Smart Cities and Homes

Preface

Overview and goals

We are witnessing a period of great worldwide urbanization and development. In populous countries such as China and India, which make up for about 40% of the World’s population, people are moving to cities at alarming rates. In China alone, it is expected that over 250 million rural inhabitants will transfer to urban areas over the next decade or so. This will necessitate creating new infrastructure to house almost the corresponding of 75% of the present population of the United States in a matter of a few decades.

Cities in the 21st century will make up for about 85–90% of world population growth, 75–80% of affluence formation, and 60% of the overall power spending. It is essential to improve means and systems that ...