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The thirty-year war
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ISBN: 1609175158 9781609175153 9781611862300 1611862302 Year: 2017 Publisher: East Lansing

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Streetcars played an especially important role in society around the turn of the twentieth century in Detroit, in part because of the downtown hub-and-spoke design of its main streets. During this period the streetcar was the main mode of transportation for the average citizen, as horse-drawn carriages and automobiles were not found outside of the upper class. Control over streetcar franchises was highly coveted—this control was simultaneous with having power over how and where people were transported throughout the city, making it an incredible political tool. The Thirty-Year War was a battle waged between 1892 and 1922 by the City of Detroit against the politically powerful and deeply entrenched corporations that owned streetcar franchises for control of the city’s streetway system. This compelling history shows how and why the owners of monopoly franchises of great public utilities such as bridges, street railways, electricity, natural gas, and cable television will protect and defend their privilege against public ownership or control, and is an example of how one city successfully fought back.

Los Angeles and the automobile
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ISBN: 0585119333 1282758659 9786612758652 052091113X 9780520911130 0520057953 9780520057951 9780520073951 0520073959 9780585119335 9781282758650 6612758651 Year: 1987 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press


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Optimal Control of Hybrid Systems and Renewable Energies
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This book is a collection of papers covering various aspects of the optimal control of power and energy production from renewable resources (wind, PV, biomass, hydrogen, etc.). In particular, attention is focused both on the optimal control of new technologies and on their integration in buildings, microgrids, and energy markets. The examples presented in this book are among the most promising technologies for satisfying an increasing share of thermal and electrical demands with renewable sources: from solar cooling plants to offshore wind generation; hybrid plants, combining traditional and renewable sources, are also considered, as well as traditional and innovative storage systems. Innovative solutions for transportation systems are also explored for both railway infrastructures and advanced light rail vehicles. The optimization and control of new solutions for the power network are addressed in detail: specifically, special attention is paid to microgrids as new paradigms for distribution networks, but also in other applications (e.g., shipboards). Finally, optimization and simulation models within SCADA and energy management systems are considered. This book is intended for engineers, researchers, and practitioners that work in the field of energy, smart grid, renewable resources, and their optimization and control.


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Social Innovation in Sustainable Urban Development
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Year: 2022 Publisher: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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How can a city advance from social invention to social innovation, to attain sustainable urban development (SUD)? Many new ideas, initiatives, and showcases for social innovation have been introduced; however, project-based forms of experimentation are often just part of the ongoing urban politics (or governmentality), and consequently somewhat ephemeral, with traditional siloed city administrations remaining a central obstacle to SUD. Our Special Issue presents twelve papers that address the question of social innovation in sustainable urban development from very different angles. The contributions span issues concerning smart cities, innovation in the adaptive reuse of urban heritage, as well as policy options for regions in transition. In terms of social innovation for SUD purposes, the presented solutions range from transferable legal formalizations to the creation of urban ecosystems whose institutional structures ensure the inclusion of the civil society. Instead of a comprehensive, integrative SUD, robust sectoral solutions, or even phased solutions, are more likely to be sought.

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informal land-use practice --- institutional innovation --- urban informality --- state governance --- the PRD --- sustainability --- railway transport --- sustainable development --- urban rail --- Addis Ababa light rail transit --- transport infrastructure --- sustainable urban transport --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- social innovation --- sustainable urban development --- economic ecosystems --- transitions to sustainability --- informality --- green technology --- fourth industrial revolution --- innovation --- infrastructure --- financializaton --- precautionary principle --- socio-technical transition --- governance challenge --- public bicycles --- smartphone-based sharing-bicycles --- digital rights --- smart cities --- people-centered smart cities --- technological innovation --- policy experimentation --- action research --- online research --- COVID-19 --- smart city --- smart service --- citizen satisfaction --- sustainable smart city --- structural equation model --- urban planning --- urban rehabilitation --- new working spaces --- municipal urban planning --- Lisboa/Lisbon --- rural–urban ecosystems --- social innovation diffusion --- education --- NEET --- social inclusion --- Youth Guarantee Programme --- best practices --- cultural heritage --- adaptive reuse --- commons --- urban planning and policy --- conservation --- resilience strategies --- civic initiatives --- COVID-19 pandemic --- coastal zones --- beach access --- distributive justice --- legal aspects --- Barcelona ICZM protocol --- international comparative analysis --- n/a --- rural-urban ecosystems

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