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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.
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Making Cities Our Home 9
Chapter 1: Comprehending the Past, Present, and Future of Cities 11
Chapter 2: Defining Smart Cities 27
Chapter 3: Responding to the Needs and Challenges of Cities 45
Part 2: Building a Smarter City 77
Chapter 4: Starting from Zero 79
Chapter 5: Creating a Smart City Strategy 91
Chapter 6: Enabling a Smart City Strategy 107
Part 3: Using Smart City Technologies 131
Chapter 7: Embracing Urban Innovation 133
Chapter 8: Enabling Change through Technology 155
Chapter 9: Unleashing the Power of City Data 205
Part 4: Planning for an Urban Future 225
Chapter 10: Building a Secure Foundation 227
Chapter 11: Imagining the City of the Future 245
Chapter 12: Engaging in Your City's Future 267
Part 5: The Part of Tens 283
Chapter 13: Ten Smart City Pitfalls to Avoid 285
Chapter 14: Ten Ways Cities Will Define Our Human Future 295
Part 6: Appendixes 309
Appendix A: Smart City Strategies 311
Appendix B: Smart City Organizations 323
Appendix C: Open Data Portals 333
Appendix D: Solutions Built on Open Data 345
Appendix E: City Performance Dashboards 351
Index 357
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
