Zaheer Allam, Chaire Entrepreneuriat Territoire Innovation, IAE Paris – Sorbonne Business School, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France and Yusra Raisah Takun, Live+Smart Research Laboratory, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Australia

‘In a world where the future of our cities is increasingly intertwined with technology, Rethinking Smart Cities serves as a beacon of critical thinking and innovation. The book is a must-read for next generation researchers to know the state of the arts and can be an eye-opener to decision makers, urban planners, and other practitioners. It challenges us to consider not only how smart our cities are but also how smartly we build and govern them.’

• Contents: Preface 1. What is a smart city? Understanding the concept beyond a tech-centric approach 2. The underlying and basic foundations of the smart city: where do artificial intelligence, machine learning and other buzz words fit in the narrative? 3. Smart cities must be sustainable and inclusive cities 4. Smart cities as an urban regeneration avenue: redefining the efficiency and performance of cities 5. The paradox of safety within data-driven smart cities 6. Enter 6G and the augmented smart city 7. The emergence of a new urban proximity-based morphology: the 15-minute city and the smart city 8. Future smart and autonomous cities: an overview towards future trends Index

Zaheer Allam, Chaire Entrepreneuriat Territoire Innovation, IAE Paris – Sorbonne Business School, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France and Yusra Raisah Takun, Live+Smart Research Laboratory, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Australia

‘In a world where the future of our cities is increasingly intertwined with technology, Rethinking Smart Cities serves as a beacon of critical thinking and innovation. The book is a must-read for next generation researchers to know the state of the arts and can be an eye-opener to decision makers, urban planners, and other practitioners. It challenges us to consider not only how smart our cities are but also how smartly we build and govern them.’

• Contents: Preface 1. What is a smart city? Understanding the concept beyond a tech-centric approach 2. The underlying and basic foundations of the smart city: where do artificial intelligence, machine learning and other buzz words fit in the narrative? 3. Smart cities must be sustainable and inclusive cities 4. Smart cities as an urban regeneration avenue: redefining the efficiency and performance of cities 5. The paradox of safety within data-driven smart cities 6. Enter 6G and the augmented smart city 7. The emergence of a new urban proximity-based morphology: the 15-minute city and the smart city 8. Future smart and autonomous cities: an overview towards future trends Index

Zaheer Allam, Chaire Entrepreneuriat Territoire Innovation, IAE Paris – Sorbonne Business School, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France and Yusra Raisah Takun, Live+Smart Research Laboratory, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Australia

‘In a world where the future of our cities is increasingly intertwined with technology, Rethinking Smart Cities serves as a beacon of critical thinking and innovation. The book is a must-read for next generation researchers to know the state of the arts and can be an eye-opener to decision makers, urban planners, and other practitioners. It challenges us to consider not only how smart our cities are but also how smartly we build and govern them.’

• Contents: Preface 1. What is a smart city? Understanding the concept beyond a tech-centric approach 2. The underlying and basic foundations of the smart city: where do artificial intelligence, machine learning and other buzz words fit in the narrative? 3. Smart cities must be sustainable and inclusive cities 4. Smart cities as an urban regeneration avenue: redefining the efficiency and performance of cities 5. The paradox of safety within data-driven smart cities 6. Enter 6G and the augmented smart city 7. The emergence of a new urban proximity-based morphology: the 15-minute city and the smart city 8. Future smart and autonomous cities: an overview towards future trends Index