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.
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.
Author(s): Jonathan Reichental
Series: For Dummies
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2020
Language: English
Commentary: Vector PDF
Pages: 384
City: Hoboken, NJ
Tags: Security; Safety; Strategy; Innovations; Planning; Smart Cities; Urban Transport Systems; Data Governance
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
EULA
