Water and Smart Cities

From IoT Sensors and Machine Learning to Digital Twins, Flood Resilience, Utility Cybersecurity, and Data Governance

De: Robert C. Brears

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Urban water infrastructure is under mounting pressure from climate change, aging assets, and rapidly expanding service demands. Sensor networks, machine learning, and data platforms are restructuring how cities monitor, operate, and govern critical water systems — but only where the right governance and institutional conditions are in place.

- Understand how smart metering, LoRaWAN sensor networks, and edge computing generate the data on which every downstream analytics application depends
- Analyze machine learning applications in water demand forecasting, pipe failure prediction, and non-revenue water reduction across real utility deployments
- Examine digital twin architecture, hydraulic model calibration, and real-time scenario planning for distribution networks and climate resilience
- Evaluate data platform design, OGC SensorThings API interoperability standards, and open water data governance frameworks across regulatory contexts
- Discover how real-time control of stormwater drainage and nature-based infrastructure integration delivers measurable urban flood resilience outcomes
- Assess the equity, privacy, and digital inclusion dimensions of advanced metering rollouts and data-driven tariff design for low-income communities
- Interpret the cybersecurity threat landscape facing water utilities and the regulatory responses under the EU NIS2 Directive and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Apply a comparative policy and investment framework covering green bond financing, blended finance, workforce development, and emerging technology trajectories

For utility managers navigating digital transformation, regulators designing accountability frameworks, urban planners integrating water resilience into infrastructure strategy, or researchers working at the intersection of digital technology and urban governance, this book provides the analytical foundation you need.