Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 The Application of ICT and Smart Technologies in Cities and Communities: An Overview -- 1.1 An Overview of ICT and Smart Technologies in the Built Environment -- 1.2 ICT and Smart Technologies Applications in Cities -- 1.3 Smart City: A Concept Reborn from 'Digital City'? -- 1.3.1 From Smart Thinking to Smart Cities -- 1.3.2 The Integration of ICT and Smart Technologies in Urban Thinking -- 1.4 The Discourse About ICT Use for Peacebuilding in Cities -- References -- 2 The Role of ICT and Smartness for Peace-Building Processes and Practices -- 2.1 A Brief Insight: ICT and Smartness for Peace-Building Processes and Practices -- 2.2 A Brief Introduction to 'Positive Peace Pillars' -- 2.3 ICT and Smart Technologies for Peace-Building Practice and Positive Peace -- 2.3.1 How ICT and Smart Technologies Could Help Reaching Positive Peace? -- 2.3.2 How ICT Integration in Cities Could Help Peacebuilding Practices? -- 2.4 Why ICT is Useful for Reaching Positive Peace in Cities? -- 2.5 The Structure of the Book -- References -- 3 ICT for a Well-Functioning Government in Cities: Towards Integrated Information Platforms for E-Government and E-Transformation -- 3.1 Introduction to 'Well-Functioning Government' from the Positive Peace Perspective -- 3.1.1 Well-Functioning Government in the Context of Cities and Communities -- 3.1.2 ICT Applications and Services for Well-Functioning Government -- 3.2 SWOT Analysis of ICT for Well-Functioning Government in Cities -- 3.3 Introduction to Case Studies -- 3.3.1 ICT for Citizens Connect (and Now Bos:311) in Boston, USA -- 3.3.2 ICT for the Republic of Moldova's GeT Project -- 3.3.3 Lessons Learnt from Case Studies -- 3.4 Progress to Date for ICT Applications for a Well-Functioning Government. , 3.5 Future Opportunities and Directions for ICT Application and Reaching a Well-Functioning Government in Cities -- References -- 4 ICT for Equitable Distribution of Resources: Exploring Examples of Online Healthcare Services and Online Education Platforms -- 4.1 Introduction to Equitable Distribution of Resource from the Positive Peace Perspective -- 4.1.1 Equitable Distribution of Resources in the Context of Cities and Communities -- 4.1.2 ICT Applications/Services for Equitable Distribution of Resources -- 4.2 SWOT Analysis of ICT for Equitable Distribution of Resources in Cities -- 4.3 Introduction to Case Studies -- 4.3.1 Online Medical Services at the University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland -- 4.3.2 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Major African Capital Cities -- 4.3.3 Lessons Learnt from Case Studies -- 4.4 Future Opportunities and Directions for ICT Application and Reaching Peace in Cities -- References -- 5 ICT for the Free Flow of Information in Cities: Combatting the Digital Divide and Promoting Information Exchange in Digital Economy -- 5.1 Introduction to Free Flow of Information from the Positive Peace Perspective -- 5.1.1 Free Flow of Information in the Context of Cities and Communities -- 5.2 ICT Services and Applications for FFI -- 5.2.1 Traditional Services: Radio and Television -- 5.2.2 Advanced Services: Online Media -- 5.2.3 ICT Applications for Communities -- 5.3 SWOT Analysis of ICT for Free Flow of Information in Cities -- 5.4 Introduction to Case Studies -- 5.4.1 ICT for FixMyStreet.com Project in Multiple UK Cities -- 5.4.2 ICT for FFI in Healthcare Services in Suva, Fiji -- 5.4.3 Lessons Learnt from the Case Study Examples -- 5.5 Progress to Date for ICT Applications for FFI -- 5.6 Future Opportunities and Directions for ICT Application and Reaching FFI in Cities -- References. , 6 ICT for Good Relations with Neighbours in Cities: Towards Productivity, Knowledge Application, and Community Building -- 6.1 Introduction to Good Relations with Neighbours from the Positive Peace Perspective -- 6.1.1 Good Relations with Neighbours in the Context of Cities and Communities -- 6.1.2 Applications of ICT for Good Relations with Neighbours -- 6.2 SWOT Analysis of ICT for Good Relations with Neighbours in Cities -- 6.2.1 Strengths -- 6.2.2 Weaknesses -- 6.2.3 Opportunities -- 6.2.4 Threats -- 6.3 Introduction to Case Studies -- 6.3.1 ICT for Application in the Smart City Projects in the European Community: Examples of Multiple Projects -- 6.3.2 ICT for Application in the Elderly Community in Nanjing, China -- 6.3.3 Lessons Learnt from Case Studies -- 6.4 Progress to Date for ICT Applications for Good Relation of