Productive, Livable and Accessible Cities—The Role of 3D City Models

Dear Colleagues,

Digitally enhancing cities is essential for a sustainable, prosperous, healthy, and inclusive future for citizens. The digital enhancement of cities requires diverse and numerous technologies that are integrated and operate in space and time. Among these technologies, 3D above- and underground spatial models have proven to be helpful in many aspects of the management of cities. However, the adoption of 3D spatial data is very much fragmented across different aspect of management. There is a knowledge gap about how the use of 3D spatial models in the administration of cities can help with the overall productivity, accessibility, and livability of cities.

This Special Issue invites original contributions to address this gap, towards an evidence-based understanding of the impact of using 3D spatial data in cities. This understanding will lead to the identification of technical, legal, and institutional gaps in adopting 3D spatial data in cities and develop new urban productivity, accessibility, and livability indicators that rely on 3D data. We welcome submissions from diverse disciplines, including Urban Design, Urban Planning, Spatial Economics, Geographic Information Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science, Law, Governance, Smart City, Internet of Things, Big Data, and others.

Dr. Mohsen Kalantari
Prof. Abbas Rajabifard
Dr. Soheil Sabri
Dr. Behnam Atazadeh
Guest Editors

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• Social, environmental and economic indicators that require 3D data
• 3D data for citizen engagment and community needs
• 3D data to support decision making
• 3D data for smarter urban infrastrutures