In modern times, smart cities are using advanced technology to control and coordinate business, physical, social and commercial systems to deliver quality services to their residents while ensuring the efficient use of available resources. Many large corporations, as well as government agencies,...

Chinese cities are increasingly using digital technologies to address urban problems and govern society. However, little is known about how this digital turn has been implemented. This study explores the introduction of digital governance in Shenzhen, one of China’s most praised smart cities....

The availability of ubiquitous location-based data in cities has had far-reaching implications on analytical powers in various disciplines. This article focuses on some of the accrued benefits to urban transport planners and the urban planning field at large. It contends that the gains of Big...

The evolution of Internet and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has changed the landscape of traditional web. The present scenario of web forms a large network of tools, techniques and people across globe, which turns the existing facet of web in a socially active web that is, social web. The...

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 year 2014 marked the rapid expansion of big data in urban studies and planning practices in China. Big data has advantages of revealing individual characteristics rather than a general feature by traditional statistics, and it is consistent with the idea of people-oriented urbanization and...