Description

Book Synopsis


Table of Contents

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 Smart City Technologies 131

Chapter 7: Embracing Urban Innovation 133

Defining Urban Innovation 134

Relying on urban innovation networks 136

Creating urban innovation labs 137

Implementing Urban Innovation 139

Examining the discovery process 141

Running pilots and experiments 143

Setting up living labs 144

Engaging in hackathons 145

Participating in urban challenges 149

Open innovation versus closed innovation 151

Sharing urban innovation 152

Converting ideas into projects 153

Chapter 8: Enabling Change through Technology 155

Recognizing Technological Change in Modern Cities 156

From analog to digital 157

The fourth industrial revolution 160

The fourth industrial revolution and cities 162

The Internet of Things (IoT) 163

Exploring a Variety of Urban Technologies 166

Social media and communication tools 166

Artificial intelligence (AI) 169

Blockchain technology 171

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) 175

Drones 178

Wireless communications 181

Smart street lighting 184

Smart grids and microgrids 189

Smart water 192

Digital twins 193

Digital signage 196

Application programming interfaces (APIs) 198

Chapter 9: Unleashing the Power of City Data 205

Becoming City-Data-Savvy 205

Enabling data-driven decision-making 207

Managing data 208

Developing a data strategy 209

Implementing data governance 211

Working with City Data 214

Securing data 214

Opening data 215

Making sense of data through analytics 218

Using geographic information systems (GIS) 220

Hiring a city chief data officer 223

Part 4: Planning For An Urban Future 225

Chapter 10: Building a Secure Foundation 227

Securing Your Smart City 228

Urban resilience 228

Public safety 233

Addressing Digital Security and Privacy 238

Cybersecurity 239

Privacy 241

Chapter 11: Imagining the City of the Future 245

Recognizing That the Best Is Yet to Come 246

Green cities 247

Inclusive cities 251

Healthy cities 253

Regenerative cities 256

Envisioning Big Ideas 259

Hyperloop 260

Flying cars 262

Cities without cars 264

Chapter 12: Engaging in Your City’s Future 267

Embracing an Urban Future 268

An increase in civic engagement 270

Continuous improvement in urban quality of life 274

The difference between quality of life and standard of living 275

Making a Better Tomorrow 278

It’s your community — get involved 280

Five things you can do tomorrow 281

Part 5: The Part of Tens 283

Chapter 13: Ten Smart City Pitfalls to Avoid 285

Making Your Smart City Project a Tech Program and Putting IT in Charge 286

Garnering Insufficient Support and Engagement from Stakeholders 287

Limiting Efforts to Your City Boundaries 288

Paying Insufficient Attention to Inclusiveness Issues 289

Moving Forward with Inadequate Governance 289

Working with No Clear Vision for the Program 290

Downplaying the Essential Roles of Security and Privacy 291

Sharing Successes and Failures Too Narrowly 292

Sticking Stubbornly to the Old Ways of Doing Things 293

Thinking Too Short-Term 294

Chapter 14: Ten Ways Cities Will Define Our Human Future 295

Most People Will Live, Work, and Play Their Entire Lives in Cities 296

The Increasing Demands of Sustainability Will Shape Human Behavior 297

City Interactions Will Increasingly Be Digital 298

City Data Will Drive Community Decision-Making 299

People Will Have Expanded Opportunities to Co-Create and Collaborate on Urban Solutions 300

Crime May Be Reduced Significantly 301

More Diversity Will Show Up in What Humans Do and How They Work 302

The Way People and Goods Move Will Continue to Evolve 303

The Delivery of Healthcare Will Be Transformed 305

Everything Will Be Delivered 307

Part 6: Appendixes 309

Appendix A: Smart City Strategies 311

Africa 311

Asia 312

Australia 313

Europe 315

Middle East 317

North America 319

South America 321

Appendix B: Smart City Organizations 323

Appendix C: Open Data Portals 333

Africa 333

Asia 334

Australia and New Zealand 335

Eastern Europe and Russia 336

Western Europe 337

Middle East 339

North America 340

South America 343

Appendix D: Solutions Built on Open Data 345

Appendix E: City Performance Dashboards 351

Asia 351

Australia and New Zealand 352

Europe 353

Middle East 354

North America 354

South America 356

Index 357

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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      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 Smart City Technologies 131

