Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Complex problems need integrated and coordinated solutions. Globalisation and sustainable development are the biggest challenges that we need to face and solve. Territories, regions, cities and towns with different levels of development have similar problems, especially when policies and strategies are converging. However, small and medium size cities do not have similar avenues for comunicating
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Building design can significantly impact energy efficiency and can result in substantial reductions in operating costs over the lifecycle of a building. To achieve these benefits, new software tools are being developed that help designers and building architects to model building performance at the critical design stage. Design changes can be readily evaluated prior to
Friday, June 19th, 2009
The high severity and increasing frequency of major flood events worldwide has driven flooding up the political and risk management agenda. David Martin, Technical Manager of flood risk assessment and modelling consultants Ambiental discusses the development of a new flood modelling system that is being in the UK and how it can be deployed through
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
So, what’s the fuss over all of this ‘parametric design’ or ‘computational design’, you ask? Or, really, isn’t the honeymoon over for yet another provocative shape and how to apply efficient facets of a beautiful surface onto a new building? Better yet, shouldn’t there be more to ‘parametric design’ in the overall design process –
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Spot Image has been building and operating satellites since 1986. The company can point to a large archive of 20 million satellite images covering the planet and several operating satellites currently together with partnerships adding imagery from KOMPSAT, FORMOSAT and ENVISAT. Recently the company’s shareholder structure changed as EADS Astrium assumed majority ownership. This has
Friday, June 12th, 2009
Paying people to protect forests can be an effective way to tackle deforestation and climate change but only if there is good governance of natural resources, claims this study funded by Norway’s Government. IIED, the World Resources Institute and the Center for International Forestry Research looked at existing efforts to pay people in developing nations
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
“When we think about spatial data infrastructure (SDI) we often think about governments. Most SDI originate within government related organisations and are often stimulated by the introduction of funding structures that enable them. It stands to reason that some SDI could exist without government association, operating indpendently and for their own purposes. Afterall, not all
Friday, June 5th, 2009
1st meeting of the European Network on Soil Awareness (ENSA) will take place in Osnabrück, Germany from 27-29 September 2009.
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
The Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI) provides potable water to a city with a population of more than 11 million. ISKI manages all types of groundwater and surface water resources to provide a domestic potable water supply, which it distributes to demand centers within the city, and conducts studies necessary to design and build
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
With the increased rate of rural-urban migration and population growth in the present years, study of urban development has gained a lot of momentum. As a result of these two basic phenomena the city tends to expand outwards to accommodate the ever increasing population pressure on the confined land resources. This process is termed as
