Contents // Part I Vision & Reality // 1 Smart Cities: Vision on-the-Ground... 3 // Ted Lehr // 2 Funding a Smart City: From Concept to Actuality... 17 // Stephen R. Galati // 3 The System Complexities of Smart Cities and the Systems // Approach for Standardization... 41 // Manyphay Viengkham // Part II Technology & Architecture // 4 The Smart Grid: Anchor of the Smart City... 53 // George Koutitas // 5 The Internet of Things: Nervous System of the Smart City... 75 // Yang Zou, Brad Jolly, Ryan Li, Mingyan Wang and Ramandeep Kaur // 6 The Cloud: A Critical Smart City Asset... 97 // Brad Booth // Part III Transportation Considerations // 7 Transportation Electrification... 109 // Karl Popham // 8 Smart Transportation Systems... 123 // Jesus A. Jimenez // 9 Reconfigurable Computing for Smart Vehicles... 135 // Vikas Chaudhary // v // vi Contents // Part IV Infrastructure & Environment // 10 Smart Buildings and Grid Distribution Management... 151 // Phil Powell // 11 Smart City Lighting... 181 // Chris Boissevain // 12 Smart Water Solutions for Smart Cities... 197 // Thomas Dickey // 13 Technology-Enhanced Infrastructure... 209 // Peter John Schemmel, John Joseph Schemmel and Evan Diane Humphries // Index... 235