Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence
Convergent Systems for Planning, Design, and Operations
- 2nd Edition - December 1, 2025
- Authors: Christopher Grant Kirwan, Fu Zhiyong
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 6 2 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 6 2 2 - 8
Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence: Convergent Systems for Planning, Design, and Operations, Second Edition delves into the evolution of urban ecosystems through the integ… Read more
Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence: Convergent Systems for Planning, Design, and Operations, Second Edition delves into the evolution of urban ecosystems through the integration of advanced technologies like machine learning, geospatial intelligence, and smart connected objects. By examining cities as dynamic, real-time systems and providing tools such as generative design and living lab models, this book equips readers with both conceptual and practical knowledge for planning, designing, and operating smart cities. The book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, emphasizing the convergence of digital and physical realms and the transformative impact of human and machine intelligence on urban environments.
It offers a holistic understanding of smart city functions, aiming to make cities more livable and sustainable. New sections include a focus on the Metaverse, comparisons of global smart city models, and updated use cases and applications of AI since the first edition.
- Features diverse smart city examples and initiatives from around the globe
- Includes best practices and guidelines for planning, designing, and implementing smart city projects, as well as how to measure and evaluate their effectiveness
- Provides numerous diagrams to illustrate and explain complex smart city systems and solutions
- Presents new sections on the Metaverse and Digital Twins, new graphic illustrations, tables, and color added to existing illustrations
- Discusses the role of citizens and communities in the design and implementation of smart city initiatives and citizen-centric smart cities
Smart City researchers, graduate students, and practitioners in urban planning, architecture, engineering, economics, government, transport, environmental science, energy, and computer scienceBusiness leaders and entrepreneurs who want to understand the potential business opportunities and challenges presented by smart cities and AI; readers with an interest in urban development and technology, who want to learn more about how AI is being used to improve the liveability and sustainability of cities
1. Evolution of cities/technologies
2. City as living organism
3. Strategies, planning, and design
4. City Operating Systems
5. Connectivity
6. Interface
7. Smart City Scenarios
8. Smart city functions
9. Smart city business models
10. Conclusions
2. City as living organism
3. Strategies, planning, and design
4. City Operating Systems
5. Connectivity
6. Interface
7. Smart City Scenarios
8. Smart city functions
9. Smart city business models
10. Conclusions
- Edition: 2
- Published: December 1, 2025
- Language: English
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Christopher Grant Kirwan
Christopher Grant Kirwan is a multidisciplinary professional and educator with more than 30 years’ experience spanning the fields of urban planning, architecture, new media, and branding. Living and working in international hubs of innovation—Milan, New York, Dubai, Beijing, Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, and London—he has been involved in all phases of project implementation including the research, planning, design, and business of technology integration, urban development, and smart cities. In addition to his role as co-director of the Smart Cities Convergence program launching in spring 2023, he is currently a Visiting Professor at both Henley Business School Informatics Research Centre, University of Reading, and Parsons School of Design in New York and has previously taught at Harvard Graduate School of Design and Tsinghua University where he co-founded the Design Beijing Lab with Dr. Zhiyong Fu.
Affiliations and expertise
Co-Director, Smart Cities Convergence Master’s Program, London, UKFZ
Fu Zhiyong
Zhiyong Fu has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience in the fields of information design, interaction design, service design, and social innovation related to human–computer interface and smart cities. Dedicated to educational program development and cross-institutional collaboration, he has established workshops, innovation labs, and special joint research projects around the world. He is currently an Associate Dean of China-Italy Design Innovation Hub at Tsinghua University, Vice Director of China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Research Center and serves as the Secretary-General for China Information and Interaction Design Committee (IIDC) and Vice President of the International Chinese Association of Human Computer Interaction (ICACHI).
Affiliations and expertise
Vice Dean, Department of Information Art & Design of the Academy Art & Design Masters Supervisor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China