Environmental movementThe environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices in order to create sustainable living. Environmentalists advocate the just and sustainable management of resources and stewardship of the environment through changes in public policy and individual behavior. In its recognition of humanity as a participant in (not an enemy of) ecosystems, the movement is centered on ecology, health, and human rights.
Écologie urbaineL’écologie urbaine est stricto sensu un domaine de l'écologie (la science qui étudie les écosystèmes) qui s'attache à l'étude de la ville comme écosystème. Il peut aujourd'hui, par vulgarisation et dans un but de sensibilisation aux problématiques environnementales, regrouper la prise en compte de l'ensemble des problématiques environnementales concernant le milieu urbain ou périurbain. Elle vise à articuler ces enjeux en les insérant dans les politiques territoriales pour limiter ou réparer les impacts environnementaux.
Surveillance issues in smart citiesSmart cities seek to implement information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve the efficiency and sustainability of urban spaces while reducing costs and resource consumption. In the context of surveillance, smart cities monitor citizens through strategically placed sensors around the urban landscape, which collect data regarding many different factors of urban living.
Psychologie environnementaleLa psychologie environnementale, confondue parfois avec l’écopsychologie, est « l'étude des interrelations entre l'individu et son environnement physique et social, dans ses dimensions spatiales et temporelles ». Elle s'intéresse aussi bien aux effets des conditions environnementales sur les comportements, cognitions et émotions de l’individu qu’à la manière dont celui-ci perçoit ou agit sur l'environnement.
Environmental accountingEnvironmental accounting is a subset of accounting proper, its target being to incorporate both economic and environmental information. It can be conducted at the corporate level or at the level of a national economy through the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting, a satellite system to the National Accounts of Countries (among other things, the National Accounts produce the estimates of gross domestic product otherwise known as GDP).
Chirplet transformIn signal processing, the chirplet transform is an inner product of an input signal with a family of analysis primitives called chirplets. Similar to the wavelet transform, chirplets are usually generated from (or can be expressed as being from) a single mother chirplet (analogous to the so-called mother wavelet of wavelet theory). The term chirplet transform was coined by Steve Mann, as the title of the first published paper on chirplets.
