Sustainable Cities and Society

Article	Citations
The efficacy of social distance and ventilation effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 transmission	464
Does urbanization redefine the environmental Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis of 134 Countries	367
Convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence in IoT network for the sustainable smart city	340
Does financial inclusion, renewable and non-renewable energy utilization accelerate ecological footprints and economic growth? Fresh evidence from 15 highest emitting countries	334
Modelling the dynamic linkages between eco-innovation, urbanization, economic growth and ecological footprints for G7 countries: Does financial globalization matter?	329
Fighting against COVID-19: A novel deep learning model based on YOLO-v2 with ResNet-50 for medical face mask detection	315
Deep learning and medical image processing for coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: A survey	310
The impact of energy efficiency on carbon emissions: Evidence from the transportation sector in Chinese 30 provinces	296
SSDMNV2: A real time DNN-based face mask detection system using single shot multibox detector and MobileNetV2	290
COVID-19 cases prediction by using hybrid machine learning and beetle antennae search approach	249
A new distributed architecture for evaluating AI-based security systems at the edge: Network TON_IoT datasets	245
Urbanization, land use change, and carbon emissions: Quantitative assessments for city-level carbon emissions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region	238
Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges	231
Examining the association between socio-demographic composition and COVID-19 fatalities in the European region using spatial regression approach	221
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior in Istanbul: A panel data analysis	215
The policy outcomes of low-carbon city construction on urban green development: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment conducted in China	209
Temporary reduction in fine particulate matter due to ‘anthropogenic emissions switch-off’ during COVID-19 lockdown in Indian cities	195
Understanding land surface temperature impact factors based on local climate zones	189
A deep learning-based social distance monitoring framework for COVID-19	184
Multi-scenario simulation and ecological risk analysis of land use based on the PLUS model: A case study of Nanjing	183
COVID-19, internet, and mobility: The rise of telework, telehealth, e-learning, and e-shopping	178
Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review	177
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools: A state-of-the-art review of bottom-up physics-based approaches	168
Influence of urban morphological characteristics on thermal environment	167
Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas	165

Sociodemographic determinants of COVID-19 incidence rates in Oman: Geospatial modelling using multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR)	160
Can smart city construction facilitate green total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s pilot smart city	159
Cyber security in smart cities: A review of deep learning-based applications and case studies	156
Low-carbon development quality of cities in China: Evaluation and obstacle analysis	149
Monitoring the effect of urban development on urban heat island based on remote sensing and geo-spatial approach in Kolkata and adjacent areas, India	145
Energy management in microgrids including smart homes: A multi-objective approach	141
An overview of machine learning applications for smart buildings	140
Impact of urban morphology and landscape characteristics on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land surface temperature	138
Study on city digital twin technologies for sustainable smart city design: A review and bibliometric analysis of geographic information system and building information modeling integration	137
Energy management using non-intrusive load monitoring techniques – State-of-the-art and future research directions	137
The influence of urban form on surface urban heat island and its planning implications: Evidence from 1288 urban clusters in China	137
Surface urban heat island intensity in five major cities of Bangladesh: Patterns, drivers and trends	136
Urban ecological security assessment and forecasting using integrated DEMATEL-ANP and CA-Markov models: A case study on Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India	136
Human mobility behavior in COVID-19: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	133
Understanding the impact of environmental regulations on green technology innovation efficiency in the construction industry	130
Digitalization and carbon emissions: How does digital city construction affect china's carbon emission reduction?	130
Optimisation of solar/wind/bio-generator/diesel/battery based microgrids for rural areas: A PSO-GWO approach	129
