GCRI · Cities and Built Environment
STEM foundation of Cities and Built Environment
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Cities and Built Environment rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
STEM foundation of Cities and Built Environment in four parts.
The methods behind the field.
- 01Structural and earthquake engineeringUrban building vulnerability profiles · Retrofit of schools and housingSteward · Cities and Built EnvironmentApplied here
- 02Urban and transport engineeringAccessibility analysis · Safe street design · Flood-resilient transportSteward · Cities and Built EnvironmentApplied here
- 03Geospatial information systemsUrban exposure databases · Community mapping · Hazard overlay for planningSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 04Spatial statistics and geostatisticsSmall-area estimation · Spatial clustering of disadvantage · Interpolating urban temperatureSteward · Space and Earth ObservationApplied here
- 05Social and behavioural scienceHousing and tenure surveys · Participatory planning research · Displacement studiesSteward · Society and Human DevelopmentApplied here
- 06Earth and geophysical scienceSeismic microzonation · Urban subsidence monitoring · Landslide hazard on urban slopesSteward · Climate and HazardsApplied here
- 07Sensors, IoT and observation networksLow-cost air and heat sensors · Drain and flood sensors · Privacy in urban sensingSteward · Critical InfrastructureApplied here
- 08Energy generation, storage and grid technologyBuilding energy and overheating · Rooftop solar potential · Energy poverty mappingSteward · Energy NexusApplied here
- 09Water and environmental engineeringUrban drainage design · Sanitation for unserved areas · Waste and drainage linksSteward · Water NexusApplied here
Why urban needs this combination of methods.
Urban risk work combines structural and urban transport engineering, geospatial and spatial statistics for mapping, social science for people, geoscience for ground conditions, sensing for monitoring, and energy and environmental engineering for services.
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Pages in STEM foundation of Cities and Built Environment.
Structural engineering for cities
MethodUrban transport engineering
MethodGeospatial methods for cities
MethodSpatial statistics for cities
MethodSocial science for cities
MethodGeoscience for cities
MethodUrban sensing and IoT
MethodEnergy technology for buildings
MethodEnvironmental engineering for cities
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