In the last decades, 3D city models appear to have been predominantly used for
visualisation; however, today they are being increasingly employed in a number of domains …

Envisioning how a desirable future might look is a long-standing effort in human evolution
and social change. Utopian thought and visions provide direction for actions and behavior; …

The level of detail (LOD) concept of the OGC standard CityGML 2.0 is intended to
differentiate multi-scale representations of semantic 3D city models. The concept is in …

Cities around the globe struggle to create better and more equitable access to important
destinations and services, all the while reducing the energy consumption and environmental …

Land-development scenarios as a means of representing the future have been in the
planner's toolkit for several decades. In this paper we provide a systematic view of four basic …

Earthquake is a natural disaster that severely threatens the safety of people. In
consequence, increasing the seismic resistance and resilience of civil infrastructures and …

The Europe2020 document indicates a new strategy to turn EU into a smart, sustainable and
inclusive economy. Governments have established several principles and priorities for …

This paper reports on recent developments in the visualisation of urban landscapes. There
is a growing interest in the contstruction of 3D models of urban and built environment for …

In this paper I discuss the digital city as a comprehensive, web-based representation, or
reproduction, of several aspects or functions of a specific real city, open to nonexperts. Much …

Large-scale urban modeling technologies use a variety of sensors and data acquisition
techniques. The authors categorize current approaches and describe their advantages and …