Sustainable Cities and Society

Article	Citations
The efficacy of social distance and ventilation effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 transmission	449
Antivirus-built environment: Lessons learned from Covid-19 pandemic	403
Does urbanization redefine the environmental Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis of 134 Countries	357
Does financial inclusion, renewable and non-renewable energy utilization accelerate ecological footprints and economic growth? Fresh evidence from 15 highest emitting countries	317
Convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence in IoT network for the sustainable smart city	316
Modelling the dynamic linkages between eco-innovation, urbanization, economic growth and ecological footprints for G7 countries: Does financial globalization matter?	307
Fighting against COVID-19: A novel deep learning model based on YOLO-v2 with ResNet-50 for medical face mask detection	301
Enabling technologies and sustainable smart cities	297
Deep learning and medical image processing for coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: A survey	295
SSDMNV2: A real time DNN-based face mask detection system using single shot multibox detector and MobileNetV2	279
The impact of energy efficiency on carbon emissions: Evidence from the transportation sector in Chinese 30 provinces	257
COVID-19 cases prediction by using hybrid machine learning and beetle antennae search approach	241
Blockchain for smart cities: A review of architectures, integration trends and future research directions	220
Examining the association between socio-demographic composition and COVID-19 fatalities in the European region using spatial regression approach	214
A new distributed architecture for evaluating AI-based security systems at the edge: Network TON_IoT datasets	213
Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges	212
Urbanization, land use change, and carbon emissions: Quantitative assessments for city-level carbon emissions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region	212
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior in Istanbul: A panel data analysis	203
Temporary reduction in fine particulate matter due to ‘anthropogenic emissions switch-off’ during COVID-19 lockdown in Indian cities	193
The policy outcomes of low-carbon city construction on urban green development: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment conducted in China	192
Smart buildings features and key performance indicators: A review	188
A deep learning-based social distance monitoring framework for COVID-19	179
Understanding land surface temperature impact factors based on local climate zones	172
Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review	168
COVID-19, internet, and mobility: The rise of telework, telehealth, e-learning, and e-shopping	164

Data mining and machine learning methods for sustainable smart cities traffic classification: A survey	161
Coupling coordination evaluation and sustainable development pattern of geo-ecological environment and urbanization in Chongqing municipality, China	160
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools: A state-of-the-art review of bottom-up physics-based approaches	159
Influence of urban morphological characteristics on thermal environment	156
Multi-scenario simulation and ecological risk analysis of land use based on the PLUS model: A case study of Nanjing	151
Can smart city construction facilitate green total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s pilot smart city	149
Sociodemographic determinants of COVID-19 incidence rates in Oman: Geospatial modelling using multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR)	148
Prediction and optimization of energy consumption in an office building using artificial neural network and a genetic algorithm	147
Relationships among local-scale urban morphology, urban ventilation, urban heat island and outdoor thermal comfort under sea breeze influence	147
Cyber security in smart cities: A review of deep learning-based applications and case studies	140
Low-carbon development quality of cities in China: Evaluation and obstacle analysis	140
Monitoring the effect of urban development on urban heat island based on remote sensing and geo-spatial approach in Kolkata and adjacent areas, India	139
A deep learning-based IoT-oriented infrastructure for secure smart City	139
An integrated fire detection system using IoT and image processing technique for smart cities	138
Multi-objective optimization of grid-connected PV-wind hybrid system considering reliability, cost, and environmental aspects	135
Optimum unit sizing of hybrid renewable energy system utilizing harmony search, Jaya and particle swarm optimization algorithms	134
Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas	133
Energy management in microgrids including smart homes: A multi-objective approach	132
Energy management using non-intrusive load monitoring techniques – State-of-the-art and future research directions	127
Optimisation of solar/wind/bio-generator/diesel/battery based microgrids for rural areas: A PSO-GWO approach	125
An overview of machine learning applications for smart buildings	125
