Techno-Social Vision: New Societal Trends Influence Sustainable Development of Future Environment Systems

Dear Colleagues,

With the increasing prominence and diversification of human activities, extensive social interaction has become a significant factor influencing the sustainable development of future cities. Human beings can affect the quality of the natural environment through various forms of social activities, such as energy consumption, population migration, culture propagation, etc. In turn, the natural environment can affect the survival and sustainability of human societies. This interactive relation explains many of the obstacles that human beings face in sustainable development, which can be traced back to specific human activities. Thus, transforming of human activities and adapting to the dynamic changes of environment systems will contribute to the sustainable development of future cities, which will in turn benefit all of the stakeholders involved.

The scope of this Special Issue includes (but is not limited to):

(1) The impact of COVID-19 on human and societal activities;

(2) Societal factors in urban power and energy systems;

(3) Cultural environment and sustainable development;

(4) Enabling technologies for sustainable physical–social systems;

(5) Behavior psychology simulation in human environment.

The aim of this Special Issue is to support the sustainable development of future environment systems from the perspective of social factorization and help to further enrich and improve the basics of existing practices.

Dr. Bo Zeng
Dr. Youbo Liu
Dr. Qinran Hu
Guest Editors

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