Resilient Smart Cities

Using a consistent structure throughout, the book examines smart cities in a broad sense, looking at people, governance, economic, mobility, environment, and infrastructure dimensions. It identifies the likely weaknesses of those cities and threats faced, proposing a modeling platform to help enhance resilience of smart cities, offering state-of-the-research and deep literature review. The book shows the role smart cities play in achieving sustainability goals through the lens of urban resilience and concludes that smart cities are required to be cities of hope where well-being of the humankind is the center.

1. Introduction: Sustainable, Smart, and Resilient Cities 2. Smart Cities Pillars 3. Smart Cities Technological Advancements 4. Leading Smart Cities 6. Resilient Cities Pillars 7. Smart Cities Platform 8. Conclusion: Cities of Hope and Well-Being

• A well organized, structured and consistent conceptual framework useful for researchers, students, and practitioners
• Multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral
• Real world case studies from around the globe