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This open access book&nbsp;represents one of the key milestones of DESIGNSCAPES, an H2020 CSA (Coordination and Support Action) research project funded by the European Commission under the Call “User-driven innovation: value creation through design-enabled innovation”.&nbsp;The book demonstrates that&nbsp;adopting design&nbsp;allows us to&nbsp;embed innovation within the city so as to arrive at feasible answers to complex global challenges. In this way, innovation can become disruptive, while also sparking a dynamic of gradual change in the “urbanscape” it acts within. To explore this potential, the book puts forward the concept of “design enabled innovation in urban environments” and examines the part that the city can play in promoting and facilitating the adoption of design&nbsp;among public and private sector innovators. This leads to a potential evaluation framework in which a given urbanscape is assessed both in terms of its capacity for generating innovation, and of the nature (more or less design-dependent or design-prone) of the innovative initiatives it hosts. This thread of reasoning holds many promising implications, including a possible “third way” between those who dream of an alternative economic model where revenues and growth are sacrificed on the altar of social and environmental respect, and the supporters of the traditional market-based view, who feel it is enough to add a touch of responsibility and concern to a system that should continue rewarding the profitability of innovations.

Innovation Capacity and the City

The Enabling Role of Design

Introduction.-&nbsp;A Triplet under focus: innovation, design, city.-&nbsp;Cities as enablers of innovation.-&nbsp;Innovation and design.-&nbsp;Design enabled innovation in urban environments.

Regulatory Framework, Recovery Technologies and Plant Infrastructures

Waste Flows Generated by the Energy Transition

Making Municipalities Sustainable with People-Based Solutions

Social Innovation Projects for Climate Neutral Cities

This open access book presents outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information technology has always been highly interdisciplinary, as many aspects have to be considered in IT systems.The doctoral studies program in IT at Politecnico di Milano emphasizes this interdisciplinary nature, which is becoming more and more important in recent technological advances, in collaborative projects, and in the education of young researchers.Accordingly, the focus of advanced research is on pursuing a rigorous approach to specific research topics starting from a broad background in various areas of Information Technology, especially computer science and engineering, electronics, systems and control, and telecommunications.Each year, more than 50 Ph.Ds. graduate from the program. This book gathers the outcomes of the best theses defended in 2023–24 and selected for the IT Ph.D. award. Each of the authors provides a chapter summarizing his/her findings, including an introduction, description of methods, main achievements, and future work on the topic. Hence, the book provides a cutting-edge overview of the latest research trends in information technology at Politecnico di Milano, presented in an easy-to-read format that will also appeal to non-specialists.

Special Topics in Information Technology

This book explores problems generated by the abandonment of mountain villages, which also represented strategic sites for guarding against environmental hazards, and proposes a process of regeneration and upgrade of the built environment, with a view to a circular economy and social and economic development. It provides principles, methods, and tools supporting the design and management of the regeneration of abandoned mountain/rural villages and presents the transferable results of multidisciplinary applied research involving several local contexts and compares methodological and technical design solutions developed in successful practices. The book consists of six chapters that address specific issues in the regeneration process of depopulated mountain villages.

Strategies for Regeneration in the Perspective of a Circular Economy

Reinventing Mountain and Rural Villages

This open access book addresses the thriving trend of embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities in products and services reaching the lay public, focusing on the user experience (UX) they prompt from a designerly perspective. It offers a UX evaluation method designed explicitly for AI-infused systems to answer one of the core problems affecting the relationship and interactions people have with such artefacts. The work investigates how people perceive and make sense of systems integrating AI capabilities, trying to understand how their meaning and significance can affect the experience of such products and what design challenges may arise. Given the fundamental premise that current UX methods cannot address AI-infused artefacts, it introduces the results of Meet-AI, a research project exploring specific ways to tackle these problems. The book then presents a comprehensive analysis of current UX methods, and a literature review focused on detecting possible gaps and the most suitable qualities to describe AI-infused systems, and summarizes the findings from all previous investigations into a UX evaluation scale: AIXE (AI user eXperience Evaluation). The book also portrays how the tool has been validated and expanded to become a more comprehensive method. It further describes how the scale has been applied to a comparative study of domestic smart speakers, and introduces a reversed interpretation of the outcomes, framing them as heuristics to inform the early phases of the design process and paving the way for future experimentations in the meta-design dimension.

