Sustainable Cities and Society

Papers
(The TQCC of Sustainable Cities and Society is 25. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Spatially explicit assessment of the heat-related health risk in the Yangtze River Delta, China, using multisource remote sensing and socioeconomic data387
A novel building flexibility potential assessment method based on hybrid CNN-GRU-CALDA framework considering consumer psychology353
Event-independent resilience assessment of the access to care network at the pre-disaster stage using a spatio-temporal analysis348
Assessing climate/air quality synergies and cost-effectiveness for Beijing transportation: Insights into sustainable development296
Detection of data-driven blind cyber-attacks on smart grid: A deep learning approach293
On-site measurement and numerical simulation study on characteristic of urban heat island in a multi-block region in Beijing, China271
Assessment and planning of green spaces in urban parks: A review257
Sustainability and exergoeconomic assessments of a new MSW-to-energy incineration multi-generation process integrated with the concentrating solar collector, alkaline electrolyzer, and a reverse osmos247
A method of landfill leachate management using internet of things for sustainable smart city development213
Airborne and aerosol pathogen transmission modeling of respiratory events in buildings: An overview of computational fluid dynamics202
Strategies and scenarios to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission in the urban, rural and sustainable neighbourhoods202
Challenges and coping strategies of online learning for college students in the context of COVID-19: A survey of Chinese universities195
Are New Towns Prone to Urban Heat Island Effect? Implications for Planning Form and Function187
Dynamic simulation for carbon emission reduction effects of the prefabricated building supply chain under environmental policies181
Impact of environment on bicycle travel demand—Assessment using bikeshare system data175
Analyzing the cooling effect, thermal comfort, and energy consumption of integrated arrangement of high-rise buildings and green spaces on urban heat island170
Application of Graph Convolutional Neural Networks and multi-sources data on urban functional zones identification, A case study of Changchun, China166
Multi-perspective evaluation framework of three-dimensional cooling and energy saving potential of urban parks based on numerical simulation159
Spatiotemporal effects of lake-land breezes on the microclimate of lakefront trees154
A simplified machine learning model to forecast individual thermal comfort in older adults’ residential spaces without relying on wearable devices154
A novel method for quantifying the harmonious balance of human-water relationship152
High spatio-temporal and continuous monitoring of outdoor thermal comfort in urban areas: A generic and modular sensor network and outreach platform151
Towards informed decision-making: A comprehensive statistical study of economic and financing models for sustainable energy transition in urban environments150
Smart transportation systems using learning method for urban mobility and management in modern cities149
Route optimization of battery electric vehicles using dynamic charging on electrified roads148
Using a digital twin to explore water infrastructure impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic148
Urban-Rural Disparity in Community Resilience: A Multilevel Analysis of the Relief Progress after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake148
Assessing the electric demand-side management potential of Helsinki's public service building stock in ancillary markets142
POINT: Partially Observable Imitation Network for Traffic Signal Control142
Analyzing the impact of various factors on leaf surface temperature based on a new tree-scale canopy energy balance model141
An integrated, multi-scale approach for modelling urban metabolism changes as a means for assessing urban sustainability138
Novel economic models for advancing urban energy management and transition: Simulation of urban energy system in digital twin137
Sizing renewable energy systems with energy storage systems based microgrids for cost minimization using hybrid shuffled frog-leaping and pattern search algorithm137
Modeling NO2 concentrations in real urban areas using computational fluid dynamics: A comparative analysis of methods to assess NO2 concentrations from NOx dispersion results136
MAGE: Microgrids with Advanced Grid Efficiency through Battery-Aware EV management135
Evaluation of the sustainable development of an island “Blue Economy”: A case study of Hainan, China132
Spatial development indicators as a tool to determine thermal conditions in an urban environment128
Estimating the cost efficiency and marginal cost of carbon reductions in the production of drinking water127
Characterizing residential load patterns on multi-time scales utilizing LSTM autoencoder and electricity consumption data125
