AI and Big Data provide opportunities and challenges with respect to how we achieve safety in livable smart cities. In this contribution, we look at set of aspects that are important at the city level; namely, how urban analytics and digital technologies can be used; how crime safety is influenced...

Chapter 1. From smart to meta cities -- Chapter 2. A cy-phy and fairer economy -- Chapter 3. Info-telligence in the city -- Chapter 4. Sustainable cities and climate change -- Chapter 5. Our “other normal” -- Chapter 6. The rise of the cy-phy company -- Chapter 7. Investing in real estate:...

The term "smart cities" is a widely used, but at the same time a highly fuzzy concept. The fuzziness hinders our understanding on the benefits of its adoption, and explains the existence of many relevant activities with fragmented or distorted views of what a truly smart city is. The aim of this...