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The Role of Informational Environment in Building Smart City

open access: yesJournal of Engineering, 2016
The research addresses smart city concept as it is the latest urban design trends, by the investment of the capabilities of human, and artificial intelligence for the sake of the advancement of the city. The concept of a smart city is described as one of
Bahjat Rashad Shahin, Prof. Dr.   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Quantitative Comparison and Effectiveness Evaluation of Striking and Sliding Excitation Methods in Acoustic Identification of Concrete Voids

open access: yesBuildings
The long-term safety and durability of concrete building structures depend largely on their internal quality. Wall voids, as typical hidden defects, directly affect the structural bearing capacity and service life.
Ziru Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Municipalities’ understanding and importance of the concept of Smart Cities: an exploratory analysis in Belgium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Even if an increasing number of scientific publications are dealing with it, the concept of “smart city” is not yet well defined and it is not fully understood (Anthopoulos and Vakali 2012; Caragliu,Bo, and Nijkamp 2009; Lazaroiu and Roscia 2012).
Giffinger, Rudolf   +2 more
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Immigrant mental health, safe work, discrimination, and state policies: From racism and xenophobia to health equity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The world’s first “Smart Nation” vision: the case of Singapore

open access: yesSmart Cities and Regional Development Journal
“Smartization” is the policy that Singapore as a city-state with a small geographical territory, limited natural resources, increasing urban density and aging population but determined to become an exceptional city-state has adopted to overcome various ...
Esra Banu SIPAHI, Zabihullah SAAYI
doaj   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Current State and Characteristics of Cape Town's Smart City Development

open access: yes, 2019
In today’s urban environment, local governments have to deal with increasingly complex mandates, social inequalities and economic growth in a context of increasing environmental and economic uncertainty (Baud et al., 2014).
Boyle, Luke
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Blijft het in Den Haag bij smart city of wordt het smart urbanism?

open access: yes, 2015
Normaal gesproken somt men bij smart cities de nieuwste gadgets op. Verbeeldt Siemens haar utopie en promoot men het smart grid als de grote oplossing. Echter, tijdens het ‘Actueel Den Haag Debat’ (ADHD) kwam een interessante tegenstelling bovendrijven ...
Oorschot, L.M. (author)
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