Description
| Product ID: | 9780128244463 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | NL |
| Title: | Blockchain for Smart Cities |
| Authors: | Author: E. Golden Julie, Valentina, PhD Emilia Balas, Saravanan Krishnan, Raghvendra Kumar, Harold Robinson Yesudhas |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Urban communities, Urban communities, Human geography, Regional and area planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Human geography, Regional & area planning, Urban & municipal planning |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Focusing on different tools, platforms, and techniques, Blockchain and the Smart City: Infrastructure and Implementation uses case studies from around the world to examine blockchain deployment in diverse smart city applications. The book begins by examining the fundamental theories and concepts of blockchain. It looks at key smart cities’ domains such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and supply chain management. It examines Using case studies for each domain, the book looks at payment mechanisms, fog/edge computing, green computing, and algorithms and consensus mechanisms for smart cities implementation. It looks at tools such as Hyperledger, Etherium, Corda, IBM Blockchain, Hydrachain, as well as policies and regulatory standards, applications, solutions, and methodologies. While exploring future blockchain ecosystems for smart and sustainable city life, the book concludes with the research challenges and opportunities academics, researchers, and companies in implementing blockchain applications. |
| Imprint Name: | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-08-27 |