Spatial structure and carbon emission of urban agglomerations: Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving forces	129
Federated learning enabled digital twins for smart cities: Concepts, recent advances, and future directions	128
Adaptive-predictive control strategy for HVAC systems in smart buildings – A review	128
Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs	125
Evaluating the performances of several artificial intelligence methods in forecasting daily streamflow time series for sustainable water resources management	125
Spatial spillover effect of green innovation on economic development quality in China: Evidence from a panel data of 270 prefecture-level and above cities	124
Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland	124
A framework for addressing urban heat challenges and associated adaptive behavior by the public and the issue of willingness to pay for heat resilient infrastructure in Chongqing, China	124
Exploring the causal relationship between urbanization and air pollution: Evidence from China	123
Using the internet of things in smart energy systems and networks	122
Towards the sustainable development of smart cities through mass video surveillance: A response to the COVID-19 pandemic	122
Automated cognitive health assessment in smart homes using machine learning	121
Implementation of solar energy in smart cities using an integration of artificial neural network, photovoltaic system and classical Delphi methods	121
Landfill location selection for healthcare waste of urban areas using hybrid BWM-grey MARCOS model based on GIS	121
Data-driven dynamic clustering framework for mitigating the adverse economic impact of Covid-19 lockdown practices	119
Secure and resilient demand side management engine using machine learning for IoT-enabled smart grid	119
Prediction of seasonal urban thermal field variance index using machine learning algorithms in Cumilla, Bangladesh	119
Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities	114
A deep learning approach for prediction of air quality index in a metropolitan city	113
A home energy management system with an integrated smart thermostat for demand response in smart grids	113
Public participation and city sustainability: Evidence from Urban Garbage Classification in China	113
Applications of ML/DL in the management of smart cities and societies based on new trends in information technologies: A systematic literature review	111
Urban resilience: A vague or an evolutionary concept?	110
Exploring spatiotemporal effects of the driving factors on COVID-19 incidences in the contiguous United States	108
The role of built and social environmental factors in Covid-19 transmission: A look at America’s capital city	108
Are high-density districts more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic?	107
Night-time light data based decoupling relationship analysis between economic growth and carbon emission in 289 Chinese cities	106
Globalization, electricity consumption and ecological footprint: An autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) approach	106
Predicting future urban waterlogging-prone areas by coupling the maximum entropy and FLUS model	106
Urban Transportation Networks Resilience: Indicators, Disturbances, and Assessment Methods	105
Assessing the contribution of urban green spaces in green infrastructure strategy planning for urban ecosystem conditions and services	105
Self-scheduling model for home energy management systems considering the end-users discomfort index within price-based demand response programs	105
RETRACTED: Robust optimization of renewable-based multi-energy micro-grid integrated with flexible energy conversion and storage devices	103

Socioeconomic drivers of urban heat island effect: Empirical evidence from major Chinese cities	102
Inundation risk assessment based on G-DEMATEL-AHP and its application to Zhengzhou flooding disaster	102
Smart energy systems: A critical review on design and operation optimization	102
Effective ventilation and air disinfection system for reducing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection risk in office buildings	101
Built environment and early infection of COVID-19 in urban districts: A case study of Huangzhou	100
Explainable heat-related mortality with random forest and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) models	100
The evaluation and obstacle analysis of urban resilience from the multidimensional perspective in Chinese cities	99
COVID-19 recovery for the Nigerian construction sites: The role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies	99
Zero emission neighbourhoods and positive energy districts – A state-of-the-art review	99
Thermal performance of the building envelope integrated with phase change material for thermal energy storage: an updated review.	99
Exploring the spatial heterogeneity of urban heat island effect and its relationship to block morphology with the geographically weighted regression model	99
