"This book examines the implementation and deployment aspects of smart Internet of Things projects in urban and rural areas. It covers a wide range of domain research such as smart transportation, waste management, health care, water distribution, and energy and power supply management in...

"This book examines smart automation technologies which assist in energy conservation along with various performance metrics which are necessary to facilitate a building to be known as a 'green smart building'"--

"This book addresses safety and design for maintenance and reducing the factors that influence and degrade human performance and that provides technological advancements and emergent technologies that reduce the dependence on operator capabilities"--

"This book provides contemporary insights into a comprehensive interpretation of urban ambiances in smart places as it relates to the development of cities or to various levels of intervention in extant urban environments. The book also examines the impact of architectural design on the creation...

"This book provides research on advancing methods and technological developments within additive manufacturing practices. Special attention is paid to the material design of additive manufacturing of parts, the choice of feedstock materials, the metallurgical behavior and synthesis principle...

"This book identifies the factors contributing to the severity of vehicle-pedestrian crashes at mid-blocks. It examines the influence of the socioeconomic factors of the neighborhoods where road users live (residency neighborhood) and where crashes occur (crash neighborhood) on...