107 research outputs found
Using and Creating TIMEA Educational Materials in Connexions
No full textThe Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) has developed over 25 educational modules in Connexions to accompany its digital archive of texts, images and maps related to Western travel in the Middle East, particularly Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. "Using and Creating TIMEA Educational Materials in Connexions" explains how students and teachers can use these modules, discussing key features of the Connexions interface such as adding annotations. We invite those with an interest in the topics covered by TIMEA (such as archaeology, history, literary studies, museum studies, and information literacy) to author their own modules. We provide an introduction to creating modules in Connexions, offer some tips and guidelines for making these modules consistent with others related to TIMEA, and explain how to link to content within the TIMEA digital archive. Many of the topics covered in the course are discussed in greater detail in Connexions' own tutorials.This work was created using the Connexions authoring platform. This platform will be retired as of the end of 2021. This work has been migrated to PDF format for continuous access to the educational content, however any embedded links within the text to the legacy platform may no longer be accessible
Network governance and low-carbon transitions in european cities
Full text linkThe thesis investigates the role of governance networks in advancing sustainable energy transitions in the cities of Europe. By doing so, it aims to provide insights about the practical applicability of the Transition Management framework in different urban settings. Exploring this issue is timely as well as important due to parallel processes of the rising profile of cities in transition governance; and the perceived need in city authorities to develop new governance mechanisms to support low-carbon transitions on the urban scale.
The main contribution to knowledge is the empirical evidence provided for the context-dependency of the connections between technological change required for urban low-carbon energy transitions and organisational change in local governance arrangements. The findings’ consequence for theory is that the implicit assumptions built into Transition Management about the functioning of collaborative governance networks limit its applicability in different cities. The evidence collected through the study also highlights problems with scaling down the Multi-Level Perspective to the urban scale. The findings are derived from a comparative study of three cities from across Europe with diverse characteristics in terms of historical sustainability agenda development, locally relevant rationales for transitions, and patterns of organisational fragmentation and power-distribution in local governance arrangements
More Than One Twin: An Ecology of Model Applications in East London
Full text linkThere is considerable ambiguity about the term ‘digital twin’ which is used to portray
a digital model of a real system where the twin and its system interact with one
another. Such interaction enables the twin to contribute to the operation and
performance of the real system while the real system provides processes that enable
the twin to come closer to the system itself. In this way, a two-way dependence
augments both and provides a framework for control, management and design that is
better than keeping the model and system separate. The problem of digital twining is
that were the twin to be an identical copy of the real system with digital replacing
physical components, in the last analysis, it would be the same. Moreover in practice
many different models, hence twins, exist, and the focus then becomes how twins are
linked to one another, thus forming an ecology of digital model applications. We
illustrate these ideas by describing three very different applications in East London
using data from the Olympic Park area where there is a rich constellation of
entertainment, recreational, and educational activities. We introduce a land-use
transport model that predicts activities at different locations, a three-dimensional
(3D) model using virtual realities which are augmented by adding mobile data
associated with the objects’ functioning, sometimes moving in time, and a building
complex in which we have planted a network of sensors enabling us to monitor its
performance. These three examples are clearly different from one another but they
are all based on the same physical area. We thus conclude by sketching ways in which
these twins can be linked to one another and how the idea of the twin is linked to its
users in the wider context
Evidence-informed decisionmaking in multi-stakeholder settings: The case of city digital twins for planning and management
No full textThis paper shares initial findings on how data, modelling and evidence is used to inform decision making in the Cambridge city region, UK. It discusses fragmentation of governance across the vertical, horizontal and sectoral/systemic dimensions, as well as the impact of this fragmentation on data collection, access and evidence formation and its use along the decisionmaking process. The investigation is framed by how city digital twins, the latest evolution of urban analytics, could and should be designed and implemented in order to help overcome fragmentation of data and governance. The findings inform the development of a city digital twin prototype for the Cambridge region. Addressing issues related to the dispersion of powers, responsibilities and expertise across a multi-actor governance landscape is essential in improving the use of evidence in Cambridge, and must be considered as a priority for the design and implementation of the city digital twin prototype
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