Smart Water, Energy, and Climate Systems for Urban Resilience and Sustainable Cities

Dear Colleagues,

Urban water management and the integration of sustainable energy and climate-adaptive systems are emerging as some of the most critical challenges in the development of sustainable and resilient cities. The convergence of smart technologies with advanced engineering approaches is creating transformative opportunities to address growing pressures related to water scarcity, climate change, rapid urbanization, flooding risks, energy efficiency, and aging infrastructures. From intelligent monitoring systems and predictive analytics to digital twins and adaptive urban infrastructures, modern urban water, energy, and climate strategies are increasingly grounded in integrated, data-driven, and technologically advanced solutions.

This Special Issue, entitled “Smart Water, Energy, and Climate Systems for Urban Resilience and Sustainable Cities”, aims to explore how interdisciplinary technological and engineering approaches can be leveraged to improve the sustainability, efficiency, resilience, and governance of urban water, energy, and climate systems within smart city environments. Particular attention is given to the role of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, digital twins, and big data analytics in transforming the monitoring, modeling, optimization, and management of urban water and energy resources and infrastructures as well as climate-responsive urban systems. Furthermore, the deployment of intelligent and connected systems for flood prediction, water quality monitoring, leak detection, wastewater management, energy optimization, urban climate monitoring, carbon reduction strategies, and climate adaptation is opening new pathways toward resilient and sustainable urban development.

This Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles that address the intersection of smart technologies, urban sustainability, resilience, and water, energy, and climate systems engineering in the context of intelligent cities. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Smart urban water, energy, and climate management systems;
• Urban resilience and climate-adaptive water and energy infrastructures;
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in urban water, energy, and climate engineering;
• IoT-based monitoring and sensor networks for urban water, energy, and climate systems;
• Urban flood prediction, mitigation, and risk management;
• Urban heat island monitoring, prediction, mitigation, and climate adaptation strategies;
• Smart grids and energy-efficient urban systems;
• Smart energy systems and energy-efficient urban infrastructures;
• Digital twins for smart water, energy, and climate systems in resilient cities;
• GIS and remote sensing applications in urban hydrology, energy monitoring, and climate analysis;
• Big data analytics and decision-support systems for urban water and energy management;
• Sustainable wastewater treatment and water reuse technologies;
• Smart irrigation and green urban infrastructure;
• Nature-based and blue-green infrastructure solutions;
• Water–energy–climate nexus in sustainable cities;
• Climate adaptation and low-carbon urban development;
• Intelligent urban planning and sustainable city development;
• Data-driven governance for urban resilience and sustainability.

We invite contributions that advance both theoretical and practical understanding of how smart and sustainable technologies can support resilient, efficient, and future-ready urban water, energy, and climate systems and intelligent cities.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Salwa Belaqziz
Prof. Dr. Adnane Labbaci
Prof. Dr. Asia Lachir
Guest Editors

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• smart water and energy systems
• urban resilience
• sustainable cities
• smart cities
• urban water and energy management
• artificial intelligence
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• GIS and remote sensing
• climate adaptation
• digital twins