Urban Infrastructure and Resilient, Sustainable Buildings—2nd Edition
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 232
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infrastructure resilience; civil engineering computing (BIM, computer vision, natural language processing, deep learning); digital twins
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: community resilience; smart communities; urban renewal; risk assessment; public engagement
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sustainable buildings; intelligent buildings
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global cities are confronting a stream of natural disasters and man-made threats, stemming from the far-reaching impacts of climate change, rapid urbanization, and regional conflicts. Effectively addressing these multifaceted challenges has emerged as a priority. The compelling urgency to develop a resilient and sustainable built environment cannot be overstated.
This Special Issue is dedicated to providing buildings, infrastructures, and cities with the tools for enhanced resilience and sustainability, ensuring they are equipped with the latest cutting-edge research. We invite scholars from across the globe to contribute their innovative theoretical, methodological, and empirical research papers. We place special emphasis on practical solutions that pave the way for the future development of cities and society.
We wholeheartedly welcome papers on the following and related topics, including but not limited to the following:
- AI-supported building, infrastructure, or cities;
- Low-carbon building, infrastructure, or cities;
- Sustainable materials and construction methods;
- Climate-resilient buildings, infrastructures, and cities;
- Sustainable building design and assessment;
- Sustainable built environment;
- Smart technologies for resilience and sustainability;
- Innovative urban planning;
- Policy and governance strategies for resilience and sustainability;
- Energy-efficient solutions;
- Disaster risk assessment of built environments.
Dr. Shenghua Zhou
Dr. Tiantian Gu
Dr. Mun On Wong
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- sustainable city
- smart city
- urban resilience
- smart infrastructure
- low-carbon building
- infrastructure resilience
- interdependent infrastructures
- low-carbon infrastructure
- resilient city or building
- sustainable built environment
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
Related Special Issue
- Urban Infrastructure and Resilient, Sustainable Buildings in Buildings (13 articles)