Neighbours -- 6.5 Future Opportunities and Directions for ICT Application and Reaching Good Relations with Neighbours in Cities -- References -- 7 ICT for High Levels of Human Capital in Cities: A Shift Towards E-Government and Knowledge-Driven Economies -- 7.1 High Levels of Human Capital from the Positive Peace Perspective -- 7.1.1 Definition and Measurements of Human Capital -- 7.1.2 High Levels of Human Capital in the Context of Cities and Communities -- 7.2 SWOT Analysis of ICT for Human Capital -- 7.3 Introduction to Case Studies -- 7.3.1 ICT for High Levels of Human Capital in Andalusia, Spain -- 7.3.2 ICT for High Levels of Human Capital in Cyberjaya, Malaysia -- 7.4 Future Opportunities and Directions for ICT and High Levels of Human Capital in Cities -- References -- 8 ICT for Acceptance of the Rights of Others in Cities: Promoting Social Justice, Inclusivity, and Stability Through the Use of Digital Technologies -- 8.1 Acceptance of the Right of Others from the Positive Peace Perspective. , 8.1.1 Definition of Human Rights and Acceptance of the Rights of Others -- 8.1.2 Acceptance of the Rights of Others in the Context of Cities and Communities -- 8.1.3 Applications/Services of ICT for Acceptance of the Rights of Others -- 8.2 SWOT Analysis of ICT for Acceptance of the Rights of Others in Cities -- 8.3 Introduction to Case Studies -- 8.3.1 ICT for Acceptance of the Rights of Others in Melbourne, Australia -- 8.3.2 ICT for Acceptance of the Rights of Others in Tashkent, Uzbekistan -- 8.3.3 Lessons Learnt from Case Studies -- 8.4 Future Opportunities and Directions for ICT Application and Reaching ARO in Cities -- References -- 9 ICT for Low Levels of Corruption in Cities: From ICT Diffusion to Sustainable Justice and Achieving just Communities -- 9.1 Low Levels of Corruption from the Positive Peace Perspective -- 9.1.1 Definition and Measurements of Corruption -- 9.1.2 Low Levels of Corruption in the Context of Cities and Communities -- 9.2 Applications/Services of ICT for the Low Level of Corruption -- 9.3 SWOT Analysis of ICT and Low Levels of Corruption in Cities -- 9.4 Introduction to Case Studies -- 9.4.1 ICT for Low Level of Corruption in Seoul, South Korea -- 9.4.2 ICT for Low Level of Corruption in Cape Town, South Africa -- 9.4.3 Lessons Learnt from Case Studies -- 9.5 Progress to Date for ICT Applications for Low Level of Corruptions -- References -- 10 ICT for a Sound Business Environment in Cities: Opportunities Through Digital Technologies and Digital Transformations -- 10.1 Sound Business Environment (SBE) from the Positive Peace Perspective -- 10.1.1 Definition of the Sound Business Environment -- 10.1.2 Sound Business Environment in the Context of Cities and Communities -- 10.2 ICT Applications and Services for the Sound Business Environment -- 10.2.1 SWOT Analysis of ICT for the Sound Business Environment in Cities. , 10.3 Introduction to Case Studies -- 10.3.1 ICT for Business Competitiveness and Global Economic Environment in Toronto, Canada -- 10.3.2 ICT for e-Mexico Programme and Towards a Knowledge Economy Mexico City, Mexico -- 10.3.3 Lessons Learnt from Case Studies -- 10.4 Progress to Date for ICT Applications for the Sound Business Environment -- 10.5 Future Opportunities and Directions for ICT Application and Achieving Sound Business Environment in Cities -- References -- 11 Exploring Prospects to Strengthen the Nexus Between ICT, Cities, and Positive Peace: Limitations, Challenges, and Future Directions -- 11.1 A Brief Summary: The Negative and Positive Sides -- 11.2 Towards Strengthening the Nexus Between ICT, Cities, and Positive Peace -- 11.3 Limitations and Challenges, and Future Directions -- 11.3.1 Limitations -- 11.3.2 Challenges -- 11.3.3 Future Directions -- 11.4 ICT-Enabled and ICT-Driven Methods for Cities and Towards Reaching Positive Peace -- References -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- Green Infrastructure and Urban Sustainability: An Editorial -- 1 Prologue: Green Infrastructures in the Urbanising World -- 2 The Aim and Objectives of the Book -- 3 Structure of the Book -- References -- Policy Interventions -- Policy Intervention on Green Infrastructure in Chinese Cities -- 1 Green Infrastructure (GI) Development in China -- 1.1 The Background to the GI Concept -- 1.2 China's GI Research Development -- 1.3 Evolution of the GI Concept in China -- 1.4 Main Research Area of GI in China -- 1.5 Problems in China's GI Research -- 2 Construction of GI in Chinese Cities -- 2.1 Construction