General Introduction

Abstract

This first chapter of this book tends to bring into understanding the various definitions concepts, evolutions, characteristics and many more on smart cities. These are further explained across the other chapters of the book as to the roles and functionalities of smart cities in this modern world. This chapter starts with an introductory part that briefly describes what cities hold and the idea of inculcating smartness into it. Furthermore, various definitions were explicitly defined across other sections of the introduction. The objective of this book relates the reason and solution the book aims to offer into the construction industry as a system that is not only functional but also sustainable across various professionals of the construction industry. This chapter ends with concluding part that describes the totality of what have been discussed in the course of the chapter. The research book also contains reference for further reading.

Citation

Oke, A.E., Stephen, S.S., Aigbavboa, C.O., Ogunsemi, D.R. and Aje, I.O. (2022), "General Introduction", Smart Cities: A Panacea for Sustainable Development, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-455-020221001