Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Smart City Planning shows the reader practical applications of AIML techniques and describes recent advancements in this area in various sectors. Owing to the multidisciplinary nature, this book primarily focuses on the concepts of AIML and its methodologies such as evolutionary techniques, neural networks, machine learning, deep learning, block chain technology, big data analytics, and image processing in the context of smart cities. The text also discusses possible solutions to different challenges posed by smart cities by presenting cutting edge AIML techniques using different methodologies, as well as future directions for those same techniques. – Reviews the smart city concept and teaches how it can contribute to achieving urban development priorities- Explains soft computing techniques for smart city applications- Describes how to model problems for effective analysis, intelligent decision making, and optimal operation and control in the smart city paradigm- Teaches how to carry out independent projects using soft computing techniques in a vast range of areas in diverse fields like engineering, management, and sciences