The Configuration of Smart and Global Mega Cities -- E-Commerce and the City: Vignettes from Kozhikode, India -- TERRITORIAL INTELLIGENCE PROJECT: GOVERNANCE FOR MEGALOPOLIS URBAN-RURAL LINKAGE PATTERNC comparativestudy between Po River Valley Megalopolis Region, Italy & Chennai and Kolkata, India -- TOKYO GLOBAL MEGACITY - Smart Sustainable Energy Solutions -- Smart Mega Global City: A Roadmap of Mobility as a Service for Mumbai -- Assessment of Mumbai to serve as a Smart Global Mega City -- Planning for Resiliency and Climate Protection in the New York Megacity -- Towards a Smart Mega City: Hong Kong and Shenzhen -- Smart Global Megacities SPATIAL STRATEGIES FOR KOLKATA METROPOLITAN REGION -- International Collaborative Research: “Smart Global Mega Cities” and Conclusions of Cities Case Studies: Tokyo,Delhi,Mumbai, New York, Hong Kong,Shen Zhen, Kolkata.

This book, the first volume, highlights 8 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. .