The global ambition of making cities resilient is leading to growing attention towards
evaluation frameworks that can assess and communicate the performance of cities in terms …

Coasts worldwide are facing enormous challenges relating to extreme water levels,
inundation and coastal erosion. These challenges need to be addressed with consideration …

The increase in the frequency and intensity through which natural disasters have hit cities in
the last twenty years has created the need to prefigure a model of sustainable urban …

Human mobility, as a fundamental requirement of everyday life, has been most directly
impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing studies have revealed its ensuing …

Current planning strategies promoting suburbanisation, land use zoning and low built-up
density areas tend to increase the environmental footprint of cities. In the last decades …

In recent decades, urban settlements have been greatly affected by globalisation, climate
change, and economic uncertainty. When designing cities, these factors should be taken …

Studying green urban infrastructure is important because of its ecosystem services,
contributing to the welfare and comfort of citizens, mitigation of climate changes, and …

The accelerated urbanization process in China has caused a shift in the urban land use
structure. The Chinese government has issued 'the National New-type Urbanization …

Given the accelerated global shifts and disruptions to agrifood value chains, an approach is
required that reveals multiple drivers, recognizable patterns, and behaviors that can be …

The experience of adaptation and instability to a plurality of threats that question the life of
human beings on the planet, from the post-pandemic to political conflicts, up to the danger …