Christopher Grant Kirwan, Fu Zhiyong

Broschiertes Buch

Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence

Convergent Systems for Planning, Design, and Operations

Beschreibung

Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence: Convergent Systems for Planning, Design, and Operations, Second Edition presents an integrated perspective on how cities are evolving as intelligent ecosystems shaped by the convergence of human, technological, and environmental systems. Drawing on developments in machine learning, neural networks, geospatial intelligence, data analytics and visualization, sensors, and smart connected objects, the book explains how these elements combine to form a new urban collective intelligence. By framing cities as real-time, adaptive, living systems, and by introducing tools such as generative design and living lab models, the book equips readers with the conceptual and practical foundation needed to plan, design, and operate next-generation smart cities. Adopting a multidisciplinary and systems-based approach, it provides a holistic understanding of smart cities through interconnected theory, planning and design methodologies, system architecture, and applied smart city functions, all aimed at enabling more liveable, sustainable, and self-regulating urban environments. The second edition introduces a new section in each chapter framed as reflections and projections, offering insights across the ten-year window from 2020, when the first edition was published, through 2030. These additions align the book with recent developments in AI and urban technologies and include an expanded comparison of global smart cities in the City DNA section, examining how different cities evolve, adopt technology, and shape distinctive global identities and competitive positions. Additional updates include new material on Digital Twins and the Metaverse as emerging extensions of the smart city operating system, select new use cases, refreshed references, and an expanded glossary to improve clarity and accessibility. Together, these enhancements ensure that the book remains current and useful for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and educators shaping the future of urban intelligence.

Autor

Christopher Grant Kirwan is a multidisciplinary professional and educator with more than three decades of global experience spanning urban planning, architecture, digital innovation, multimedia, and smart city development. Living and working across major international hubs-including Riyadh, London, New York, Milan, Beijing, Dubai, Seoul, and Rio de Janeiro-he has been involved in all phases of project implementation, from research and planning to design, technology integration, and implementation. He is currently CEO of AI Convergence Ltd., leading smart city and AI initiatives across public- and private-sector platforms. Concurrent with his professional work, he serves as a Visiting Professor and lecturer focusing on AI-enabled urban systems and the convergence of human, technological, and environmental intelligence. He has held academic appointments at Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Parsons School of Design, Tsinghua University in Beijing, the University of Reading's Henley Business School (Informatics Research Centre), the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the Boston Architectural Center. He completed graduate studies at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS), a pioneering program in the convergence of art, science, and technology, and holds a Bachelor of Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780443236211
• ISBN-10: 0443236216
• Artikelnr.: 73729209