Revising Smart Cities with Regenerative Design

✍ Scribed by Zaheer Allam, Peter Newman

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 129
• Series: Cities and Nature
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents a road map to urban regeneration through the contemporary concept of smart cities. It investigates why the concept has gained adoption as it has but until now it has been geared towards a profit-making venture by large corporations and ignoring the economic aspirations of smaller companies and city councils. The technologies can provide enhanced liveability levels if the concept is redefined.

This work will be of interest to academics and policy makers looking at exploring how to drive urban regeneration in a sustainable and inclusive fashion while supporting local economies. It presents a case study of Port Louis, Mauritius, with unique insights and data. Academics, policy makers and urban developers could potentially adopt the model and calibrate it to various cities and quantify the economic and social benefits.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface: Into the Maelstrom
Contents
Chapter 1: Unveiling the Smart City: How Smart Is It?
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Adoption of Smart Cities
1.3 Smart Cities as a Profitable Venture
1.4 The Market Monopoly of Smart City Technology
1.5 Contextualising Smart City Technology
1.6 Redefining Smart Cities
1.6.1 So Where Does Smart Cities Sit in This Emerging Economy?
1.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Smart Cities and Sustainability: How Smart City Helps with Sustainability
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Sustainability Issues in Cities
2.3 The Smart City Takeover
2.4 Sustainability and The Metabolism of Cities
2.5 Integrated Smart Urban Metabolism
2.6 Infusing Smart Technology into Sustainability in Cities
2.6.1 How Then Do We Infuse Smart City Technology into Urban Sustainability Programs?
2.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Smart Cities and Climate Change: How Smart City Can Help Cool the Planet
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Waves of Innovation
3.3 Zero Carbon Technologies
3.3.1 Renewable Energy, Especially PV and Batteries
3.3.2 Electromobility, Micromobility, Transit, Walkability and Active Transport
3.3.3 Smart City-Based Demand Management
3.4 Socio-technical Transitions
3.5 Application of Socio-technical Transitions to Zero Carbon Corridors
3.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Smart Cities and Regenerative Approaches: How Design with Smart City Tech Can Regenerate Cities
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Regenerative Approaches
4.2.1 New Business Models for the New Economy
4.3 The Immediate- and the Long-Term Technologies for Smart Regenerative Cities
4.3.1 The Immediate Term: Solar-EV-Batteries and Smart Technology Integration
4.3.2 Hydrogen-Based Industry
4.3.3 Circular Economy
4.3.4 Biophilic Urbanism, Permaculture and Nature-Based Solutions
4.3.5 Fitting These New Technologies into a Smart Regenerative City Through Local Community
4.4 Planning Implications for Smart Regenerative Cities
4.4.1 Create Re-localised Centres with Smart City Regenerative Outcomes
4.4.2 Tailor Re-localised Centres for Each Urban Fabric
4.4.2.1 Applying Smart Regenerative Technologies to Urban Fabrics
4.4.3 Reorient Transport and Urban Development Priorities to Suit Fabrics
4.5 Partnerships to Fund the Smart, Regenerative City
4.6 Rewrite Manuals for the Smart Regenerative City
4.7 The Human Dimension: Cultural Urban Renaissance
4.8 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Smart Cultural and Inclusive Cities: How Smart City Can Help Urban Culture and Inclusion
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Modernism, Sustainability, Culture and Smart Cities
5.2.1 What About Sustainability?
5.3 Culture and Sustainable Urban Development
5.4 Cultural Heritage and the Economy
5.4.1 Can Culture and Heritage Prompt Enough Capital for Smart City Concept Implementation?
5.5 Cultural Heritage and Technology
5.6 Cultural Heritage and the Smart City
5.7 Slum Regeneration, Community and Smart City
5.8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Smart Cities and the Urban Economy: How Smart City Can Integrate Good Urban Economies
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Urban Regeneration and Economic Growth
6.3 Smart Cities and the Economy
6.4 Financing Mechanisms: Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
6.5 Other Financing Mechanisms
6.6 Demonstrations, Special Economic Zones and Urban Development
6.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Conclusions: Redefining Smart Cities