Sustainable Cities and Society

Papers
(The TQCC of Sustainable Cities and Society is 26. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Revisiting the role of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on Turkey’s ecological footprint: Evidence from Quantile ARDL approach553
Determinants of the ecological footprint: Role of renewable energy, natural resources, and urbanization549
The efficacy of social distance and ventilation effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 transmission427
Linking urbanization, human capital, and the ecological footprint in G7 countries: An empirical analysis398
Antivirus-built environment: Lessons learned from Covid-19 pandemic382
Does urbanization redefine the environmental Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis of 134 Countries331
Does financial inclusion, renewable and non-renewable energy utilization accelerate ecological footprints and economic growth? Fresh evidence from 15 highest emitting countries292
Fighting against COVID-19: A novel deep learning model based on YOLO-v2 with ResNet-50 for medical face mask detection286
Deep learning and medical image processing for coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: A survey285
Modelling the dynamic linkages between eco-innovation, urbanization, economic growth and ecological footprints for G7 countries: Does financial globalization matter?285
Convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence in IoT network for the sustainable smart city279
Enabling technologies and sustainable smart cities261
SSDMNV2: A real time DNN-based face mask detection system using single shot multibox detector and MobileNetV2259
A review on renewable energy and electricity requirement forecasting models for smart grid and buildings242
COVID-19 cases prediction by using hybrid machine learning and beetle antennae search approach226
The impact of energy efficiency on carbon emissions: Evidence from the transportation sector in Chinese 30 provinces214
Examining the association between socio-demographic composition and COVID-19 fatalities in the European region using spatial regression approach207
A review on bike-sharing: The factors affecting bike-sharing demand202
Blockchain for smart cities: A review of architectures, integration trends and future research directions201
Multi-scenario simulation of urban land change in Shanghai by random forest and CA-Markov model199
The impact of environmental regulations on urban Green innovation efficiency: The case of Xi'an191
Inundation risk assessment of metro system using AHP and TFN-AHP in Shenzhen190
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior in Istanbul: A panel data analysis189
Urbanization, land use change, and carbon emissions: Quantitative assessments for city-level carbon emissions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region188
Temporary reduction in fine particulate matter due to ‘anthropogenic emissions switch-off’ during COVID-19 lockdown in Indian cities185
Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges177
A new distributed architecture for evaluating AI-based security systems at the edge: Network TON_IoT datasets177
A deep learning-based social distance monitoring framework for COVID-19175
Exploring the impact of urbanization on urban building carbon emissions in China: Evidence from a provincial panel data model171
Smart buildings features and key performance indicators: A review165
The policy outcomes of low-carbon city construction on urban green development: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment conducted in China165
COVID-19, internet, and mobility: The rise of telework, telehealth, e-learning, and e-shopping153
Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review152
Understanding land surface temperature impact factors based on local climate zones151
Security and the smart city: A systematic review149
Data mining and machine learning methods for sustainable smart cities traffic classification: A survey146
Prediction of energy consumption in hotel buildings via support vector machines145
Coupling coordination evaluation and sustainable development pattern of geo-ecological environment and urbanization in Chongqing municipality, China139
A geographically weighted regression model augmented by Geodetector analysis and principal component analysis for the spatial distribution of PM2.5137
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools: A state-of-the-art review of bottom-up physics-based approaches135
Influence of urban morphological characteristics on thermal environment133
A deep learning-based IoT-oriented infrastructure for secure smart City131
Relationships among local-scale urban morphology, urban ventilation, urban heat island and outdoor thermal comfort under sea breeze influence131
Sociodemographic determinants of COVID-19 incidence rates in Oman: Geospatial modelling using multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR)130
Prediction and optimization of energy consumption in an office building using artificial neural network and a genetic algorithm129
Cyber security in smart cities: A review of deep learning-based applications and case studies128
Air pollution dispersal in high density urban areas: Research on the triadic relation of wind, air pollution, and urban form127
Energy management in microgrids including smart homes: A multi-objective approach127
A systematic decision-making approach for planning and assessment of hybrid renewable energy-based microgrid with techno-economic optimization: A case study on an urban community in Egypt124
Climate change impacts on critical urban infrastructure and urban resiliency strategies for the Middle East123
