Special Issue "Smart Cities, Connected Communities, and Environmental Sustainability"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jee Eun Kang
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Guest Editor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 409 Bell Hall, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Interests: transportation modeling; applied operations research; shared and autonomous mobility services; alternative fuel technologies; data-driven decision-making
Dr. Roger Chen
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Guest Editor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 337 Holmes Hall, 2540 Dole St., The University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Interests: smart cities; connected communities; transportation systems; environmental sustainability
Dr. Daniel Rodríguez Román
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Guest Editor
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Agrimensura, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PO Box 9000, PR 00682, USA
Interests: travel demand management; road pricing; environmental sustainability; transportation equity; network design

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Cities and communities are witnessing profound changes as they enter a new era in which community members are increasingly connected with their surrounding built and natural environments, and with each other, through rapidly evolving intelligent technologies. These changes promise improved wellbeing and prosperity but pose significant challenges at the complex intersection of technology and society. The goal of this Special Issue is to contribute to the growing body of scientific and engineering work that will enable smart and connected communities to bring about new levels of economic opportunity and growth, safety and security, health and wellness, accessibility and inclusivity, and overall quality of life.

In this Special Issue, we invite submissions on the topic of Smart Cities, Connected Communities, and Environmental Sustainability to appear in the journal Sustainability. Specifically, we invite submissions contributing new, innovative models, analysis frameworks, supporting decision-making tools, policy studies on emerging technologies and their impacts on cities and communities, exploring household and consumer behaviors through data, and discussing lessons learned from real case studies.

The overarching theme of this Special Issue is Smart Cities, Connected Communities, and Environmental Sustainability which includes but is not limited to the following areas:

  • Equity and fairness implications of smart cities and connected communities;
  • Sustainable smart transportation systems and their mobility technologies, products, and services;
  • Alternative fuel vehicle technologies and energy systems modeling;
  • Community wellbeing related to socializing and connecting across virtual/real worlds;
  • Energy consumption and sustainability impacts of automation, deep-learning AI, and other technologies in smart cities;
  • Societal impacts of automation, deep-learning AI, and other technologies, including trust-worthiness and privacy;
  • Integrated modeling or urban systems under emerging technologies and services;
  • Modeling and analysis of emerging mobility technologies, products, and services;
  • Data-driven decision-making in sustainable systems modeling;
  • Application of emerging 3D data (e.g., lidar point clouds) toward constructing, visualizing, and modeling urban infrastructure for smart cities, including AVs, wayfinding, and other human activities.

Dr. Jee Eun Kang
Dr. Roger Chen
Dr. Daniel Rodríguez Román
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 papers will be 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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 1900 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.

Keywords

  • smart cities
  • connected communities
  • transportation systems
  • equity
  • trust
  • deep-learning AI
  • data-driven decision making
  • autonomous systems
  • point cloud visualization
  • energy systems

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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