Recent advances in information and communication technologies have enhanced the standards of metropolitan planning and development. With the increase in mobile communication, this will help to deliver innovative new services and apps in the field of urban e-planning. New Approaches, Methods, and Tools in Urban E-Planning is a key resource for the latest academic research on recent innovations in urban e-planning, citizen e-participation, the use of social media, and new forms of data collection and idea generation for urban planning. Presenting broad coverage among a variety of pertinent views and themes such as ethnography, e-consultation, and civic engagement, this book is ideally designed for planners, policymakers, researchers, and graduate students interested in how recent technological advancements are enhancing the traditional practices in e-planning.

Wireless and Cellular Communications explains aspects of the wireless industry and presents in-depth treatment of radio propagation modeling, atmospheric and weather impacts, multipath, Doppler effect, fading and shadowing. The book covers important radio technologies such as CDMA and OFDMA, outlines their principles as well as their applications to modern radio standards like LTE 4G, 5G, and their network architectures. About the author: Dr. Thomas Schwengler is a principal architect at CenturyLink; he held positions as director of RF engineering at Qwest Wireless, senior staff engineer at US WEST Advanced Technologies, and research engineer at France Telecom R&D. He has a master and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an engineering degree from Supelec, France.

This monograph is a detailed introduction to the nascent and ever-evolving fields of metamaterials and nanophotonics, with key techniques and applications needed for a comprehensive understanding of these fields all detailed. These include the 'standard' and high-accuracy 'nonstandard' FDTD techniques, finite-difference frequency-domain mode solvers, the transfer matrix method, analytic calculations for dielectric and plasmonic waveguides, dispersion, Maxwell-Bloch and density functional theory, as well as design methods for constructing metamaterials and nanolasers, and quantum plasmonics. The book is intended for final-year undergraduates, as well as postgraduates or active researchers who wish to understand and enter these fields in a 'user-friendly' manner, and who have a basic understanding of and familiarity with electromagnetic theory.