Table of Contents
Smart cities 17
Motivation: 18
The Main Pillars of a Smart City: 22
The rise of Mega cities 34
Smart Energy 37
Electricity Grid 38
Future is SMART GRID 40
What are these smart meters? 49
Advantages of Smart Meters 51
How is Smart Grid different from traditional Grid? 54
What makes a Smart energy City? 58
Summary: 58
Electric Mobility 60
Electric vehicles types 61
Worldwide Sales: 66
Charging stations: 68
Developing EV value chain 76
Road-Map 78
Business Models for EV Operations 83
Vehicle-Grid Integration: 87
Summary 88
ICT An Enabler for Smart cities 89
Why we need ICT 90
Four Domains in ICT 92
ICCC (Integrated Command Control Center)operations 95
New services and Applications on various verticals: 100
Summary: 110
Town Planning lll
Introduction to GIS 116
Designing spatial data structures: 122
Metadata and its Importance 123
Benefits of GIS 129
The Future Planned City: 131
Summary: 132
Waste Management l34
Various Methods of Waste Management: 136
Waste Reduction Pyramid 142
Solar Revolution to Solar Waste 146
Trash to Treasure: 149
Building blocks for Waste Management. 150
Summary: 152
Stormwater Management 153
What is Stormwater Management? 154
Evolution of stormwater drainage: 156
Techniques to Manage Stormwater 159
Design Considerations for Stormwater Management: 169
Summary 170
Smart Buildings 171
Evolution of Buildings 172
What are the expectations from a Smart Building? 174
The creation of a smart building 176
How do you measure building performance? 183
LEED rating of Smart Buildings 186
Summary: 190
Financing the Smart cities 191
Traditional Funding options 193
Alternative Funding options: 198
Challengesin Financing Smart cities 201
Summary: 202
The New Smart City 203
Measuring the Smartness 204
Ranking of Various Cities: 207
Segmentation of Cities 210
Summary: 214
References: 215