TY - GEN AB - This book, the second volume, highlights 7 out of a total of about 36 megacities in the World which by definition have 10 million inhabitants. The cities/chapters presented in this book are based on recent advance such as the wide use of ICT, IOT, e-Governance, e-Democracy, smart economy and flattening and acceleration of the world that is taking place in recent times as reported by 3 times Pulitzer Prize Winner Thomas Friedman. It therefor departs from other ideologies where only a certain megacity qualifies for the title of smart global megacities while in reality every megacity can, and presents how smart global megacities can be created. AU - Vinod Kumar, T. M., CN - TD159.4 DO - 10.1007/978-981-16-2023-2 DO - doi ID - 1437447 KW - Megacities. KW - Smart cities. KW - Megacities KW - Smart cities KW - Mégalopoles. KW - Villes intelligentes. KW - Mégalopoles KW - Villes intelligentes LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-16-2023-2 N2 - This book, the second volume, highlights 7 out of a total of about 36 megacities in the World which by definition have 10 million inhabitants. The cities/chapters presented in this book are based on recent advance such as the wide use of ICT, IOT, e-Governance, e-Democracy, smart economy and flattening and acceleration of the world that is taking place in recent times as reported by 3 times Pulitzer Prize Winner Thomas Friedman. It therefor departs from other ideologies where only a certain megacity qualifies for the title of smart global megacities while in reality every megacity can, and presents how smart global megacities can be created. SN - 9789811620232 SN - 9811620237 T1 - Smart global megacities :collaborative research : Chennai, Kochi-Kannur / TI - Smart global megacities :collaborative research : Chennai, Kochi-Kannur / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-16-2023-2 ER -