Optimum unit sizing of hybrid renewable energy system utilizing harmony search, Jaya and particle swarm optimization algorithms123
Blockchain technology, improvement suggestions, security challenges on smart grid and its application in healthcare for sustainable development123
Low-carbon development quality of cities in China: Evaluation and obstacle analysis122
Multi-scenario simulation and ecological risk analysis of land use based on the PLUS model: A case study of Nanjing122
An integrated fire detection system using IoT and image processing technique for smart cities121
Can smart city construction facilitate green total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s pilot smart city121
Multi-objective optimization of grid-connected PV-wind hybrid system considering reliability, cost, and environmental aspects121
Fog computing for sustainable smart cities in the IoT era: Caching techniques and enabling technologies - an overview117
Energy management using non-intrusive load monitoring techniques – State-of-the-art and future research directions115
Mapping spatial distribution of particulate matter using Kriging and Inverse Distance Weighting at supersites of megacity Delhi114
Monitoring the effect of urban development on urban heat island based on remote sensing and geo-spatial approach in Kolkata and adjacent areas, India113
Human mobility behavior in COVID-19: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis112
Automated cognitive health assessment in smart homes using machine learning112
Impact of urban morphology and landscape characteristics on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land surface temperature111
Urban ecological security assessment and forecasting using integrated DEMATEL-ANP and CA-Markov models: A case study on Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India110
Implementation of solar energy in smart cities using an integration of artificial neural network, photovoltaic system and classical Delphi methods109
Understanding the impact of environmental regulations on green technology innovation efficiency in the construction industry109
Surface urban heat island intensity in five major cities of Bangladesh: Patterns, drivers and trends109
Scalable machine learning-based intrusion detection system for IoT-enabled smart cities107
Adaptive-predictive control strategy for HVAC systems in smart buildings – A review107
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, China107
Data-driven dynamic clustering framework for mitigating the adverse economic impact of Covid-19 lockdown practices107
Optimisation of solar/wind/bio-generator/diesel/battery based microgrids for rural areas: A PSO-GWO approach107
Four-year assessment of ambient particulate matter and trace gases in the Delhi-NCR region of India106
Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland106
Landfill location selection for healthcare waste of urban areas using hybrid BWM-grey MARCOS model based on GIS106
Energy performance optimization of existing buildings: A literature review106
Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas104
Towards the sustainable development of smart cities through mass video surveillance: A response to the COVID-19 pandemic104
Assessment of coordinated development between social economy and ecological environment: Case study of resource-based cities in Northeastern China104
Secure and resilient demand side management engine using machine learning for IoT-enabled smart grid103
Spatial structure and carbon emission of urban agglomerations: Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving forces101
Evaluating the performances of several artificial intelligence methods in forecasting daily streamflow time series for sustainable water resources management101
Spatial spillover effect of green innovation on economic development quality in China: Evidence from a panel data of 270 prefecture-level and above cities101
An overview of machine learning applications for smart buildings100
The role of built and social environmental factors in Covid-19 transmission: A look at America’s capital city99
Prediction of seasonal urban thermal field variance index using machine learning algorithms in Cumilla, Bangladesh97
Are high-density districts more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic?96
Study on importance, procedure, and scope of outdoor thermal comfort –A review96
The influence of urban form on surface urban heat island and its planning implications: Evidence from 1288 urban clusters in China96
Presence and mobility of the population during the first wave of Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in Italy95
Coupling coordination degree for urbanization city-industry integration level: Sichuan case95
Public participation and city sustainability: Evidence from Urban Garbage Classification in China95
A review on machine learning forecasting growth trends and their real-time applications in different energy systems95
Exploring spatiotemporal effects of the driving factors on COVID-19 incidences in the contiguous United States94
Self-scheduling model for home energy management systems considering the end-users discomfort index within price-based demand response programs93
Federated learning enabled digital twins for smart cities: Concepts, recent advances, and future directions93
Energy demands of buildings in the framework of climate change: An investigation across Europe92
Providing secure and reliable communication for next generation networks in smart cities91
RETRACTED: Robust optimization of renewable-based multi-energy micro-grid integrated with flexible energy conversion and storage devices91
