Emerging Technologies for Smart Cities (eBook, PDF) von Oluwayemi-Oniya Aderibigbe; Trynos Gumbo; Samson Olawale Fadare

This book examines the use of smart city-associated technologies to enhance sustainable transportation planning in cities of both the global north and south, focusing specifically on sustainable transportation. The authors of the book examine technologies and tools such as UAVs, GIS, cutting-edge information and communication technologies, machine learning and big data to assess their potential for reducing traffic, redirecting traffic to assigned routes, monitoring traffic growth and development in our urban centres, with the ultimate aim of reducing congestion/commuting time, accidents, and ...

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Dr Oluwayemi-Oniya Aderibigbe is a Professional Planner and a Lecturer in the Department of Logistics and Transport Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. She is also a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment in the University of Johannesburg (UJ). She holds a PhD in Transport Management Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure Nigeria as well as a masters and bachelors degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile ife Nigeria. Her research interests include urban transportation planning, travel behaviour studies, sustainable and smart cities, climate change, emerging technologies in urban planning and green economy. Her research interests leverage a combination of experimental and empirical approaches using both qualitative and quantitative data to study complex problems in the field of urban planning. She has published in reputable chapters, peer-reviewed journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

Prof. Trynos Gumbo is a C2 NRF rated researcher and a SACPLAN Registered Professional Planner; who is currently working as a Full Professor and leader of the Sustainable and Smart Cities and Regions (SSCR) group within the Department of Urban and Regional Planning within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. He Holds a PhD from Stellenbosch University, South Africa as well as masters and honours degrees from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), Zimbabwe. He has previously worked in the Africa Institute of South Africa of the Human Sciences Research Council as a research specialist and Acting Head for the sustainable development programme. Prof Gumbo has also worked as an international instructor in the urban management master's programme within the Ethiopian Civil Service University College (ECSUC) in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Before, Prof Gumbo had worked as lecturer and Head of Department at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Zimbabwe. He has attended and presented at several national and international conferences and has published widely in a variety of research areas that include informality, housing, urban planning, development and management. His research interests include urban transportation planning and management, sustainable and smart cities development, housing and economic informality, green economy and renewable energy generation from waste and innovative building technologies and materials.

Professor Samson Fadare is a professional planner and retired professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife. He holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield United Kingdom as well as masters and bachelor's degree from the Eastern Washington University, United States of America. During his service at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile ife, he served as the Head, Department of Urban and Regional Planning Ile Ife and was also the Dean, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management. He was appointed as the chairman committee of Deans for two (2) years and he was a member of the Governing council of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria. Professor Fadare was also a Fulbright Scholar in the United States of America. He has attended and presented at several national and international conferences and has published widely in a variety of peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include urban transportation planning, human development and urban sustainability.

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