Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics: Stability, Continuity, Innovation

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Analysis of Product Lifecycle Data to Determine the Environmental Impact of the Apple iPhone....Pages 3-13
Sustainable Software Design for Very Small Organizations....Pages 15-24
Software Development Guidelines for Performance and Energy: Initial Case Studies....Pages 25-35
Green ICT Research and Challenges....Pages 37-48
Some Aspects of Using Universal Design as a Redesign Strategy for Sustainability....Pages 49-60
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Development of Web Application for Disaster-Information Collection and Its Demonstration Experiment....Pages 63-73
Social Media Resilience During Infrastructure Breakdowns Using Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks....Pages 75-88
Collection and Integration of Multi-spatial and Multi-type Data for Vulnerability Analysis in Emergency Response Plans....Pages 89-101
EPISECC Common Information Space: Defining Data Ownership in Disaster Management....Pages 103-112
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Integrating Social Acceptance of Electricity Grid Expansion into Energy System Modeling: A Methodological Approach for Germany....Pages 115-129
Dynamic Portfolio Optimization for Distributed Energy Resources in Virtual Power Plants....Pages 131-142
Distributed Power Management of Renewable Energy Resources for Grid Stabilization....Pages 143-152
Proposing an Hourly Dynamic Wind Signal as an Environmental Incentive for Demand Response....Pages 153-164
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Wind Energy Scenarios for the Simulation of the German Power System Until 2050: The Effect of Social and Ecological Factors....Pages 167-180
AC Power Flow Simulations within an Open Data Model of a High Voltage Grid....Pages 181-193
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Empirical Study of Using Renewable Energies in Innovative Car-Sharing Business Model “in Tandem” at the University of Hildesheim....Pages 197-207
Trends in Mobility: A Competitive Based Approach for Virtual Mobility Providers to Participate in Transportation Markets....Pages 209-219
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Regionalized LCI Modeling: A Framework for the Integration of Spatial Data in Life Cycle Assessment....Pages 223-235
Open Calculator for Environmental and Social Footprints of Rail Infrastructures....Pages 237-249
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A Computational Intelligence Approach to Diabetes Mellitus and Air Quality Levels in Thessaloniki, Greece....Pages 253-262
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Aggregation and Measurement of Social Sustainability and Social Capital with a Focus on Human Health....Pages 263-273
Optimal Noise Filtering of Sensory Array Gaseous Air Pollution Measurements....Pages 275-285
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Generic Web Framework for Environmental Data Visualization....Pages 289-299
Creating a Data Portal for Small Rivers in Rostock....Pages 301-309
Convergent Infrastructures for Municipalities as Connecting Platform for Climate Applications....Pages 311-320
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ICT Support of Environmental Compliance—Approaches and Future Perspectives....Pages 323-333
Communicating Environmental Issues of Software: Outline of an Acceptance Model....Pages 335-345
Partial Optimization of Water Distribution System Accounting for Multiobjective System Safety....Pages 347-356
Towards Environmental Analytics: DPSIR as a System of Systems....Pages 357-368