Presence and mobility of the population during the first wave of Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in Italy	99
E-scooters and sustainability: Investigating the relationship between the density of E-scooter trips and characteristics of sustainable urban development	98
Predictions of electricity consumption in a campus building using occupant rates and weather elements with sensitivity analysis: Artificial neural network vs. linear regression	98
Congestion prediction for smart sustainable cities using IoT and machine learning approaches	98
Influencing factors and their influencing mechanisms on urban resilience in China	97
Energy poverty indicators: A systematic literature review and comprehensive analysis of integrity	97
Modeling air quality prediction using a deep learning approach: Method optimization and evaluation	97
Shared mobility in post-COVID era: New challenges and opportunities	96
Development of integrated sustainability performance indicators for better management of smart cities	96
IoTBoT-IDS: A novel statistical learning-enabled botnet detection framework for protecting networks of smart cities	96
A review of urban resilience literature	95
Urban Heat Island Studies with emphasis on urban pavements: A review	95
Comparison of cooling effect between green space and water body	94
Nonlinear and synergistic effects of TOD on urban vibrancy: Applying local explanations for gradient boosting decision tree	93
Dockless bike-sharing as a feeder mode of metro commute? The role of the feeder-related built environment: Analytical framework and empirical evidence	93
Research on the spatiotemporal evolution of land use landscape pattern in a county area based on CA-Markov model	93
Variations in outdoor thermal comfort in an urban park in the hot-summer and cold-winter region of China	93
Evaluating urban ecosystem resilience using the DPSIR framework and the ENA model: A case study of 35 cities in China	92
An integrated approach towards spatial identification of restored and conserved priority areas of ecological network for implementation planning in metropolitan region	91
Investigation of airborne particle exposure in an office with mixing and displacement ventilation	91
Spatial structure of urban agglomeration under the impact of high-speed railway construction: Based on the social network analysis	90
What determines urban resilience against COVID-19: City size or governance capacity?	90
Sustainability of compact cities: A review of Inter-Building Effect on building energy and solar energy use	90
Assessing and controlling infection risk with Wells-Riley model and spatial flow impact factor (SFIF)	90
Mitigating COVID-19 infection disease transmission in indoor environment using physical barriers	90
Identifying urban vitality in metropolitan areas of developing countries from a comparative perspective: Ho Chi Minh City versus Shanghai	88
Numerical investigation for concentrated photovoltaic solar system in existence of paraffin equipped with MWCNT nanoparticles	88
An intelligent ABC-based terminal sliding mode controller for load-frequency control of islanded micro-grids	87
Development of an IoT and BIM-based automated alert system for thermal comfort monitoring in buildings	87
Integration of an energy management tool and digital twin for coordination and control of multi-vector smart energy systems	87
The Impact of Multiple Dimensions of Urbanization on CO2 Emissions: A Spatial and Threshold Analysis of Panel Data on China's Prefecture-Level Cities	87
Relationship between urban spatial form and seasonal land surface temperature under different grid scales	86
Algorithmic urban planning for smart and sustainable development: Systematic review of the literature	85
Living environment matters: Unravelling the spatial clustering of COVID-19 hotspots in Kolkata megacity, India	85
Air quality during three covid-19 lockdown phases: AQI, PM2.5 and NO2 assessment in cities with more than 1 million inhabitants	85
Waste collection route optimisation model for linking cost saving and emission reduction to achieve sustainable development goals	85
What determines city’s resilience against epidemic outbreak: evidence from China’s COVID-19 experience	84
Sustainable cities and communities assessment using the DARIA-TOPSIS method	82
A Risk-Averse Hybrid Approach for Optimal Participation of Power-to-Hydrogen Technology-Based Multi-Energy Microgrid in Multi-Energy Markets	82
Towards a smart water city: A comprehensive review of applications, data requirements, and communication technologies for integrated management	82
Assessing spatiotemporal characteristics of urban heat islands from the perspective of an urban expansion and green infrastructure	82
CFD modeling of airborne pathogen transmission of COVID-19 in confined spaces under different ventilation strategies	82
Smart City Dimensions and Associated Risks: Review of literature	81
Effect of zoning plans on urban land-use change: A multi-scenario simulation for supporting sustainable urban growth	81
