Foresight Study of Road Pavement Technologies

Nazarko, Joanicjusz; Radziszewski, Piotr; Dębkowska, Katarzyna; Ejdys, Joanna; Gudanowska, Alicja; Halicka, Katarzyna; Kilon, Jarosław; Kononiuk, Anna; Kowalski, Karol J.; Król, Jan; Nazarko, Łukasz; Sarnowski, Michał; Vilutienė, Tatjana

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.10.016

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“…The literature review identified a research gap, which shows that the implementation of the smart city concept is poorly embedded in a multi-sphere and multi-variant vision of the future In the opinion of the authors, a tool that would enable the development of a vision of the future of a smart city with the involvement of a wide range of stakeholders forming a local community, could be foresight, which has been successfully used in building a vision of the future of countries, regions and businesses (Nazarko, 2013;Nazarko et al 2013Nazarko et al , 2015aNazarko et al , 2015bEjdys, 2014;Szpilko 2015;Ejdys et al, 2019). It, therefore, seems appropriate to develop a foresight methodology for planning the future of smart cities, in which citizens are both users and co-creators of smart cities.…”

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Smart city concept in the light of the literature review

Winkowska

Szpilko

Pejić

2019

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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A B S T R A C T Nowadays, the transformations of metropolises into smart cities is a crucial factor in improving the living conditions of the inhabitants. The goal of the smart city concept is modern urban management using technical tools that offer state-of-the-art technologies, considering the applicable ecological standards while saving resources and achieving the expected results. The purpose of this article is to identify the areas of research analysed in the international literature in the field of smart cities. The bibliometric analysis was carried out to achieve the purpose. The analysis covered publications on smart cities published in Scopus and Web of Science databases from January 2009 to May 2019. Based on the bibliometric analysis, a bibliometric map was developed using the mapping technique VOS -the visualisation of similarities. Original clusters were created using the VOSviewer software. The bibliometric map visualises the results of the analysis that targeted the word coexistence. K E Y W O R D S smart city, smart city subareas, bibliometric map

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Smart city concept in the light of the literature review

Winkowska

Szpilko

Pejić

2019

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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“…To make pavement materials and technologies with a longer service life but higher construction costs more competitive, the warranty period has to be long. In Poland, with a climate similar to Sweden, more than 410 km of concrete motorways have recently been constructed (Deja and Kijowski, 2010;Nazarko et al, 2015). One important reason for selecting concrete was that design-build-operate contracts running for several decades were procured.…”

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Performance of performance specifications in design-build highway projects

Bröchner¹,

Silfwerbrand

2019

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Design-build contracts with performance-based specifications are believed to raise productivity and the innovation rate. Such specifications for highway and bridge contracts may create risks, be too detailed or difficult to verify. The purpose has been to analyse how performance-based requirements are used in Swedish design-build contracts for highway projects. How contractors are encouraged to provide innovative technologies is emphasized. Generic documents from the Swedish Transport Administration for design-build contracts have been studied, and case studies of six design-build contracts with performance-based requirements have been made. Technical specifications for these contracts have been analysed and interviews held with both client and contractor project managers. Results include that it is along the time axis that major obstacles to innovation arise. Before the contractor is able to develop innovative solutions, the initial design plan restricts the highway geometry. During construction, a mix of performance and prescriptive requirement formulations is more of a challenge than clashes between performance requirements. The client may avoid performance language, more so for bridges than road surfaces, because of concerns with efficient maintenance in the future. It is recommended that performance-based specifications should be less detailed and that a life cycle view of highway projects should support innovative technologies.

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“…Based on the literature review, five groups of technology assessment criteria were selected: innovation, demand, socio-ethics, usability, and functionality ( Ejdys, 2015;Nazarko et al, 2015;Radziszewski et al, 2016). The criteria were formulated in the form of statements.…”

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Gerontechnology — the assessment of one selected technology improving the quality of life of older adults

Halicka

2019

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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A B S T R A C T Older adults experience difficulties in their daily lives as their health deteriorates. Gerontechnology (the compilation of terms "gerontology" and "technology") helps in the resolution of problems faced by older adults by improving their quality of life and, above all, developing tools to facilitate the access of older adults to all goods, services and infrastructure, which is also the understanding of the term used in this paper. The article mainly aimed to assess the selected gerontechnology that improved the quality of life of older adults in terms of different criteria, namely, innovation, demand, socioethics, usability, and functionality. It also analysed whether the respondent's age and gender had any influence on the assessment. Care robots were chosen from among the variety of gerontechnologies. The survey was conducted in the first quarter of 2018 and involved 643 people from different voivodships of Poland. Two types of questionnaires were designed. The electronic form of the survey was distributed using social media and snowball techniques, and the paper form was sent by traditional post to all nursing homes in Poland. K E Y W O R D S technology assessment, gerontechnology, humanoid robots, older adults

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Foresight Study of Road Pavement Technologies

Cited by 27 publications

References 13 publications

Smart city concept in the light of the literature review

Smart city concept in the light of the literature review

Performance of performance specifications in design-build highway projects

Gerontechnology — the assessment of one selected technology improving the quality of life of older adults

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