Smart Cities For Dummies

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
	About This Book
	Foolish Assumptions
	Icons Used in This Book
	How This Book Is Organized
		Part 1: Making Cities Our Home
		Part 2: Building a Smarter City
		Part 3: Using Smart City Technologies
		Part 4: Planning for an Urban Future
		Part 5: The Part of Tens
		Part 6: Appendixes
	Beyond the Book
	Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Making Cities Our Home
	Chapter 1 Comprehending the Past, Present, and Future of Cities
		Discovering the Origin of Cities
			What is a city?
			Building the first cities
		Comprehending the Impact of the Industrial Revolutions
			The first industrial revolution
			The second industrial revolution
			The third industrial revolution
			The fourth industrial revolution
			Responding to population growth
		Urbanizing the Planet
			Changing landscapes resulting from urbanization
			Building megacities
	Chapter 2 Defining Smart Cities
		Identifying Smart Cities
			What a smart city is
			What a smart city is not
			Working with digital infrastructures
		Building the Case for Smarter Cities
			Small cities versus large cities
			Smart nations and other smart things
			United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
		Examining Examples of Smart Cities
			Amsterdam, The Netherlands
			Konza Technopolis, Kenya
	Chapter 3 Responding to the Needs and Challenges of Cities
		Mapping the Evolving Needs and Challenges of Cities
			Economic shifts
			Increasingly complex city requirements
			Interdependencies between systems
			Population changes
			Aging infrastructure
			Lifestyle choices
			Environment
			Health
			Water management
			Housing crisis
		Expecting Different Results
			Changing community behaviors and expectations
			Expanding community engagement
			Engaging in participatory design
		Transforming Urbanization
			Transportation
			Energy
			Buildings
			Telecommunications
			Sustainability
Part 2 Building a Smarter City
	Chapter 4 Starting from Zero
		Establishing a Vision
			Identifying the role of city leadership
			Creating a vision
		Building a Smart City Team
			Identifying team members
			Creating a RACI chart
			Getting the team on the same page
	Chapter 5 Creating a Smart City Strategy
		Building the Plan
			Developing a strategic plan
			Envisioning the envisioning process
			Converting your vision to action
		Codifying the Plan
			Identifying metrics
			Communicating the plan
	Chapter 6 Enabling a Smart City Strategy
		Putting the Building Blocks in Place
			Developing policy
			Getting started
			Examining a few examples of smart city policies
			Establishing regulations
			Evaluating funding models
			Handling procurement issues
			Managing projects and carrying out business analyses
		Governing the Strategy
			Defining strategic governance
			Managing projects with project governance
			Regularly updating and reporting
Part 3 Using Smart City Technologies
	Chapter 7 Embracing Urban Innovation
		Defining Urban Innovation
			Relying on urban innovation networks
			Creating urban innovation labs
		Implementing Urban Innovation
			Examining the discovery process
			Running pilots and experiments
			Setting up living labs
			Engaging in hackathons
			Participating in urban challenges
			Open innovation versus closed innovation
			Sharing urban innovation
			Converting ideas into projects
	Chapter 8 Enabling Change through Technology
		Recognizing Technological Change in Modern Cities
			From analog to digital
			The fourth industrial revolution
			The fourth industrial revolution and cities
			The Internet of Things (IoT)
		Exploring a Variety of Urban Technologies
			Social media and communication tools
			Artificial intelligence (AI)
			Blockchain technology
			Autonomous vehicles (AVs)
			Drones
			Wireless communications
			Smart street lighting
			Smart grids and microgrids
			Smart water
			Digital twins
			Digital signage
			Application programming interfaces (APIs)
	Chapter 9 Unleashing the Power of City Data
		Becoming City-Data-Savvy
			Enabling data-driven decision-making
			Managing data
			Developing a data strategy
			Implementing data governance
		Working with City Data
			Securing data
			Opening data
			Making sense of data through analytics
			Using geographic information systems (GIS)
			Hiring a city chief data officer
Part 4 Planning for an Urban Future
	Chapter 10 Building a Secure Foundation
		Securing Your Smart City
			Urban resilience
			Public safety
		Addressing Digital Security and Privacy
			Cybersecurity
			Privacy
	Chapter 11 Imagining the City of the Future
		Recognizing That the Best Is Yet to Come
			Green cities
			Inclusive cities
			Healthy cities
			Regenerative cities
		Envisioning Big Ideas
			Hyperloop
			Flying cars
			Cities without cars
	Chapter 12 Engaging in Your City’s Future
		Embracing an Urban Future
			An increase in civic engagement
			Continuous improvement in urban quality of life
			The difference between quality of life and standard of living
		Making a Better Tomorrow
			It’s your community — get involved
			Five things you can do tomorrow
Part 5 The Part of Tens
	Chapter 13 Ten Smart City Pitfalls to Avoid
		Making Your Smart City Project a Tech Program and Putting IT in Charge
		Garnering Insufficient Support and Engagement from Stakeholders
		Limiting Efforts to Your City Boundaries
		Paying Insufficient Attention to Inclusiveness Issues
		Moving Forward with Inadequate Governance
		Working with No Clear Vision for the Program
		Downplaying the Essential Roles of Security and Privacy
		Sharing Successes and Failures Too Narrowly
		Sticking Stubbornly to the Old Ways of Doing Things
		Thinking Too Short-Term
	Chapter 14 Ten Ways Cities Will Define Our Human Future
		Most People Will Live, Work, and Play Their Entire Lives in Cities
		The Increasing Demands of Sustainability Will Shape Human Behavior
		City Interactions Will Increasingly Be Digital
		City Data Will Drive Community Decision-Making
		People Will Have Expanded Opportunities to Co-Create and Collaborate on Urban Solutions
		Crime May Be Reduced Significantly
		More Diversity Will Show Up in What Humans Do and How They Work
		The Way People and Goods Move Will Continue to Evolve
		The Delivery of Healthcare Will Be Transformed
		Everything Will Be Delivered
Part 6 Appendixes
	Appendix A Smart City Strategies
		AFRICA
		ASIA
		AUSTRALIA
		EUROPE
		MIDDLE EAST
		NORTH AMERICA
		SOUTH AMERICA
	Appendix B Smart City Organizations
	Appendix C Open Data Portals
		AFRICA
		ASIA
		AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
		EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA
		WESTERN EUROPE
		MIDDLE EAST
		NORTH AMERICA
		SOUTH AMERICA
	Appendix D Solutions Built on Open Data
	Appendix E City Performance Dashboards
		ASIA
		AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
		EUROPE
		MIDDLE EAST
		NORTH AMERICA
		SOUTH AMERICA
Index
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