LibGuides: ECO-2020 v1: Week 2 Resources

Week 2 Resources

Case Study: San Francisco by Duncan Mclaren; Julian Agyeman
ISBN: 9780262029728
Publication Date: 2015-11-20
McLaren, D., & Agyeman, J. (2015). Case study: San Francisco. In Sharing cities: A case for truly smart and sustainable cities. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/reader.action?docID=4397935&ppg=32
This reading takes a look at San Francisco as a sharing city and provides you with more information about the city itself to give you background information about the culture of the city.
Sharing Consumption: The City as Platform by Duncan Mclaren; Julian Agyeman
ISBN: 9780262029728
Publication Date: 2015-11-20
McLaren, D., & Agyeman, J. (2015). Sharing Consumption: The city as platform. In Sharing cities: A case for truly smart and sustainable cities. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/reader.action?docID=4397935&ppg=38
The purpose of this reading is to provide you with information about the revival or sharing as a collaborative consumption in commercial forms in high-tech cities like San Francisco. You will focus on drivers of that revival, including cultural, technical, environmental, and economic.

Mathematical Model for Predicting the Vehicle Occupancy for Urban Passenger Transport on the Route
Duque Sarango, M. J., Bogumil, V. N., & Minh, N. C. (2019). Mathematical model for predicting the vehicle occupancy for urban passenger transport on the route. 2019 International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC), 248–251. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1109/ATC.2019.8924494
This article discusses improving quality of passenger service for urban passenger transport in major cities; specifically, the comfort of transportation versus the level of occupancy on urban transport vehicles and the standard of quality of service.
Visual Representation in Urban Transport Planning: Where Have all the Cars Gone?
Hansson, L. (2020). Visual representation in urban transport planning: Where have all the cars gone? Transportation Research Part A, 133, 1–11. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1016/j.tra.2019.11.027
This article describes the process for strengthening public transportation planning in an urban setting and how planners use different types of illustrations in the planning process to determine different outcomes.
Do we Need Innovation in Housing Policy? Mass Production, Community-Based Upgrading, and the Politics of Urban Land in the Global South
Monkkonen, P. (2018). Do we need innovation in housing policy? Mass production, community-based upgrading, and the politics of urban land in the Global South. International Journal of Housing Policy, 18(2), 167–176. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1080/19491247.2017.1417767
This source explores different issues that are facing urban economic developers and political officials when confronted with updating urban housing and creating urban housing policies.
Urban Development
PBS. (2018). Urban development. In Miami [Video]. Films on Demand. http://proxy1.ncu.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102577&xtid=169090&loid=540486
This video explores the urban development issues in Miami where engineers and planners are faced with issues that threaten the city, such as rising ocean waters and violent storms.