Abstract:
Multi-scale Building Information Modeling (BIM) has the potential to
become a powerful decision support tool for urban planning. It can be used
to facilitate many applications in various fields such as wind simulations,
energy studies, noise studies and various types of analyses that require
placing a planned architectural design in its context and being able to follow
its implementation and evolution in an urban context, and connecting it with
other urban components such as networks, road infrastructures, etc. The 3D
urban model has become an essential support for better communication with
all stakeholders on urban issues.
This book presents the theoretical and practical basis for implementing a
multi-scale BIM. It addresses the issues of data acquisition, modeling,
integration and information sharing in an interoperable framework. The book
analyzes and provides the basics of BIM and Geographic Information System
(GIS) integration in the context of urban management, a preliminary step to
achieve the intelligent and sustainable management of an urban space. This
book also presents practical case studies illustrating some aspects of using
the concept of multi-scale BIM to address certain urban issues, including the
segmentation of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data for BIM
modeling, the integration of BIM and 3D GIS for property value simulations
and the contribution of BIM and 3D GIS to urban renewal.
