Urban Planning and Built Environment: Second Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Building".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2026) | Viewed by 1847
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green built environment; ecological urban planning; low-carbon building; sustainable regeneration building; big data-driven urban planning; AI-driven architectural design
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Dear Colleagues,
The built environment can have a significant impact on urban planning. Cities are built on their architecture and urban design. The built environment is an indispensable part of the city, and is also closely related to the energy consumption of buildings, the healthy development of residents, the development of urban transportation systems, and even the vitality of cities.
With the development of urban design, the relationship between urban planning and the built environment has received increasing attention from researchers. The rationality, scientificity, and applicability of the built environment are directly related to urban planning and design and the comfort of people's living environment. We consider the role of the built environment in urban design to be conducive to providing residents with a healthy and comfortable living environment and promote the prosperity of urban development.
Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect advanced research related to the built environment's effect on urban characteristics, the relationship between urban transport planning and the built environment, and the consideration of the built environment in urban planning.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
Ecological low-carbon planning;
Green and low-carbon built environment;
Artificial intelligence algorithms;
Digital built environment;
Ecological restoration planning;
Conservation and regeneration of historic buildings;
Conservation and utilization of classical gardens.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but need not be limited to) the following:
Sustainable urban planning and design;
Green building design;
Building energy efficiency;
Artificial intelligence architecture;
Built heritage protection;
The relative algorithm in AI architecture;
Innovation techniques for green building;
Building new energy utilization.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Li Yang
Dr. Peijun Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital built environment
- ecological low-carbon planning
- green building
- low carbon
- energy saving
- artificial intelligence algorithms
- conservation and regeneration of historic buildings
- conservation and utilization of classical gardens
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