AI, Blockchain and Social Network on Urban Crisis Management: Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Disaster Response and Resilience in Smart Cities, Volume 142 in the Advances in Computers series, examines how cutting-edge digital technologies are reshaping disaster preparedness and response. This volume highlights the convergence of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and social network analysis to predict, prevent, and manage urban crises. Chapters explore Nutrient Recovery from Livestock Effluent in a Circular Economy Approach, Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Deforestation Monitoring and Conservation in the Colombian Amazon, Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Diffusion in Hydrocarbon-Based Dense Fluids for Enhanced Oil Recovery, and much more. Additional chapters cover Navigating the Complexities: Challenges, Weaknesses, and Hurdles in Integrating AI, Blockchain, and Social Networks for Urban Crisis Management, Educating Europe's Guardians: Ethical AI and Emerging Technologies in Law Enforcement Training for Urban Crisis Management, The Intersection of AI, Blockchain, and Social Networks in Urban Crises Management, Application of Graph Theory in Disaster Management for Efficient Handling and Mobilizing of Resources and Logistics, Analyzing the Role of Social Networks in Urban Crisis Management through Citizen Participation and Smart Technological Deployment, and many more important and timely topics.
Dr. Pushan Kumar Dutta is an Associate Professor at Amity University Kolkata who has carved a distinctive niche in academia with over 12 years of academic experience. He earned his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University in 2015, followed by postdoctoral work as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar at the University of Oradea in Romania in 2016, which laid the foundation for a career drive for a position in institution of academic excellence. At the forefront of his contributions is an impressive editorial portfolio. Dr. Dutta has meticulously curated and edited over 60 books in the past couple of years for globally recognized publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, IET, Taylor & Francis, Cambridge Scholar Publishers, Degruyter, and IGI Global. His role as the manager of the "Sustainable Industrial Engineering Systems" book series for CRC Press further underscores his influence in shaping scholarly discourse on sustainability and engineering innovation. His editorial expertise spans rapidly evolving domains including artificial intelligence in healthcare, Industry 5.0 technologies, quantum computing applications,aviation and digital transformation strategies. A dedicated mentor and educator, Dr. Dutta has consistently empowered his students to excel and innovate, guiding them to garner international recognition through competitions like the Johnson Control International Whitepaper contest and Ideathon 5.0. His contributions to nurturing young talent have been acknowledged through accolades such as the "Mentor of Change" award by NITI Aayog, along with the prestigious Young Faculty Awards in 2018 and 2024. Complementing his teaching and editorial endeavors is an extensive research portfolio that includes over 200 Scopus-indexed publications, two pioneering Indian patents, and an Indian copyright. His professional recognitions extend to prestigious memberships and fellowships, including Senior Membership at the Indian Institute of Engineering, a Threws Fellowship, and a Fellowship at the EnTech Foundation. Dr. Dutta’s academic journey also includes significant teaching stints as an Assistant Professor at RGMCET in Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, and as a lecturer for the Marine Electro Technology course at DG Shipping Taratala.
Dr.K.Saravanan, is working as an Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering at College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai-25, Tamilnadu. He is also Deputy Director for Centre for University-Industry Collaboration (CUIC), Anna University, Chennai. He has done M.E Software Engineering and Ph.D in Computer Science engineering. His research interests include Cloud Computing, Software Engineering, Internet of Things, Smart cities. He has published papers in 17 international conferences and 39 international journals. He has also written 29 book chapters and edited 18 books with international publishers. He has done many consultancy works for Municipal Corporation and Smart City schemes with the tune of Rs.1 Crore. He is an active researcher and academician. Also, he is reviewer for many reputed journals in Elsevier, IEEE etc. He is Fellow of IEI and senior member of ACM and ISTE. Also, a member of many associations.
Pronaya Bhattacharya received the Ph.D. degree from Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is currently an Associate Professor and Head of Computer Science and Engineering Department, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Kolkata, India. He has over ten years of teaching experience. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 research papers in leading SCI journals and top core IEEE COMSOC A* conferences. Some of his top-notch findings are published in reputed SCI journals, such as IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, IEEE Transactions of Network and Service Management, IEEE Access, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, IEEE Communication Standards Magazine, ETT (Wiley), Expert Systems (Wiley), CCPE (Wiley), FGCS (Elsevier), OQEL (Springer), WPC (Springer), ACM-MOBICOM, IEEE-INFOCOM, IEEE-ICC, IEEE-CITS, IEEE-ICIEM, IEEE-CCCI, and IEEE-ECAI. He has an H-index of 40 and an i10-index of 89. He has edited 22 books and is currently editing 8 books from famed publishers like IGI Global, Elsevier, and Springer. His research interests include healthcare analytics, optical switching and networking, federated learning, blockchain, and the IoT. He is listed as Top 2% scientists as per list published by Stanford University. He has been appointed at the capacity of a keynote speaker, a technical committee member, and the session chair across the globe. He was awarded Ten Best Paper Awards in Springer ICRIC-2019, IEEE-ICIEM-2021, IEEE-ECAI-2021, Springer COMS2-2021, and IEEE-ICIEM-2022. He is a Reviewer of 41 reputed SCI journals, such as IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions of Vehicular Technology, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Access, IEEE Network magazine, ETT (Wiley), IJCS (Wiley), MTAP (Springer), OSN (Elsevier), WPC (Springer), and others.
Prof. Kassian T.T. Amesho is a globally recognized academic, research leader, and systems thinker specializing in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Environmental Sustainability, and Climate Change Resilience. He currently holds the University Research Chair for Climate Change, Environment and Resilience at the University of Namibia (UNAM). His work focuses on leveraging strategic collaboration and technology innovation (including techno-economic analysis and Life Cycle Assessment) to build resilience and foster sustainable development. This expertise is directly relevant to urban crisis management, disaster response, and the implementation of smart, resilient city solutions explored in this volume. Prof. Amesho maintains an exceptional, high-impact scholarly profile, featuring over 85 SCOPUS-indexed peer-reviewed publications (with approximately 62 in Q1 journals), over 2,100 total citations, and an H-Index of 25. He also serves as a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg.
Álvaro Rocha holds the title of Honorary Professor, and holds Habilitation in Information Science, Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, M.Sc. in Information Management, and BCs in Computer Science.
He is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Lisbon - ISEG, Honorary Professor at the Amity University, researcher at the ADVANCE (the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management), and a collaborator researcher at the CINTESIS (Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems). His main research interests are maturity models, management information systems, quality of information systems, intelligent information systems, cybersecurity, e-government, e-health, and information technology in education.
He is also Vice-Chair of the IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of two journals: World Journal of Information Systems; and RISTI - Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação / Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies. Additionally, he is the Scientific Manager of the Information Systems Engineering & Management book series at Springer-Nature, the world's leading publisher of publications in Science, Technology and Health.
Moreover, he has served as Vice-Chair of Experts for the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Program, and as an Expert at the COST - intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, at the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Program, at the Government of Italy’s Ministry of Universities and Research, at the Government of Latvia’s Ministry of Finance, at the Government of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology, at the Government of Polish's National Science Centre, at the Government of Cyprus's Research and Innovation Foundation, and at the Government of Slovak's Research Agency.
Álvaro Rocha is World’s Top 1% Scientist by Stanford University and Elsevier, World’s Top 0.05% Scientist by ScholarGPS, and World’s Top 1% Scientist by ResearchGate in the Information Systems field.
