Anshuman Khare

Terry Beckman

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges modern cities face in the context of climate change and urban development. By integrating varied viewpoints, it delves into the concept of sustainable and smart cities and sheds light on the opportunities for innovative and effective solutions, underscoring the interconnected nature of urban challenges and the necessity of a holistic approach. Contributors present diverse perspectives and methodologies, including empirical studies, modelling, simulation, policy analysis, and case studies, to offer insights into innovative and effective solutions for urban sustainability challenges. Chapters are grouped according to themes of governance and management, economy, society, and technology. Topics covered include smart city governance models, the enabling role of managers in sustainability efforts, resilient infrastructure, homelessness, and smart technology implementations. The book also identifies research gaps and areas of uncertainty, which may guide future research. With contributions from researchers across Asia, Europe, and North America, this book is a valuable resource for researchers in the areas of sustainable development, urban sustainability, and resilience research. It will also interest policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders working towards addressing climate change in urban areas. An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched (KU). KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high quality books Open Access for the public good. The Open Access ISBN for this book is 9781003518419. More information about the initiative and links to the Open Access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org.

Governance, Economy and Society

Sustainable and Smart Cities

With ever increasing trends in urban consumption and production practices, a call for action to mitigate Climate Change is often seen as a way to foster sustainable development. Considerable attention is now being paid to determine what urban sustainability would include. Today there is a pressing need to broaden our knowledge and apply new concepts and frameworks to development of modern cities. Building on the foregoing, this book attempts to bring together and discuss concepts, tools, frameworks and best practices to cope with the emerging challenges faced by cities today. The book will be of use to policy makers, city planners, practitioners and academics who are starting to project what modern cities would need to do in terms of energy efficiency, mobility, planning and design of habitat and infrastructure and adapting to climate change.

Terry Beckman

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