Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities
Innovations in Planning and Climate Resilience
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2025
- Editors: Simon Elias Bibri, Tan Yigitcanlar, Jeffrey Huang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 3 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 3 4 - 7
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Request a sales quoteInnovative approaches to urban development are transforming cities worldwide. Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Innovations in Urban Planning and Climate Resilience explores the advanced convergence of smart city technologies, digital twin applications, smart urban metabolism, and circular economy principles. This comprehensive resource offers insights into sustainable urban practices, environmental planning, and innovative approaches to address the multifaceted challenges posed by rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, and climate change.
In a rapidly changing world where smart cities are becoming the norm, this book provides a detailed and nuanced understanding of how digital twin technologies, smart urban metabolism frameworks, and circular economy models can be applied to foster sustainable urban development. As the field of smart cities and sustainability expands, the need for an integrative resource that captures the latest advancements, practical applications, and theoretical frameworks has become more pressing. This book meets this need by offering a holistic perspective that bridges urban planning, environmental sustainability, and the transformative potential of digital twins and smart urban metabolism within smart circular city frameworks.
Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Innovations in Urban Planning and Climate Resilience equips readers with practical insights and solutions to navigate the complexities of contemporary urban development. It is an invaluable resource for urban planners, environmental scientists, policymakers, and technology experts interested in sustainable development practices. Through real-world applications, foundational theory, and forward-thinking strategies, it empowers readers with the knowledge to address the pressing environmental and infrastructural challenges associated with the future of smart cities.
- Utilizes practical insights and case studies to demonstrate the application of digital twins, geospatial mapping tools, and smart urban metabolism frameworks in real-world scenarios
- Offers a comprehensive understanding of the potential benefits and challenges associated with the integration of digital twin and circular metabolism platforms, aiding informed decision-making for sustainable policies
- Focuses on circular economy principles, providing actionable strategies for minimizing waste, optimizing resource usage, and fostering sustainable practices
1. Introduction to Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Foundations, Technologies, Practices, and Emerging Trends
2. Modelling Urban Metabolism as a Complex Heterogeneous Graph to Incentivize Environmentally Sustainable Practices
3. Creating a Universal Semantic Material Bank: Integrating Digital Twins and Semantic Web Technologies for Circular Urban Mining
4. Application of Computational Technologies in Smart Metabolic Circular Cities
5. Catalyzing Smart Urban Metabolism through Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Infrastructures: A Regional Approach to Planning and Implementation
Part 2: Digital Twins for Sustainable Urban Planning and Climate Resilience
6. Leveraging Digital Twins for Zero-Energy Building Ratings in Sustainable Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Review and Novel Framework
7. Utilizing City Digital Twins to Understand and Mitigate Climate Change Risks: A Roadmap
8. Geospatial Digital Twins: Applications in Sustainable Urban Planning
9. Urban Digital Twin for Resilient Urban Planning: Opportunities and Challenges in the Global South
10. Urban Heat Island Mitigation with the Urbesgg Digital Twins Platform: A Case Study of Praça XV de Novembro, Florianópolis-SC, Brazil
- No. of pages: 263
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443333330
- eBook ISBN: 9780443333347
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Simon Elias Bibri
Dr. Simon Elias Bibri is Senior Research Scientist and Project Coordinator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Computer and Communication Sciences (IINFCOM), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). He has a diverse professional background, having served as Head of Computer Department, Software and IT Business Engineer, Project Manager, Green ICT and Environmental Sustainability Strategist, Research Associate, Consultant, and Assistant Professor. Currently, he serves as an Expert in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning for Climate Action for UNFCCC, an International Expert in Sustainable Cities for UNIDO, and an Expert for Focus Group for Smart Sustainable Cities, Digital Twins, and Environmental Sustainability for ITU. He also holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Studies at Francis and Taylor Group. Dr. Bibri's holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and an Advanced Management Program (AMP) degree. Notably, he earned multiple Master’s degrees from esteemed Swedish universities, namely Lund University, West University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, Malmö University, and Mid–Sweden University. Additionally, he received his PhD in Computer Science from NTNU, specializing in Computational Technology and Urban Informatics, with a focus on data-driven smart sustainable cities. Dr. Bibri's has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings, authored 6 books, edited 2 books, and co-edited 7 books, published by Springer, Elsevier, and Routledge.
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Tan Yigitcanlar
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Jeffrey Huang
Jeffrey Huang is the Director of the Institute of Architecture and the City at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland (EPFL). He is also the Head of the Media x Design Laboratory and a Full Professor in Architecture and Computer Science at EPFL. He holds a DiplArch from ETH Zurich, and Masters and Doctoral Degrees from Harvard University, where he was awarded the Gerald McCue medal for academic excellence. Prior to EPFL, he was a researcher at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and Associate Professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He was also a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s d.school, a Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield, and a Berkman Fellow and Faculty Associate at Harvard. In collaboration with Muriel Waldvogel, he founded and co-heads Convergeo, an award-winning, international strategic design firm.