Urban Science

Behaviorally Informed Modeling and Simulation for Urban Disaster Response, Sheltering, and Resilience

edited by

, Yaping Ma and

submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1269 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban disaster response; urban resilience; large-scale evacuation; emergency shelter planning; evacuation modeling; crowd dynamics; decision-making; emergency resource allocation; vulnerable populations; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Urban Carbon Dynamics and Transition to Carbon Neutrality

edited by

Tianhui Fan

and

Yujie Ren

submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon dynamics; carbon neutrality; urban morphology; energy transition; urban metabolism; circular economy; energy geography; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Optimizing Urban Building Energy Analysis and Prediction: Evidence from AI, Big Data, and Machine Learning

edited by Xuechen Gui and Wei Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10419 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban building energy performance; renewable energy; urban building energy efficiency; building energy prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Cities and Technology)

Sustainable Solutions for Urban Wastewater Management and Resource Utilization

edited by Anish Jantrania,

June E. Wolfe

and

Rajiv Kumar Srivastava

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7023 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban wastewater treatment; resource recovery; wastewater reuse; sustainable urban development; circular economy; innovative technologies; economic benefits; social impact; policy and regulation; monitoring and modeling; water quality; wastewater management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Intelligent GIS Application in Cities

edited by

Zipan Cai

,

Yoonshin Kwak

and Si Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4772 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent GIS; urban analytics; urban AI; machine learning; decision support; spatial planning; urban planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Cities and Technology)

Urban Climate, Landscape Ecology, and Blue-Green Infrastructure for Resilient Cities

edited by Yang Xiang,

Dongliang Han

and Pingyang Han

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1044 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate; blue-green infrastructure; landscape ecology; urban heat island; nature-based solutions; climate adaptation; urban resilience; spatial planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Urban Logistics and Supply Chains in the Digital Age: Paradigms, Innovations and the Quest for Resilient Urban Sustainability

edited by Lino G. Marujo,

Victor De Abreu

and

Márcio de Almeida D'Agosto

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 787 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban logistics; last-mile logistics; digital transformation; supply chain resilience; sustainable urban logistics; circular economy; urban logistics governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Urban Proximity and Creative Resilience: Integrating AI and Traditional Sectors for Regional Growth

edited by Emilia Madudova and

Tatiana Čorejová

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 632 | Submission Open

Keywords: regional economic development; artificial intelligence; urban proximity; regional resilience; e-commerce; consumer behavior; traditional sectors; creative economy; smart urban planning; digital transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Planning and Design)

Urban Blue-Green Infrastructure and Ecological Planning: Ecosystem Services, Climate Resilience, and Human Health

edited by

Yanni Cao

,

Jianyong Wu

,

Kaiguang Zhao

, Junran Li and Weifeng Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban blue-green infrastructure; ecosystem services; environmental health; climate change; urban resilience; nature-based solutions; geospatial analysis; remote sensing; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Sensing the City: Data-Driven Approaches to Urban Mobility, Liveability, and Sustainable Development

edited by

Spela Verovsek

and

Miha Moškon

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: data integration; urban mobility; urban analytics; citizen science; collective sensing; data interoperability; livability; urban dynamics; sustainability indicators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Planning and Design)

Urban Transportation and Smart Logistics

edited by

Nijolė Batarlienė

and

Kristina Čižiūnienė

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban transport; smart logistics; advanced technologies; urban logistics; digitalization; green urban transportation; smart logistics; human mobility; passenger transportation; cargo distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Planning, Governance and Monitoring of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Landscapes

edited by

Jūratė Kamičaitytė

,

Indre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske

,

Darius Pupeikis

and

Sébastien Gadal

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; urban planning and design; urban landscapes; sustainable development; resilience; advanced technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Smart and Sustainable Urban Mobility and Logistics Systems: Artificial Intelligence, Digitalization, and Green Transitions

edited by

Imane Moufad

and

Imane Tronnebati

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban mobility; last-mile delivery; green logistics; smart mobility; intelligent transport systems; circular economy; resilient transport; net-zero transport; energy-efficient logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Urban Development: Mobility, Energy, and the Built Environment

edited by

Hana Begić Juričić

,

Dino Obradović

and

Hrvoje Krstić

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable cities; urban mobility; renewable energy systems; energy-efficient buildings; smart grids; climate neutrality; digitalization; built environment; urban resilience; integrated urban systems; sustainable water systems; smart infrastructure; environmental protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Urban Water Pollution Sources and Drinking Water Safety

edited by Esper Jacobeth Ncube and

Bongani Ncube

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water sources; climate change; population growth; urbanization; water pollution; drinking water storage tanks; ground water; surface water; mining; agriculture; water safety planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Strengthening Power Systems in Urban Environments: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Matej Cenký

,

Jozef Bendík

and

Peter Janiga

submission deadline 15 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1409 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; resilience; power quality; distributed energy resources; low-carbon power engineering; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Supply Chains in Sustainable Cities

edited by

Angel M. Gento

, Molusiwa S. Ramabodu,

Yesica Pino

and

Juan L. Elorduy

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 52431 | Submission Open

Keywords: logistics; sustainability; mobility; accessibility; circular economy; lean manufacturing; urban construction; risk management; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Economy and Industry)