Dynamic evaluation of environmental-economic performance of vehicle emission reduction policy from the perspective of the loss-aversion effect124
Potential zones identification for district cooling system: A GIS-based multi-criteria assessment method incorporating cooling demand mapping124
Sustainable vehicle routing problem on real-time roads: the restrictive inheritance-based heuristic algorithm122
Locating temporary waste treatment facilities in the cities to handle the explosive growth of HCWs during pandemics: A novel Grey-AHP-OCRA hybrid approach122
Non-linear impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on human mobility: Lessons from its variations across three pandemic waves121
A framework for the mitigation and adaptation from heat-related risks to infrastructure121
Enhanced incentive schemes for volunteers to distribute surplus food in smart cities120
Social, mobile, analytic and cloud technologies: Intelligent Computing for future smart cities119
Harnessing European policies for energy planning in Illinois: Overcoming barriers and transitioning to a climate-neutral society116
Evaluating the potential for conserving water and energy in the water supply system of Bangkok116
Carbon, indoor air, energy and financial benefits of coupled ventilation upgrade and enhanced rooftop garden installation: An interdisciplinary climate mitigation approach116
IoT-based security service for the documentary chain of custody116
Using data monitoring algorithms to physiological indicators in motion based on Internet of Things in smart city115
Exploring the influential factors of residents’ attitudes toward implementing green infrastructures for stormwater management in the US114
An event-based model and a map visualization approach for spatiotemporal association relations discovery of diseases diffusion113
Urban river restoration in Hong Kong: Assessment, impact, and improvement strategies113
Rethinking Japanese public libraries from the perspective of time112
Developing materials and energy-related indicators and identifying barriers to their adoption in an adjustable urban road sustainable rating system112
Correlating dynamic climate conditions and socioeconomic-governmental factors to spatiotemporal spread of COVID-19 via semantic segmentation deep learning analysis112
Corrigendum to “Role of different types of nanomaterials against diagnosis, prevention and therapy of COVID-19″ [Sustainable Cities and Society 72 (2021) 103,046]112
Schools as levers of change in urban transformation: Practical strategies to promote the sustainability of climate action educational programs112
Discovering pathways to the improve maintainability of multifamily residential building remodeling projects: Importance applicability analysis110
Proper orthogonal decomposition of large-eddy simulation data over real urban morphology110
Internal heat loads profiles for buildings’ energy modelling: comparison of different standards109
Thermal comfort investigation of membrane-assisted radiant cooling in outdoor settings107
Intention-to-use low-carbon travel modes - An investigation integrating Maslow's hierarchy of (driving) needs and the theory of planned behavior105
Stochastic energy management and scheduling of microgrids in correlated environment: A deep learning-oriented approach104
An Energy-Water-Food Nexus-based Decision-making Framework to Guide National Priorities in Qatar104
Toward cool cities and communities: A sensitivity analysis method to identify the key planning and design variables for urban heat mitigation techniques104
Water and energy management in a sustainable site: A case study of a living environment for street children in Tehran, Iran104
Solar Access Assessment in Semi-Arid Urban Context: An Application Study for Ten Urban Forms of Existing Apartment Buildings Districts in Batna City, Algeria103
Improvement of the energy efficiency in water systems through water losses reduction using the district metered area (DMA) approach102
Morphological and functional polycentric structure assessment of megacity: An integrated approach with spatial distribution and interaction100
Comprehensive evaluation for plan selection of urban integrated energy systems: A novel multi-criteria decision-making framework100
Emissions assessment of bike sharing schemes: The case of Just Eat Cycles in Edinburgh, UK99
Transboundary impacts on SDG progress across Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis98
A smartphone sensors-based personalized human activity recognition system for sustainable smart cities98
Exploring the nexus between social vulnerability, built environment, and the prevalence of COVID-19: A case study of Chicago98
Prediction of the effect of insulation thickness and emission on heating energy requirements of cities in the future97
When and why do people choose automated buses over conventional buses? Results of a context-dependent stated choice experiment97
Evaluating justice in accessibility to urban opportunities: Introducing justice analysis frameworks based on theoretical perspectives and transportation costs96
