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Ubiquitous eco cities : infrastructure, technology and management [PDF]

, 2011
Efficient and effective urban management systems for Ubiquitous Eco Cities require having intelligent and integrated management mechanisms. This integration includes bringing together economic, socio-cultural and urban development with a well ...
Han, Jung Hoon, Yigitcanlar, Tan, Jung Hoon Han, Tan Yigitcanlar   +3 more
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Adaptive Conductive Systems: Enabling Deformable Electronics Through Engineered Materials, Circuits, and Intelligent Systems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review presents the research advances of adaptive conductive systems from the perspective of materials, circuits, systems, and applications. Deformable conductors consist of substrates/matrices and conductive materials, structural design of circuit interconnections, fabrication of circuit interconnections, as well as intelligent systems ...
Yufei Lu, Siyu Liang, Jingyi Niu, Jie Chen, Shuo Zhang, Hongjian Zhang, Dongsheng Jia, Wei Huang   +7 more
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Eco-cities and Sustainable Urbanism

, 2015
The ‘eco-city,’ and related concepts and practices of ‘sustainable urbanism,’ have since the early 2000s gained growing international popularity and entered mainstream policy as a consequence of the forceful combination of global climate change concerns ...
Joss, S.
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Polydopamine‐Wool Textiles for Sustainable Interfacial Solar Vapor Generation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A natural wool textile engineered for high solar absorbance and a fast‐wicking structure serves as a highly efficient, single‐layer system for interfacial solar vapor generation (ISVG). This integrated evaporator seamlessly couples rapid water transport with continuous evaporation. Ultimately, this sustainable photothermal design offers a scalable, eco‐
Kyuin Park, Jintong Gao, Hansadi Jayamaha, Yipu Wang, Mia Bressler, Lenan Zhang, Larissa M. Shepherd   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

What is a curriculum for life? Using youth participatory action research and applied arts to understand and amplify undergraduate students', children's and young people's mental health and wellbeing recommendations for education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health is a critical issue globally, with young people being one of the most affected groups. Young people have campaigned vehemently for a ‘curriculum for life,’ arguing that their education is failing to meet their needs (British Council, 2022).
Lisa Stephenson, Helen Young
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying the Impact of New Digital Infrastructure on Urban Energy Consumption: Evidence from the Broadband China Strategy

Energies
China aims for high-quality development by balancing energy use and economic growth, leveraging digital infrastructure to foster a resource-efficient, eco-friendly society and boost economic progress. In this context, by using panel data from 279 Chinese
Xianpu Xu, Qiqi Meng, Jing Huang
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Prospects to create “smart cities” in Russia: Classification of problems and their solutions

Вестник Пермского университета: Серия Экономика, 2018
Due to high urbanization rate the issues of smart and sustainable city planning become very important currently. The planning and development of the concept “smart city” is based on these issues.
Anna Olegovna Veselova, Anna Nikolaevna Khatskelevich, Larisa Sergeevna Ezhova   +2 more
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Looking for hopeful purpose in England's environmental education policy: An analysis of the National Education Nature Park

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation represent profound global challenges. Education holds a unique role in enabling all young people to navigate uncertainty, participate meaningfully in decision‐making and contribute to more just and sustainable ways of living.
Julie Robinson, Elizabeth A.C. Rushton, Emma Towers   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards an integrated framework for coastal eco-cities

, 2013
This report presents a structured and informative analysis of two poignant European and Asian Coastal Eco-City projects. The scholars have recognised the diverse pathways Eco- City developments take within the duration their development; therefore we ...
McMurtry, Erin, Kapnopoulou, Vaso, Seo, Min-Guk, Divakaran, Prasanth, Yu, Liwei   +4 more
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Editorial

Techne, 2021
Every crisis at the same time reveals, forewarns and implies changes with cyclical trends that can be analyzed from different disciplinary perspectives, building scenarios to anticipate the future, despite uncertainties and risks.
Elena Mussinelli
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