Urban Energy Districts: Innovation, Sustainability, and Sharing for a Solidary Future

edited by

Giovanni Murano

and Maria Grazia Giardinelli

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 9 articles | Viewed by 33572 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban energy districts; integrated approach; urban sustainability; energy sharing; renewable energy; active buildings; ZEB (zero energy building); NZEB (nearly zero energy building); hospital buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Economy and Industry)

Rural–Urban Transformation and Regional Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12570 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural–urban transformation; rural society; rural–urban governance; rural revitalisation; rural–urban transport; rural–urban development; rural–urban planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Economy and Industry)

Moving Towards Sustainable Transport in Urban Environments

edited by

Cristiana Piccioni

,

Stefano Ricci

and Elena Cocuzza

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7026 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban transit; mobility in cities; co-modality; sustainability; metropolitan areas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Urban Energy Justice, Circular Economy Pathways and Just Sustainability Transitions

edited by

Mohammad Jaber

and

Tekla Szép

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2597 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban energy justice; circular economy; sustainability transitions; just transition; energy poverty; urban resilience; renewable energy systems; sustainable urban development; climate justice; smart cities

Transit-Oriented Land Development and/or 15-Minute Cities

edited by Rong He

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2226 | Submission Open

Keywords: transit-oriented development (TOD); 15-minute city; sustainable urban planning; mobility justice; urban resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Environments of Belonging: How Built and Natural Spaces Shape Social Wellbeing in Urban Contexts

edited by Kiffer G. Card

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1664 | Submission Open

Keywords: social wellbeing; built environment; natural environment; social connection; place and belonging; urban design; environmental justice; health equity; relational space; community resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Governance for Health and Well-Being)

Innovative and Sustainable Technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart City Security

edited by

Zoltán Nyikes

,

Tünde Anna Kovács

, Levente Dimen and

Igor Fürstner

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1250 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; safe and secure city; sustainability; internet of things (IoT); innovative technologies; predictive risk analysis; robotics and automation; cybersecurity; energy security; autonomous systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Cities and Technology)

Traffic Safety of Highways and Urban Roads: Multisource Analytics, Dynamic Prediction, and Coordinated Control

edited by

Jieling Jin

,

Qiang Luo

and Fangrong Chang

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban traffic safety; urban mobility; urban highways; urban roads; multisource data; risk prediction; coordinated control; connected and automated vehicles; intelligent transportation systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

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

edited by

Salwa Belaqziz

,

Adnane Labbaci

and

Asia Lachir

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open

Keywords: 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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Investigating Urban Safety Science, Technology and System Resilience

edited by

Xiaoyong Ni

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban risk monitoring; urban safety; urban resilience; climate change; urban systemic safety; community resilience; resilient urban management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Cities and Technology)

Practices in Urban Circular Economy Transition

edited by

Ning Zhang

, Enming Li and

Bin Xi

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban circular economy; built environment; construction and demolition waste; concrete recycling; cementitious materials; material flow analysis; life cycle assessment; resource efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Economy and Industry)

Integrated Land Use Planning for Sustainable Cities

edited by

Zhichao He

and Xiaoqiang Shen

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use change; land-use planning; land-use modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Planning and Design)

Urban Planning for Addressing Climate Change: Technologies, Innovations, Strategies and Modelling

edited by

Peng Cui

, Long Zhou and

Jiayu Li

submission deadline 1 Jun 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7529 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate change; urban heat island; low carbon; urban building energy; sustainable and resilient cities; carbon sink; urban renewal; climate adaptation planning; urban morphology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Planning and Design)

Regional and Urban Innovation for Sustainable Competitiveness in the Digital Age

edited by

Ovidiu-Iulian Bunea

,

Razvan-Andrei Corbos

and

Ruxandra Irina Popescu

submission deadline 1 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1576 | Submission Open

Keywords: regional innovation; economic development; competitiveness; digital transformation; sustainability; circular economy; smart specialization; strategic procurement; urban resilience; territorial governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Cities and Technology)

Exploring New Approaches in the Study of Environmental Noise in Urban Areas

edited by

Jose Luis Cueto Ancela

and

Gaetano Licitra

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4210 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban environmental noise; noise management; noise mapping; urban infrastructure; smart city

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Climate Change, Urban Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction

edited by

Bethuel Sibongiseni Ngcamu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; disaster risk reduction; indigenous knowledge management systems; urban vulnerable populations; urban governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Modeling, Assessment and Improvement of Urban Road Safety Systems

edited by

Svetlana Čičević

,

Aleksandar Trifunović

, Magdalena Dragović and Luka Lazarević

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban road safety; traffic safety modeling; human factors; driving behavior; road risk assessment; traffic environment assessment; sustainable urban mobility; vehicle interior design; geometric modelling in engineering; spatial visualization; architectural geometry; infrastructure assessment and design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Insurgent Nature-Based Solutions: Perspectives on Grassroots Environmental Adaptation

edited by Louis Lategan and

Masilonyane Mokhele

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: indigenous and local ecological knowledge; blue-green infrastructure; co-production; collaborative governance; low-tech innovation; Southern theory; informal greening

