This invaluable text/reference investigates the state of the art in approaches to building, monitoring, managing, and governing smart cities. A particular focus is placed on the distributed computing environments within the infrastructure of such cities, including issues of device connectivity, communication, security, and interoperability. A selection of experts of international repute offer their perspectives on current trends and best practices, and their suggestions for future developments, together with case studies supporting the vision of smart cities based on the Internet of Things (IoT).

Part I: Frameworks and Models.- Modeling Smart Self-Sustainable Cities as Large-Scale Agent Organizations in the IoT Environment.- Cyber Security System: An Essential Pillar of Smart Cities.- Towards Heterogeneous Architectures for Hybrid Vehicular Sensor Networks for Smart Cities.- Pricing Mechanisms for Energy Management in Smart Cities.- Part II: Challenges and Opportunities.- Building Intelligent Systems for Smart Cities: Issues, Challenges and Approaches.- IoT Challenges in Data and Citizen Centric Smart City Governance.- Smart City Surveillance at the Network Edge in the Era of IoT: Opportunities and Challenges.- Big Energy Data Management for Smart Grids - Issues, Challenges and Recent Developments.- Risks and Challenges of Adopting Electric Vehicles in Smart Cities.- Part III: Examples and Case Studies.- Rising of Yokohama, Keihanna, Kitakyushu & Toyota Smart Cities in the Land of the Rising Sun.- A Business Model for Digital Services for Smart Cities in India.- Opportunities for Brazilian Smart Cities: What is Realistic and What is Not.- Standards-Based Sustainability Requirements for Healthcare Services in Smart Cities.