of Public Green Land in China Cities -- 2.2 Representative Cases of Urban GI Construction in China -- 2.3 Other Forms of GI Construction in China -- 3 GI Policy Interventions in China -- 3.1 GI Policy Interventions from China Central Government -- 3.2 GI Policy Interventions from the Chinese Ministries -- 4 GI Policy Interventions in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- 5 GI Policy Interventions in Xiong'an New Area -- 6 Problems and Solutions for GI in China -- 6.1 Problems in Urban GI Construction in China -- 6.2 Countermeasures and Solutions for Urban GI Construction in China -- 7 Summary of GI Policy Interventions -- References -- Urban Forest Planning and Policy in China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 1949-1979: Piecemeal Urban Greening and Massive Deforestation -- 3 1980-2000: Urban Gardening and Peri-Urban Afforestation for Landscape Beautification -- 4 2001-2010: Urban Forests as a Countermeasure to Environmental Stresses -- 5 Post 2010: Urban Forests as a Visual Manifestation of Ecological Civilization -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Analysis of Policy and Regulatory Landscapes for Green Roof Implementation in China -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Framing Green Roof Adoption by the National Policies and Regulations -- 2.1 Green Roof Benefits -- 3 Framing Green Roof Adoption by Provincial Policies and Regulations -- 4 Provincial Requirements and Incentives for Green Roofing -- 5 Framing Green Roof Adoption by City-Scale Policies and Regulations -- 6 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- The Transformation of the Green Infrastructure Intervention Under the Case of Sponge City Program: Positions, Challenges, and Prospects in China -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Chinese Urban Floods and Implications -- 1.2 Aim and Objectives -- 2 Green Infrastructure and Implications -- 2.1 Green Infrastructure Opportunities and Progress in China-Sponge City Program (SCP) -- 3 Discussion: Local Case of GI Movement: Ningbo, East Coast China -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Planning Innovation -- Does the National Forest City Policy Promote Haze Pollution Control? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Policy Background -- 3 Model and Data -- 3.1 Model -- 3.2 Data Sources -- 4 Empirical Analysis -- 4.1 Spatial Econometric Regression Results -- 4.2 Forest City Construction Improves the Effect of Urban Greening and Its Periodicity -- 5 Conclusions and Suggestions -- References -- Greening by Self-organised Urban Farming: A Productive Paradigm for Urban Green Space in China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Self-organised Urban Farming in China -- 2.1 What is Self-organised Urban farming? -- 2.2 Why Are People Farming in the City? -- 2.3 Potentials of the Self-organised Urban farming as Urban greening -- 3 Urban Greening in Beijing -- 3.1 Greening Efforts of Beijing -- 3.2 The Current Condition of Beijing Urban Green Resources and Problems -- 4 Where to Intervene: Regulations, Players, and Spaces -- 4.1 Regulations Associated with Urban Greening -- 4.2 Potential Players of Promoting Urban farming. , 4.3 Potential Spaces to Integrate Self-organised Urban farming -- 5 Three Scenarios to Integrate Self-organised Urban farming into Urban Greening -- 5.1 Infrastructure Affiliated Green Spaces -- 5.2 Transitional Land Use -- 5.3 Potential Sites to Integrate Self-organised Urban Farming -- 6 Community Affiliate Space -- 6.1 Potential Sites to Integrate Self-organised Urban farming -- References -- Changes of Urban Greenspace Coverage and Exposure in China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Methods -- 2.1 Measurement of Urban Greenspace -- 2.2 Quantification of Dynamic Human Distribution -- 2.3 Dynamic Human-Greenspace Exposure Assessment -- 3 Urban Greenspace Coverage and Exposure -- 3.1 Spatial and Temporal Changes of Urban Greenspace -- 3.2 Dynamic Greenspace Exposure -- 3.3 Impact of Urban Expansion on Greenspace Exposure -- 3.4 Inequality in Greenspace Exposure -- 4 Discussions -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Building Green Infrastructure: Eco-Cities and Sustainable Development Zones in China -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Green Infrastructure -- 2 Green Infrastructure in China's Eco-City Projects: Shanghai Dongtan and Tianjin Binhai -- 2.1 Dongtan Eco-City in Shanghai -- 2.2 Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (SSTEC) -- 