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Smart Cities

The Internet of Things, People and Systems

  • Presents a coherent, novel vision of Smart Cities, built around a value-driven architecture

  • Combines state-of-the-art research with cutting-edge industrial developments

  • Outlines a research roadmap for future Smart Cities, integrating Internet-of-Things and social computing research

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Present and Future of Smart Cities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Introduction to Smart Cities and a Vision of Cyber-Human Cities

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 3-15
  3. Provisioning and Governing Smart CitySystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-19
    2. State Of The Art & Related Work

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 21-26
    3. Provisioning Smart City Infrastructure

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 27-46
    4. Middleware for Utility-based Provisioning of Smart City Infrastructure

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 47-70
    5. Governing Smart City Systems

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 71-99
  4. Managing Smart City Social Infrastructure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-102
    2. State of the Art & Related Work

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 103-111
    3. Programmatic Management of Human Coordination and Collaboration Activities

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 113-151
    4. Incentive Management

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 153-235
  5. Towards the Smart City of the Future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-238
    2. A Road Map to the Cyber-Human Smart City

      • Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić
      Pages 239-258
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 259-268

About this book

This book presents a coherent, novel vision of Smart Cities, built around a value-driven architecture. It describes the limitations of the contemporary notion of the Smart City and argues that the next developmental step must actively include not only the physical infrastructure, but information technology and human infrastructure as well, requiring the intensive integration of technical solutions from the Internet of Things (IoT) and social computing.


The book is divided into five major parts, the first of which provides both a general introduction and a coherent vision that ties together all the components that are required to realize the vision for Smart Cities. Part II then discusses the provisioning and governance of Smart City systems and infrastructures. In turn, Part III addresses the core technologies and technological enablers for managing the social component of the Smart City platform. Both parts combine state-of-the-art research with cutting-edge industrial efforts in the respective fields. Lastly, Part IV details a road map to achieving Cyber-Human Smart Cities. Rounding out the coverage, it discusses the concrete technological advances needed to move beyond contemporary Smart Cities and toward the Smart Cities of the future.


Overall, the book provides an essential overview of the latest developments in the areas of IoT and social computing research, and outlines a research roadmap for a closer integration of the two areas in the context of the Smart City. As such, it offers a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students alike.

Authors and Affiliations

  • TU Wein, Vienna, Austria

    Schahram Dustdar, Stefan Nastić, Ognjen Šćekić

About the authors

Schahram Dustdar is Full Professor of Computer Science and head of the Distributed Systems Group at the TU Wien, Austria. He is an  Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, ACM Transactions on the Web, and ACM Transactions on Internet Technology and  on the editorial board of IEEE Internet Computing and IEEE Computer; and Editor-in-Chief of Computing (Springer). He is recipient of the ACM Distinguished Scientist award (2009), the IBM Faculty Award (2012), a member of the Academia Europaea: The Academy of Europe, and an IEEE Fellow (2016).


Stefan Nastić is a postdoctoral researcher at the Distributed Systems Group, TU Wien. His research interests include Smart City Governance, Internet of Things/Cyber-Physical Systems and Cloud Computing. Currently he is working on SMART-FI, which is EU ERA-NET funded project, with the main focus on developing a comprehensive Smart City platform.


Ognjen Šćekić is a researcher at the Distributed Systems Group, TU Wien, where he has obtained his PhD in the area of socio-technical systems, with particular focus on incentive management and programming models for human-based services. His research interests include distributed and parallel computing, and hybrid collective adaptive systems (hCAS).

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eBook USD 149.00
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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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