      Chapter 7: Embracing Urban Innovation 133

      Defining Urban Innovation 134

      Relying on urban innovation networks 136

      Creating urban innovation labs 137

      Implementing Urban Innovation 139

      Examining the discovery process 141

      Running pilots and experiments 143

      Setting up living labs 144

      Engaging in hackathons 145

      Participating in urban challenges 149

      Open innovation versus closed innovation 151

      Sharing urban innovation 152

      Converting ideas into projects 153

      Chapter 8: Enabling Change through Technology 155

      Recognizing Technological Change in Modern Cities 156

      From analog to digital 157

      The fourth industrial revolution 160

      The fourth industrial revolution and cities 162

      The Internet of Things (IoT) 163

      Exploring a Variety of Urban Technologies 166

      Social media and communication tools 166

      Artificial intelligence (AI) 169

      Blockchain technology 171

      Autonomous vehicles (AVs) 175

      Drones 178

      Wireless communications 181

      Smart street lighting 184

      Smart grids and microgrids 189

      Smart water 192

      Digital twins 193

      Digital signage 196

      Application programming interfaces (APIs) 198

      Chapter 9: Unleashing the Power of City Data 205

      Becoming City-Data-Savvy 205

      Enabling data-driven decision-making 207

      Managing data 208

      Developing a data strategy 209

      Implementing data governance 211

      Working with City Data 214

      Securing data 214

      Opening data 215

      Making sense of data through analytics 218

      Using geographic information systems (GIS) 220

      Hiring a city chief data officer 223

      Part 4: Planning For An Urban Future 225

      Chapter 10: Building a Secure Foundation 227

      Securing Your Smart City 228

      Urban resilience 228

      Public safety 233

      Addressing Digital Security and Privacy 238

      Cybersecurity 239

      Privacy 241

      Chapter 11: Imagining the City of the Future 245

      Recognizing That the Best Is Yet to Come 246

      Green cities 247

      Inclusive cities 251

      Healthy cities 253

      Regenerative cities 256

      Envisioning Big Ideas 259

      Hyperloop 260

      Flying cars 262

      Cities without cars 264

      Chapter 12: Engaging in Your City’s Future 267

      Embracing an Urban Future 268

      An increase in civic engagement 270

      Continuous improvement in urban quality of life 274

      The difference between quality of life and standard of living 275

      Making a Better Tomorrow 278

      It’s your community — get involved 280

      Five things you can do tomorrow 281

      Part 5: The Part of Tens 283

      Chapter 13: Ten Smart City Pitfalls to Avoid 285

      Making Your Smart City Project a Tech Program and Putting IT in Charge 286

      Garnering Insufficient Support and Engagement from Stakeholders 287

      Limiting Efforts to Your City Boundaries 288

      Paying Insufficient Attention to Inclusiveness Issues 289

      Moving Forward with Inadequate Governance 289

      Working with No Clear Vision for the Program 290

      Downplaying the Essential Roles of Security and Privacy 291

      Sharing Successes and Failures Too Narrowly 292

      Sticking Stubbornly to the Old Ways of Doing Things 293

      Thinking Too Short-Term 294

      Chapter 14: Ten Ways Cities Will Define Our Human Future 295

      Most People Will Live, Work, and Play Their Entire Lives in Cities 296

      The Increasing Demands of Sustainability Will Shape Human Behavior 297

      City Interactions Will Increasingly Be Digital 298

      City Data Will Drive Community Decision-Making 299

      People Will Have Expanded Opportunities to Co-Create and Collaborate on Urban Solutions 300

      Crime May Be Reduced Significantly 301

      More Diversity Will Show Up in What Humans Do and How They Work 302

      The Way People and Goods Move Will Continue to Evolve 303

      The Delivery of Healthcare Will Be Transformed 305

      Everything Will Be Delivered 307

      Part 6: Appendixes 309

      Appendix A: Smart City Strategies 311

      Africa 311

      Asia 312

      Australia 313

      Europe 315

      Middle East 317

      North America 319

      South America 321

      Appendix B: Smart City Organizations 323

      Appendix C: Open Data Portals 333

      Africa 333

      Asia 334

      Australia and New Zealand 335

      Eastern Europe and Russia 336

      Western Europe 337

      Middle East 339

      North America 340

      South America 343

      Appendix D: Solutions Built on Open Data 345

      Appendix E: City Performance Dashboards 351

      Asia 351

      Australia and New Zealand 352

      Europe 353

      Middle East 354

      North America 354

      South America 356

      Index 357

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