Data Built Cities: The Infrastructure of Information

Data Built Cities explores how smart infrastructure is increasingly designed, operated, and optimized through data-driven systems. The book explains how data collected from sensors, connected devices, and digital platforms becomes the backbone of modern urban infrastructure.
Written for engineering students, data professionals, and infrastructure planners, it focuses on how real-time data supports better decisions in transportation, energy, utilities, and public services. The emphasis is on practical engineering applications rather than abstract theory.
Key areas covered include:
• Urban sensing and data collection infrastructure
• City-scale data platforms and integration
• Analytics for infrastructure optimization
• AI and machine learning in urban systems
• Data governance, security, and reliability
Data Built Cities shows how modern infrastructure is no longer defined only by physical assets, but by the data that drives them.
Today’s cities are built with steel and concrete—
tomorrow’s are built with data.