Different charging infrastructures along with smart charging strategies for electric vehicles91
Globalization, electricity consumption and ecological footprint: An autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) approach91
Long-term trend of ambient air PM10, PM2.5, and O3 and their health effects in Tabriz city, Iran, during 2006–201790
Impact of urban heat island mitigation measures on microclimate and pedestrian comfort in a dense urban district of Lebanon90
Sizing renewable energy systems with energy storage systems in microgrids for maximum cost-efficient utilization of renewable energy resources89
Towards circular cities—Conceptualizing core aspects89
A deep learning approach for prediction of air quality index in a metropolitan city88
Using the internet of things in smart energy systems and networks88
Built environment and early infection of COVID-19 in urban districts: A case study of Huangzhou87
COVID-19 recovery for the Nigerian construction sites: The role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies87
Congestion prediction for smart sustainable cities using IoT and machine learning approaches87
Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities86
A home energy management system with an integrated smart thermostat for demand response in smart grids86
Smart energy systems: A critical review on design and operation optimization85
Internet of Things: Evolution and technologies from a security perspective85
Digitalization and carbon emissions: How does digital city construction affect china's carbon emission reduction?85
Modeling air quality prediction using a deep learning approach: Method optimization and evaluation84
A survey on hyperparameters optimization algorithms of forecasting models in smart grid84
Night-time light data based decoupling relationship analysis between economic growth and carbon emission in 289 Chinese cities83
Exploring the causal relationship between urbanization and air pollution: Evidence from China83
Study on city digital twin technologies for sustainable smart city design: A review and bibliometric analysis of geographic information system and building information modeling integration83
Shared mobility in post-COVID era: New challenges and opportunities83
Smart campus—A sketch83
E-scooters and sustainability: Investigating the relationship between the density of E-scooter trips and characteristics of sustainable urban development82
Assessing the contribution of urban green spaces in green infrastructure strategy planning for urban ecosystem conditions and services81
Socioeconomic drivers of urban heat island effect: Empirical evidence from major Chinese cities81
Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs81
Thermal performance of the building envelope integrated with phase change material for thermal energy storage: an updated review.80
Predictions of electricity consumption in a campus building using occupant rates and weather elements with sensitivity analysis: Artificial neural network vs. linear regression80
IoTBoT-IDS: A novel statistical learning-enabled botnet detection framework for protecting networks of smart cities80
Evaluation of urban-rural difference and integration based on quality of life80
Are BRICS countries pollution havens? Evidence from a bootstrap ARDL bounds testing approach with a Fourier function80
Mitigating COVID-19 infection disease transmission in indoor environment using physical barriers80
Living environment matters: Unravelling the spatial clustering of COVID-19 hotspots in Kolkata megacity, India79
A Risk-Averse Hybrid Approach for Optimal Participation of Power-to-Hydrogen Technology-Based Multi-Energy Microgrid in Multi-Energy Markets79
Effective ventilation and air disinfection system for reducing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection risk in office buildings78
Development of integrated sustainability performance indicators for better management of smart cities78
Sustainability of compact cities: A review of Inter-Building Effect on building energy and solar energy use77
Identifying urban vitality in metropolitan areas of developing countries from a comparative perspective: Ho Chi Minh City versus Shanghai77
Applications of ML/DL in the management of smart cities and societies based on new trends in information technologies: A systematic literature review77
Nonlinear and synergistic effects of TOD on urban vibrancy: Applying local explanations for gradient boosting decision tree76
Synergistic cooling effects (SCEs) of urban green-blue spaces on local thermal environment: A case study in Chongqing, China76
Predicting future urban waterlogging-prone areas by coupling the maximum entropy and FLUS model76
Planning utility infrastructure requirements for smart cities using the integration between BIM and GIS76
Assessing and controlling infection risk with Wells-Riley model and spatial flow impact factor (SFIF)75
Variations in outdoor thermal comfort in an urban park in the hot-summer and cold-winter region of China75
Zero emission neighbourhoods and positive energy districts – A state-of-the-art review75
A location model for electric vehicle (EV) public charging stations based on drivers’ existing activities75
Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: A case study75
An intelligent ABC-based terminal sliding mode controller for load-frequency control of islanded micro-grids75
Spatial structure of urban agglomeration under the impact of high-speed railway construction: Based on the social network analysis75
Are smart cities more ecologically efficient? Evidence from China74
Observing community resilience from space: Using nighttime lights to model economic disturbance and recovery pattern in natural disaster74
