Urban renewal and sustainable development are two popular issues in both policy agenda
and academia. Although their importance has been increasingly recognized, an integrated …

Sustainability has emerged as one of the important planning concepts from its beginnings in
economics and ecological thinking, and has widely been applied to assessing urban …

Universities across the globe are giving increasing priority to the challenges of sustainability,
encouraged by a variety of drivers including international and national policy, student and …

Cities are wrestling with the practical challenges of transitioning urban water services to
become water sensitive; capable of enhancing liveability, sustainability, resilience and …

As the world rapidly urbanizes, there is much focus on achieving sustainability outcomes
within cities. Accomplishing this goal requires not only envisioning sustainable cities and …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links between smart cities and urban energy
sustainability. Because achieving a “smart city” is a wide agenda rather than a specific set of …

Today, the centrality of cities in the global sustainability challenge is widely acknowledged,
and numerous initiatives have been developed worldwide for monitoring and comparing the …

Many efforts have been made to standardize indicators that aim to assess, monitor and
compare sustainable development at different territorial levels. Arguments in favor and …

A considerable amount of research has been conducted on land use change, as it is
extremely helpful when it comes to decision-making and policy formulation. Although land …

This article is devoted to an analysis of the key characteristics of smart cities. It provides
insight into the key features of urban development that allow for distinguishing between …