Smart Global Megacities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Configuration of Smart and Global Mega Cities

      • T. M. Vinod Kumar

      Pages 3-86

   3. E-Commerce and the City: Vignettes from Kozhikode, India

      • Althaf Shajahan, Fawaz Kareem

      Pages 87-103

   4. Territorial Intelligence Project: Governance for Megalopolis Urban-Rural Linkage Pattern: Comparative Study Between Po River Valley Megalopolis Region, Italy & Chennai and Kolkata, India

      • Antonella Contin, Pedro B. Ortiz, Valentina Galiulo, Raana Saffari Siahkali, Alessandra Pandolfi, Paola Campi et al.

      Pages 105-188

3. Tokyo

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Tokyo Smart Global Megacity—Smart Sustainable Energy Solutions

      • Sharma Krishan Anjali, Suwa Aki, Inagaki Kenji

      Pages 191-218

4. Mumbai

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. Smart Mega Global City: A Roadmap of Mobility as a Service for Mumbai

      • Amit Chatterjee, Premjeet Dasgupta, Gaurav Vaidya

      Pages 221-249

   3. Assessment of Mumbai to Serve as a Smart Global Mega City

      • Priya Mendiratta, K. V. R. K. Ravi Kumar

      Pages 251-284

5. New York

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285

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   2. An Overview of Climate Protection and Resiliency Planning in the New York Megacity Region

      • Sudeshna Ghosh, Sweta Byahut, Calvin Masilela

      Pages 287-313

6. Hongkong-Shenzhen

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315

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   2. Towards a Smart Megacity: Hong Kong and Shenzhen

      • Sujata S. Govada, Hei Lau, Suhasini Kotala

      Pages 317-380

7. Kolkata

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 381-381

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   2. Smart Global Megacities Spatial Strategies for Kolkata Metropolitan Region

      • Prabh Bedi, Mahavir

      Pages 383-407

8. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 409-409

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   2. International Collaborative Research: “Smart Global Mega Cities” and Conclusions of Cities Case Studies Tokyo, New York, Mumbai, Hong Kong-Shenzhen, and Kolkata

      • T. M. Vinod Kumar

      Pages 411-460

This book, the first volume, highlights 8 out of a total of about 36 megacities in the World which by definition have 10 million inhabitants. The cities/chapters presented in this book are based on recent advance such as the wide use of ICT, IOT, e-Governance, e-Democracy, smart economy and flattening and acceleration of the world that is taking place in recent times as reported by 3 times Pulitzer Prize Winner Thomas Friedman. It therefor departs from other ideologies where only a certain megacity qualifies for the title of smart global megacities while in reality every megacity can, and presents how smart global megacities can be created.

• Smart living
• Smart open spaces
• Spatial intelligence
• Smart mapping
• Smart economy
• Smart mobility
• E-governance
• Internet of Things
• Smart urban cities
• Smart governance
• urban geography and urbanism

• Besant Nivas, Kozhikode, India

  T. M. Vinod Kumar

Professor T. M. Vinod Kumar have 45 years of professional experience and had specialized in Urban and Regional Planning, Urban and Regional Infrastructure, Urban Environmental Management, Application of GIS in Urban Planning, Models  in Planning , Urban Design and Smart Cities. He has vast consultancy experience all over India on Urban and Rural Development, Infrastructure, Tourism, Health Care and in Malaysia on New Town Planning and Development, City Centre and Housing Planning and Structure Plan. He has worked in Bhutan, China, Pakistan, Nepal and India for Energy for Mountain Development Program of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development as Regional Program Coordinator. Academically he has worked in the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi as Professor, Head of Department Urban Planning, Head of Centre for Analysis and Systems Studies, Head Centre for Urban Studies and finally Dean of Studies of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He alsoworked as Planner-Engineer with the Ford Foundation, India. He was Visiting Professor at Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia, and now in National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He is Author of many books and journal articles and Project Manager for many consulting projects in India and abroad.

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