Smart Cities, Volume 8, Issue 3

The development of electric mobility offers new perspectives in the energy sector and improves resource efficiency and sustainability. This paper proposes a new strategy for synchronizing the energy requirements of home, commercial, and vehicle mobil...

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) requires reliable communication and surveillance infrastructures to ensure safe Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations in dense metropolitan environments. However, urban infrastructure is inherently heterogeneous, leading t...

While digital transformation in e-commerce receives the most publicity, applications in energy and water utilities have been ongoing for decades. Using a methodology based on a systematic review, the paper offers a model of how it occurs in water uti...

Mediterranean island cities face unique challenges in implementing smart city initiatives due to fragmented governance structures, seasonal economic pressures, and evolving societal expectations. This study investigates how strategic aspirations and...

Healthcare expenditures in Australia have grown steadily in recent years, intensifying fiscal pressures and exposing challenges related to unequal resource distribution. While traditional statistical methods struggle to capture complex data relations...

Urban documents like city planning reports and environmental data often feature complex charts and texts that require effective summarization tools, particularly in smart city management systems. These documents increasingly use graphical abstracts a...

Autonomous vehicles are one of the key components of smart mobility that leverage innovative technology to navigate and operate safely in urban environments. Traffic light detection systems, as a key part of autonomous vehicles, play a key role in na...

The adoption of wind energy is pivotal for advancing sustainable power systems, particularly in off-grid microgrids where infrastructure limitations hinder conventional energy solutions. The inherent variability of wind generation, however, challenge...

Intelligent transport systems are essential for urban residents in large cities, facilitating not only vehicular mobility but also the movement of residents. Urban mobility is a significant concern, particularly in the context of the Internet of Thin...

Rapid urban growth and the spread of the concept of smart cities force an increasing need to understand how cities become “smart” and apply their experience where it will best take root. Understanding which experience will be most suitabl...