inventions that are likely to have as large an impact on our lives as machines that can think .

Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being implemented at a fast pace in almost every area of our lives.

Trading Places is about urban land markets in African cities.

This volume discusses the patterns and trends of urbanization in West Bengal - one of the most urbanized states of India in the early part of the 20th Century.

How robots will change our worldSome fear that robots could do half our jobs and even wipe us out.

Faced with a global threat to food security, it is perfectly possible that society will respond, not by a dystopian disintegration, but rather by reasserting co-operative traditions.

Suburban space has traditionally been understood as a formless remnant of physical city expansion, without a dynamic or logic of its own.

Ian Nairn taught a generation to look, and another to write.

This book presents the results of an assessment of the state of robotics in Japan, South Korea, Western Europe and Australia and a comparison of robotics R&D programs in these countries with those in the United States.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements and research in the fields of computing and intelligent information systems.

Transport is key to our daily lives.

Transport is key to our daily lives.

This book challenges the assumption that it is bad news when the economy doesn't grow.

This book challenges the assumption that it is bad news when the economy doesn't grow.

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a housing crisis in the UK.

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a housing crisis in the UK.

London has enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth in the past generation, symbolized by the towers of Canary Wharf built on the skeleton of the old docks.

London has enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth in the past generation, symbolized by the towers of Canary Wharf built on the skeleton of the old docks.

As the dynamo of South Africa's economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation's imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South.

As the dynamo of South Africa's economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation's imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South.

Find out everything you need to know to build powerful robots with the most up-to-date ROSAbout This BookThis comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow guide will help you find your way through the ROS frameworkSuccessfully design and simulate your 3D robot model and use powerful robotics algorithms and tools to program and set up your robots with an unparalleled experience by using the exciting new features from Robot KineticUse the latest version of gazebo simulator, OpenCV 3.

What does it really mean to reconstruct a city after a natural, biological or man-made disaster?

This book approaches robotics from a deep learning perspective.

This collection considers the role of long-term urban planning in the development of cities, covering a range of North American and European cities, and focusing on Belfast's social, economic and political developments.

Urban environments in the 21st Century are faced with unprecedented challenges.

San Francisco is being eroded by waves of cash flowing north from Silicon Valley.

"e;Millions of foreclosed homes and abandoned buildings on one hand; millions of Americans desperate for decent shelter on the other.

If we want to preserve what's still left of the natural world, we need to stop using so much of it.

Cities are the future.

In this groundbreaking book, Garth Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to speak back to theoretical and practical concerns.

Cities are the future.