Smart Cities For Dummies

Book Description

Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities

At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world.

The movement to create smarter cities is still in its infancy, but ambitious and creative projects in all types of cities―big and small―around the globe are beginning to make a big difference. New ideas, powered by technology, are positively changing how we move humans and products from one place to another; create and distribute energy; manage waste; combat the climate crisis; build more energy efficient buildings; and improve basic city services through digitalization and the smart use of data.

Inside this book you’ll find out:

• What it really means to create smarter cities
• How our urban environments are being transformed
• Big ideas for improving the quality of life for communities
• Guidance on how to create a smart city strategy
• The essential role of data in building better cities
• The major new technologies ready to make a difference in every community

Smart Cities For Dummies will give you the knowledge to understand this important topic in depth and be ready to be an agent of change in your community.

中文：

书名：傻瓜智能城市

增强建设和维护智慧城市的能力

智能城市的核心是对不断增长的需求、挑战和复杂性的技术回应的集合，这些需求、挑战和复杂性提高了目前生活在世界各地城市中心的数十亿人的生活质量。

创建更智能城市的运动仍处于初级阶段，但在全球所有类型的城市–无论是大城市还是小城市–雄心勃勃、富有创意的项目正开始产生重大影响。 在技术的推动下，新的想法正在积极地改变我们将人类和产品从一个地方转移到另一个地方的方式； 创造和分配能源； 管理废物； 应对气候危机； 建造更节能的建筑； 以及通过数字化和智能使用数据来改善基本的城市服务。

在这本书中，你会发现：

• 创建更智能的城市的真正意义
• 我们的城市环境如何转变
• 改善社区生活质量的大想法
• 关于如何制定智慧城市战略的指南
• 数据在建设更美好城市中的重要作用
• 准备在每个社区中发挥作用的主要新技术

Smart Cities For Dummies它将给你知识，让你深入理解这个重要的主题，并准备好成为你所在社区的变革推动者。