Multidisciplinary Research on Smart Cities

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, urban centers have been developing at an ever-increasing pace. Along with the development of technology, there are also more and more solutions that shall lead to cities becoming more sustainable and smarter. However, in order to talk about fully intelligent cities, it is necessary to provide, apart from the appropriate technology:

- Opportunities for the development of creative populations;

- Effective operating institutions and procedures in the field of knowledge creation, enabling its acquisition, adaptation and development;

- Developed broadband infrastructure, digital spaces, e-services and online tools for knowledge management;

- Capacity to innovate, manage and solve problems, especially innovative issues.

These aspects are necessary for the proper development of smart economy, smart mobility, smart environment, smart living and smart governance. However, these issues are relatively new scientific areas requiring in-depth scientific consideration.

This Special Issue is dedicated to promoting research on the latest multidisciplinary research on the concepts of smart economy, smart mobility, smart environment, smart living and smart governance applied in smart cities in order to develop the idea of smart cities. Any research that includes analysis on smart cities, developed mathematical, business and descriptive models, calculations, forecasts, plans and development analyses, comparative analyses, advanced literature reviews, reviews, case studies, guidelines and theoretical and practical studies are warmly welcome.

Dr. Katarzyna Turoń
Dr. Andrzej Kubik
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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Smart Cities is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly 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 2000 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.