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.Valentina E. Balas is a Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software at the Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania. She holds a PhD Cum Laude, in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is the author of more than 350 research papers. Her research interests are in intelligent systems, fuzzy control, soft computing, smart sensors, information fusion, modeling, and simulation. She is a member of the editorial boards of several national and international journals and evaluator expert for national, international projects, and PhD thesis. Dr. Balas is the Director of Intelligent Systems Research Centre and Director of the Department of International Relations, Programs, and Projects in Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad. She is the recipient of the "Tudor Tanasescu" Prize from the Romanian Academy for contributions in the field of soft computing methods (2019). Raghvendra Kumar is working as an Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department at GIET University, India. He received BTech, MTech, and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, India, and Postdoc Fellow from the Institute of Information Technology, Virtual Reality and Multimedia, Vietnam. He has published a number of research papers in international journals and conferences. His research areas are computer networks, data mining, cloud computing, and secure multiparty computations, theory of computer science, and design of algorithms. He authored and edited 23 computer science books in field of IoT, data mining, and biomedical engineering.

• Part 1 Green engineering using blockchain1. Green Blockchain for smart cities – Introduction 2. Improving citizen lifestyle in green smart city3. Eco-friendly blockchain for smart cities4. Impact of blockchain technology on the urban environment and climate change5. Green IoT use case approaches for blockchain technology taking industry 5.0 to the next levelPart 2 Green blockchain applications6. Blockchain-based green energy for smart cities7. Green finance for sustainable development using blockchain technology8. Adoption of blockchain technology in the real estate sector toward the improvement of smart cities9. Blockchain technology and green policing: evaluating the efficacy for sustainable smart cities in India10. Smart practices in green supply chain management using blockchain technology11. Green blockchain technology for sustainable smart cities12. Blockchain-based big data platforms for sustainable smart citiesPart 3 Green blockchain use cases, challenges, and future directions13. Blockchain technology toward green internet of thingsdan exploratory survey14. Survey on impact of green blockchain in green marketingdChennai city15. Adoption and acceptability of blockchain technology in supply chain management: A study on horticulture industry of Jammu and Kashmir16. Exploring cyber attacks in blockchain technology enabled green smart city17. Multidisciplinary challenges in green smart cities implementationIndex