The concept of the smart city was introduced as the potential solution to the
challenges created by urbanization with complex and costly operations. The envisioned goal of smart city is to be cost effective, intelligent, and autonomous with
ease-of-use providing better quality of life. Most definitions for smart city involve
the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance the
quality of urban life with reduced cost and resource consumption. Recently, ICT
convergence with the Internet of Things (IoT) has been effectively exploited to
provide many novel features with minimum human intervention in smart cities.
This book describes different components of IoT for smart cities including sensor
technologies, communication technologies, big data analytics, and security. The
book is organized into five chapters that are described below