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

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Introduction to the Urban History of China by Fu, Chonglan, Cao, Wenming

Table of Contents: “…PART ONE Chinese Urban History and Chinese Civilization -- Resplendent Brilliance of Chinese Urban History in the World Urban History -- The Geographical, Economical, Social and Cultural Background of the History of Chinese Urban Evolution -- The Exploration of the Several Major Factors Affecting the Formation and Development of Chinese Cities -- Theories and Methods to Study Chinese Urban History -- PART TWO THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF CHINESE CITIES -- The Origin of Ancient Chinese Cities -- Cradle of Chinese Urban Culture -- Urban Development of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the System of Enfeoffment -- Urban Development over the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods -- Xianyang----the First Major City of Feudal State Power in Chinese History -- Chang'an----A Capital City Originating from a Village -- The Evolvement and Development of Luoyang -- Capitals and Landscapes of the Three Kingdoms -- South-Ascendingand North-Descending Phenomenon in Urban Development in Northern Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties -- Daxing City-the National Unified Centrum of Water Resources -- Chang'an and the Grand Canal of the Tang Dynasty -- Cities During the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period, and the Turning Point of Chinese Urban History -- Prosperity of the Capital City Kaifeng and the Bian River -- Lin'an in Southern Song -A Great Convergence of Southern and Northern Cultures -- Springing Up of Cities of Liao, Jin, and Western Xia and Transformation of the History of Minorities -- Unprecedented Urban Development of the Yuan Dynasty -- The Cities in the Ming Dynasty and the Germination of Capitalism -- Transformation of Chinese Cities in the Early Qing Dynasty -- The Urban Evolution in Modern Times.…”
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The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa

Table of Contents: “…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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Perspectives on Rural Tourism Geographies Case Studies from Developed Nations on the Exotic, the Fringe and the Boring Bits in Between /

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Materials, transportation and environmental engineering : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Conference on Materials, Transportation and Environmental Engin...

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Gender and the local-global nexus theory, research, and action /

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Design Computing and Cognition '16

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