The First International Workshop on Engineering a Sustainable City, Shanghai, China

The First International Workshop on Engineering a Sustainable City will be held from 10 to 12 November 2010 in Shanghai, China.

Cities cover less than one percent of the Earth's surface. However, more than half of the world's population reside in them. Building sustainable cities is a chance for human society to respond to climate change and environmental crisis. This can also lead to significant business opportunities where information technology can play an important role.

The workshop on engineering a sustainable city will be a forum where the latest findings and experiences of e-business relevant issues related to the design, development and improvement of cities with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability will be discussed.

Topics at the event are set to include:
- theories, metrics, principles of sustainable cities,
- sustainable city design, layout and planning,
- resilience and risk management,
- dynamic capture and assimilation of data for prediction and response,
- interconnected and interdependent models optimise sustainable city solutions,
- simulation and optimisation of complex city systems,
- green practices in fundamental city systems such as water, energy, traffic, buildings, waste, and so forth,
- individual and community behaviours in a sustainable city,
- emerging business models and practices driven by sustainable city development,
- standards, regulations, and legal issues.For further information, please visit:
http://conferences.computer.org/icebe/2010/EASCworkshop10.htm(opens in new window)