Smart Cities and Homes: Key Enabling Technologies - Softcover

Nicopolitidis, Petros

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128034548 ISBN 13: 9780128034545

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2016

Synopsis

Smart Cities and Homes: Key Enabling Technologies explores the fundamental principles and concepts of the key enabling technologies for smart cities and homes, disseminating the latest research and development efforts in the field through the use of numerous case studies and examples.

Smart cities use digital technologies embedded across all their functions to enhance the wellbeing of citizens. Cities that utilize these technologies report enhancements in power efficiency, water use, traffic congestion, environmental protection, pollution reduction, senior citizens care, public safety and security, literacy rates, and more.

This book brings together the most important breakthroughs and advances in a coherent fashion, highlighting the interconnections between the works in different areas of computing, exploring both new and emerging computer networking systems and other computing technologies, such as wireless sensor networks, vehicle ad hoc networks, smart girds, cloud computing, and data analytics and their roles in creating environmentally friendly, secure, and prosperous cities and homes.

Intended for researchers and practitioners, the book discusses the pervasive and cooperative computing technologies that will perform a central role for handling the challenges of urbanization and demographic change.

• Includes case studies and contributions from prominent researchers and practitioners from around the globe
• Explores the latest methodologies, theories, tools, applications, trends, challenges, and strategies needed to build smart cities and homes from the bottom up
• Provides a pedagogy that includes PowerPoint slides, key terms, and a comprehensive bibliography

About this title

About the Author

Petros Nicopolitidis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,located in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128034548
• ISBN 13: 9780128034545
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 452