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Smart Cities For Dummies

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ISBN: 978-1-119-67994-3; 978-1-119-67993-6 (ebk); 978-1-119-67996-7 (ebk)

1. Chapter 8

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12

Welcome to Smart Cities For Dummies!

This is a book about people. At its heart, its about improving the quality of life for urban communities all over the world. Though the popular term smart cities is used, this book focuses on the future of all cities.

To succeed at elevating the human condition for billions of people, cities need to adopt new ideas, new approaches, and new technologies for how theyre operated and delivered. Thats the definition of a smart city.

Note, however, that this isnt a book primarily about technology, although technology does play a large role. Neither does the book suggest that cities need to create a surveillance society or erode privacy in order to succeed. At their core, smart cities aren't about sensors or algorithms or virtual town halls theyre about a better future for humanity. After all, to quote Shakespeare, What is the city but the people? (Coriolanus, Act III, Scene 1).

Earth is already a majority urban planet and its estimated that, by midcentury, 70 percent of all humans will live in an urban area. Put another way, our human future belongs to cities. Most people will spend their days living, working, and playing in a metropolis. If we want to enjoy career opportunities, clean air and water, efficient transportation, low-cost energy, safety, convenient city services, and inclusion while all the time saving the planet from a climate crisis, we have a lot of city work ahead of us.

The city is already the center of the human experience. It is the most complicated and successful of all inventions. Urban areas have lifted billions of people out of extreme poverty, and they continue to shape and define our future.

The challenges ahead for cities arent trivial. Cities have come a long way, but they have a long way to go. Building better and smarter cities may be the biggest challenge that humanity now faces.

I wrote this book as the definitive reference guide for anyone who has an interest in creating safer and more prosperous communities. Its also for anyone who wants to understand the opportunities and challenges in the worlds cities. When I discovered that cities would be central to our human future, I was compelled to become a part of positive change. Ive spent several years helping to build smarter communities and educate city leaders on almost every continent. The realization that, done right, cities were capable of offering the best solutions for a better tomorrow was the moment my passion for cities emerged. This book is my attempt to share the city planning-and-development lessons and ideas Ive discovered and executed along the way.

Smart Cities For Dummies is the first comprehensive reference and how-to book that gives you the knowledge and tools to build smarter cities and improve the quality of life for the greatest number of people.

This is a practical, action-oriented book about building smarter cities. It doesnt dwell on theory and abstract concepts. The entire text is about how to achieve results, build real solutions, and explore actual examples.

The subject and study of cities is deep, wide, and complex. A comprehensive approach would require multiple books of this size. Few would ever read that much. Who has the time these days? Instead, I have taken the approach to identify and condense only what really matters. This book is thorough, but it has no verbose or unnecessary content. You get everything you need in order to be successful in creating and implementing a smart city strategy.