Predicting origin-destination flows by considering heterogeneous mobility patterns94
Optimal hybrid renewable microgrids via energy demand control using media platforms in South Korea94
Quickly forecasting the future state of urban sensors by the missing-data-tolerant deep learning approach94
Nature-based solutions as urban adaptation to climate risk: Framework for economic evaluation as decision support tool94
Segregation of sea breezes and cooling effects on land-surface temperatures in a coastal city94
Exposure to outdoor humid-heat and indoor dampness-mold during infancy is associated with increased childhood asthma risk: A large-scale multi-city study in Chinese preschool children92
Risk-averse strategic participation of prosumers coalition in local community markets92
UBEM-SER: Role of sufficiency, efficiency and renewable in the decarbonization of commercial building stock at city scale92
A new electro-biomembrane integrated renewable-based system to produce power, fresh water and hydrogen for sustainable communities91
Optimizing urban critical green space development using machine learning91
GIS-based geospatial analysis for identifying optimal locations of residential on-street electric vehicle charging points in Birmingham, UK91
A comprehensive generalizability assessment of data-driven Urban Heat Island (UHI) models90
Safety map: Disaster management road network for urban resilience90
Is there a link between city characteristics and shared e-bike utilisation? Evidence from China90
Optimized protection coordination of microgrids considering power quality-based voltage indices incorporating optimal sizing and placement of fault current limiters90
A System Dynamics Model of Urban Rainstorm and Flood Resilience to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals89
A two-stage planning method for design and dispatch of distributed energy networks considering multiple energy trading88
Assessing the impact of fractional vegetation cover on urban thermal environment: A case study of Hangzhou, China88
Integration of renewable energy sources for sustainable energy development in Slovenia till 205087
From stay-at-home to reopening: A look at how ridesourcing fared during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago, Illinois86
Urban-scale power decarbonization using a modified power purchase agreements framework based on Markowitz mean-variance theory86
Assessing the discrete and systemic response of the Built Environment to an earthquake86
Exploring the impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth from the perspective of urban expansion patterns and maturity: A case study on 40 large cities in China85
Credibility assessment of municipal climate change adaptation plans using the ex-ante method: A case study of Poland85
Simulating the impact of ventilation corridors for cooling air temperature in local climate zone scheme84
Projects as game changers for navigating sustainability transitions in societies: Multi-level effects from micro-level decisions84
Exploring the complex relationship between metro and shared bikes in the built environment: Competition, connection, and complementation84
The impact of innovation-driven industrial clusters on urban carbon emission efficiency: Empirical evidence from China84
Seasonal environmental cooling benefits of urban green and blue spaces in arid regions83
Multi-region models built with machine and deep learning for predicting several heat-related health outcomes83
Estimating casualties from urban fires: A focus on building and urban environment information83
Could residential air-source heat pumps exacerbate outdoor summer overheating and winter overcooling in UK 2050s climate scenarios?81
The relationship between maternal environmental temperature exposure and preterm birth: A Risk prediction based on machine learning81
Big-data-driven approach and scalable analysis on environmental sustainability of shared micromobility from trip to city level analysis80
Impact of urban spatial dynamics and blue-green infrastructure on urban heat islands: A case study of Guangzhou using Local Climate Zones and predictive modeling80
An agent-based model of post-disaster recovery in multilayer socio-physical networks79
Smart feasibility optimization of hybrid renewable water supply systems by digital twin technologies: A multicriteria approach applied to isolated cities79
Enhancing water management and urban flood resilience using Hazard Capacity Factor Design (HCFD) model: Case study of Eco-Delta city, Busan79
Multi-objective optimal sizing and techno-economic analysis of on- and off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems for EV charging stations79
Leveraging artificial intelligence to analyze the COVID-19 distribution pattern based on socio-economic determinants78
Predicting the urban stormwater drainage system state using the Graph-WaveNet78
Evaluating urban housing development patterns in developing countries: Case study of Worn-out Urban Fabrics in Iran78
