Igital Cities

Digital Cities

On the way towards the Information Society, global networks such as the Internet, together with mobile computing, have made wide-area computing over virtual communities a reality. Digital city projects, with the goal of building platforms to support community networking, are going on worldwide. This is the first book devoted to digital cities. It is based on an international symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, in September 1999. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book; they reflect the state of the art in this exciting new field of interdisciplinary research and development. The book is divided into parts on design and analysis, digital city experiments, community network experiments, applications, visualization technologies, mobile technologies, and social interaction and communityware.

Digital Cities

Smart and Digital Cities

This book explores the emerging paradigm of Smart Digital Cities, where digital infrastructure and intelligent technologies converge to transform urban environments. It presents a structured and practice-oriented framework that addresses the evolution of smart city concepts, the integration of next-generation technologies such as AIoT, GPT, and AGI, and the design of scalable, multi-layered urban solutions. Organized into three parts—foundations, applications, and future outlook—it introduces core theories, cross-sector use cases, and forward-looking strategies including cloud-edge-device collaboration, data-driven decision-making, and industrial-urban integration. Illustrated with system models, architecture diagrams, and real-world case studies, the book emphasizes practical innovations while offering strategic insights for policy and technology development. It is a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, planners, and graduate students engaged in smart city design, digital transformation, and sustainable urban development.