Human mobility behavior in COVID-19: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	124
Surface urban heat island intensity in five major cities of Bangladesh: Patterns, drivers and trends	123
Urban ecological security assessment and forecasting using integrated DEMATEL-ANP and CA-Markov models: A case study on Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India	123
Adaptive-predictive control strategy for HVAC systems in smart buildings – A review	122
Scalable machine learning-based intrusion detection system for IoT-enabled smart cities	122
Impact of urban morphology and landscape characteristics on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land surface temperature	121
Fog computing for sustainable smart cities in the IoT era: Caching techniques and enabling technologies - an overview	121
Understanding the impact of environmental regulations on green technology innovation efficiency in the construction industry	120
Implementation of solar energy in smart cities using an integration of artificial neural network, photovoltaic system and classical Delphi methods	118
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	117
Data-driven dynamic clustering framework for mitigating the adverse economic impact of Covid-19 lockdown practices	117
Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland	116
The influence of urban form on surface urban heat island and its planning implications: Evidence from 1288 urban clusters in China	116
Towards the sustainable development of smart cities through mass video surveillance: A response to the COVID-19 pandemic	116
Spatial spillover effect of green innovation on economic development quality in China: Evidence from a panel data of 270 prefecture-level and above cities	116
Assessment of coordinated development between social economy and ecological environment: Case study of resource-based cities in Northeastern China	116
Automated cognitive health assessment in smart homes using machine learning	115
Federated learning enabled digital twins for smart cities: Concepts, recent advances, and future directions	115
Spatial structure and carbon emission of urban agglomerations: Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving forces	114
Landfill location selection for healthcare waste of urban areas using hybrid BWM-grey MARCOS model based on GIS	114
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	114
Evaluating the performances of several artificial intelligence methods in forecasting daily streamflow time series for sustainable water resources management	114
Secure and resilient demand side management engine using machine learning for IoT-enabled smart grid	113
Study on importance, procedure, and scope of outdoor thermal comfort –A review	113
Digitalization and carbon emissions: How does digital city construction affect china's carbon emission reduction?	113
Prediction of seasonal urban thermal field variance index using machine learning algorithms in Cumilla, Bangladesh	110
Public participation and city sustainability: Evidence from Urban Garbage Classification in China	108
Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities	107
Using the internet of things in smart energy systems and networks	106

Are high-density districts more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic?	106
A deep learning approach for prediction of air quality index in a metropolitan city	105
Coupling coordination degree for urbanization city-industry integration level: Sichuan case	104
The role of built and social environmental factors in Covid-19 transmission: A look at America’s capital city	104
Exploring spatiotemporal effects of the driving factors on COVID-19 incidences in the contiguous United States	103
A home energy management system with an integrated smart thermostat for demand response in smart grids	103
Self-scheduling model for home energy management systems considering the end-users discomfort index within price-based demand response programs	101
Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs	101
Energy demands of buildings in the framework of climate change: An investigation across Europe	101
Globalization, electricity consumption and ecological footprint: An autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) approach	100
A survey on hyperparameters optimization algorithms of forecasting models in smart grid	100
Impact of urban heat island mitigation measures on microclimate and pedestrian comfort in a dense urban district of Lebanon	99
Exploring the causal relationship between urbanization and air pollution: Evidence from China	99
Applications of ML/DL in the management of smart cities and societies based on new trends in information technologies: A systematic literature review	98
RETRACTED: Robust optimization of renewable-based multi-energy micro-grid integrated with flexible energy conversion and storage devices	98
Presence and mobility of the population during the first wave of Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in Italy	98
Built environment and early infection of COVID-19 in urban districts: A case study of Huangzhou	98
Different charging infrastructures along with smart charging strategies for electric vehicles	97
Towards circular cities—Conceptualizing core aspects	97
