Territorial Intelligence Research Articles

The Territorial Intelligence Process: Ecology of Communication for Development of Hybrid Territories

Aims: This article aims providing structural, and deeper, answers to the words used in titled, how “The Territorial intelligence process can be considered as necessary Ecology of Communication for development of “hybrid territories” and because in first part, we have been working, researching, for more decades in territorial intelligence field and secondly, because we have seen from the TICs development that territorial organizations in 21st Century are becoming hybrid, a mix made of physical (geographical) territory and digital territory and call for appropriate path to think about their future. Study design, Methodology & Place and Duration of Study: We illustrate our arguments by drawing on five situations of specific PhD research conducted in the interval from 2000 to 2014 throughout E.U in general and in France, in particularly. Reflecting the past six years, (2008-2014), they were fueled from the exercise of two local mandates. Results & Conclusion: All aspects encountered during these years need extracting additional points for consideration in the future. In conclusion, we propose structural elements for a response, and perhaps, for a future program of hybrid territories to be developed with the help of territorial intelligence process because of exposed territory to an insular development potentially breaking their continuum.

Why must we ‘master’ trust between all parties, in order to cultivate a process of sustainable local development?

A sustainable territorial development process represents a society characterized by its uniqueness to the territory of implementation. This notion of territory constitutes a fact of human nature, the development of which integrates collective and individual wellbeing through an intersectoral and multidisciplinary process. When carrying out joint projects, the partnership dynamic can transform interpersonal relationships and encourage the development of trust at the very core of the sustainable local development process. This trust enables the creation of a collective territorial intelligence, based on individual and sectoral knowledge and on know-how that form a shared, intangible heritage for each of the stakeholders in the sustainable territorial development process; however, as a fact of human nature, this trust remains fragile.

A conceptual framework for geographic knowledge engineering

In many applications, the management of geographic knowledge is very important especially not only for urban and environmental planning, but also for any application in territorial intelligence. However there are several practical problems hindering the efficiency, some of them being technical and other being more conceptual. The goal of this paper is to present a tentative conceptual framework for managing practical geographic knowledge taking account of accuracy, rotundity of earth, the mobility of objects, multiple-representation, multi-scale, existence of sliver polygons, differences in classifying real features (ontologies), the many-to-many relationship of place names (gazetteers) and the necessity of interoperability. In other words, this framework must be robust against scaling, generalization and small measurement errors. Therefore, geographic objects must be distinguished into several classes of objects with different properties, namely geodetic objects, administrative objects, manmade objects and natural objects. Regarding spatial relations, in addition to conventional topological and projective relations, other relations including tessellations and ribbon topology relations are presented in order to help model geographic objects by integrating more practical semantics. Any conceptual framework is based on principles which are overall guidelines and rules; moreover, principles allow at making predictions and drawing implications and are finally the basic building blocks of theoretical models. But before identifying the principles, one needs some preliminary considerations named prolegomena. In our case, principles will be essentially rules for transforming geographic knowledge whereas prolegomena will be assertions regarding more the foundations of geographic science. Based on those considerations, 12 principles are given, preceded by 12 prolegomena. For instance, some principles deal with the transformation of spatial relationships based on visual acuity and granularity of interest, with the influence of neighboring information and cross-boundary interoperability. New categories of geographic knowledge types are presented, spatial facts, cluster of areas, flows of persons, goods, etc., topological constraints and co-location rules. To represent knowledge chunks, three styles are presented, based respectively on descriptive logics, XML and visual languages. To conclude this paper, after having defined contexts of interpretation, an example of visual language to manage geographic knowledge is proposed.

Territorial intelligence modelling for energy development (TIMED) - a case study for the Baie-des-Sables (Canada) wind farm

This paper presents the application of a new approach, territorial intelligence modelling for energy development (TIMED), developed in response to growing concerns about the social acceptance of wind farms. Project development is based on procedure transparency and involvement of all stakeholders. To do this, the TIMED approach involves two multi-criteria methods: multi-criteria decision aid (MCDA) and participatory and collaborative geographic information systems (GIS). The model was tested in the Baie-des-Sables wind farm plan located in Quebec, Canada. This was done as an academic research and did not impact the current operation of the farm, which started back in November 2006. If this approach requires more efforts from the wind farm developer at the preparation stage it has the advantages of reducing the risks and overall duration of the infrastructure launching.

Propuesta de un Modelo de Inteligencia Territorial

A territory is built on the shared space and interaction between diverse public and private actors providing knowledge and resources that encourage development of the territory according to their own trajectories, visions and contexts. Territorial development depends on the competences and efforts of these actors to articulate territorial networks and to build knowledge assets around the territorial possibilities and potential, so they can act favorably in front of the changing environment, deploying both adaptive and predictive behavior. This paper proposes a conceptual model of territorial intelligence that includes the processes that allow territorial appropriation of knowledge as well as the development of a collective intelligence to promote the sustainable development of the territory.

Aristotle’sNicomachean Ethicsas the OriginalLocusfor theSeptem Circumstantiae

Previous articleNext article No AccessAristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics as the Original Locus for the Septem CircumstantiaeMichael C. SloanMichael C. SloanBaylor University Search for more articles by this author Baylor UniversityI am grateful to the Leverhulme Trust and the “After Augustine Project” for their financial support during the course of researching and writing this article.PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Classical Philology Volume 105, Number 3July 2010 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/656196 Views: 158Total views on this site Citations: 21Citations are reported from Crossref © 2010 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Ashok A. 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Mining scientific databases for territorial intelligence

Today, economic growth depends more and more on innovation and network alliance. In the context of innovation clusters (poles of competency), decision makers need information about the innovation capacity of their territory and the organisation of research activities for a local geographical area (region, department, etc.). The paper presents a local technology intelligence system for measuring the level of knowledge creation and analysing scientific cooperations. This decision support system is based on knowledge discovery in bibliographic databases providing geographical locations. Through the use of data mining algorithms, it helps in analysing the complexity of territorial networks. We illustrate this approach through a case study of an urban area (Sud Loire, City of Saint-Etienne, France).

Methodology of Management of Dredging Operations II. Applications

This paper presents the new methodology of management of dredging operations. Derived partly from existing methodologies (OECD, PNUE, AIPCN), it aims to be more comprehensive, mixing the qualities and the complementarities of previous methodologies. The application of the methodology has been carried out on the site of the Port of Dunkirk (FRANCE). Thus, a characterization of the sediments of this site has allowed a zoning of the Port to be established in to zones of probable homogeneity of sediments. Moreover, sources of pollution have been identified, with an aim of prevention. Ways of waste improvement have also been developed, to answer regional needs, from a point of view of competitive and territorial intelligence. Their development has required a mutualisation of resources between professionals, research centres and local communities, according to principles of industrial ecology. Lastly, a tool of MultiCriteria Decision-Making Aid (M.C.D.M.A.) has been used to determine the most relevant scenario (or alternative, or action) for a dredging operation intended by the Port of Dunkirk. These applications have confirmed the relevance of this methodology for the management of dredging operations.