Smart and Sustainable Technology for Resilient Cities and Communities

This  book is a collection of extended versions of papers presented at the  KES Covid-19 Challenge international summit. The book focusses on  technological, economic, and social developments to combat the effects  of global and local disasters as well as the ways in which the recovery  from Covid can be used to build more resilient and sustainable  communities, industry, and improve the environment. It also discusses  the global challenges of human-influenced climate change. There are  chapters on making cities and communities more resilient through energy  self-sufficiency, food production, resilient housing and buildings,  human health and intelligent systems e.g. for forecasting and  prediction.