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Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies

Handbook on Planning, Design, Development, and Regulation

  • 1 Edición - 18 de septiembre de 2020
  • Última edición
  • Autor: John Vacca
  • Idioma: Inglés

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Descripción

Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies is the most complete guide for integrating next generation smart city technologies into the very foundation of urban areas worldwide, showing how to make urban areas more efficient, more sustainable, and safer. Smart cities are complex systems of systems that encompass all aspects of modern urban life. A key component of their success is creating an ecosystem of smart infrastructures that can work together to enable dynamic, real-time interactions between urban subsystems such as transportation, energy, healthcare, housing, food, entertainment, work, social interactions, and governance. Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies is a complete reference for building a holistic, system-level perspective on smart and sustainable cities, leveraging big data analytics and strategies for planning, zoning, and public policy. It offers in-depth coverage and practical solutions for how smart cities can utilize resident’s intellectual and social capital, press environmental sustainability, increase personalization, mobility, and higher quality of life.

Puntos claves

  • Brings together experts from academia, government and industry to offer state-of- the-art solutions for urban system problems, showing how smart technologies can be used to improve the lives of the billions of people living in cities across the globe
  • Demonstrates practical implementation solutions through real-life case studies
  • Enhances reader comprehension with learning aid such as hands-on exercises, questions and answers, checklists, chapter summaries, chapter review questions, exercise problems, and more

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Smart cities and critical infrastructure academic and corporate researchers, graduate students, professors, scientists, professionals, and policy-makers

Índice

Part 1: Overview of Smart Cities and Infrastructure Technologies 1. Creating Smart Cities2. Technologies and Trends 3. Infrastructure Components4. Buildings and Urban Spaces5. Mobility Systems 6. Urbanization 7. Priority Activities

Part 2: Development and Management 8. Planning and Development 9. Design Principles and Policy Approaches 10. Governance

Part 3: Standardization and Regulation 11. Standardization Requirements12. Regulating, Sharing, and Financing

Part 4: Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Technologies 13. Energy Management14. Distributed Energy 15. Smart Utilities16. Smart Grids

Part 5: Technologies and Solutions 17. Recommendations18. Science, Technology and Innovation-Driven Solutions

Part 6: The Future of Smart Cities 19. DER, Energy Management, and Transactive Energy Networks for Smart Cities20. Resilient Smart Grids, Vehicle-to-Grid, and Microgrids21. The Future of Urban Development

Part 7: AppendicesA. Smart Cities Implementation and Deployment CompaniesB. Smart Cities ProductsC. Smart Cities StandardsD. List of Miscellaneous ResourcesE. Frequently Asked QuestionsF. Case StudiesG. Answers to Review Questions/Exercises, Hands-On Projects, and Case Projects by Chapter

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 18 de septiembre de 2020
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre el autor

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John Vacca

John Vacca is an independent information technology consultant and researcher, professional writer, editor, reviewer, and author based in Pomeroy, Ohio, USA. Since 1982, John has authored, edited, and published more than 85 books, including Smart Cities Policies and Financing: Approaches and Solutions, Elsevier; Cloud Computing Security: Foundations and Challenges, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies: Handbook on Planning, Design, Development, and Regulation, Elsevier; Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, and Radicalization, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Nanoscale Networking and Communications Handbook, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Handbook of Sensor Networking: Advanced Technologies and Applications, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press; Network and System Security 2/e, Elsevier/Syngress; Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure Protection, Elsevier/Syngress; and Managing Information Security 2/e, Elsevier/Syngress; among many others. John was a Configuration Management Specialist, Computer Specialist, and the Computer Security Official (CSO) for NASA’s space station program (Freedom) and the International Space Station Program from 1988 until his retirement from NASA in 1995. John has also been a security consultant for major motion pictures, including AntiTrust, Collateral, and Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story. He received his M.Sc. from Kansas State University and an MBA from Emporia State University and served in the United States Air Force from 1967-1971.
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