| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 280 pages) : illustrations |
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Future city, 1876-0880 ; volume 18 |
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Future city ; v. 18. 1876-0880
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| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Energy and sustainable development -- Chapter 1. Smart Citizens for realizing Smarter Cities (Mariacristina Roscia, Mihnea Costoiu, and George Cristian Lazaroiu) -- Chapter 2. Integrated Photovoltaics: an opportunity for urban decarbonization (Laura Aelenei and Alessandra Scognamiglio) -- Chapter 3. Smart Cities Consumers in Search of the Potential Sustainability (Manuel Villa-Arrieta and Andreas Sumper) -- Chapter 4. Security and Privacy issues in IoT based Smart Grids: A case study in a digital substation (Doney Abraham, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan, Mohamed Abomhara, Alemayehu Gebremedhin, and Fisnik Dalipi) -- Chapter 5. Smart Lighting systems for Smart Cities (Georges Zissis, Pascal Dupuis, Laurent Canale, Nazim Pigenet) -- Part II. Smart infrastructures for smart cities -- Chapter 6. The role of geoinformation in the development of smart cities (Dariusz Gotlib and Robert Olszewski) -- Chapter 7. Tools for Citizen Engagement in Urban Planning (Elie Daher, Mohaddeseh Maktabifard, Sylvain Kubicki, Régis Decorme, Burak Pak and Rachel Desmaris) -- Chapter 8. Making Opportunities for Developing Smart Cities using Artificial Intelligence (Mimica Miloésević, Duésan Miloésević and Ana Stanojević) -- Chapter 9. Blockchain and smart charging infrastructure of electric vehicles (George Cristian Lazaroiu, Mariacristina Roscia, Virgil Dumbrava, and Korhan Kayisli) -- Chapter 10. Smart mobility in Africa (Alexandra Catalina Sima, Mariacristina Roscia, Claudia Laurenta Popescu, Mihai Octavian Popescu, and Jacques Jansen) -- Part III. Social involvement -- Chapter 11. Sustainable smart cities: the European case (María Teresa Nevado Gil, María Pache Durán, Luísa Cagica Carvalho and Inna Sousa Paiva) -- Chapter12. Public Governance of Digital Social Media (Sergei Kamolov and Alexandra Smagina) -- Chapter 13. Citizen-Centrism in Smart Cities: Reality or Rhetoric? (Nina P. David and Thomas S. Benson) -- Chapter 14. Smart City, The Citizen Response and the Social and Human Need (Vasile Sebastian Dancu) -- Index |
| Summary |
This edited volume examines strategies to make future cities more sustainable. The aim of these and other initiatives of the recent past, is to transform our cities into smarter cities. Thereby, these solutions are determined to boost clean electricity and pollution reduction, improve the life of citizens and transform city environment and regulatory structures. As the EUs ambition is to become carbon-neutral until 2050, the outlined projects also consider fostering economy prosperity and social wellness and environmental sustainability. The greatest challenge being already built urban spaces that need to be transformed quickly and at low costs. The book will analyze future smart cities in three centric dimensions: energy and sustainable development, smart infrastructures for smart cities, social involvement and economic prosperity. With its global approach, the volume is highly useful for professionals involved in city planning and urban ecology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 6, 2022) |
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Smart cities.
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Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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Smart cities
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Sustainable development
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Ciutats intel·ligents.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Llibres electrònics.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lăzăroiu, George, editor.
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Roscia, Mariacristina, editor
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Dâncu, Vasile Sebastian, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030855666 |
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303085566X |
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