Assessing the Qualities of AI-infused Systems

User Experience + Artificial Intelligence

This book explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the construction industry, examining its readiness for widespread integration and its potential to reshape various facets of the construction lifecycle. It introduces the concept of a readiness metric tailored to the construction sector, providing a comprehensive framework for assessing and improving AI adoption. The narrative then shifts to the early stages of projects, highlighting the role of AI in promoting sustainability. From leveraging open data for data-driven decisions to using machine learning for strategic decisions in retrofitting and decarbonising the built environment, the book investigates how AI can be a catalyst for positive change in the construction process. It then explores the integration of AI into project and risk management, unlocking the potential of advanced analytics and predictive modelling to streamline processes and improve decision-making, and the application of AI in asset and facility management, highlighting how intelligent technologies can optimise the lifecycle of built assets. Examining the responsible use of AI tools, the book addresses ethical challenges and outlines guidelines for the conscientious and equitable integration of AI into the construction ecosystem. Overall, it serves as a comprehensive guide for industry professionals, researchers, and policymakers, providing insights into the current landscape, the potential of AI, and the ethical considerations necessary for responsible implementation.

Building Tomorrow: Unleashing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Construction

This open access book offers valuable insights into experimenting with New European Bauhaus values and principles in urban transformation, drawing&nbsp;on contributions&nbsp;from key players such as local activists, action researchers, municipalities, developers and artists. It highlights lessons learned from the lighthouse project&nbsp;“Desire -&nbsp;Designing the Irresistible Circular Society", weaving a narrative of transformative change. The book emphasizes innovative strategies, citizen engagement, and transdisciplinary approaches in shaping urban environments. The journey begins with an in-depth exploration of the Desire project, providing a nuanced understanding of the broader context of its experiments and research activities. This foundation leads to an examination of diverse approaches to achieving sustainable, inclusive, and aesthetically enriching urban transformations. Readers are guided through the complexities of urban change, gaining a holistic understanding of how urban transformation and an irresistible circular society can be cultivated and sustained within the dynamic landscape of European cities. Additionally, the book presents findings from an EU lighthouse project, showcasing how urban transformation sites&nbsp;evolve&nbsp;by integrating lessons that could inform future policy, research, and further advancements within the New European Bauhaus initiative.

Experimenting with the New European Bauhaus Values and Principles in Urban Transformation

This book delves into the performance-based design approach, highlighting the necessity for bespoke, adaptive, and cognitive building envelopes that promote sustainable and positive behaviors throughout their lifecycle. A key to unlock the building envelope's potential is the integration of advanced digital tools such as building information modeling (BIM) and digital twin technology, which enable accurate simulation and optimization of energy efficiency, decarbonization, and human-centric design aspects.&nbsp;Moreover, the work emphasizes the importance of a user-centered approach in designing interactive and connected building envelopes, thereby fostering sustainable behaviors among occupants. This focus on user engagement and education in optimizing building envelope utilization not only contributes to reducing the environmental impact but also enhances the quality of life, well-being, and health of occupants.&nbsp;In the era of digital and ecological transition, the book serves as an essential guide to design and operate energy-efficient, responsive, and user-friendly building envelopes, paving the way for a future where the built environment is a significant contributor to sustainability and human health.

Sustainable and People-Centered Approach to Reduce the Environmental Footprint of the Built Environment

Unlocking the Potential of Building Envelopes

This book proposes a heritage-based approach for the sustainable urban development of the historic cities. The rapid growth of the cities, under the pressure of globalization processes and climate changes, implies deep transformations in their cultural asset, neglecting the role of urban heritage. Often urban planning instruments are not properly equipped with tools capable of managing the complexity of historic cities. The book fills a gap in the implementation of urban transformation, taking into consideration the urgency to protect sensitive and fragile parts of the historic city. The heritage-based tools are experimented with by using a unique case study in the Armenian context: the city of Gyumri and its historic center that, after the 1988 earthquake, suffered from a progressive degradation of its historical heritage. The book serves as a support for the implementation of the planning and regulation for the specific case study and as a methodological approach for planning the historic centers, replicable in other Armenian old cities and similar cities outside Armenia. It provides a framework for protecting the historic environment and buildings, as well as a tool for urban identity protection and a driver for economic development. The practical guidance also offers suggestions to inhabitants and technicians who must deal with the preservation of buildings and open spaces.

