Approaches, Advances and Applications in Sustainable Development of Smart Cities

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Brazil; Chinese cities; city branding; climate change; climate crisis; climate emergency; CO2 networks; commons; digital commons; disasters; drinking water networks; e-government; economic cost; economic resilience; emirates; energy autonomy; energy budget; Florianópolis; gamification; global warming; governance; heat mitigation; human-computer interaction; in-situ validation; innovation hub; intuitive interaction; knowledge and innovation economy; knowledge-based urban development; land cover ratio; latecomer's advantage; linear parameter varying; living-lab; low-carbon resources; media façade; mobility; model predictive control; multi-agent systems; multi-energy networks; new public service; optimal cities; parametric optimisation; photovoltaics; policy; Qatar; reliability; renewable energy systems; rentier state; sensible heat flux; Shenzhen; smart cities; smart city; smart display; smart governance; smart infrastructure; smart placemaking; smart urban technology; spatial databases; spatial typification by heat flux; sustainability; sustainable city; sustainable development goals; sustainable smart city; sustainable urban development; thermal environment improvement; tourist island; urban branding; urban health; urban informatics; urban policy; user characteristics; visioning
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• ISBN: 9783039280124; 9783039280131; books978-3-03928-013-1
• Access: Open Access

This book aims to contribute to the conceptual and practical knowledge pools in order to improve the research and practice on the sustainable development of smart cities by bringing an informed understanding of the subject to scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. This book seeks articles offering insights into the sustainable development of smart cities by providing in-depth conceptual analyses and detailed case study descriptions and empirical investigations. This way, the book will form a repository of relevant information, material, and knowledge to support research, policymaking, practice, and transferability of experiences to address aforementioned challenges. The scope of the book includes the following broad areas, with a particular focus on the approaches, advances, and applications in the sustainable development of smart cities: • Theoretical underpinnings and analytical and policy frameworks; • Methodological approaches for the evaluation of smart and sustainable cities; • Technological developments in the techno-enviro nexus; • Global best practice smart city case investigations and reports; • Geo-design and applications concerning desired urban outcomes; • Prospects, implications, and impacts concerning the future of smart and sustainable cities.