Waste collection route optimisation model for linking cost saving and emission reduction to achieve sustainable development goals73
Urban Heat Island Studies with emphasis on urban pavements: A review73
A systematic methodology for mid-and-long term electric vehicle charging load forecasting: The case study of Shenzhen, China73
Economic-environmental analysis of combined heat and power-based reconfigurable microgrid integrated with multiple energy storage and demand response program73
I-AREOR: An energy-balanced clustering protocol for implementing green IoT in smart cities73
Hybrid-cloud-based data processing for power system monitoring in smart grids73
Energy poverty indicators: A systematic literature review and comprehensive analysis of integrity72
Exploring the spatial heterogeneity of urban heat island effect and its relationship to block morphology with the geographically weighted regression model72
Air quality during three covid-19 lockdown phases: AQI, PM2.5 and NO2 assessment in cities with more than 1 million inhabitants72
The Impact of Multiple Dimensions of Urbanization on CO2 Emissions: A Spatial and Threshold Analysis of Panel Data on China's Prefecture-Level Cities72
Evaluating urban ecosystem resilience using the DPSIR framework and the ENA model: A case study of 35 cities in China72
The maintenance of prefabricated green roofs for preserving cooling performance: A field measurement in the subtropical city of Hangzhou, China72
What determines city’s resilience against epidemic outbreak: evidence from China’s COVID-19 experience71
Dockless bike-sharing as a feeder mode of metro commute? The role of the feeder-related built environment: Analytical framework and empirical evidence71
Integration of an energy management tool and digital twin for coordination and control of multi-vector smart energy systems71
Urban resilience: A vague or an evolutionary concept?70
Using long short-term memory networks to predict energy consumption of air-conditioning systems70
Inundation risk assessment based on G-DEMATEL-AHP and its application to Zhengzhou flooding disaster70
Comparison of cooling effect between green space and water body69
Urban Heat Island intensity and buildings’ energy needs in Duran, Ecuador: Simulation studies and proposal of mitigation strategies69
Development of an IoT and BIM-based automated alert system for thermal comfort monitoring in buildings69
Exploring the coupling relationship between urbanization and energy eco-efficiency: A case study of 281 prefecture-level cities in China69
Experimental study on the control effect of different ventilation systems on fine particles in a simulated hospital ward69
Multi-objective optimization design of green building envelopes and air conditioning systems for energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction69
Multiscale analysis of the correlation patterns between the urban population and construction land in China69
Urban Transportation Networks Resilience: Indicators, Disturbances, and Assessment Methods68
Effect of zoning plans on urban land-use change: A multi-scenario simulation for supporting sustainable urban growth68
Urban ventilation and its potential for local warming mitigation: A field experiment in an open low-rise gridiron precinct68
Flexibility management model of home appliances to support DSO requests in smart grids68
A Lag-FLSTM deep learning network based on Bayesian Optimization for multi-sequential-variant PM2.5 prediction68
Research on the spatiotemporal evolution of land use landscape pattern in a county area based on CA-Markov model67
How do urban haze pollution and economic development affect each other? Empirical evidence from 287 Chinese cities during 2000–201667
A hover view over effectual approaches on pandemic management for sustainable cities – The endowment of prospective technologies with revitalization strategies67
A sustainable IoHT based computationally intelligent healthcare monitoring system for lung cancer risk detection67
The effect of urban air pollutants in Germany: eco-efficiency analysis through fractional regression models applied after DEA and SFA efficiency predictions67
Increasing green infrastructure-based ecological resilience in urban systems: A perspective from locating ecological and disturbance sources in a resource-based city67
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 flow67
What determines urban resilience against COVID-19: City size or governance capacity?66
Surface and satellite observations of air pollution in India during COVID-19 lockdown: Implication to air quality66
Stochastic scheduling of a renewable-based microgrid in the presence of electric vehicles using modified harmony search algorithm with control policies66
A novel and secure attacks detection framework for smart cities industrial internet of things66
Smart healthcare and quality of service in IoT using grey filter convolutional based cyber physical system66
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention and treatment methods and effective parameters: A systematic literature review66
Building information modelling, lean and sustainability: An integration framework to promote performance improvements in the construction industry66
Towards a smart water city: A comprehensive review of applications, data requirements, and communication technologies for integrated management65
A review of urban resilience literature65
Sustainable energy planning for cost minimization of autonomous hybrid microgrid using combined multi-objective optimization algorithm65
Assessment of climate change mitigation policies in 315 cities in the Covenant of Mayors initiative65