Optimal representation of tree foliage for local urban climate modeling78
Opportunities and obstacles of blockchain use in pursuit of sustainable development goal 11: A systematic scoping review77
An integrated approach for cost-and emission optimal planning of coastal microgrid with demand-side management77
Investigation of a solar heating system assisted by coupling with electromagnetic heating unit and phase change energy storage tank: Towards sustainable rural buildings in northern China77
An improved effectiveness-NTU method for streamlining the design and optimization of packed bed latent thermal energy storage77
A meta-heuristic-based energy efficient route modeling for EVs integrating start/stop and recapturing energy effect76
Assessing the sustainability of urbanization at the sub-national level: The Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity accounts of the Budapest Metropolitan Region, Hungary76
Particulate and gaseous pollutants in Tehran, Iran during 2015-2021: Factors governing their variability76
Potential contribution of environmental building certifications to urban sustainability - Curitiba case study76
Decision making in urban development: The application of a hybrid evaluation method for a critical area in the city of Turin (Italy)76
A generalized ride-matching approach for sustainable shared mobility76
Distance adaptive graph convolutional gated network-based smart air quality monitoring and health risk prediction in sensor-devoid urban areas76
Development of fire safety best practices for rooftops grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems installation using systematic review methodology75
Energy management of community energy storage in grid-connected microgrid under uncertain real-time prices75
Progress in extreme heat management and warning systems: A systematic review of heat-health action plans (1995-2020)75
A review of urban resilience literature75
FPGA control system technology for integrating the PV/wave/FC hybrid system using ANN optimized by MFO techniques75
What makes a city ‘smart’ in the Anthropocene? A critical review of smart cities under climate change75
Self-scheduling model for home energy management systems considering the end-users discomfort index within price-based demand response programs75
Agent-based societal impact modeling for infrastructure disruption and countermeasures analyses74
Development of integrated sustainability performance indicators for better management of smart cities74
Exploring spatial pattern optimization path of urban building carbon emission based on low-carbon cities analytical framework: A case study of Xi'an, China74
Potential grading refrigeration system? Based on urban agglomeration thermal environment analysis perspective74
Blockchain enhanced price incentive demand response for building user energy network in sustainable society74
Static and dynamic airflow and contaminant transport in a full-scale elevator-lobby mockup73
In-situ sensor correction method for data center cooling systems using Bayesian Inference coupling with autoencoder73
Sustainability assessment of cities using multicriteria decision-making combined with deep learning methods73
Riding smooth: A cost-benefit assessment of surface quality on Copenhagen’s bicycle network73
Restoration of dental services after COVID-19: The fallow time determination with laser light scattering72
Application of a time-dependent performance-based resilience metric to establish the potential of coupled green-grey infrastructure in urban flood management71
An integrated crowdshipping framework for green last mile delivery71
RnR-SMART: Resilient smart city evacuation plan based on road network reconfiguration in outbreak response71
Exploring the relationship between public transport use and COVID-19 infection: A survey data analysis in Madrid Region71
Investigating pedestrian-level greenery in urban forms in a high-density city for urban planning70
Spatio-temporal patterns and population exposure risks of urban heat island in megacity Shanghai, China70
Coupled simulation of urban water networks and interconnected critical urban infrastructure systems: A systematic review and multi-sector research agenda70
Inverse identification of a pollutant source in an apartment with multiple rooms by joint multi-zone model and CFD70
Spatial and social inequality of hierarchical healthcare accessibility in urban system: A case study in Shanghai, China69
A novel entropy-based method for quantifying urban energy demand aggregation: Implications for urban planning and policy69
Optimal operation and simultaneous analysis of the electric transport systems and distributed energy resources in the smart city69
Geospatial modelling of seasonal water and electricity consumption in Doha's residential buildings using multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) and Bootstrap analysis68
Exploring the causal relationship between urbanization and air pollution: Evidence from China67