How to optimize ecological compensation to alleviate environmental injustice in different cities in the Yellow River Basin? A case of integrating ecosystem service supply, demand and flow	81
Economic-environmental analysis of combined heat and power-based reconfigurable microgrid integrated with multiple energy storage and demand response program	80
Assessment of sustainable urban development based on a hybrid decision-making approach: Group fuzzy BWM, AHP, and TOPSIS–GIS	80
Multi-objective optimization design of green building envelopes and air conditioning systems for energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction	80
Machine learning for geographically differentiated climate change mitigation in urban areas	79
Techno-economic optimisation of stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems for concurrently meeting electric and heating demand	79
Sustainable last mile delivery on e-commerce market in cities from the perspective of various stakeholders. Literature review	79
Does regional integration improve economic resilience? Evidence from urban agglomerations in China	79
Experimental study on the control effect of different ventilation systems on fine particles in a simulated hospital ward	79
Forecasting land-use changes in Mashhad Metropolitan area using Cellular Automata and Markov chain model for 2016-2030	79
Cyber-physical-social interdependencies and organizational resilience: A review of water, transportation, and cyber infrastructure systems and processes	78
Urban Heat Island intensity and buildings’ energy needs in Duran, Ecuador: Simulation studies and proposal of mitigation strategies	78
Towards people-centric smart city development: Investigating the citizens’ preferences and perceptions about smart-city services in Taiwan	78
Integration of IoT based routing process for food supply chain management in sustainable smart cities	77
Morphological and functional polycentric structure assessment of megacity: An integrated approach with spatial distribution and interaction	77
Analysing the day/night seasonal and annual changes and trends in land surface temperature and surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) for Indian cities	77
Multi-objective IGDT-based scheduling of low-carbon multi-energy microgrids integrated with hydrogen refueling stations and electric vehicle parking lots	77
Prediction and evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions for sustainable road transport within Europe	76
Demand side management through load shifting in IoT based HEMS: Overview, challenges and opportunities	76
Artificial intelligence and internet of things in screening and management of autism spectrum disorder	76
Trustworthy and sustainable smart city services at the edge	76
Exploring the coupling relationship between urbanization and energy eco-efficiency: A case study of 281 prefecture-level cities in China	76
Challenges and opportunities for integrating BIM and LCA: Methodological choices and framework development	75
Strategies and scenarios to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission in the urban, rural and sustainable neighbourhoods	75
Comparative assessment of social sustainability performance: Integrated data-driven weighting system and CoCoSo model	75

A data-driven interval forecasting model for building energy prediction using attention-based LSTM and fuzzy information granulation	75
Surface and satellite observations of air pollution in India during COVID-19 lockdown: Implication to air quality	75
A sustainable IoHT based computationally intelligent healthcare monitoring system for lung cancer risk detection	74
Multi-objective optimization and the effect of the economic factors on the design of the microgrid hybrid system	74
Disentangling the complex impacts of urban digital transformation and environmental pollution: Evidence from smart city pilots in China	74
Understanding policy and technology responses in mitigating urban heat islands: A literature review and directions for future research	73
To be green or not to be: How environmental regulations shape contractor greenwashing behaviors in construction projects	73
How do urban haze pollution and economic development affect each other? Empirical evidence from 287 Chinese cities during 2000–2016	73
A hover view over effectual approaches on pandemic management for sustainable cities – The endowment of prospective technologies with revitalization strategies	72
Sustainable energy planning for cost minimization of autonomous hybrid microgrid using combined multi-objective optimization algorithm	72
Can digital finance help increase the value of strategic emerging enterprises?	71
BioAider: An efficient tool for viral genome analysis and its application in tracing SARS-CoV-2 transmission	71
Spatiotemporal assessment of extreme heat risk for high-density cities: A case study of Hong Kong from 2006 to 2016	71
Low carbon technology for carbon neutrality in sustainable cities: A survey	71
