There have recently been intensive efforts aimed at addressing the challenges of
environmental degradation and climate change through the applied innovative solutions of …

Computing is a critical driving force in the development of human civilization. In recent years,
we have witnessed the emergence of intelligent computing, a new computing paradigm that …

Science and technology transform the frontiers of knowledge and have deep and powerful
impacts on society, demonstrating how social reality varies with each era of the world. As a …

The integration of urban natural resources and smart city technologies as a means to
promote sustainability is investigated in this study using a descriptive-analytical literature …

Recent advances in computing and immersive technologies have provided Meta (formerly
Facebook) with the opportunity to leapfrog or expedite its way of thinking and devising a …

The Metaverse, as a gigantic ecosystem application enabled mainly by Artificial Intelligence
(AI), the IoT, Big Data, and Extended Reality (XR) technologies, represents an idea of a …

The emerging phenomenon of platformization has given rise to what has been termed"
platform society,“a digitally connected world where platforms have penetrated the heart of …

Sustainable cities are currently undergoing unprecedented transformative changes in light
of the recent paradigm shift in science and technology brought on by big data science and …

Smart cities have gained prominence in theory and practice over the past two decades.
While many aspects of smart cities have been explored, there has been a disproportionate …

Free and open source tools present numerous opportunities to support current urban
planning practice. However, their overview is fragmented, and the uptake among planning …