Low-Carbon Urban Planning: Sustainable Strategies and Smart Cities

Dear Colleagues,

Cities are major contributors to carbon emissions, accounting for over 75% of global emissions. Digital technologies can assist in urban planning decisions. The establishment of a systematic low-carbon urban planning framework that integrates sustainable strategies with data-driven technologies is urgently needed. Achieving carbon neutrality goals requires transformative approaches in urban design, infrastructure, and governance models.

This Special Issue focuses on the key intersection between low-carbon development goals and data-driven intelligent solutions, exploring how smart low-carbon urban planning can optimize resource efficiency, enhance resilience, and accelerate the process of urban decarbonization. It aims to present cutting-edge research results on multi-scale low-carbon planning methods, digital low-carbon urban management, and sustainable transformation policy mechanisms, covering theoretical modeling, empirical cases, technical demonstrations, and interdisciplinary analysis.

We welcome papers on, but not limited to, the following and related topics:

1. Calculation systems for smart carbon emissions for cities, urban areas, neighborhoods, and other scales;
2. Data-driven intelligent planning for low-carbon cities;
3. Planning for low-carbon public service facilities and infrastructure;
4. Low-carbon transportation planning;
5. Low-carbon planning technology;
6. Smart city planning platforms;
7. Resilient urban planning;
8. CCUS and smart cities;
9. Low-carbon management policy.

Prof. Dr. He Zhang
Dr. Rui Wang
Dr. Lie You
Guest Editors

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