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Climate-neutral and intelligent cities in Europe : Mission statements, paths, risks

The great transformation to climate-neutral cites in Europe, though often called for and widely advocated, is yet to come. This TATuP special topic underscores the necessity of integrative approaches that combine smart and intelligent urban technologies with socio-cultural innovations to open up paths towards urban climate neutrality. Edited by Cordula Kropp (ZIRIUS/University of Stuttgart), Astrid Ley (SI/University of Stuttgart), Sadeeb Simon Ottenburger (ITES/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Ulrich Ufer (ITAS/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Making intelligent cities in Europe climate-neutral: About the necessity to integrate technical and socio-cultural innovations

Smart urban futures are currently being tested and promoted in Europe using innovative and intelligent urban technologies at different spatial scales, in individual sectors such as energy or transport, or by using specific technological innovations. However, the great transformation, though often called for and widely advocated, is yet to come. This paper discusses the necessity of promoting integrative approaches that go beyond technology-centered solutions with the aim of opening up paths towards urban climate neutrality: Precisely because urban futures are hardly predictable due to diverse and partly still hidden influencing factors, it is important to include especially socio-cultural innovations, as well as resilient technical solutions. The considerations developed in this regard conclude with a presentation of the contributions in this TATuP special topic.Smarte urbane Zukünfte werden derzeit in Europa unter dem Einsatz innovativer und intelligenter urbaner Technologien auf unterschiedlichen räumlichen Skalierungsebenen, in einzelnen Sektoren wie Energie oder Verkehr bzw. anhand spezifischer technologischer Erneuerungen erprobt und vorangetrieben. Allerdings steht die vielfach beschworene große Transformation in den Städten noch aus. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert die Notwendigkeit, über technikzentrierte Lösungen hinausgehende integrative Ansätze zu fördern, um Wege hin zur urbanen Klimaneutralität zu eröffnen: Gerade weil urbane Zukünfte angesichts vielfältiger und teils noch verborgener Einflussfaktoren kaum vorhersagbar sind, gilt es, neben resilienten technischen Lösungen, insbesondere soziokulturelle Innovationen einzubeziehen. Die hierzu entwickelten Überlegungen schließen mit einer Vorstellung der Beiträge in diesem TATuP-Thema ab

Our Administrative System of Criminal Justice

To commemorate our founding in 1914, the Board of Editors has selected six influential pieces published by the Law Review over the past 100 years and will republish one piece in each issue. The fourth piece selected by the Board is Our Administrative System of Criminal Justice, an article written by Gerard E. Lynch that is among the most cited works in the Law Review’s history. This article illustrates how the practice of plea bargaining blurs the boundaries between adversarial and inquisitorial criminal justice systems. Judge Lynch now sits on the Second Circuit having eventually succeeded the late Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin, who also is honored in the pages of this book for the permanent mark he left on Fordham Law School and the Law Review. We think it is fitting that the Law Review feature two of the many contributions that judges of the Second Circuit have made to legal education and scholarship in this issue

Stress in agile software development : practices and outcomes

Stress is an important workplace issue, affecting both the health of individuals, and the health of organizations. Early advocacy for Agile Software Development suggested it might help avoid stress, with practices that emphasize a sustainable pace, and self-organizing teams. Our analysis of a 2014 survey, however, suggested that stress might still be commonplace in Agile teams, especially for those with less experience. We also noticed that newcomers to Agile emphasized technical, rather than collaborative, practices, and speculated this might explain the stress. We explored this in our analysis of a follow-up survey conducted in 2016, and report our findings in this paper. We show that there are a variety of factors involved, and that avoiding stress is associated with both collaborative and technical practices, and a range of outcomes