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Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Internet Resources on Smart Cities

A City Is Not a Computer
Author Shannon Mattern argues that "urban intelligence is more than information processing."
The Local Movement to Curb Big Brother
How surveillance technology has become a central part of smart city design.
The Smart Cities Council, North America
Smart city news and resource downloads available with free registration.
What is a Smart City? (Video)
A brief video from CNBC that explains how surveillance cameras, big data, and the Internet-of-things define the smart city.

E-books on Smart Cities

Designing, Developing, and Facilitating Smart Cities by Vangelis Angelakis (Editor); Elias Tragos (Editor); Henrich Pöhls (Editor); Adam Kapovits (Editor); Alessandro Bassi (Editor, et al.
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 3319449222
Publication Date: 2016
Information Innovation Technology in Smart Cities by Leila Ismail (Editor); Liren Zhang (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9811017409
Publication Date: 2017
Smart Cities: A Spatialised Intelligence by Antoine Picon
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 1119075599
Publication Date: 2015
Smart Cities and Homes: Key Enabling Technologies by Mohammad S. Obaidat; Petros Nicopolitidis
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0128034548
Publication Date: 2016
Smart Planning: Sustainability and Mobility in the Age of Change by Rocco Papa (Editor), et al.
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 3319776819
Publication Date: 2018

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