The Case Study of Gyumri in Armenia

Heritage-Based Tools for the Sustainable Urban Development of Historic Centers

The book brings forth a better understanding of what process-oriented and organizational changes occur in Architecture, Engineering and Construction firms, how they unfold in context, and what change management strategies can be developed to plan and lead a digital business transformation accordingly. It develops a systematic, analysis-based approach to change&nbsp;management for supporting the digital transition which is made up by the following components:&nbsp;change management framework for identifying primary areas of investigation; set of change&nbsp;analysis methods for analyzing and visualizing process-oriented and organizational changes through qualitative and quantitative assessments; and strategic lines and related action-based approaches for managing change in the design process and organizational structures. The book represents one of the first comprehensive reviews of change management and digital practice, and provides case studies which extend the understanding of change management in the context of the digitalization and will benefit both industry practitioners and researchers.

This book analyzes the process-oriented and organizational changes related to the digital transformation of multidisciplinary design firms. Based on this it proposes a systematic analysis-based methodology for change management, which consists of two distinct, but complementary components: a framework and a set of analysis methods. It particularly focuses on the relationship between the new paradigms, perspectives, and context of change related to digital transformation. The proposed framework combines these three elements in order to identify and address areas of investigation concerning process-oriented and organizational changes in the context of digital transformation, and also quantitatively and qualitatively assesses these changes in practice. This book offers the first comprehensive review of change management and digital practice, and includes case studies to enhance readers’ understanding of change management in the context of the digitalization. As such it is of interest to both industry practitioners and researchers.

A Systematic Analysis-Based Methodology for Organizational Change Management

Digital Transformation of Multidisciplinary Design Firms

This book investigates how established transport planning tools can evolve to understand and plan for the ever-changing contemporary mobilities that influence the opportunities available to individuals. It discusses existing techniques, revised in the light of the growing interest in the social implications of transport planning decisions: these include analytical tools to interpret consolidated and emerging phenomena, as well as operational tools to tackle new and existing mobility demands and needs. The book then addresses the implications of everyday mobility for individuals and communities. The result of a continuous exchange between the two authors, it brings together the results of their various research projects. Despite referring to different objects and settings, the work presented is connected by an underlying interest in the impact that mobility has on people in an increasingly mobile world, and the need to include such concerns into mobility planning and policy.

This book investigates how established transport planning tools can evolve to understand and plan for the ever-changing contemporary mobilities that influence the opportunities available to individuals. It discusses existing techniques, revised in the light of the growing interest in the social implications of transport planning decisions: these include analytical tools to interpret consolidated and emerging phenomena, as well as operational tools to tackle new and existing mobility demands and needs. The book then addresses the implications of everyday mobility for individuals and communities. The result of a continuous exchange between the two authors, it brings together the results of their various research projects. Despite referring to different objects and settings, the work presented is connected by an underlying interest in the impact that mobility has on people in an increasingly mobile world, and the need to include such concerns into mobility planning and policy.

Planning Tools for People and Their Mobilities

Enabling Mobilities

This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products, buildings, interfaces, or textiles. Introducing a class of smart materials (referred to as stimuli-responsive, morphing or kinetic materials) that move and change their shape in response to stimuli, the book presents their characteristics, advantages, potentials, as well as the difficulties involved in their application. The book also presents a large number of case studies on products, projects, concepts,&nbsp;and experiments employing smart materials, thus mapping out new design territories for these innovative materials. The case studies involve different fields of design, including product, interior, fashion,&nbsp;and communication design. Reflecting the growing demand for sustainable and human-centered design agendas, the book explores and reveals the role and influence of these new materials and technologies on design and human experience, and discusses how they can be used to redefine our objects and spaces so as to promote more resilient environments. The book offers an intriguing and valuable resource for design professionals, engineers, scientists and students alike.&nbsp;

Smart Materials, Intelligent Design

Materials that Move

Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks

This comprehensive handbook examines key features of social and ecological resilience in the context of emerging trends such as population growth, urbanisation, environmental degradation and a globalised market.

