Rise of Autonomous Smart Cities

Zaheer Allam is based in Mauritius and works as an urban strategist on urban regenerative policies in African cities. He is the African Representative of the International Society of Biourbanism (ISB) and a member of the Advisory Circle of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA). For his contributions to society, he was elevated, by the President of Mauritius, to the rank of Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (OSK); the highest distinct order of Merit in Mauritius.

• Chapter 1: Introducing the Concept of Autonomous City.- Chapter 2: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of Autonomous Smart Cities.- Chapter 3: On Complexity, Connectivity and Autonomy in Future Cities.- Chapter 4: On Global Capitalism and Autonomous Smart Cities: A View on the Economic Engines of Tomorrow.- Chapter 5: The Case for Autonomous Smart Cities in the Wake of Climate Change.- Chapter 6: Global Tourism and the Risks of Cultural Homogeinity in Smart and Future Cities.