Towards Cognitive Cities Advances in Cognitive Computing and its Application to the Governance of Large Urban Systems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Portmann, Edy (Editor), Finger, Matthias (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 63
• Subjects: Engineering.; Urban geography.; Computational intelligence.; Engineering design.; Sustainable development.; Urban economics.; Computational Intelligence.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Engineering Design.; Sustainable Development.; Urban Economics.
• Physical Description: XVII, 215 p. 49 illus., 34 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319337982
• ISSN: 2198-4182 ;

This book introduces the readers to the new concept of cognitive cities. It demonstrates why cities need to become cognitive and why therefore a concept of cognitive city is needed. It highlights the main building blocks of cognitive cities and illustrates the concept by various cases. Following a concise introductory chapter the book features nine chapters illustrating various aspects and dimensions of cognitive cities. The logic of its structure proceeds from more general considerations to more specific illustrations. All chapters offer a comprehensive view of the different research endeavours about cognitive cities and will help pave the way for this new and innovative approach to governing cities in the future. .