Regardless of the source, energy is a major factor for development. It is needed for transport, industrial and commercial activities, buildings and infrastructure, water distribution, and food production. Most of these activities take place in or around cities, which are on average responsible for more than 75 per cent of a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and therefore the main engines of global economic growth. To run their activities, cities require an uninterrupted supply of energy. They consume about 75 per cent of global primary energy and emit between 50 and 60 per cent of the world's total greenhouse gases. Future cities will prioritize energy, resource, and environmental economics through sustainable practices like renewable energy integration, improved energy efficiency, and smart resource management to combat challenges like pollution and increased demand from urbanization. This shift involves a combination of new technologies, urban planning, economic policies, and citizen participation to create more resilient and productive urban environments. This book will equip students with the tools necessary for economic analysis and quantification of impacts of energy systems. It will review the availability of energy resources and study methods for quantification of resource depletion and scarcity. The book will cover basic concepts in economics and their application to energy systems. Tools and techniques for project economics for an individual/company perspective and macro-decision making for society will be introduced. It will discuss basic concepts of welfare economics and environmental economics that are necessary for energy systems analysis and their environmental impacts. The author discusses in detail the new tools that enable the development of better smart cities, such as big data, digital twins, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, which will enable the exploration of scenarios of development much more efficiently than in the past.
Dr. Naomi Jacobs is Lecturer in Design Policy and Futures Thinking in The School of Design at Lancaster University. As an interdisciplinary academic, her work crosses various disciplines including design, computer science, social science, and fan and audience studies. Naomi's previous work has focused primarily on interaction; between individuals, communities, disciplines or sectors, and between people and technology and the media they consume. Her current research often uses speculative design methods and design fiction, and focuses on how technologies such as IoT and AI are being implemented and governed. This includes research related to design for policy, particularly in the context of policy for ethical use of new technologies. She also co-leads the cross-university Fan Studies Lancaster research group. Naomi has published papers on topics including the impact of AI on design teaching, the governance of smart cities, livestreaming of fan conventions, speculative uses of data and technology in food supply chains, and how to use zombie apocalypse modelling for epidemiology education. Her research is interdisciplinary and crosses areas including design, computer science, and fan and audience studies. She is particularly interested in supervising PhD projects relating to: Speculative Design and Design Fiction; Ethical challenges relating to new and emerging technologies; Fan studies, particularly relating to digital/physical fan activity and online communities; The interaction with the above topics and Design for Policy.
| Introduction Chapter 1 Innovation and Smart Cities: Future Directions 1. INTRODUCTION 2. UNDERSTANDING A SMART CITY: DEFINITIONS AND APPROACHES 3. DEFINITIONS AND APPROACHES OF SMART CITIES 4. DIMENSIONS OF THE SMART CITY PRACTICES 5. SMART CITY FEATURES 6. SMART CITY MODELS OF GOVERNANCE 7. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EMERGENCE OF SMART CITIES 8. HISTORY OF THE SMART CITY CONCEPT 9. THE INCREASING INTEREST ON THE SMART CITY CONCEPT 10. CONCLUSIONS Chapter 2 4 IR Technologies to Facilitate Planning in Smart Cities of the Future 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SMART CITIES AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES 3. THE TECHNOLOGIES 4. SECURING THE CITY'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 5. CONCLUSION AND WAYS FORWARD Chapter 3 Financing of Smart City Projects 1. INTRODUCTION 2. CITY CHALLENGES 3. SMART CITY 4. FINANCE OF THE SMART CITY 5. CONCLUSION Chapter 4 Smart Cities: Development and Align Benefits 1. INTRODUCTION 2. GROWING WORLDWIDE URBANIZATION AND ITS CHALLENGES 3. BENEFITS OF SMART CITIES 4. TRANSITION PILLARS AND GOVERNANCE REQUIRED 5. CHALLENGES OF SMART CITIES 6. SMART DATA COLLECTION 7. CONCLUSION Chapter 5 Cities: The New Form of International Environmental Governance 1. INTRODUCTION 2. WHY CITIES: AN OVERVIEW OF CITIES' ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE 3. ENABLERS FOR CITIES TO SHAPE THEIR GROWTH 4. CITIES ALLIANCES: A VOICE IN FRONT OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES 5. SOFT TOOLS FOR A GLOBAL INFLUENCE 6. MAIN LIMITATIONS OF CITIES 7. CONCLUSION Chapter 6 Smart Energy Cities: The Role of Behavioral Interventions in Reducing Electricity Demand 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND POLICYMAKING 3. EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON SMART CITIES 4. THE SMARTLOOK EXPERIMENT 5. CONCLUSIONS Chapter 7 Back to the Future: Toward Ancient Knowledge Human- Centered Sustainable Smart Cities 1. INTRODUCTION: CITIES AND THEIR SMART COMPONENTS 2. PEOPLE PLANET PROSPERITY 3. TAPPING INTO ANCIENT PRACTICES 4. LOOKING UP TO THE FUTURE, THE NEED FOR UPSCALING 5. CONCLUSIONS: BUILDING THROUGH COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE, THE INDIGENOUS PATH Chapter 8 Environmental Retrofitting, Fighting Urban Heat Island Toward NEZ Sustainable Smart Cities 1. INTRO: HEAT ISLAND AND URBAN LIVABILITY 2. FACTORS TO THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND 3. BUILDINGS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND 4. A HOLISTIC AND LOCAL-BASED APPROACH TO FIGHT THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Chapter 9 A Comprehensive Smart System for the Social Housing Sector 1. INTRODUCTION 2. CONCEPT OF SMART HOME 3. DESIGN OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SMART SYSTEM 4. APPLICATION TO A RENOVATED SOCIAL HOUSING RESIDENCE 5. CONCLUSION Chapter 10 Smart Green Planning for Urban Environments: Digital City 1. INTRODUCTION 2. METHODS 3. CASE STUDY 4. RESULTS 5. DISCUSSION 6. CONCLUSION |
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