Rise of Autonomous Smart Cities

Technology, Economic Performance and Climate Resilience

AvZaheer Allam

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Sustainable Urban Futures

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Beskrivning

The ‘autonomous city’ explores the possibility of urban areas evolving from the dimension of data gathering to that of action response – so a city able to collect data and render real time decisions to self-manage a variety of functions based on its interpretation of that data.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-09
Mått:148 x 210 x 11 mm
Vikt:253 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sustainable Urban Futures
Antal sidor:90
Upplaga:20001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030594473

Utforska kategorier

Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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.