The effect of urban shading and canyon geometry on outdoor thermal comfort in hot climates: A case study of Ahvaz, Iran	71
Building back better: The COVID-19 pandemic and transport policy implications for a developing megacity	71
Assessment of heavy metal contamination levels and health risks in environmental media in the northeast region	71
Predicting the carbon dioxide emission caused by road transport using a Random Forest (RF) model combined by Meta-Heuristic Algorithms	71
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention and treatment methods and effective parameters: A systematic literature review	70
Evaluation of coupling coordination degree and convergence behaviour of local development: A spatiotemporal analysis of all Polish municipalities over the period 2003–2019	70
Exploring environmental, economic and social aspects of rainwater harvesting systems: A review	70
High public appreciation for the cultural ecosystem services of urban and peri‑urban forests during the COVID-19 pandemic	69
Spatiotemporal patterns and influencing factors of green development efficiency in China's urban agglomerations	69
Electric-vehicle energy management and charging scheduling system in sustainable cities and society	68
Does “low-carbon city” accelerate urban innovation? Evidence from China	68
Global and local associations between urban greenery and travel propensity of older adults in Hong Kong	68
A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation	68
Exploring the role of local governments as intermediaries to facilitate partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals	68
Smart city projects against COVID-19: Quantitative evidence from China	68
Effective task scheduling algorithm with deep learning for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) in sustainable smart cities	68
Association of built environment attributes with the spread of COVID-19 at its initial stage in China	68
A bi-level market-clearing for coordinated regional-local multi-carrier systems in presence of energy storage technologies	67
A smartphone sensors-based personalized human activity recognition system for sustainable smart cities	67
Next-generation energy systems for sustainable smart cities: Roles of transfer learning	67
Towards low-carbon cities through building-stock-level carbon emission analysis: a calculating and mapping method	67
Extracting the Planning Elements for Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Dubai with AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process)	67
Urban mobility scenarios until the 2030s	67
Understanding future urban growth, urban resilience and sustainable development of small cities using prediction-adaptation-resilience (PAR) approach	66
An urban planning sustainability framework: Systems approach to blue green urban design	66
Rethinking disaster resilience in high-density cities: Towards an urban resilience knowledge system	66
Integrating green infrastructure, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for urban sustainability: A comprehensive literature review	66
Decentralized accessibility of e-commerce products through blockchain technology	66
Smart and sustainable logistics of Port cities: A framework for comprehending enabling factors, domains and goals	66
Multi-objective urban land use optimization using spatial data: A systematic review	66
Fuzzy Power Heronian function based CoCoSo method for the advantage prioritization of autonomous vehicles in real-time traffic management	66
Quantitative Evaluation of Urban Expansion using NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light and Landsat Spectral Data	66
The distribution of greenspace quantity and quality and their association with neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions in Guangzhou, China: A new approach using deep learning method and street view ima	65
Surveys on the reliability impacts of power system cyber–physical layers	65
Investigation of a green energy storage system based on liquid air energy storage (LAES) and high-temperature concentrated solar power (CSP): Energy, exergy, economic, and environmental (4E) assessmen	65
Bias in smart city governance: How socio-spatial disparities in 311 complaint behavior impact the fairness of data-driven decisions	65
Sustainable deployment of an electric vehicle public charging infrastructure network from a city business model perspective	65
A novel multi-criteria decision-making method for selecting the site of an electric-vehicle charging station from a sustainable perspective	64
Spatial correlation network of pollution and carbon emission reductions coupled with high-quality economic development in three Chinese urban agglomerations	64
Adapting Urban Transport Planning to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Fermatean Fuzzy Model	64
Digital contact tracing, community uptake, and proximity awareness technology to fight COVID-19: a systematic review	64
Energy management of community energy storage in grid-connected microgrid under uncertain real-time prices	64
