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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- 1 Overall Introduction -- 1.1 Defining Urban Informatics -- 1.2 The Background: The Origins of Urban Informatics -- 1.3 Structure of the Book -- 1.4 Retrospective and Prospective -- References -- Part IDimensions of Urban Science -- 2 Introduction to Urban Science -- 3 Defining Urban Science -- 3.1 A Science of Cities -- 3.2 City Systems and Systems of Cities -- 3.3 Urban Growth: Urbanization from the Bottom Up -- 3.4 Scale and Size, Networks, and Flows -- 3.5 The Development of Operational Urban Models -- 3.6 Future Directions in Urban Informatics -- References -- 4 Street View Imaging for Automated Assessments of Urban Infrastructure and Services -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Data Collection and Object Localization -- 4.3 Deriving Urban Functions from Object Statistics -- 4.4 Discussion -- References -- 5 Urban Human Dynamics -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Urban Dynamics -- 5.2.1 Cellular Automata for Urban Dynamics Research -- 5.2.2 Other Urban Dynamics Approaches -- 5.3 Human Dynamics -- 5.3.1 Effects of Information and Communications Technologies on Human Dynamics -- 5.3.2 Time Geography -- 5.3.3 Big Data and Space-Time GIS for Human Dynamics Research -- 5.3.4 Some Other Examples Human Dynamics Studies -- 5.4 Urban Human Dynamics and Urban Informatics -- References -- 6 Geosmartness for Personalized and Sustainable Future Urban Mobility -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Geosmartness -- 6.3 Analyzing Urban-Mobility Patterns -- 6.3.1 Data -- 6.3.2 Computational Methods for Large-Scale Spatio-temporal Mobility-Pattern Analysis -- 6.3.3 Studies -- 6.3.4 SBB Green Class (Multi-modal and Energy-Efficient Mobility) -- 6.4 Behavioral Change and Sustainable Mobility -- 6.4.1 Motivation -- 6.4.2 Detecting and Supporting Behavioral Change -- 6.4.3 Studies -- 6.4.4 GoEco! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.2.3.2 International Comparisons -- 6.2.4 Other Areas of Research -- 6.2.4.1 "Free" Digital Media -- 6.2.4.2 Measurement and Treatment of Data -- 6.2.4.3 Prices -- 6.3 Measuring Digital Services Trade -- 6.3.1 Defining Digital Services for International Trade -- 6.3.2 Trends in ICT and ICT‐enabled Services -- 6.3.3 Areas of Research -- 6.4 Conclusion and Way Forward -- References -- Chapter 7 Establishment Based Informal Sector Statistics: An Endeavor of Measurement from Economic Census 2018 of Nepal -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Issues of Informal Sector in Legislation and Policies in Nepal -- 7.2.1 Constitution 2015 -- 7.2.2 Labor Act 2017 -- 7.2.3 Contribution Based Social Security Act 2017 -- 7.2.4 Fifteenth Periodic Plan (2019/20-2023/24) -- 7.2.5 National Employment Policy 2014 -- 7.3 Concept and Definition of Informal Sector -- 7.3.1 Definition of Informal Sector from Statistical Perspective -- 7.4 Endeavors of Measuring Informal Economic Activities in Nepal -- 7.4.1 Nepal Labor Force Survey -- 7.4.2 Nepal Living Standard Surveys (NLSS) -- 7.4.3 Population Censuses -- 7.5 Economic Census 2018 -- 7.5.1 Contents of Economic Census 2018 -- 7.6 Status of the Informal Sector Statistics -- 7.6.1 Informal Sector Statistics from Nepal Labor Force Survey 1998 and 2008 -- 7.6.2 Informal Sector Statistics from Nepal Labor Force Survey 2017/18 -- 7.6.3 Informal Sector Statistics from National Population Census 2011 -- 7.6.4 Informal Sector Statistics from National Economic Census 2018 -- 7.6.5 Status of Keeping Accounting Record -- 7.6.6 Informality in Micro Small and Medium Establishments (MSME) -- 7.6.7 Street Business Situation -- 7.7 Annual Revenues/Sales, Operating Expenses in Not‐Registered Establishments -- 7.8 Need of Regular Measurement Informal Sector -- 7.9 Conclusion -- References…”

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