Arama Sonuçları - "Nairobi"

Towards Cognitive Cities Advances in Cognitive Computing and its Application to the Governance of Large Urban Systems /

İçindekiler: “…-- From Smart to Cognitive: A Roadmap for the Adoption of Technology in Cities -- Maturity Model for Cognitive Cities: Three Case Studies -- Cognitive Cities, Big Data and Citizen Participation: The Essentials of Privacy and Security -- Towards the Improvement of Citizen Communication through Computational Intelligence -- Digital Personal Assistant for Cognitive Cities: A Paper Prototype -- Verbalization of Dependencies Between Concepts Built Through Fuzzy Cognitive Maps -- Cognitive Cities: The Nairobi Case -- Innovative Urban Governance: A Game Oriented Approach to Influencing Energy Behavior -- Diversity Measures for Smart Cities.…”
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Creative Hubs in Question Place, Space and Work in the Creative Economy /

İçindekiler: “…; Marisol Sandoval and Jo Littler -- PART 2: LOOKING OUTSIDE THE CLUSTER -- Chapter 9: Istanbul's Sounds and its 'Creative' Hubs: Creative Actors Articulating the City into Transnational Networks through Music; Ceren Mert -- Chapter 10: Nairobi's iHub: Technology for Society; Øyvind Økland -- Chapter 11: Producing Values: Impact Hub Birmingham as Co-Working and Social Innovation Space; Paul Long and Annette Naudin -- Chapter 12: Punk Rock Entrepreneurship: All-Ages DIY Music Venues and the Urban Economic Landscape; Michael Seman -- Chapter 13: Thinking through the Creative Hub in Peripheral Places: A Long-View of the Dartington Hall Experiment in Rural Reconstruction through Creativity; Nicola J. …”
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The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa

İçindekiler: “…Part I -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Climate Change, Urban Planning and Sustainable Development in Africa: The Difference worth Appreciating; Michael Addaney and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah -- Part II: Climate Change Adaptation in urban Africa: land tenure, biodiversity conservation and local responses -- Chapter Two: Towards Sustainable Development in Africa: The Challenge of Urbanization and Climate Change; Matthew Ogwu -- Chapter Three: Community-Based Mapping Methodology for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Quarry Road West Informal Settlement, Durban, South Africa; Bahle Mazeka, Catherine Sutherland, Sibongile Buthelezi and Duduzile Khumalo -- Chapter Four: Urban Residents and Communities Responses to Climate Change Impacts in Tamale, Ghana; Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Enoch Akwasi Kosoe -- Chapter Five: Urban Farmers' Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Variability in Ibadan, Nigeria; Bolanle Wahab and Ayobami Popoola -- Chapter Six: Placing Climate Change in Wetland Conservation and Urban Agriculture Contestations in Harare, Zimbabwe; Luckymore Matenga -- Chapter Seven: Heritage Preservation in a Changing Climate: The Potential of Green Infrastructure on the Île de Saint-Louis, Senegal; Samantha McLean -- Chapter Eight: Competing Interests in Urban Biodiversity Management in the Context of a Changing Climate: A Case Study of the Giba Gorge Environmental Precinct, South Africa; Chuma Banji Chinzila, Andrew Emmanuel Okem, Fathima Ahmed and Urmila Bob -- Chapter Nine: Exploring the Future of Nairobi National Park in a Changing Climate and Urban Growth; Obed Matundura Ogega, Hellen Njoki Wanjohi and James Mbugua -- Part III: Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Towards Policy and Practice -- Chapter Ten: Connecting climate change to poverty reduction: Poverty Reduction Co-Benefits of Climate Change-Related Projects in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa; Andrew Emmanuel Okem -- Chapter Eleven: Beyond climate change adaptation in urban Africa: A synthesis of urban food (in)security; Bright Nkrumah -- Chapter Twelve: Thinking into the future: Constructing social security law as climate change adaptation strategy in urban South Africa; Ademola Oluborode Jegede and Crystal Mokoena -- Chapter Thirteen: Governing river rehabilitation for climate adaptation and water security in Durban, South Africa; Partick Martel, Catherine Sutherland, Sibongile Buthelezi and Duduzile Khumalo -- Part IV: Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Institutional Responses in Urban Africa -- Chapter Fourteen: Towards Citizen-led Planning for Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Ghana: Hints from Japanese "Machizukuri" Activities; Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Matthew Abunyewah, Michihiro Kita -- Chapter Fifteen: Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana: The Future of Spatial Planning; Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini -- Chapter Sixteen: Institutional Responses to Climate Change Adaptation: Flood Management at the Metropolitan Level in Accra, Ghana; Prosper Issahaku Korah and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah -- Chapter Seventeen: Adaptation Governance and Building Resilience in the face of Climate Change in African Cities: Policy Responses and Emerging Practices from Accra; Michael Addaney -- Chapter Eighteen: Missed Opportunities: Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Ghana and Uganda; Stephen Diko.…”
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