Planning and Designing Smart Cities in Developing Nations

As smart cities are rapidly developing it is vital that they are built on a combination of support and active participation of self-decisive independent and aware citizens by ensuring strong human capital social capital and information and communications technology infrastructure. Due to this evolution across the globe it is critical to examine how others are working to create smarter cities in order to learn and revolutionize the way cities are planned and executed. Planning and Designing Smart Cities in Developing Nations explores smart city implementation in developing countries by highlighting the challenges and opportunities of smart cities and showcasing various developments and accomplishments and presents a framework to implement strategic plans for smart development. Covering topics such as smart technologies and social capital it is ideal for policymakers economic and development professionals city planners and designers government officials academicians professors and students.