Governments, communities, and developers are considering the use of ICT, renewable energies, and a host of other technologies to build smart cities that meet the economic, social, environmental, and cultural needs of the present as well as the future. However, are our cities ready for this technological shift? Can we put expansion behind us and focus on sustainability and re-generatability? Are the technologies themselves enough to create real impact and an overall healthier planet?
Underpinning both existing and future research, Technology and Talent Strategies for Sustainable Smart Cities takes a practical look at a wide range of topics, including:
- Strategies for sustainability, digital supply chains, Big data, IOT implementation, cyber security, and artificial intelligence (AI) and Blockchain application
- The financing of sustainable smart cities
- Incorporating ICTs and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into urban planning and maintenance
- Setting standards for measuring the success of smart cities
- Decision making and supply networks
- How smart cities can improve social inclusion and equal access to services
- Business models for and the economics of moving to smart cities
- Smart villages and digital agriculture in rural areas
- Intelligent streetlight management
- The use of robots, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and digital twin and AR/VR-city planning to maintain, deliver and monitor urban services
- Privacy and security challenges
Acknowledging the smart cities phenomenon not as a future goal but as an active part of our present, this book critically examines the strategies, business models, practices, tools, and actions needed to ensure that smart cities deliver the solutions they promise.
About the Author: Sumesh Singh Dadwal is Senior Lecturer of Strategy and Course Director, London South Bank University, UK.
Hamid Jahankhani is Professor of Information Security and Cyber Criminology, Northumbria University London, UK.
Gordon Bowen is Associate Professor in Management at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
Imad Yasir Nawaz is Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean of Postgraduate Business Programmes, Northumbria University London, UK.