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Connected Living : international and interdisciplinary conference
Get PDFPublication to the conference "Connected Living" on October 8th, 2021.
Veröffentlichung zur Konferenz "Connected Living" am 8. Oktober 2021
City of Wellbeing : Planning for Healthy and Inclusive Urban Environments
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Development of an innovative halal logistics concept for the air cargo supply chain
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Discovering Johannesburg's Potential as a Water Sensitive City
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Abstract
At the intersection of issues of water scarcity and rapid urbanisation is the need to investigate sustainable urban water management practices in today’s cities. This is especially important with the undeniable impact of climate change adding to its complexity. Johannesburg is a prime example of a city facing a myriad of challenges regarding water and is therefore the focus of the thesis. This research focuses on how the city of Johannesburg can pave its way into becoming a Water Sensitive City (WSC)- an aspirational vision of a city that integrates sustainable urban water management practices. To discover this, case study research on Johannesburg is undertaken by exploring the challenges and opportunities in relation to water demand and supply in the city. A few challenges include pollution of water and issues relating to the dependency on surface water. Additionally, an Urban Water Mass Balance (UWMB) analysis was undertaken to explore the potential of alternative water service options in a city that relies predominantly on surface water. It was found that rainwater harvesting had the highest potential to replace the existing centralized system. Based on the results of the case study research and the UWMB analysis a program was proposed to assist Johannesburg’s transition into a WSC. The proposal includes proactive recommendations relating to public participation and the protection of the environment
Duale Radlösung 2.0 : Nutzungsverhalten der Radfahrenden bei dualer Radinfrastruktur durch Befragung
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Europäische Klimapolitik – zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit
Get PDFDas Center for Applied European Studies (CAES) der Frankfurt University of
Applied Sciences veranstaltete am 13. November 2020 ein Symposium zum
Thema „Europäische Klimapolitik – zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit“. Es
zielte darauf ab, das Spannungsfeld zwischen unterschiedlichen Politikfeldern
wie Klima-, Verkehrs- und Landwirtschaftspolitik, sowie die Positionen verschiedener
Interessensgruppen zu beleuchten. Ein weiteres Ziel des Symposiums
war es, Impulse zu setzen, wie Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz in der EU
gestaltet werden müssen. Klima- und Energieziele, Instrumente und
Rechtsvorschriften sollten aus unterschiedlichen, auch konvergierenden
Blickwinkeln, von Expert/-innen aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und
Zivilgesellschaft betrachtet werden
Connected ambient assistance : achievements, current status and future prospects
Get PDFConnected ambient assistance systems support elderly people - or people in need of care - for a self-determined, healthy and safe living in their familiar home until very old age. The systems typically communicate with nursing relatives or remote professional caregiving providers. The basic functions of stationary assistance systems include the detection of a) falls and b) deviant behavior indicating a health hazard. These kernel tasks of assistance have been amended in the course of time by a plenitude of more general assistant functions. Wearable devices, like programmable smartwatches, extend the reach of stationary assistance beyond the spatial boundaries of the familiar home. They extend the scope of wellbeing monitoring by analyzing the wearer’s heart rate in relation to the current physical activity and can also verify sufficient liquid ingestion, drinking, thus compensating the diminishing natural sensation of thirst at increasing age. Home robots also extend the scope of wellbeing monitoring within the home and relieve from the necessity of a comprehensive sensoric instrumentation of the home. So far, ambient assistant systems can primarily provide assistance only in the physiological dimension. Cognitive ambient assistance, which allows the participation in the social communication on an equal footing, today is beyond their abilities. The advances in artificial intelligence are about to change the picture. From an economic point of view, the dissemination and success of assistance systems has been slowed down within the last decade by lacking wide-spread interaction standards as well as the shortage of necessary multivalent utility of such systems. In contrast, the smart home concept offering increased comfort and sustainability has gained a lot of attractivity in the same time. Therefore, commercially successful assistance systems must provide their utility in all three dimensions: assistance, but also simultaneously in comfort/safety and sustainability