Spatial Data Infrastructure for Urban Regeneration

This book represents part of the result of a project undertaken by the C- ter for Sustainable Urban Regeneration (cSUR). The center was est- lished in 2003 by a research fund titled the 21st Century Center of Exc- lence (COE) Program provided by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. The project leader was Shi- chiro Ohgaki, a professor in the Department of Urban Engineering of the University of Tokyo. cSUR integrates the four specific fields of urban planning, architecture, civil engineering, and environmental engineering with the participation of over a hundred researchers of the university. The objective of the center is to create an integrated approach to, and knowledge for, sustainable urban regeneration based on a global network of researchers and professionals; and to coordinate an international research alliance that consists of leading academic institutions worldwide. The project was carried out by four research units: A. Environment Management B. Urban Stock Management C. Social Information Management D. Action Studies Each unit consisted of smaller subunits. The third unit, which includes the contributors to this book, consisted of three smaller groups: C-1) The Next Generation Geographic Information System Integrating Human and Social Information C-2) Decoding and Analysis of Historical and Cultural Information Concerning Urban Space C-3) Participatory Planning and Urban Space Management Support Systems

This book considers the use of spatial data infrastructure in both the study and practice of urban regeneration. Topics range from the development of spatial data infrastructure to its application to urban regeneration studies.

Urban and Regional Information Infrastructure.- New Urban Information Infrastructure: 3-D and Dynamic Information.- Monitoring of Urban Infrastructure and Environment by Use of Remote Sensing.- Visualization of Historical Data in Tokyo.- Urban Transport Data Fusion and Advanced Traffic Management for Sustainable Mobility.- New Technologies in Urban Regeneration-Community-based Urban Planning Support System Enhanced by Urban Vulnerability Assessment Technologies.- Application of Information on Human Activity-Travel Behavior in Urban Space and Time in the Information Age.- The Behavioral Basis of Environmental Design for Human Beings.