Various IT systems for networking groups and individuals through software and applications, web platforms, and services that use internet and mobile network as the primary infrastructure for information and communication flow.
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(R)urban Synergy vs. Climate Change: The Impact of ICT Networks on the Process of Adaptation and Mitigation
Aleksandra Stupar (Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia), Vladimir Mihajlov (Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia), and Ivan Simić (Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9932-6.ch013
Abstract
The chapter provides an insight into the relationship between synergic (r)urban systems, information networks and climate change, discussing the emerging ideas, and concepts related to the increasing use of information networks in the process of climate adaptation and mitigation. Emphasizing the strategic role of both digital and material information flows, supported by ICT tools, the chapter focuses on two main domains of data exchange and knowledge transfer: the public communication of climate change and the connectivity and interaction within (r)urban hybrid systems. Underlining the issues of effectiveness, accessibility, and low-carbon outcomes of synergic (r)urban reactions to climate shift, recent environmental and technological trends are considered in accordance with the preferred spatio-functional flexibility of emerging (r)urban hybrid settlements. The chapter also identifies and analyses three areas of ICT applicability, targeting the role of information networks in the anticipated climate-friendly development: human behavior, ecological awareness, and general efficiency.