Smart Cities—Opportunities and Challenges, 1st ed. 2020 Select Proceedings of ICSC 2019 Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Series, Vol. 58

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges (ICSC 2019). The book contains chapters based on urban planning and design, policies and financial management, environment, energy, transportation, smart materials, sustainable development, information technologies, data management and urban sociology reflecting the major themes of the conference. The contents focus on current research towards improved governance and efficient management of infrastructure such as water, energy, transportation and housing for sustainable development, economic growth, and improved quality of life, especially for developing nations. This book will be useful for academicians, researchers, and policy makers interested in designing, developing, planning, managing, and maintaining smart cities.

Dr. Sirajuddin Ahmed is a Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. He obtained his Masters in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. He was awarded his Ph.D from the University of Wales, UK in 2008. His research interest includes water treatment, constructed wetlands and other natural wastewater treatment technologies, recycling and reuse of wastewater, urban utilities and services, sustainable development, environmental economics. He has published 98 research articles in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He is a regular reviewer of international journals viz. Natural Resources and Conservation, Atmospheric Pollution Research, Science of the Total Environment, Waste and Resources Management, African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Current Science, Int. J. of Environment and Waste Management, and Indian Journal of Environmental Protection. Dr. Ahmed is a Fellow member of Institution of Engineers (India) and Wessesx Institute, UK.

Dr. S. M. Abbas is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India. He obtained his B.Sc. Engineering (Civil) and M.Sc. Engineering (Building Engineering) from Zakir Husain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He obtained  his Ph.D (Civil Engineering) from IIT Delhi. His major areas of research interest are ground improvement techniques, rockfill modeling, geotechnical earthquake engineering, seismic response of foundations, geotechnical characterization of pond ash/ flyash. He has published more than 25 research papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences. He has also published two books in the area of rockfill materials. He got IJOG (an ASCE publication) best paper award. He is a member of ASCE, ISET, IGS, and Fellow of ISRD.