Overview
- Addresses the challenges and key components for developing smart cities
- Provides case studies from several parts of the worlds addressing the aspects of resiliency in the smart cities
- Presents some of the latest researches in achieving a resilient and smart city
Part of the book series: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI)
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Table of contents (17 papers)
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Front Matter
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Challenges and Key Components for Developing Smart Cities
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The Path to Resiliency: Theory and Application
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Resiliency for the Future
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Eduardo Krüger holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of Petrópolis (1989), Brazil, a master's degree in Energy Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1993) and a Ph.D. in Architecture from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany (1998). Post-doctorate and sabbatical periods took place at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (during 2005/2006), at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK (2010/2011), and at the Karslruher Institut für Technologie, KIT, Germany (2015/2016 and 2020/2021). Eduardo is currently full professor at the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), lecturing at the department of Civil Construction and conducting research at the Post-Graduate Programs in Civil Engineering and Urban Environmental Sustainability, both from the UTFPR. Eduardo is an ad hoc consultant for several Funding Agencies in Brazil and occasionally also abroad and a frequent reviewer for relevant journals from Elsevier and Springer such as Applied Energy, Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, International Journal of Biometeorology, Science of the Total Environment, among others. He has published over 200 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. Research interests comprise indoor and outdoor thermal and luminous comfort, urban climatology, human biometeorology, climate-responsive building and urban design.
Hirushie Karunathilake
Dr. Hirushie Karunathilake is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. She received her B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, in 2014, and obtained her Ph.D. in energy systems planning and decision-making from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 2018. Her specialty is on developing risk-based decision support systems for energy and sustainability applications. She has experience in multidisciplinaryresearch and industry projects related to energy planning, building energy efficiency, carbon capturing, sustainability assessments and climate policy planning and has authored many journal articles, conference papers and book chapters in this area.
Tanweer Alam
Dr. Tanweer Alam is an associate professor of computer science, the faculty of computer and information systems, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. He has 18 years of teaching experience. His research areas include Smart Cities, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, Cloud Computing and Networking. He has more than 40 publications in refereed journals and conferences. He is the reviewer of many refereed journals and an advisory member for various conferences. Currently, he is working on smart device communication on the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing using different methodologies. He has completed six research projects at the Islamic University of Madinah. Several high-quality papers are published/accepted in various reputed journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Resilient and Responsible Smart Cities
Book Subtitle: The Path to Future Resiliency
Editors: Eduardo L. Krüger, Hirushie Pramuditha Karunathilake, Tanweer Alam
Series Title: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20182-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-20181-3Published: 31 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-20184-4Published: 01 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-20182-0Published: 30 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2522-8714
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8722
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XIV, 241
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 140 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Public Policy, Geography, general, Landscape Architecture, Cities, Countries, Regions, Landscape Ecology