Contents
Foreword by John Chambers 9
Map Key smart city projects, 2006-2017 12
Chapter 1: the opportunity and necessity of the smart city 15
Chapter 2 : the fluid definition of a smart city­ and what it does 31
Chapter 3 : Genesis: Saudi Arabia, 2005-2008 41
Chapter 4 : second chance: Songdo, Korea, and the city lab of tomorrow 61
Chapter 5 : enter the dragon: China's cities of the future, today 91
Chapter 6 : transforming India into a digital nation,the democratic way 123
Chapter 7 : the internet of everything transforms brownfields and beyond 147
Chapter 8 : Egypt, 2015: the smart city as a promising perspective 163
Chapter 9 : theories on smart cities: sustainability in a crowded world 171
Chapter 10 : beyond songdo and the future of the city 193
Conclusion 213
Index 217
Acknowledgments 224