Analysis of the spatial characteristics of inhalable particulate matter concentrations under the influence of a three-dimensional landscape pattern in Xi'an, China67
Performance prediction and optimization of lateral exhaust hood based on back propagation neural network and genetic algorithm67
Using automated design appraisal to model building-specific devaluation risk due to land-use change67
Green glass space based design for the driven of sustainable cities: A case study67
An integrated price- and incentive-based demand response program for smart residential buildings: A robust multi-objective model67
Impacts of future climate change on flexible road pavement economics: A life cycle costs analysis of 24 case studies across the United States66
How do time-bound practices initiate local sustainability pathways?66
Challenges, drivers, and benefits to integrated infrastructure management of water, wastewater, stormwater and transportation systems66
Analysis of integrated uses of dockless bike sharing and ridesourcing with metros: A case study of Shanghai, China66
Sustainability-oriented maintenance management of highway bridge networks based on Q-learning66
Quantifying the uncertainty of the effects of varying wind conditions on outdoor airflow and pollutant dispersion66
An efficient hardware architecture based on an ensemble of deep learning models for COVID -19 prediction66
Linkages between urban growth and land surface temperature variations in the Seoul metropolitan area: A spatial first-order difference approach66
Data-driven assessment framework of health cities for elderly individuals in China65
System-dynamics-based scenario simulation and prediction of water carrying capacity for China65
Effective ventilation and air disinfection system for reducing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection risk in office buildings65
Analysis of the cooperative development of multiple systems for urban Economy-Energy-Carbon: A case study of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle65
The impact of shadow covering on the rooftop solar photovoltaic system for evaluating self-sufficiency rate in the concept of nearly zero energy building65
How residential energy consumption has changed due to COVID-19 pandemic? An agent-based model65
Bottom-up assessment of air quality management strategies in Vijayawada, India: Emissions inventory, atmospheric capacity, and policy scenarios65
Iterative Optimization of a Social Inmotics-Based Method in Order to Make Buildings Smart and Resilient65
Evaluation of resources and environmental carrying capacity and its spatial-temporal dynamic evolution: A case study in Shandong Province, China64
The challenge of urban food production and sustainable water use: Current situation and future perspectives of the urban agriculture in Brazil and Italy64
Is the design guidance of color and material for urban buildings a good choice in terms of thermal performance?64
Impact of moving traffic on pollutant transport in street canyons under perpendicular winds: A CFD analysis using large-eddy simulations64
Spatio-temporal patterns of heat index and heat-related Emergency Medical Services (EMS)64
Estimating urban LST using multiple remotely sensed spectral indices and elevation retrievals64
Influence of spatiotemporal changes of impervious surface on the urban thermal environment: A case of Huai'an central urban area63
Evaluating risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection of the elderly in the public bus under personalized air supply63
The creation of multi-level urban ecological cooling network to alleviate the urban heat island effect63
Urban form centrality and thermal environment: An empirical study of Chinese megacities63
Street vitality and built environment features: A data-informed approach from fourteen Chinese cities63
Geosystem services in urban planning62
Machine learning for spatial analyses in urban areas: a scoping review62
The imprint of urbanization on PM2.5 concentrations in China: The urban-rural gradient study62
Assessing the impact of mobility on the incidence of COVID-19 in Dublin City62
A continuous approximation model for the optimal design of mixed free-floating and station-based car-sharing systems62
Hourly impact of urban features on the spatial distribution of land surface temperature: A study across 30 cities62
Assessment of future parking systems with autonomous vehicles through agent-based simulation: A case study of Hangzhou, China61
Groundwater suitability estimation for sustainable drinking water supply and food production in a semi-urban area of south India: A special focus on risk evaluation for making healthy society61
Quantifying households’ carbon footprint in cities using socioeconomic attributes: A case study for The Hague (Netherlands)61
An anonymous device to device access control based on secure certificate for internet of medical things systems61
Planning a mixed fleet of electric and conventional vehicles for urban freight with routing and replacement considerations61
Detection of false data injection attacks leading to line congestions using Neural networks61