Routledge Handbook of Social and Ecological Resilience

Genetics and Society

This book provides a timely analysis of the past, present and future of the stem cell. It uncovers an intriguing and paradoxical story of scientific setbacks and advance, medical breakthroughs and technical innovation amid ongoing uncertainty about the nature of the stem cell.

This book provides a timely analysis of the past, present and future of the stem cell. It uncovers an intriguing and paradoxical story of scientific setbacks and advance, medical breakthroughs and technical innovation amid ongoing uncertainty about the nature of the stem cell.

From Radiobiology to Regenerative Medicine

The Scientific, Clinical and Commercial Development of the Stem Cell

Mit diesem sechsbändigen Werk erscheint erstmals eine vollständige Edition der Aufsätze und Vorträge Niklas Luhmanns zum Thema Organisation. Die Bände präsentieren schwer auffindbare Texte und bisher unveröffentlichte Materialien. Dieser sechste Band enthält editorische Hinweise der Herausgeber, umfassende Literaturhinweise und Annotationen.

Mit diesem sechsbändigen Werk erscheint erstmals eine vollständige Edition der Aufsätze und Vorträge Niklas Luhmanns zum Thema Organisation. Die Bände präsentieren schwer auffindbare Texte und bisher unveröffentlichte Materialien.&nbsp;Dieser abschließende Band enthält Annotationen, Bibliografie, Register und weitere Hilfsmittel zur Erschließung der Texte. „Ohne Organisation geht es nicht. Mit Organisation geht es auch nicht.“

Niklas Luhmann, 1975

Annotationen und Verzeichnisse

Schriften zur Organisation 6

CRESC

This book responds to moves to rematerialize the social sciences, to attend to the stuff of daily life, but challenges the social sciences to think beyond objects as stable things. It argues that objects are better seen as things coming apart, as en route to becoming something else, some stuff else, somewhere else. It locates these arguments in economies of demolition, disposal and reincarnation, focusing on object death, materials recovery and re-fabrication, and the sequestration and unleashing of materials classified as wastes.

This book responds to moves to rematerialize the social sciences, to attend to the stuff of daily life but challenges the social sciences to think beyond objects as stable things. It forwards the argument that objects need to be seen not as stabilising things, or immutable mobiles – as time stilled and materials fixed and conserved in the object form – or even always in the making, as becoming but as unbecoming things. It argues that objects are better seen as things coming apart, as en route to becoming something else, some stuff else, somewhere else. It locates these arguments in economies of demolition, disposal and reincarnation, focusing on object death, materials recovery and re-fabrication, and the sequestration and unleashing of materials classified as wastes. It uses as its exemplar case the classic immutable mobile, the ship – one of the most durable and complex of fabricated objects. It illustrates these arguments through global ethnography conducted in various settings around the world, including South Asia and the EU.

Mutable Objects and the Politics of Waste

Unbecoming Things

In many European states, multiculturalism has recently come under attack, being openly questioned by many in both the public and political spaces as being in 'crisis'. Prompting many of these attacks have been incidents or events - typically interpreted as 'controversies' - that have involved or centred on issues relating to Muslims or Islam. Having ramifications in the social, cultural or political spaces, many have seen these controversies as accentuating the 'problem' of Muslims and Islam. Focusing on a number of these 'crises' and 'controversies', this book seeks to to interrogate the theories of Islamophobia through the lens of a series of different 'crises and controversies' that have involved - or have been perceived as involving - Muslims or Islam. This book critically engages these 'crises and controversies' through the framework of the definitions, theories and concepts explored in the author's earlier book Islamophobia? (Ashgate, 2010). Allen's latest boo sets out to: better understand where, how and why the responses of both the right, left and centre of the European political spectrum are seemingly converging in views and attitudes towards Muslims and Islam; contribute additional knowledge to the still relatively under-researched yet extremely timely phenomenon of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred; and consider how this links to and affects attitudes and expressions manifested in the public and social spaces. Employing a largely thematic approach, this book focuses on the linked impacts of a range of different controversies that have occurred at the local, national and regional levels. These include: Invasion and Islamification - Eurabia and the Islamic Invasion; Physical and Material - minarets and mosques; Culture and 'Our Way of Life' - between us and them; Values and Freedoms - veils, hijabs and niqabs; Speech and Offence - cartoons and caricatures; Terrorism and Threat - 'home-grown bombers' to exter

