A user-centric framework to improve the reusability of open geodata in cities 

    Benítez Páez, Manuel Fernando (Date of defense: 2018-11-22)

    This book presents a user-centric framework that local open data authorities can use it to improve the ongoing initiatives towards a bottom-up approach. In an open data atmosphere where the accessibility of data portals ...

    Climate change and impacts in the urban systems 

    Smid, Marek (Date of defense: 2018-11-29)

    Urban systems are not only major drivers of climate change, but also impact hotspots. The processes of global warming and urban population growth make our urban agglomerations vulnerable to chain reactions triggered by ...

    Geographies of Empathy: Affective reconfigurations of Cities, Objects & Places 

    Portela, Manuel (Date of defense: 2018-11-21)

    This work addresses the development of digital technologies from the perspective of corporeal and embodied encounters. It offers a critical view of the openness and smartness of cities, at the same time that propose a novel ...

    Mobile Services for Green Living 

    Pajarito Grajales, Diego Fabián (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)

    Although many cities are promoting urban cycling, they do not analyse behavioural patterns or barriers faced during cycling with geospatial technologies. This thesis, placed within the fields of geoinformatics and serious ...