Handbook of research on social, economic, and environmental sustainability in the development of smart cities / Andrea Vesco and Francesco Ferrero, editors.

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Publisher: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2015]Description: PDFs (518 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

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9781466682832

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Contents:

What constitutes a smart city? / Sekhar Kondepudi, Ramita Kondepudi -- Smart cities and the internet: from mode 2 to triple helix accounts of their evolution / Mark Deakin -- Evaluating the smart and sustainable built environment in urban planning / Patrizia Lombardi, Silvia Giordano -- Smart cities: a salad bowl of citizens, ICT, and environment / Elsa Negre, Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux -- Challenges and opportunities for the development and management of urban green areas in Addis Ababa: the case of cooperative housing green areas and street trees in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-City / Gebrye Kefelew, Tebarek Lika -- Living labs and urban smartness: the experimental nature of emerging governance models / Grazia Concilio, Francesco Molinari -- Multi-scale, multi-dimensional modelling of future energy systems / Catalina Spataru, Andreas Koch, Pierrick Bouffaron -- ICT-based solutions supporting energy systems for smart cities / Wolfgang Loibl [and 7 others] -- Electronic and ICT solutions for smart buildings and urban areas / Luca Tamburini, Maurizio Rossi, Davide Brunelli -- An innovative approach to vehicle electrification for smart cities / Promiti Dutta [and 3 others] -- New transportation systems for smart cities / Christos G. Cassandras -- Smart, sustainable, and safe urban transportation systems: recent developments in the Asia-Pacific region / Hoong-Chor Chin, Yueying Wang -- Wireless access networks for smart cities / Herv�e Rivano [and 6 others] -- Community mesh networks: citizens' participation in the deployment of smart cities / Primavera De Filippi -- Crowdsensing in smart cities: technical challenges, open issues, and emerging solution guidelines / Paolo Bellavista [and 4 others] -- Visualising data for smart cities / Michael Batty [and 3 others] -- From the smart city to the people-friendly city: usability of tools and data in urban planning / Giulia Melis, Elena Masala, Matteo Tabasso -- Mobility, data, and behavior: the TrafficO2 case study / Salvatore Di Dio [and 4 others] -- Energy investment in smart cities unlocking financial instruments in Europe / Francesca Romana Medda, Candace Partridge, Gianni Carbonaro -- Attaining sustainable, smart investment: the smart city as a place-based capital allocation instrument / Eugenio Leanza, Gianni Carbonaro.

Abstract: "This book brings together the necessary research and interdisciplinary discussion to address dilemmas created by population growth and the expansion of urban environments for those interested in the urban planning and technological advancements necessary for the creation of smart cities"--Provided by publisher.

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"This book brings together the necessary research and interdisciplinary discussion to address dilemmas created by population growth and the expansion of urban environments for those interested in the urban planning and technological advancements necessary for the creation of smart cities"--Provided by publisher.

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