Smart Global Megacities

Download or read book Smart Global Megacities written by T. M. Vinod Kumar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.