In many European states, multiculturalism has recently come under attack, being openly questioned by many in both the public and political spaces as being in ’crisis’. Prompting many of these attacks have been incidents or events - typically interpreted as ’controversies’ - that have involved or centred on issues relating to Muslims or Islam. Having ramifications in the social, cultural or political spaces, many have seen these controversies as accentuating the ’problem’ of Muslims and Islam. Focusing on a number of these ’crises’ and ’controversies’, this book seeks to interrogate the theories of Islamophobia through the lens of a series of different ’crises and controversies’ that have involved - or have been perceived as involving - Muslims or Islam.   This book critically engages these ’crises and controversies’ through the framework of the definitions, theories and concepts explored in the author’s earlier book Islamophobia (Ashgate, 2010). Allen’s latest book sets out to: better understand where, how and why the responses of both the right, left and centre of the European political spectrum are seemingly converging in views and attitudes towards Muslims and Islam; contribute additional knowledge to the still relatively under-researched yet extremely timely phenomenon of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred; and consider how this links to and affects attitudes and expressions manifested in the public and social spaces. Employing a largely thematic approach, this book focuses on the linked impacts of a range of different controversies that have occurred at the local, national and regional levels. These include: Invasion and Islamification - Eurabia and the Islamic Invasion; Physical and Material - minarets and mosques; Culture and ’Our Way of Life’ - between us and them; Values and Freedoms - veils, hijabs and niqabs; Speech and Offence - cartoons and caricatures; Terrorism and Threat - ’home-grown bombers’ to externa

Crises & Controversies in Contemporary Europe

New Perspectives on Islamophobia

Wealth, Power and the Truth About the Cult of Economics

Moneymania

Economics as Social Theory

Amartya Sen - who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 2003 - is one of the leading economists of his generation. The important new book provides an exposition and assessment of Amartya Sen's socio-economics, both positive and especially normative, including his contributions to welfare economics, ethics and the theory-and-policy approach of 'human development'. The exposition and assessment will include discussion of the historical and intellectual contexts. The book also analyzes Sen's contributions to philosophy, the second field in which Sen has published and held appointments.

@text Amartya Sen - who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 2003 - is one of the leading economists of his generation. He is best known for his deep critique of the liberal and utilitarian inheritances in economics, including the treatment (or neglect) of values and value-judging in public contexts; and his construction of a partial alternative, including entitlements analysis, the capabilities approach and, extending from those two, an integrative development philosophy centered on the direct and instrumental values of freedom and democracy. The important new book provides an exposition and assessment of Amartya Sen’s socio-economics, both positive and especially normative, including his contributions to welfare economics, ethics and the theory-and-policy approach of ‘human development’. The exposition and assessment will include discussion of the historical and intellectual contexts. The book also analyzes Sen's contributions to philosophy, the second field in which Sen has published and held appointments.

On Freedom, Capability and Entitlement

The Socioeconomics of Amartya Sen

Ethnographic Methods has been a popular book with students and researchers. This new edition retains much of the quality of earlier ones with more detailed examples of methods in practice, and better coverage of digital, virtual and visual approaches. Ethnography is presented here as a reflexive, responsible, and relevant methodology.

Ethnographic Methods has been a popular book with students and researchers. This new edition retains much of the quality of earlier ones with more detailed examples of methods in practice, and better coverage of digital, virtual and visual approaches. Ethnography is presented here as a reflexive, responsible, and relevant methodology.

Ethnographic Methods

Innovation Capacity and the City

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