‘The Smart City Transformation’ is a book written by Amitabh Satyam and Igor Calzada which talks about every feature of ‘Smart’. It deals with every aspect of becoming a ‘smart city’ and elucidates the structural framework of the concept.

The basic mindset behind the book lies within the statement written in the book ‘smart means doing more with less resource.’

It explains with great patience the expectations from a smart city, ideas of what is smart, need of such a city, components of such an ecosystem, political, social and government aspects, framework for the transformation, the financial aspect of the smart city framework and most importantly – the problems faced while developing a smart city.

The book is divided into six sections, and each section deals with above mentioned topics in a simple yet elaborative way. It also provides its readers with some successful examples of smart cities all around the world.

Some of the most important concepts that are used to design the framework of smart city and to improve the quality of life are Health, Education, Transportation, Energy, Waste Management, Sanitation, Electricity, Safety and Water are explained in the book.

The authors first recognise problems faced by public all over the world both in developed and under developed countries alike and then provide solutions to the issues.

In ‘The Smart City….’ authors cite the references of smart cities like Barcelona, Masdar (Abu Dhabi), Yokohama, Bhutan, San Diego, Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, Yinchuan, Vienna, Kochi, and New York.