Prior to joining the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) [Morocco], Prof. Kh Md Nahiduzzaman was a faculty member at the Faculty of Applied Science in the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan [Canada], the Dept. of City and Regional Planning in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) [Saudi Arabia]. He also held faculty positions at the Dept. of Urban Planning and the Environment in the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) [Sweden] and Dept. of Urban and Rural Planning in Khulna University [Bangladesh]. He has been a research fellow at ADBI (Asian Development Bank Institute), Japan, NIAS (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies) in Copenhagen, Denmark and Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, USA. Prof. Nahid’s core research interests fall at the intersection of urban and territorial resilience, smart cities, digital twins and transformational planning, and urban studies. He is heavily engaged on collaborative research projects with the key governments and industrial partners, and First Nations (indigenous communities) across Morocco, European countries and the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. A number of reputed research grants are credited to his account. Notable funders are SSHRC, UM6P, DFID (UK), British Council, Brown University (USA), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), KACST/NSTIP, KACARE and industrial partners in BC, including Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB), BC Real Estate Association, etc.