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Smart City By:"Renata Paola Dameri","Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux" Published on 2014-06-26 by Springer E-book Library:"Business & Economics" This book presents a comprehensive overview of the various aspects for the development of smart cities from a European perspective. It presents both theoretical concepts as well as empirical studies and cases of smart city programs and their capacity to create value for citizens. The contributions in this book are a result of an increasing interest for this topic, supported by both national governments and international institutions. The book offers a large panorama of the most important aspects of smart cities evolution and implementation. It compares European best practices and analyzes how smart projects and programs in cities could help to improve the quality of life in the urban space and to promote cultural and economic development. This Book was ranked 6 by Google Books for keyword city definition. Thank you ...

Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures By:"Stamatina Th. Rassia","Panos M. Pardalos" Published on 2013-08-15 by Springer Science & Business Media E-book Library:"Business & Economics" Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures presents works written by eminent international experts from a variety of disciplines including architecture, engineering and related fields. Due to the ever-increasing focus on sustainable technologies, alternative energy sources, and global social and urban issues, interest in the energy systems for cities of the future has grown in a wealth of disciplines. Some of the special features of this book include new findings on the city of the future from the macro to the micro level. These range from urban sustainability to indoor urbanism, and from strategies for cities and global climate change to material properties. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers active in architecture, engineeri...

Integration of Nature and Technology for Smart Cities By:"Anil Ahuja, PE, RCDD, LEED BD+C, CxA" Published on 2016-03-17 by Springer E-book Library:"Technology & Engineering" This book is a resumption of the work “Integrated M/E Design: Building Systems Engineering” published by Anil Ahuja in 1997. Together with an international group of authors from the engineering, urban planning, and architecture fields, Mr. Ahuja discussed new trends and paradigms in the smart buildings and smart city sectors and extended the topic of the previous publication from the building to the entire city. A smart, sustainable building is not just about the building itself. There are things happening in the inside of the building and on the outside. A smart building connects the inside with the outside, provides efficiencies on both sides, synchronizes the outside infrastructure with its inside systems, and integrates nature and its occupants in its design. A smart building doesn’t jus...

Beyond Smart Cities By:"Tim Campbell" Published on 2013-07-03 by Routledge E-book Library:"Architecture" The promise of competitiveness and economic growth in so-called smart cities is widely advertised in Europe and the US. The promise is focussed on global talent and knowledge economies and not on learning and innovation. But to really achieve smart cities – that is to create the conditions of continuous learning and innovation – this book argues that there is a need to understand what is below the surface and to examine the mechanisms which affect the way cities learn and then connect together. This book draws on quantitative and qualitative data with concrete case studies to show how networks already operating in cities are used to foster and strengthen connections in order to achieve breakthroughs in learning and innovation. Going beyond smart cities means understanding how cities construct, convert and manipulate relationships that grow in urban environments. ...

Smart Cities and Homes By:"Mohammad S Obaidat","Petros Nicopolitidis" Published on 2016-05-17 by Morgan Kaufmann E-book Library:"Computers" Smart Cities and Homes: Key Enabling Technologies explores the fundamental principles and concepts of the key enabling technologies for smart cities and homes, disseminating the latest research and development efforts in the field through the use of numerous case studies and examples. Smart cities use digital technologies embedded across all their functions to enhance the wellbeing of citizens. Cities that utilize these technologies report enhancements in power efficiency, water use, traffic congestion, environmental protection, pollution reduction, senior citizens care, public safety and security, literacy rates, and more. This book brings together the most important breakthroughs and advances in a coherent fashion, highlighting the interconnections between the works in different areas of computing, exploring both new...

Smart Cities, Green Technologies, and Intelligent Transport Systems By:"Markus Helfert","Karl-Heinz Krempels","Cornel Klein","Brian Donnellan","Oleg Gusikhin" Published on 2016-01-06 by Springer E-book Library:"Computers" This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems, SMARTGREENS 2015, and the 1st International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems, VEHITS 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2015. The 15 full papers of SMARTGREENS 2015 presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 73 submissions. VEHITS 2015 received 27 paper submissions from which 3 papers were selected and published in this book. The papers reflect topics such as smart cities, energy-aware systems and technologies, sustainable computing and communications, sustainable transportation and smart mobility. This Book was ranked 8 by Google ...

Smart Cities as a Solution for Reducing Urban Waste and Pollution By:"Hua, Goh Bee" Published on 2016-06-20 by IGI Global E-book Library:"Technology & Engineering" The exponential growth of urban settings has led to an increase in pollutants and waste management issues around the world. As the environment continues to falter under the weight of these pressing issues, it has become increasingly imperative to develop new technologies and methodologies that have the potential to improve the overall sustainability and cleanliness of these cities. Smart Cities as a Solution for Reducing Urban Waste and Pollution examines emergent research on smart innovations within built urban environments. Featuring best practices and theoretical frameworks, as well as potential issues in the implementation of smart and green technology in urban settings, this publication is a vital reference source for graduate students, researchers, academics, engineers, architects, facility mana...

Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia By:"Anthony M. Townsend" Published on 2013-10-07 by W. W. Norton & Company E-book Library:"Computers" Traces the root of modern, sprawling megacities to advances in information technologies throughout the twentieth century and discusses how these advances can inform and improve the future of human settlements. This Book was ranked 33 by Google Books for keyword city network. Thank you Smart City Guides