3 Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Development Zones: Shenzhen and Guilin -- 3.1 Green Infrastructure Development in the Megacity of Shenzhen -- 3.2 Green Infrastructure in the Scenic yet Less-Developed City of Guilin -- 4 Green Infrastructure-Focused Agenda in China: Comparative Studies -- 4.1 Planning Principles -- 4.2 Design Approaches -- 4.3 Environmental Performance Indicators -- 4.4 Economic Consideration of Green Infrastructure -- 4.5 Social Vitality of Green Infrastructure -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Design Solutions. , Green Exposure as a People-Centered Metric for Green Infrastructures: A Shanghai Case Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Rationale of the Concept of Exposure Concerning Green Infrastructures -- 3 Methodology of Analysis -- 3.1 Area of Interest -- 3.2 Visualisation-Driven Quali-Quantitative Methodology -- 3.3 The Dataset -- 3.4 Description of the Analytical Zooming -- 3.5 Description of the Mixed Methods: The Qualitative Outlook -- 4 Shanghai Green Infrastructure and Exposure Analysis -- 4.1 General Overview of Shanghai Green Infrastructure -- 4.2 Exposure Indicator Using 15 m Road Buffer -- 4.3 Per Community Green Infrastructure Distribution Analysis -- 4.4 Distance to Green in Shanghai -- 4.5 UGS Correlation with Sociological Indicator in Communities' Samples -- 4.6 Fieldwork: Direct Observation of the GI in Context -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- 5.1 Social and Environmental Aspects of GI -- 5.2 Strengths and Limitations of the Methodology -- 5.3 Conclusions and Future Works -- References -- Comprehensive Evaluation of Green Infrastructure Restorative Practices for High-Quality Transitional "Sponge Node" Renewal Programs in China -- 1 The Background of Sponge City Programme -- 1.1 Research Scope: GI for Sponge and Resilient City -- 1.2 Sponge City Frontiers with GI Comprehensive Assessment Stress Needs -- 2 Research Objective, Key Points of Methods, and Overall Structure -- 2.1 Research Objective and Research Questions -- 2.2 Overall Structure -- 3 Methods -- 3.1 Study Area -- 3.2 Design of the GI Scenarios -- 3.3 AHP Method Overview with Selection of KPIs -- 3.4 SWMM Modelling for Hydro-Environmental Performance Hydrological Model SWMM -- 4 Data Collection -- 4.1 Model Setup -- 4.2 Model Calibration -- 4.3 Simulated rainfalls and Standards Settings -- 5 Comprehensive Evaluation and Based on AHP -- 5.1 Weighting and Ranking of KPIs. , 5.2 Comprehensive Evaluation of Each Scenario -- 6 Results and Discussions -- 6.1 Hierarchical Structure Module and the Selected KPIs -- 6.2 Ranking and Weighting Results of the KPIs -- 6.3 Hydro-Environmental Performance of Different Scenarios Based on SWMM -- 7 Comprehensive Performance Evaluation Results and Further Discussions -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Countermeasures and Empirical Research on GI Network Construction of Coal Cities in the Eastern Plain -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The GI Network Status of the Coal Cities in the Eastern Plain -- 2.1 Mining Abandoned Areas Threaten the Integrity of Green Infrastructure -- 2.2 The Whole Green Infrastructure Network is Weak and the Local Ecological Effects Are Better -- 3 Construction Strategies of the Green Infrastructure Network in Coal Cities -- 3.1 Restore the Abandoned Mine Lands and Enhance the Ecological Effect of GI Core Patches -- 3.2 Optimizing the Green Infrastructure Network and Implementing Rigid Planning -- 4 An Empirical Study on the Construction of the GI Network -- 4.1 Study Area -- 4.2 Current Status and Evaluation of the GI Network in Yongcheng -- 4.3 Extraction of the GI Network -- 4.4 Evaluation of the GI Network -- 5 The Optimisation of the GI Network of Yongcheng -- 5.1 The Optimisation Concept of the GI Network -- 6 The Optimisation Approach of the GI Network -- 6.1 GI Core Patches Optimisation -- 6.2 GI Corridor Optimisation -- 6.3 GI Stepping Stone Optimisation -- 7 GI Network Optimisation Countermeasures? -- 7.1 Corridors and Stepping Stones Optimisation Countermeasures -- 7.2 Priority of the Restoration of the Mining Subsidence Areas -- 7.3 Priority of the Restoration of the GI Network -- 8 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Strategies and Tactics for the Design of Green Infrastructure in the Public Realm of Chinese Cities -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Spatial Strategy, Integrating Ecological and Social Logic into the System.