Preface

*Smart Cities - Their Framework and Applications* provides the overall concepts as well as the application of the technology for developing smart cities. This book will provide the platform for researchers, academics, scientists, policymakers, and governments to design, develop, analyze, evaluate, and implement smart systems in the smart cities' development process. Smart cities consist of various smart systems that will be integrated to develop the interlinkage between these smart systems. Smart systems are possible due to changes in the telecommunication world, which the ubiquitous mobile internet is advancing on a worldwide basis. The usage of the 5G telecommunication system changes the behavior of every sector in this world, such as education, healthcare, energy, transportation, etc. In addition, the development of cutting-edge sensing technology within telecommunication systems that communicate with each other by applying the Internet of Things (IoT) concept to smart cities will provide a great boost in advancing smart systems.

The four sections in this book demonstrate the capability of smart systems in smart cities to solve scientific and engineering problems of varying degrees of complexity. The first section introduces various frameworks for developing smart cities, including a new business model for developing smart cities. The contribution of smart cities to the country's overall urbanization also will be discussed.

Section 2 focuses on smart building and architecture where the model approach for institutional buildings is explained. In addition, the universal methodology for elevator design, including the necessary calculations and simulations beneficial in the development of smart cities, is described scientifically.

Section 3 focuses on smart energy in the development of smart cities. Energy management and optimal power scheduling are also discussed, with an emphasis on uncertain conditions. This section also discusses the compression of data strategies used in advanced metering infrastructure networks to manage the great amounts of smart meter data deployed in smart cities. The cognitive dynamic system for AC state estimation and cyber-attack detection in the smart grid also will be modeled and discussed comprehensively.

Section 4 details the integration of smart mobility and transportation systems in the development of smart cities. This chapter also discusses the architecture of a telemonitoring system as a component of the smart city supported by Internet of Things technology to improve the mobility of those in wheelchairs. Section 4 also reviews smart growth and transit-oriented developments for new urbanization, including finance and execution models necessary to develop a smart city in India. The transportation planning pursuit of more sustainable, economical, congestionfree, and pollution-free cities requires new designs in urbanization modeling. In addition, this section includes estimation and efficiency indices for operating vertical transportation systems and ensuring the safety of children using public transportation.

I would like to express my appreciation to IntechOpen for its support and guidance throughout the editorial process of this book. I would also like to express my gratitude to the author service manager, Dr. Lutfi Al-Sharif as the coeditor, and all the authors of the book chapters whose work has allowed me to successfully publish this book. I offer my regards and blessings to all of those who supported me in any respect during the completion of this book.

I hope that readers from various backgrounds such as researchers, academics, scientists, industry players, policymakers, and governments will benefit from realizing the development of smart cities all over the world.

> **Anuar Mohamed Kassim** Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malacca, Malaysia

> > **Lutfi Al-Sharif** Al-Hussein Technical University, Jordan

Section 1
