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Analysis of urban pollution and forest fire surveillance
AbstractStudies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and the Municipal and Energy Research Centre in Martigny (CREM) have led towards the identification of original town management and complex systems concepts which integrate planning, cadastres, and real-time management under the neologism of urbistics. To illustrate an example, this presentation deals with the modelling of pollution-reduction strategies via actions on heating systems and the adaptation of public and private transport networks in the Swiss conurbation of Lausanne. It also describes the installation of a system for forest fire surveillance and fire-fighting in the Bouches-du-Rhône in France. The application will include the monitoring of fire-fighting vehicles via satellite and alerting the population with automated telephone calls controlled by numeric models forecasting affected areas. These two examples show how to employ map-based and urban data for the benefit of the public, its security, and the environment. Starting with the concepts and passing through real applications, this presentation covers the stages right up to final realisation, in order that the limits and advantages of these methods may be explained.
Analysis of urban pollution and forest fire surveillance
AbstractStudies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and the Municipal and Energy Research Centre in Martigny (CREM) have led towards the identification of original town management and complex systems concepts which integrate planning, cadastres, and real-time management under the neologism of urbistics. To illustrate an example, this presentation deals with the modelling of pollution-reduction strategies via actions on heating systems and the adaptation of public and private transport networks in the Swiss conurbation of Lausanne. It also describes the installation of a system for forest fire surveillance and fire-fighting in the Bouches-du-Rhône in France. The application will include the monitoring of fire-fighting vehicles via satellite and alerting the population with automated telephone calls controlled by numeric models forecasting affected areas. These two examples show how to employ map-based and urban data for the benefit of the public, its security, and the environment. Starting with the concepts and passing through real applications, this presentation covers the stages right up to final realisation, in order that the limits and advantages of these methods may be explained.
Analysis of urban pollution and forest fire surveillance
Hadorn, Jean-Christophe (author) / Saugy, Bernard (author)
Computers, Environments and Urban Systems ; 18 ; 265-277
1994-01-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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