Smart Cities of Today and Tomorrow Better Technology, Infrastructure
Hackers, cyber-criminals, Dark Web users, and techno-terrorists beware! This book should make you think twice about attempting to do your dirty work in the smart cities of tomorrow.Scores of cities around the world have begun planning what are known as “s
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Smart Cities of Today and Tomorrow Better Technology, Infrastructure and Security
Smart Cities of Today and Tomorrow
Joseph N. Pelton • Indu B. Singh
Smart Cities of Today and Tomorrow Better Technology, Infrastructure and Security
Joseph N. Pelton IAASS Arlington, VA, USA
Indu B. Singh Planet Defense, LLC Fairfax, VA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-95821-7 ISBN 978-3-319-95822-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95822-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018951219 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Copernicus imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
In 2008, both authors were heavily involved in urban planning. In one instance, Joe Pelton was chairing the IT Advisory Commission for Arlington County, Virginia, and also preparing a proposal nominating Arlington County for the Intelligent Community Award as annually presented by the Intelligent Community Forum. In the other instance, Indu Singh was then involved in advising communities on three continents about how to design smart communities responsive to citizen needs and also include the most appropriate new technology. We had also worked together over the years in closely related fields. That year, we had also decided to put on a conference on emergency communications at George Washington University, where one of us then headed a telecommunications and computer program. During our collaboration, we decided to write a book entitled Future Cities that was published in 2009. We followed that initiative by writing another book together entitled Safe Cities: Living Free in a Dangerous World. This was published by the Emerald Planet in 2013. Then, we next worked together on Digital Defense: A
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