Tan Yigitcanlar

Technology and the City (eBook, ePUB)

Systems, applications and implications

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates and reveals the interplay between smart technologies and cities, a topic that has gained incredible currency in urban studies in recent years. Beginning with an elaboration of the historical significance of technologies in economic growth, social progress and urban development, the author then goes on to introduce the most prominent smart urban information technologies before demonstrating the use of these technologies in various smart urban systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317575689
• Artikelnr.: 44980125

Autorenporträt

Tan Yigitcanlar is an Associate Professor at the School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Part I: Background
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Historical Perspective on Technology and Urbanisation
Part II: Systems
Chapter 3: Smart Urban Information Technologies
Chapter 4: Smart Urban Systems
Part III: Applications
Chapter 5: Smart Cities in Practice
Part IV: Implications
Chapter 6: Magnitudes of Smart Technology Applications for Cities
Chapter 7: Prospects of Smart Technology Applications for Cities
Afterword