Technologies for urban and spatial planning :

Preamble / The Editors -- Deconstructing smart cities / Michael Batty -- The use of ICT in planning practice : contributions to an effective link between real and virtual cities and territories / Nuno Pinto, Dominique Lancrenon, Martin Berchtold -- Multi-agent systems for urban planning / Andrew T. Crooks, Amit Patel and Sarah Wise -- Dg-abc : an integrated multi-agent and cellular automata urban growth model / Elisabete A. Silva, Ning Wu -- Smart sensoring and barrier free planning : project outcomes and recent developments / Ant�onio N�elson Rodrigues, Peter Zeile, Fab�iola Aguiar, Georgios Papastefanou, Bergner -- The use of social for urban planning : virtual urban landscapes created using twitter data / Fabien Neuhaus -- Invito : an interactive visualisation tool to support spatial decision processes / Stefano Pensa, Elena Masala -- Towards a multifunctional virtual city model / Margaret Horne, Emine Mine Thompson, James Charlton -- Urban morphology and energy consumption : simplified tools for the estimation of energy needs and solar income at the urban and district level / Cl�audio Carneiro, Eugenio Morello, Gilles Desthieux, Carla Balocco, Virginia Gori -- New developments in geographical information technology for urban and spatial planning / Jos�e Ant�onio Tened�orio, Carla Rebelo, Rossana Estanqueiro, Cristina Delgado Henriques, Luis Marques, Jos�e Alberto Gon�calves -- A 3d city model as user interface connected to an energy model / Erik Kjems, Poul Alberg �stergaard..

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-320) and index..

"This book covers a multitude of newly developed hardware and software technology advancements in urban and spatial planning and architecture, drawing on the most current research and studies of field practitioners who offer solutions and recommendations for further growth, specifically in urban and spatial developments"--.