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Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities
At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world.
The movement to create smarter cities is still in its infancy, but ambitious and creative projects in all types of cities--big and small--around the globe are beginning to make a big difference. New ideas, powered by technology, are positively changing how we move humans and products from one place to another; create and distribute energy; manage waste; combat the climate crisis; build more energy efficient buildings; and improve basic city services through digitalization and the smart use of data.
Inside this book you'll find out:
What it really means to create smarter cities
How our urban environments are being transformed
Big ideas for improving the quality of life for communities
Guidance on how to create a smart city strategy
The essential role of data in building better cities
The major new technologies ready to make a difference in every community
Smart Cities For Dummies will give you the knowledge to understand this important topic in depth and be ready to be an agent of change in your community.
Autorentext
Dr. Jonathan Reichental is a multiple-award-winning technology and business leader whose career has spanned both the private and public sectors. He's been a senior software engineering manager, a director of technology innovation, and has served as chief information officer at both O'Reilly Media and the city of Palo Alto, California. He also creates online education for LinkedIn Learning and others.
Klappentext
Discover the global smart cities movement! Building efficient, prosperous, healthy, and inclusive communities requires new solutions. This book helps you understand the solutions and the tools needed to prepare for a future that belongs to cities. Look inside to find a starter guide to planning and delivering smarter and more sustainable cities. You'll learn the steps for creating a smart city strategy with a focus on areas such as greener cities, clean energy, digitalization, and new forms of urban transportation.
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Zusammenfassung
Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities
At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world.
The movement to create smarter cities is still in its infancy, but ambitious and creative projects in all types of citiesbig and smallaround the globe are beginning to make a big difference. New ideas, powered by technology, are positively changing how we move humans and products from one place to another; create and distribute energy; manage waste; combat the climate crisis; build more energy efficient buildings; and improve basic city services through digitalization and the smart use of data.
Inside this book you'll find out:
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 3
Icons Used in This Book 3
How This Book Is Organized 4
Part 1: Making Cities Our Home 4
Part 2: Building a Smarter City 4
Part 3: Using Smart City Technologies 5
Part 4: Planning for an Urban Future 5
Part 5: The Part of Tens 5
Part 6: Appendixes 6
Beyond the Book 6
Where to Go from Here 7
Part 1: Making Cities Our Home 9
Chapter 1: Comprehending the Past, Present, and Future of Cities 11
Discovering the Origin of Cities 11
What is a city? 12
Building the first cities 14
Comprehending the Impact of the Industrial Revolutions 16
The first industrial revolution 16
The second industrial revolution 17
The third industrial revolution 17
The fourth industrial revolution 19
Responding to population growth 19
Urbanizing the Planet 21
Changing landscapes resulting from urbanization 23
Building megacities 23
Chapter 2: Defining Smart Cities 27
Identifying Smart Cities 27
What a smart city is 28
What a smart city is not 32
Working with digital infrastructures 34
Building the Case for Smarter Cities 35
Small cities versus large cities 36
Smart nations and other smart things 37
United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 39
Examining Examples of Smart Cities 42
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 42
Konza Technopolis, Kenya 43
Chapter 3: Responding to the Needs and Challenges of Cities 45
Mapping the Evolving Needs and Challenges of Cities 45
Economic shifts 47
Increasingly complex city requirements 47
Interdependencies between systems 48
Population changes 49
Aging infrastructure 52
Lifestyle choices 54
Environment 55
Health 56
Water management 58
Housing crisis 59
Expecting Different Results 62
Changing community behaviors and expectations 63
Expanding community engagement 64
Engaging in participatory design 65
Transforming Urbanization 66
Transportation 67
Energy 70
Buildings 71
Telecommunications 73
Sustainability 74
Part 2: Building a Smarter City 77
Chapter 4: Starting from Zero 79
Establishing a Vision 79
Identifying the role of city leadership 80
Creating a vision 83
Building a Smart City Team 85
Identifying team members 85
Creating a RACI chart 88
Getting the team on the same page 89
Chapter 5: Creating a Smart City Strategy 91
Building the Plan 92
Developing a strategic plan 93
Envisioning the envisioning process 95
Converting your vision to action 98
Codifying the Plan 100
Identifying metrics 100
Communicating the plan 102
Chapter 6: Enabling a Smart City Strategy 107
Putting the Building Blocks in Place 108
Developing policy 108
Getting started 110
Examining a few examples of smart city policies 111
Establishing regulations 112
Evaluating funding models 114
Handling procurement issues 118
Managing projects and carrying out business analyses 121
Governing the Strategy 125
Defining strategic governance 125
Managing projects with project governance 126
Regularly updating and reporting 128 **Part 3: Using Sma...