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 …

Research interests in urban carrying capacity (UCC) in the contemporary urbanizing China
have been growing in recent years, which results in the development of a large body of …

Many emerging economies have experienced rapid urbanization in an unprecedented scale
and speed in the past few decades. While the urban expansion has led to the formation of …

This study explores the potential impact of smart urban technologies used in smart city
projects on three dimensions of urban sustainability (economic, environmental and social) …

The rapid expansion of built-up land has been the major feature of land use changes in
China and has led to built-up land vacancy and inefficient land use. This paper used a Data …

This article contextualizes the smart cities paradigm in the panorama of contemporary city
challenges, which increasingly encompasses the pursuit of sustainable development goals …

China has been experiencing a rapid urbanization process. Various relevant policies and
strategies have been implemented for sustainable urbanization. For a better understanding …

Abstract Use of Urban Underground Space (UUS) has been growing significantly in the
world's biggest and wealthiest cities. UUS has been long acknowledged to be important to …

Based on the pressure–state–response conceptual model, we constructed the urban
ecological security evaluation index system for 13 cities in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei …

Urban agglomeration is an important geospatial unit for achieving SDGs. At the same time,
air environment is the key to ensure the healthy life and safe production of mankind. Despite …