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1 online resource. |
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Urban development and infrastructure.
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Urban development and infrastructure.
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"This is an edited, reformatted and augmented version of a report issued by the Executive Office [of the] President, February 2016"-- pg. [1]. |
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Includes : a list of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, end notes and index. |
Contents |
Preface; Chapter 1; Report to the President: Technology and the Future of Cities; President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Executive Summary; Recommendations; 1. Introduction; 2. Current Activities and Near-Term Future Opportunities; 2.1. Technologies Being Implemented Today and in the Near Future; 2.1.1. Transportation; 2.1.2. Energy; 2.1.3. Buildings and Housing; 2.1.4. Water; 2.1.5. Urban Farming; 2.1.6. Urban Manufacturing; 2.2. Transformations Happening in Urban Development Districts; 2.2.1. Energy-Efficient "Green" Districts; 2.2.2. Convenient, Accessible, "Mobile" Districts; 2.2.3. Connected, "Inclusive" Districts; 2.3. Data-Enabled Pilot Projects Being Implemented by City Chief Technology Officers; 2.4. The Emerging Urban Science Profession and Degrees; 2.4.1. Urban Science Tools for Interactive City Modeling; 2.4.2. Practitioner Certification and Accreditation Programs; 2.5. Current Federal Government Initiatives; 3. A National Platform for Sharing Information, Software, Results, and Best Practices; 3.1. City Web.3.2. International Collaboration and Participation in the Development of International Standards to Help Create a Worldwide Industry; |
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4. Opportunities for the Federal Government to Accelerate Progress; 4.1. International Activities and U.S. Competitiveness; 4.2. What Should the U.S. Government Do?; 4.3. Coordinated Interagency Programs and Incentives for City and District Technology Adoption; 4.3.1. Demonstration Projects; 4.3.2. Certification and Accreditation Programs to Create the Workforce of Tomorrow to Implement the New City Technologies; 4.3.3. Certification Standards and Goals Beyond the Building Level; 4.3.4. The City Web; 4.4. Recommendations; 4.5. Federal Government Funding for Technology Adoption; 4.6. Formalized Coordination of R and D across Government Agencies; Appendix A. The City Web; A Growing Set of Technology Savvy Stakeholders; New Practices of Data Creation and Open Data Portals; Technology and Data Exchange with Standardized Protocols and Application Program Interfaces (APLs); Data Analytics for Prediction and Optimization; Integrated Modeling and Scenario Evaluation; |
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Conclusion: City Web and the Vision of an Information-Enabled City; Appendix B. Data-Enabled Pilot Projects; Improving Public Health and Asthma with Data-Driven Services; Reducing Air Pollution with Shared Energy Use Data and Emissions Accounting; Eliminating Deaths and Serious Injuries on the City's Streets Using Data-Driven Approaches; Improving Fire Prevention with Artificial Intelligence; Making Street Services Technology Efficient; Crime Prediction; Improving Recycling by Integrating Public and Private Data in Real Time. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Municipal services -- Information technology -- United States.
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Municipal services. |
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Information technology. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Washington, Diana L., editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Technology and the future of cities New York : Nova Publishers, [2016] 9781536104189 (DLC) 2016498007 |
ISBN |
9781536104189 |
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9781536104196 (eBook) |
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1536104191 |
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1536104183 |
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