Wildfire-resilient mechanical ventilation systems for single-detached homes in cities of Western Canada60
A MILP model to relieve the occurrence of new demand peaks by improving the load factor in smart homes60
A copula-based secured intelligent dynamic-static energy community transportation system for smart cities60
Ecosystem services and economic values provided by urban park trees in the air polluted city of Mashhad60
Office buildings occupancy analysis and prediction associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic60
An integrated assessment of the municipal buildings’ use including sustainability criteria60
Low-emissivity interior wall strategy for suppressing overcooling in radiatively cooled buildings in cold environments59
Planning Location of Mobility Hub for Sustainable Urban Mobility59
Identifying up-to-date urban land-use patterns with visual and semantic features based on multisource geospatial data59
Techno-economic evaluation and environmental benefit of hybrid evaporative cooling system in hot-humid regions59
Stackelberg game-based method towards carbon-economy equilibrium for the prefabricated construction supply planning: A case study from China59
Sustainable underground environment integrating hybrid ventilation, photovoltaic thermal and ground source heat pump59
Does green infrastructure affect housing prices via extreme heat and air pollution mitigation? A focus on green and climate gentrification in Los Angeles County, 2000-202158
A multi-objective probabilistic approach for smart voltage control in wind-energy integrated networks considering correlated parameters58
Optimum landfill site selection by a hybrid multi-criteria and multi-Agent decision-making method in a temperate and humid climate: BWM-GIS-FAHP-GT58
How does urban thermal environmental factors impact diurnal cycle of land surface temperature? A multi-dimensional and multi-granularity perspective58
A tactical transactive energy scheduling for the electric vehicle-integrated networked microgrids58
Towards urban energy sustainability and resiliency through smart agriculture and effective renewable resource allocation57
Ecological–social–economic system health diagnosis and sustainable design of high-density cities: An urban agglomeration perspective57
Neotropical urban forest allergenicity and ecosystem disservices can affect vulnerable neighborhoods in Bogota, Colombia57
The study of air distribution quality in the summer section of Iranian dry climate houses equipped with wind tower57
Assessing local economic impact of urban energy transition through optimized resource allocation in renewable energy57
Spatially resolved air quality index prediction in megacities with a CNN-Bi-LSTM hybrid framework57
Smart City Dimensions and Associated Risks: Review of literature56
Contrasting determinants of land surface temperature in three megacities: Implications to cool tropical metropolitan regions56
Measuring compliance with the 15-minute city concept: State-of-the-art, major components and further requirements56
Adapting Urban Transport Planning to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Fermatean Fuzzy Model56
Towards the new generation of courtyard buildings as a healthy living concept for post-pandemic era56
How do 2D/3D urban landscapes impact diurnal land surface temperature: Insights from block scale and machine learning algorithms56
Effects of urban lakes and neighbouring green spaces on air temperature and humidity and seasonal variabilities56
Predicting solar radiation in the urban area: A data-driven analysis for sustainable city planning using artificial neural networking56
Uncertainty method and sensitivity analysis for assessment of energy consumption of underground metro station56
Toward a societal smart city: Clarifying the social justice dimension of smart cities56
Investigating the relationships among green technologies, financial development and ecological footprint levels in Algeria: Evidence from a novel Fourier ARDL approach56
Activity space compactness index from the viewpoint of trip arrival point by lifestyle activity purpose in a mature conurbation55
Cooperative scheduling and trading in sustainable water-integrated and networked energy systems incorporating power-to-gas55
Quantifying the efficacy of Low Impact Developments (LIDs) for flood reduction in micro-urban watersheds incorporating climate change55
Urban travel time and residential location choice: The impacts of traffic congestion55
A shrinking-horizon optimization framework for energy hub scheduling in the presence of wind turbine and integrated demand response program55
Towards flood risk mapping based on multi-tiered decision making in a densely urbanized metropolitan city of Istanbul55
Quantifying surface urban heat island variations and patterns: Comparison of two cities in three-stage dynamic rural–urban transition55
Socially sustainable mobility: Strategic analysis to identify accessibility barriers55
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