Sustainable Cities and Infrastructures

Dear Colleagues,

The majority of the world population live today in cities and by 2050, the projection is that 70% of people in the world will live in cities *. Simultaneously the world population will increase with more than 1 billion people. Not only is it necessary to make cities sustainable and efficient to mitigate climate change but also to be resilient to climate change.

Cities are one key part in making the world sustainable, there are multiple means of improving cities sustainability and resilient to climate change such as prosumers, green infrastructure, resources recovery from wastes, vertical farming and stormwater management. An important part is also to make buildings smart and energy efficient, district heating and careful isolated buildings.

The main challenges to urban infrastructure systems, their main characteristics, as well as the other most relevant analytical perspectives of sustainable urban infrastructures will be discussed mainly in this special issue.

For this special issue, we invite submissions that discuss and address the main challenges of urban infrastructure systems, their main characteristics, as well as the other most relevant analytical perspectives of sustainable urban infrastructures.

The purpose of the special issue is to share knowledge about challenges, barriers, opportunities, and best practices in the development of sustainable cities and infrastructures with special consideration to planning, management, technology, policies, and key sustainability metrics. We are interested in original contributions that explore new trends and possibilities across the globe and demonstrate real case study applications oriented at supporting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) framework.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

• Sustainable urban development
• Decarbonization of cities
• Sustainable policy and standards
• Building energy efficiency
• Circular economy in the built environment
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Sustainable and high performance architecture
• Sustainable energy behaviours
• Low carbon materials and infrastructure
• Urban heat Island mitigation and adaptation
• Sustainable utilization of resources
• Sustainable energy communities
• Emerging and renewable sources of energy
• Energy conservation and management
• Energy storage and surplus of energy
• Thermal-energy performance of buildings
• Indoor/outdoor thermal comfort
• AI technologies in sustainable cities
• Urban air pollution
• E-mobility
• Low Carbon and Positive Energy Districts
• Waste-to-Energy
• Energy Poverty
• Post-carbon cities and societies
• Urban cooling technologies
• Sustainable energy transition

References

* https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-revision-of-world-urbanization-prospects.html

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Adel Juaidi
Dr. Gloria Pignatta
Dr. Amir Vadiee
Dr. Pietro Bartocci
Guest Editors

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