Handbook of Smart Cities

by Juan Carlos Augusto (Editor)

Overview

This Handbook presents a comprehensive and rigorous overview of the state-of-the-art on Smart Cities. It provides the reader with an authoritative, exhaustive one-stop reference on how the field has evolved and where the current and future challenges lie. From the foundations to the many overlapping dimensions (human, energy, technology, data, institutions, ethics etc.), each chapter is written by international experts and amply illustrated with figures and tables with an emphasis on current research.

The Handbook is an invaluable desk reference for researchers in a wide variety of fields, not only smart cities specialists but also by scientists and policy-makers in related disciplines that are deeply influenced by the emergence of intelligent cities. It should also serve as a key resource for graduate students and young researchers entering the area, and for instructors who teach courses on these subjects. The handbook is also of interest to industry and business innovators.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030696979
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	07/10/2021
Edition description:	1st ed. 2021
Pages:	1726
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Juan Carlos Augusto, is Professor of Computer Science at Middlesex University London, the Head of the Research Group on Development of Intelligent Environments, and of the Smart Spaces Lab which won the first prize of the 2019 edition of the Machine Intelligence Competition which took place at the British Computer Society Headquarters.

With a technical background on Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interfaces, his research interestsareon the design and implementation of sensing systems which provide a practical benefit to humans. The application domain he most often explored has beenAmbient Assisted Living, Smart Education,and Smart Cities. His interests intersect with several computer science areas, for example, Ambient intelligence User-centred computing, Context-awareness, Internet of Things, and Ubiquitous Computing.

He has contributed to the research community with more than260 publications, including severalco-edited books on various types of smart systems.He has given more thana dozen invited talks and tutorialsfor international workshops and conferences and has also chaired numerous technical events. He has been appointed as co-Editor in Chief of the Journal on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (IOS Press); and co-Editor in Chief of the Journal on Reliable IntelligentEnvironments (Springer), aswell as Editorial Board member for other international journals.

He has led several UK/EU funded quadruple-helix in style innovation projects. He has adviced several international funding bodies including being external referee and monitoring expert for the European Commission.

Table of Contents

Smart Cities: Fundamental Concepts.- Smart Cities Can Be More Humane and Sustainable Too.- NEOM Smart City: The City of Future (The Urban Oasis in Saudi Desert).- Smart Energy Frameworks for Smart Cities: The Need for Polycentrism.- Urban Computing: The Technological Framework for Smart Cities.-Smart Cities Data: Framework, Applications, and Challenges.- Smart Institutions: Concept, Index, and Framework Conditions.- Smart City Needs a Smart Urban-Rural Interface. An Overview on Romanian Urban Transformations.- Building Smart City Solutions with Focus on Health Care and GDPR.- User Interfaces in Smart Cities.- Skholm: Smart City.- Smart City Wien – A sustainable future starts now.-Smart City Transformation for Mid-sized Cities: Case of Canakkale, Turkey.- Urban Innovation Ecosystem & Humane and Sustainable Smart City: A Balanced Approach in Curitiba.- From Invention City to Innovation City: The Case of Racine Wisconsin.- Smart City Edmonton.- Holistic, Multifaceted, and Citizen-Centric Smart Taipei Strategies.- Tehran in the Path of Transition to a Smart City: Initiatives, Implementation, and Governance.- Rebranding Umhlanga as an Intelligent City.- Bandung Smart City: The Digital Revolution for a Sustainable Future.- Malaysia Smart City Framework: A Trusted Framework for Shaping Smart Malaysian Citizenship?.- Social inclusion in Smart Cities.