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Smart, Equitable, and Sustainable Urban Mobility: Emerging Technologies, Behavior, and System Innovations

edited by

Chao Chen

, Siliang Luan and

Ying Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mobility; smart mobility technologies; travel behavior; transport equity; sustainable mobility; autonomous driving technology; transport modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Migration and the City: Aging, Identity and Built Environment

edited by Ho Hon Leung and Artie W. Ng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: migration; transnationalism; aging; built environment; identity; sustainability; spatial inequality; social inclusion; (im)migrant community

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Planning and Design)

Applications of Urban Geographic Analysis, Spatial Intelligence, and Environmental Modelling

edited by

Guangyuan Zhang

and

Wei Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial intelligence; spatiotemporal data science; urban digital twins; environmental modeling; GeoAI; ecosystem observation and modeling; urban ecosystem services; land management, urban cadastre; low-altitude economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Community-Based and Urban-Scale Facility Management

edited by

Bintang Noor Prabowo

,

Alenka Temeljotov-Salaj

,

Carmel Margaret Lindkvist

and

Savis Gohari

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: community-based facility management; CbFM; urban facility management; urban FM, UFM, urban-scale support services; sustainable cities; community facilities; public–private–people partnership; urban governance; social value; urban heritage facility management; UHFM; smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Planning and Design)

The Interplay of Urban Transport Emissions and Air Quality: Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Consequences

edited by Songdi Liao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric chemistry; urban air pollution; mobile source exhaust emissions; non-road mobile source exhaust emissions; air emission inventories; transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Advanced Physicochemical Processes for Urban Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Control

edited by Ahari M'hamed

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban wastewater treatment; physicochemical processes; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); photocatalysis; photo-fenton process; electrocoagulation; adsorption technologies; emerging contaminants; water pollution control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Spatiotemporal Big Data, Multimodal Data, and Large Language Models for Urban Tourism and Its Impacts on Cities

edited by

Pingbin Jin

and Pengfei Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban tourism; urban studies; spatiotemporal big data; multimodal data; large language models; tourist behavior; touristification; overtourism; gentrification; urban governance; sustainable tourism; user-generated content; generative artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Economy and Industry)

Urban Resilience and Natural Disaster Governance

edited by

Yanting Zheng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; natural disaster governance; disaster risk reduction (DRR); proactive prevention; sustainable urban development; mega-disaster preparedness; worst-case scenario planning; community-based resilience; safety-oriented spatial planning; vulnerability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Governance for Health and Well-Being)

Smart Solutions for Urban Transportation System

edited by Li Song,

Ze-hao Jiang

,

Cheng Zhang

and

Shunchao Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient urban transportation; connected and automated mobility; intelligent transportation system; city-scale transportation management; public transportation system; shared mobility system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Mobility and Transportation)

Geographic Information Science and Urban Health Geography

edited by Zhixin Feng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographic information science (GIScience); urban health geography; geographic information systems (GIS); spatial analysis; spatial epidemiology; health equity; healthcare accessibility; environmental health; smart cities; sustainable urban development

Low-Carbon Buildings and Sustainable Cities

edited by

Tania Rus

,

Andrei Ceclan

and

Jose Manuel Olmos

submission deadline 1 Jul 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2236 | Submission Open

Keywords: net-zero buildings; life cycle assessment (LCA); circular economy; renewable energy integration; built environment energy efficiency; sustainable urban development; sustainable and smart cities; climate resilience; agenda 2030 (SDGs); environmental policy and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Environment and Sustainability)

Cultural Heritage and Urban Resilience: Integrating Sustainable Conservation

edited by

Ester Alba Pagán

, Álvaro Solbes García,

Cristina Portales

and

María del Mar Gaitán Salvatella

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11033 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; urban resilience; climate change adaptation; heritage conservation; community education and sustainability for urban resilience; adaptive reuse; community-based planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Planning and Design)

Smart Cities and E-Government: Leveraging Big Data for Urban Development

edited by

Catalin Vrabie

,

Luminita Movanu

and

Ximing Yin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4703 | Submission Open

Keywords: context-driven innovation; smart cities; digital reforms; e-government; e-democracy; urban innovation; smart governance; sustainable urban development; smart technology; urban planning; social innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Cities and Technology)

Urban and Territorial Resilience to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Community, Socio-Environmental, and Governance Perspectives

edited by José Sandoval-Díaz and

Patricio Neumann Langdon

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 469 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; community resilience; climate change adaptation; disaster risk reduction; territorial governance; social vulnerability; socio-ecological systems; urban sustainability; peri-urban territories; urban–rural interface; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; life cycle thinking; social metabolism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Governance for Health and Well-Being)

Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption as Drivers of Urban Transformation

edited by

Lei Shi

and Mengmeng Xu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy production; urban energy consumption; circular economy; renewable energy integration; low-carbon mobility; urban distributed energy infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Economy and Industry)

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