{"632450":{"#nid":"632450","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Associate Professor Perry Pei-Ju Yang Releases New Book on Urban Systems Design","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHow do we integrate urban design, systems science, and data analytics in the context of the smart city movement? Explore potential answers in the new book, Urban Systems Design: Creating Sustainable Smart Cities in the Internet of Things Era, written by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/perry-yang\u0022\u003EPerry Yang\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor for the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/planning.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchools of City and Regional Planning\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EArchitecture\u003C\/a\u003E, and director of the Eco Urban Lab for the Georgia Tech College of Design, and his co-editor and co-author, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nies.go.jp\/researchers-e\/100242.html\u0022\u003EYoshiki Yamagata\u003C\/a\u003E, principal researcher and head of Global Carbon Project International Office at the Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, address this question in their new book Urban Systems Design: Creating Sustainable Smart Cities in the Internet of Things Era.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUrban Systems Design analyzes the ways in which society utilizes Internet of Things-based sharing platforms in the context of smart community dimensions\u0026mdash;energy, transport, urban form, and human comfort\u0026mdash;and explores how these platforms can be used to improve community health and welfare.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith recent achievements in research regarding the potential impact of Internet of Things and big data, Urban Systems Design delves into how to identify, structure, measure, and monitor urban sustainability standards and progress. This book reviews the financial, institutional, policy, and technical needs required for a successful implementation in smart cities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Urban design is becoming data-driven. Empowered by new tools and technologies, cities are now far more designable than ever before. The ability to handle how massive data are captured, analyzed, and applied in cities is now critical to addressing problems occurring in places, neighborhoods, and cities. Urban systems design offers an approach to designing new forms of sustainable, resilient, and socially responsible cities\u0026nbsp;in the face of increasing impact of emerging technologies, big data, and urban automation to people, communities, and their placemaking,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;said Professor Yang.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/books\/urban-systems-design\/yamagata\/978-0-12-816055-8\u0022\u003EClick here to learn more about Urban Systems Design.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHow do we integrate urban design, systems science, and data analytics in the context of the smart city movement? Explore potential answers in the new book, Urban Systems Design: Creating Sustainable Smart Cities in the Internet of Things Era, written by Perry Yang, associate professor for the Georgia Tech Schools of City and Regional Planning and Architecture, and director of the Eco Urban Lab for the Georgia Tech College of Design, and his co-editor and co-author, Yoshiki Yamagata.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Perry Pei-Ju Yang, associate professor of City and Regional Planning and Architecture, Co-Authors Book on Urban Systems Design"}],"uid":"34569","created_gmt":"2020-02-13 21:12:25","changed_gmt":"2020-02-14 20:05:38","author":"cwagster3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"632449":{"id":"632449","type":"image","title":"Urban Systems Design","body":null,"created":"1581627884","gmt_created":"2020-02-13 21:04:44","changed":"1581627884","gmt_changed":"2020-02-13 21:04:44","alt":"Urban Sustems Design: Creating Sustainable Smart Cities in the Internet of Things Era","file":{"fid":"240632","name":"UrbanSystemsDesign.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/UrbanSystemsDesign.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/UrbanSystemsDesign.png","mime":"image\/png","size":373610,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/UrbanSystemsDesign.png?itok=R94mlDl9"}}},"media_ids":["632449"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167987","name":"smart cities"},{"id":"5027","name":"city planning"},{"id":"177","name":"planning"},{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"227","name":"urban design"},{"id":"183635","name":"Urban Systems"},{"id":"1302","name":"book"},{"id":"183959","name":"faculty publication"},{"id":"183960","name":"faculty author"},{"id":"6347","name":"urbanism"},{"id":"100071","name":"eco urban lab"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003ECarmen New\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EMarketing \u0026amp; Events Coordinator\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology | School of Architecture\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:carmen.new@design.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecarmen.new@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["carmen.new@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}