Dr. Zaheer Allam holds a PhD in Humanities, a Master of Arts (Res), an MBA, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Architectural Science from universities in Australia and the United Kingdom. Based in Mauritius, he was the first Chairperson of the National Youth Environment Council (NYEC) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Mauritius, and is currently a board member of the Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency (MARENA). He works on several projects on the thematic of Smart Cities and on strategies dwelling in the increasing role of technology in culture and society. Zaheer is also the African Representative of the International Society of Biourbanism (ISB), member of the Advisory Circle of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), and a member of several other international bodies. He holds several awards and commendations and is the author of over 145 peer reviewed publications and author of 10 books about Smart, Sustainable and Future Cities.
Télécharger le livre :  People-Centered Innovation

As a follow-up to the book titled “Harnessing Urban Innovation to Unlock the Sustainable Development Goals”, this collection examines transformative urban solutions through 15 internationally recognized case studies submitted to the 6th Guangzhou...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2025-04-30

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Télécharger le livre :  Diversity as Catalyst: Economic Growth and Urban Resilience in Global Cityscapes

In an era where global cities emerge as pivotal hubs for economic growth and cultural fusion, this book presents an innovative approach to understanding and leveraging the rich tapestry of diversity in urban environments. This book delves into how cultural diversity...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2024-12-07
Collection : Urban Sustainability
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Télécharger le livre :  Sustainable Futures and Green New Deals

This academic book critically examines the concept of sustainable futures and its interdependence with the policy framework of Green New Deals. We emphasize the inherent link between the two concepts by highlighting how Green New Deals can pave the way for a sustainable...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2024-07-08

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Télécharger le livre :  The Metaverse and Smart Cities

The Metaverse and Smart Cities: Urban Environments in the Age of Digital Connectivity explores the intersection between the rapidly growing metaverse and the future of cities.The metaverse is a virtual world that is increasingly gaining attention as a new frontier for...
Editeur : Elsevier
Parution : 2024-02-28

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Télécharger le livre :  City Information Modelling

This is the first book focused on City Information Modelling (CIM) that puts together a collection of recent studies related to concepts and trends in CIM, application and digitization processes/methods, and frameworks and practices of CIM.This emerging topic is...
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Parution : 2024-02-21

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Télécharger le livre :  Climate and Social Justice

This book offers a fresh perspective on the historical, economic, and cultural foundations of capitalism, cities, and climate change. By exploring the intersection of urbanization, consumerism, and colonialism, the book sheds new light on the origins and development of...
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Parution : 2023-11-01
Collection : Urban Sustainability
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Télécharger le livre :  Sustainable Urban Transitions

This book aims to explore how sustainability transitions can be explored in current and future cities and how research and policy approaches can be applied to change urban life as we know it, hence aligning the two thematic of urban science and future science, for...
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Parution : 2023-07-18

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Télécharger le livre :  Revising Smart Cities with Regenerative Design

This book presents a road map to urban regeneration through the contemporary concept of smart cities. It investigates why the concept has gained adoption as it has but until now it has been geared towards a profit-making venture by large corporations and ignoring the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2023-04-12

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Télécharger le livre :  The Rise of Autonomous Smart Cities

?This book introduces the concept of the ‘autonomous city’- a concept that has been developed from the ‘smart cities’ model that is based on a city’s ability to gather data and taking it one step further. The digital revolution has brought about numerous changes in...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2020-12-08

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Télécharger le livre :  Surveying the Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Implications

Surveying the Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Implications: Urban Health, Data Technology and Political Economy explores social, economic, and policy impacts of COVID-19 that will persist for some time. This timely book surveys the COVID-19 from a holistic, high level...
Editeur : Elsevier
Parution : 2020-07-21

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Télécharger le livre :  Cities and Climate Change

This book explores climate change responsiveness policies for cities and discusses why they have been slow to gain traction despite having been on the international agenda for the last 30 years. The contributing role of cities in accentuating the effects of climate...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2020-04-30
Collection : Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies
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Télécharger le livre :  Biotechnology and Future Cities

This book explores how biotechnology can lead to the reimagination of cities. In a time where the increasing adoption of technology by cities is leading to unsustainable environmental and economic concerns, biotechnology has enabled new ways of envisioning data and...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2020-03-30

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Télécharger le livre :  Cities and the Digital Revolution

This book explores the emergence and development of data in cities. It exposes how Information Communication Technology (ICT) corporations seeking to capitalize on cities developing needs for urban technologies have contributed to many of the issues we are faced with...
Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2019-10-16

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Télécharger le livre :  Theology and Urban Sustainability

Even though theology does provide interesting and important contributions to ethics that laid the foundation of our modern societies, this book looks at exploring how theology has impacted on urban morphology and has led to questionable unsustainable practices which...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-09-11
Collection : SpringerBriefs in Geography
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