Table of Contents

1. Urbanization in the context of global environmental change
2. Climate change adaptation and mitigation in cities
3. Smart cities: Key definitions and new directions
4. Smart city solutions and climate change ADAPTATION: An overview
5. Smart city solutions and climate change mitigation: An overview
6. The fundamentals of smart city assessment
7. Assessment tools and indicators for smart city assessment
8. The extend of inclusion of smart city indicators in existing urban sustainability assessment tools
9. Indicators to assess contributions of smart city solutions and technologies to urban resilience
10. Contributions of smart technologies to disaster resilience
11. A typology analysis of smart city projects around the world
12. Urban scale climate change adaptation through smart technologies
13. Automated object extraction of satellite imagery to estimate the loss of vegetative land cover and inform climate adaptation actions in San Antonio, Texas
14. Smart transformation in Iran, a step toward adaptation and reduction of climate change
15. Technological solutions for adaptation with Iran’s water resources crisis
16. The way forward for data-driven and climate-resilient cities

About the Author

Ayyoob Sharifi is Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University. He also is Core Member of the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS). His research is mainly focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Ayyoob actively contributes to global change research programmes such as the Future Earth and has served as Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ultimate goal of his education and research activities is to inform actions towards building sustainable and peaceful communities. Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Isfahan. He is a researcher with expertise in geography and urban planning. He focuses on disruptive solutions for urban climate change mitigation and adaptation, smart cities, sustainable development, and mobility. He has published extensively on issues related to planning and urban studies