Examining the spatial and temporal relationship between social vulnerability and stay-at-home behaviors in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic	64
Analyses of land surface temperature (LST) variability among local climate zones (LCZs) comparing Landsat-8 and ENVI-met model data	64
Urban experiments with public transport for low carbon mobility transitions in cities: A systematic literature review (1990–2020)	64
Ecosystem services and well-being dimensions related to urban green spaces – A systematic review	63
Economics of green roofs and green walls: A literature review	63
Performance of the supply chains for New Zealand prefabricated house-building	62
PV sharing in local communities: Peer-to-peer trading under consideration of the prosumers’ willingness-to-pay	62
The impacts of the built environment on the incidence rate of COVID-19: A case study of King County, Washington	62
Social distance monitoring framework using deep learning architecture to control infection transmission of COVID-19 pandemic	62
Risk-averse multi-objective optimization of multi-energy microgrids integrated with power-to-hydrogen technology, electric vehicles and data center under a hybrid robust-stochastic technique	62
Tourism research after the COVID-19 outbreak: Insights for more sustainable, local and smart cities	61
Pool trading model within a local energy community considering flexible loads, photovoltaic generation and energy storage systems	61
Perception, physiological and psychological impacts, adaptive awareness and knowledge, and climate justice under urban heat: A study in extremely hot-humid Chongqing, China	61
Evaluating urban agglomeration resilience to disaster in the Yangtze Delta city group in China	61
A Critical Review of Façade Retrofit Measures for Minimizing Heating and Cooling Demand in Existing Buildings	61
Exploring differentiated impacts of socioeconomic factors and urban forms on city-level CO2 emissions in China: Spatial heterogeneity and varying importance levels	60
Redefining the concept of sustainable renovation of buildings: State of the art and an LCT-based design framework	60
Resilience-oriented adaptable microgrid formation in integrated electricity-gas system with deployment of multiple energy hubs	60
Nonlinear impact of COVID-19 on pollutions – Evidence from Wuhan, New York, Milan, Madrid, Bandra, London, Tokyo and Mexico City	60
High-resolution impact assessment of climate change on building energy performance considering extreme weather events and microclimate – Investigating variations in indoor thermal comfort and degree-d	59
Multi-objective layout optimization for sponge city by annealing algorithm and its environmental benefits analysis	59
Dynamics of ecosystem services in response to urbanization across temporal and spatial scales in a mega metropolitan area	59
An observation of the impact of CoViD-19 recommendation measures monitored through urban noise levels in central Stockholm, Sweden	59
Coupling analysis of urbanization and ecological total factor energy efficiency —— A case study from Hebei province in China	59
How can smart city shape a happier life? The mechanism for developing a Happiness Driven Smart City	59
Relationship between urban landscape structure and land surface temperature: Spatial hierarchy and interaction effects	59
Exploring the coupling coordination and key factors between urbanization and land use efficiency in ecologically sensitive areas: A case study of the Loess Plateau, China	59
Concentrated solar photovoltaic cell equipped with thermoelectric layer in presence of nanofluid flow within porous heat sink: Impact of dust accumulation	59
Hazard risk awareness and disaster management: Extracting the information content of twitter data	59
Resilience Enhancement Strategies For and Through Electric Vehicles	59
A review on the significance and perspective of the numerical simulations of outdoor thermal environment	59
Balancing conflicting mitigation and adaptation behaviours of urban residents under climate change and the urban heat island effect	59
Where do Smart Cities grow? The spatial and socio-economic configurations of smart city development	59
Decarbonizing or illusion? How carbon emissions of commercial building operations change worldwide	58
A solar-driven 5th generation district heating and cooling network with ground-source heat pumps: a thermo-economic analysis	58
Spatio-temporal patterns of urbanization in the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration: A dynamic spatial territory-based approach	58
Ordinary least squares modelling of urban heat island intensity based on landscape composition and configuration: A comparative study among three megacities along the Yangtze River	58
Linking supply-demand balance of ecosystem services to identify ecological security patterns in urban agglomerations	58
Probabilistic modeling of cascading failure risk in interdependent channel and road networks in urban flooding	58