Morphological and functional polycentric structure assessment of megacity: An integrated approach with spatial distribution and interaction65
Investigation of airborne particle exposure in an office with mixing and displacement ventilation65
Multi-objective optimization and the effect of the economic factors on the design of the microgrid hybrid system65
An integrated approach towards spatial identification of restored and conserved priority areas of ecological network for implementation planning in metropolitan region64
Multi-objective IGDT-based scheduling of low-carbon multi-energy microgrids integrated with hydrogen refueling stations and electric vehicle parking lots64
Machine learning for geographically differentiated climate change mitigation in urban areas64
Comparative study of machine learning-based multi-objective prediction framework for multiple building energy loads64
Sustainable cities and communities assessment using the DARIA-TOPSIS method64
Improvement of thermal inertia effect in buildings using shape stabilized PCM wallboard based on the enthalpy-temperature function63
Evaluation of urban heat islands using local climate zones and the influence of sea-land breeze63
Techno-economic optimisation of stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems for concurrently meeting electric and heating demand63
Trustworthy and sustainable smart city services at the edge63
Assessing spatiotemporal characteristics of urban heat islands from the perspective of an urban expansion and green infrastructure62
Relationship between eye-level greenness and cycling frequency around metro stations in Shenzhen, China: A big data approach62
Smart City Dimensions and Associated Risks: Review of literature62
Sustainable last mile delivery on e-commerce market in cities from the perspective of various stakeholders. Literature review62
BioAider: An efficient tool for viral genome analysis and its application in tracing SARS-CoV-2 transmission62
Cyber-physical-social interdependencies and organizational resilience: A review of water, transportation, and cyber infrastructure systems and processes62
Optimal operation of energy hub system using hybrid stochastic-interval optimization approach62
Effective task scheduling algorithm with deep learning for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) in sustainable smart cities62
Impact of small-scale tree planting patterns on outdoor cooling and thermal comfort62
Evaluation of coupling coordination degree and convergence behaviour of local development: A spatiotemporal analysis of all Polish municipalities over the period 2003–201961
The evaluation and obstacle analysis of urban resilience from the multidimensional perspective in Chinese cities61
Assessment of sustainable urban development based on a hybrid decision-making approach: Group fuzzy BWM, AHP, and TOPSIS–GIS61
Multi-domain urban-scale energy modelling tools: A review61
Challenges and opportunities for integrating BIM and LCA: Methodological choices and framework development61
Forecasting land-use changes in Mashhad Metropolitan area using Cellular Automata and Markov chain model for 2016-203061
Association of built environment attributes with the spread of COVID-19 at its initial stage in China60
Towards people-centric smart city development: Investigating the citizens’ preferences and perceptions about smart-city services in Taiwan60
CFD modeling of airborne pathogen transmission of COVID-19 in confined spaces under different ventilation strategies60
Demand side management through load shifting in IoT based HEMS: Overview, challenges and opportunities60
Fuzzy Power Heronian function based CoCoSo method for the advantage prioritization of autonomous vehicles in real-time traffic management60
Strategies and scenarios to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission in the urban, rural and sustainable neighbourhoods60
The effect of urban shading and canyon geometry on outdoor thermal comfort in hot climates: A case study of Ahvaz, Iran60
Comparative assessment of social sustainability performance: Integrated data-driven weighting system and CoCoSo model60
Influencing factors and their influencing mechanisms on urban resilience in China59
Decentralized accessibility of e-commerce products through blockchain technology59
Driving force analysis of carbon emissions in China’s building industry: 2000–201559
Urban drought vulnerability assessment – A framework to integrate socio-economic, physical, and policy index in a vulnerability contribution analysis59
High public appreciation for the cultural ecosystem services of urban and peri‑urban forests during the COVID-19 pandemic58
Building back better: The COVID-19 pandemic and transport policy implications for a developing megacity58
Smart city projects against COVID-19: Quantitative evidence from China58
An observation of the impact of CoViD-19 recommendation measures monitored through urban noise levels in central Stockholm, Sweden58
Prediction and evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions for sustainable road transport within Europe58
Global and local associations between urban greenery and travel propensity of older adults in Hong Kong58
Comparing the territorial performances of renewable energy sources' plants with an integrated ecosystem services loss assessment: A case study from the Basilicata region (Italy)58
Evaluation of city sustainability using multi-criteria decision-making considering interaction among criteria in Liaoning province China58
Surveys on the reliability impacts of power system cyber–physical layers57
A bi-level market-clearing for coordinated regional-local multi-carrier systems in presence of energy storage technologies57
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