E-Democracy for Smart Cities

This book highlights the rightful role of citizens as per the constitution of the country for participation in Governance of a smart city using electronic means such as high speed fiber optic networks, the internet, and mobile computing as well as Internet of Things that have the ability to transform the dominant role of citizens and technology in smart cities. These technologies can transform the way in which business is conducted, the interaction of interface with citizens and academic institutions, and improve interactions between business, industry, and city government.



Professor T.M. Vinod Kumar has 45 years of professional experience and is specialized in Urban and Regional Planning, Urban and Regional Infrastructure, Urban Environmental Management, Application of GIS in Urban Planning, Models in Planning, Urban Design and Smart Cities. He has vast consultancy experience all over India on urban and rural development, infrastructure, tourism, health care and in Malaysia on new town planning and development, city centre and housing planning and structure planning. He has worked in Bhutan, China, Pakistan, Nepal and India for the Energy for Mountain Development Program of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development as Regional Program Coordinator. Academically he has worked in the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi as Professor, Head of Department Urban Planning, Head of Centre for Analysis and Systems Studies, Head Centre for Urban Studies and finally Dean of Studies of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He also worked as Planner-Engineer with the Ford Foundation, India. He was visiting Professor at Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia, and now at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He is author of many books and journal articles and Project Manager for many consulting projects in India and abroad. He have edited the following books recently 'Geographic Information System for Smart Cities (Copal:2014), E-Governance for Smart Cities (Springer:2015) and Smart Economy in Smart Cities: (Springer:2016)'.