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Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. Gathering cuttingedge research and insights from academics, practitioners and policymakers around the globe, it identifies and discusses the nascent. An analysis of the objectives and europe 2020 targets of smart city. All over the world, local bodies are marketing smart cities driving up the cost of the property. Mapping political, social and economic risks and threats serves as a primer on smart cities. European parliament, directorategeneral for internal policies, policy department a. In crisp language and sharp detail, it explains why smart cities are powerful forces for positive change and how they can rebuild our trust in government. They open up significant opportunities in several areas, such as economic growth, health, wellness, energy efficiency, and transportation, to promote the sustainable development of cities. This becomes the mainstay of smart management providing resource optimization, open and participatory governance and efficient management of city infrastructure. Smart cities are emerging as a priority for research and development across the world. Our pick of the best books about smart cities tdmb tech. This story map was created with the story map cascade application in arcgis. The datadriven smart planning approach was one of the major topics discussed. The 83 best smart cities books recommended by sangita reddy, justin wolfers.

Mapping political, social and economic risks and threats. Smart cities are designed to use data to optimize resources, maintain sustainability, and improve peoples quality of life. The utility company is rolling out smart meters to many homes. Key concepts, definitions, examples, and historical contexts for understanding smart cities, along with discussions of both drawbacks and benefits of this approach to urban problems. This book opens with an examination of the technological reality on which smart cities are built, from the chips and sensors that enable us to monitor what happens within the infrastructure to the smartphones that connect individuals. Machine learning and ai ensuring fairness in smart cities. Author stefano tresca knows a thing or two about cities, especially as hes travelled the world, and now lives in one of the mother cities. This book illustrates how young people can seize the opportunity to create a. Smart cities are contemporary with a spatial turn of the digital.

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Mapping political, social and economic risks and threats serves as a primer on smart cities, providing readers with no prior knowledge on smart cities with an understanding of the current smart cities debates. The smart city model uses robust gis for building urban resilience. The 10 best smart city books explaining the future of. Based on key technological developments like geolocalisation and augmented reality, the rising importance of space explains the strategic role of mapping in the evolution of the urban experience. In his book future cities, stefano presents insights through interviews with some of the unsung catalysts of modern cities. Mapping smart cities in the eu catriona manville et al. Under these circumstances, i was curious to find out what smart means in the modern context. The gis framework seamlessly integrates with other technologies supporting visualization and analysis in real time. He is the author or editor of 42 books and more than 100 other publications, has served as editorinchief of 12 journals, and has an mba and phd in economics.