Prof. Dr. Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and a Professor at the Shijiazhuang Tiedao University in Hebei, China. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan. He has previously served as a Reader (Associate Professor) at the University of Derby, UK, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa. Among his many publications are the Springer titles Connected Environments for the Internet of Things, Software Project Management in Distributed Computing, Requirements Engineering for Service and Cloud Computing, Connectivity Frameworks for Smart Devices, Data Science and Big Data Computing, Cloud Computing: Challenges, Limitations and R&D Solutions, Continued Rise of the Cloud, Cloud Computing: Methods and Practical Approaches, Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm, and Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures.

Reviews the latest research and applications in smart city development and management

Presents case studies describing challenges, best practices, and solutions to inherent issues such as security and device connectivity

Discusses potential future developments with respect to smarter living and urban development 2.0

Part I: Frameworks and Models.- Modeling Smart Self-Sustainable Cities as Large-Scale Agent Organizations in the IoT Environment.- Cyber Security System: An Essential Pillar of Smart Cities.- Towards Heterogeneous Architectures for Hybrid Vehicular Sensor Networks for Smart Cities.- Pricing Mechanisms for Energy Management in Smart Cities.- Part II: Challenges and Opportunities.- Building Intelligent Systems for Smart Cities: Issues, Challenges and Approaches.- IoT Challenges in Data and Citizen Centric Smart City Governance.- Smart City Surveillance at the Network Edge in the Era of IoT: Opportunities and Challenges.- Big Energy Data Management for Smart Grids - Issues, Challenges and Recent Developments.- Risks and Challenges of Adopting Electric Vehicles in Smart Cities.- Part III: Examples and Case Studies.- Rising of Yokohama, Keihanna, Kitakyushu & Toyota Smart Cities in the Land of the Rising Sun.- A Business Model for Digital Services for Smart Cities in India.- Opportunities for Brazilian Smart Cities: What is Realistic and What is Not.- Standards-Based Sustainability Requirements for Healthcare Services in Smart Cities.