Smart Environment for Smart Cities

Discusses the design and practice of environmental resources management in smart cities, using case studies Describes how various technologies used in smart cities are mutually dependent Features international contributions from academia, industry, and government organisations

Auteur

Professor T. M. Vinod Kumar has 49 years of professional experience in urban and regional planning, urban and regional infrastructure, urban environmental management, application of GIS in urban planning, models in planning, urban design and smart cities. Further, he has extensive consultancy experience throughout India in connection with urban and rural development, infrastructure, tourism and healthcare, and in Malaysia with regard to new town planning and development, city centre and housing planning and structure plans. He has worked in Bhutan, China, Pakistan, Nepal and India as a regional program coordinator for the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development's Energy for Mountain Development Program. Academically he has worked in the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi as a Professor, Head of the Department of Urban Planning, Head of the Centre for Systems Studies and Analysis, Head of Centre for Urban Studies and Dean of Studies at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He also worked as a planner-engineer for the Ford Foundation, India. He was a Visiting Professor at Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, and is currently at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He is the author of numerous books and journal articles and a project manager for several consulting projects in India and abroad.

Contenu
Smart Environment for Smart Cities.- Smart Environment for Smart and sustainable Hong Kong.- Automation based smart environment resources management in smart building of smart city.- Smart Open spaces for Smart Chandigarh.- Smart environment through smart tools and technologies for urban green spaces.- A Solar Intensive Approach for Smart Environment Planning.- Smart Water Management for Smart Kozhikode Metropolitan Area.- Visualising Environmental Impact of Smart New Delhi.- Amidst the Governance Challenges in Environmental Management and Sustainable Urbanization in Surat.- Local government and technological innovation: Lessons from a case study of Yokohama Smart City Project.- Responsive Infrastructure and Service Provision Initiatives Framing Smart Environment Attainment in Nairobi.- Smart Dubai: Sensing Dubai Smart City for Smart Environment Management.- International Collaborative Research: Smart Environment for Smart Cities and Conclusions of Cities Case Studies.