AI-IoT for Smart Urban Planning and Sustainable Development (Urban Sustainability)

This book offers a critical rethinking of digital urban transformation through a planning centered lens.It moves beyond technocentric views to examine how intelligent technologies shape governance, decision-making, and sustainability outcomes.The book explores key areas including housing, mobility, water management, environmental resilience, and digital civic engagement, showing that technology is deeply embedded in institutional and social contexts.It highlights how data driven systems introduce new opportunities for coordination while raising challenges related to ethics, bias, and accountability.By linking digital innovation to planning theory and governance, this book provides a clear framework for understanding how cities can achieve more inclusive and resilient futures.