Smart energy systems: A critical review on design and operation optimization	95
Congestion prediction for smart sustainable cities using IoT and machine learning approaches	94
COVID-19 recovery for the Nigerian construction sites: The role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies	94
Assessing the contribution of urban green spaces in green infrastructure strategy planning for urban ecosystem conditions and services	94
Night-time light data based decoupling relationship analysis between economic growth and carbon emission in 289 Chinese cities	92
E-scooters and sustainability: Investigating the relationship between the density of E-scooter trips and characteristics of sustainable urban development	92
Shared mobility in post-COVID era: New challenges and opportunities	92
Exploring the spatial heterogeneity of urban heat island effect and its relationship to block morphology with the geographically weighted regression model	92
IoTBoT-IDS: A novel statistical learning-enabled botnet detection framework for protecting networks of smart cities	92
Socioeconomic drivers of urban heat island effect: Empirical evidence from major Chinese cities	92
Zero emission neighbourhoods and positive energy districts – A state-of-the-art review	91
Modeling air quality prediction using a deep learning approach: Method optimization and evaluation	91
Urban resilience: A vague or an evolutionary concept?	91
Predicting future urban waterlogging-prone areas by coupling the maximum entropy and FLUS model	90
Mitigating COVID-19 infection disease transmission in indoor environment using physical barriers	89
Predictions of electricity consumption in a campus building using occupant rates and weather elements with sensitivity analysis: Artificial neural network vs. linear regression	88
Energy poverty indicators: A systematic literature review and comprehensive analysis of integrity	88
Effective ventilation and air disinfection system for reducing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection risk in office buildings	88
Urban Heat Island Studies with emphasis on urban pavements: A review	88
Urban Transportation Networks Resilience: Indicators, Disturbances, and Assessment Methods	87
Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: A case study	87
Thermal performance of the building envelope integrated with phase change material for thermal energy storage: an updated review.	87
Variations in outdoor thermal comfort in an urban park in the hot-summer and cold-winter region of China	87
Identifying urban vitality in metropolitan areas of developing countries from a comparative perspective: Ho Chi Minh City versus Shanghai	86
Inundation risk assessment based on G-DEMATEL-AHP and its application to Zhengzhou flooding disaster	85
Nonlinear and synergistic effects of TOD on urban vibrancy: Applying local explanations for gradient boosting decision tree	85
Spatial structure of urban agglomeration under the impact of high-speed railway construction: Based on the social network analysis	85
Are smart cities more ecologically efficient? Evidence from China	85
Development of integrated sustainability performance indicators for better management of smart cities	84
Assessing and controlling infection risk with Wells-Riley model and spatial flow impact factor (SFIF)	84
Smart campus—A sketch	84
A location model for electric vehicle (EV) public charging stations based on drivers’ existing activities	83
What determines urban resilience against COVID-19: City size or governance capacity?	83
Living environment matters: Unravelling the spatial clustering of COVID-19 hotspots in Kolkata megacity, India	83
Research on the spatiotemporal evolution of land use landscape pattern in a county area based on CA-Markov model	82
Sustainability of compact cities: A review of Inter-Building Effect on building energy and solar energy use	82
Waste collection route optimisation model for linking cost saving and emission reduction to achieve sustainable development goals	82
Evaluating urban ecosystem resilience using the DPSIR framework and the ENA model: A case study of 35 cities in China	82
An intelligent ABC-based terminal sliding mode controller for load-frequency control of islanded micro-grids	82
Investigation of airborne particle exposure in an office with mixing and displacement ventilation	81
The Impact of Multiple Dimensions of Urbanization on CO2 Emissions: A Spatial and Threshold Analysis of Panel Data on China's Prefecture-Level Cities	81
A Risk-Averse Hybrid Approach for Optimal Participation of Power-to-Hydrogen Technology-Based Multi-Energy Microgrid in Multi-Energy Markets	80
The evaluation and obstacle analysis of urban resilience from the multidimensional perspective in Chinese cities	80
What determines city’s resilience against epidemic outbreak: evidence from China’s COVID-19 experience	80
I-AREOR: An energy-balanced clustering protocol for implementing green IoT in smart cities	79
Integration of an energy management tool and digital twin for coordination and control of multi-vector smart energy systems	79
Air quality during three covid-19 lockdown phases: AQI, PM2.5 and NO2 assessment in cities with more than 1 million inhabitants	79
Development of an IoT and BIM-based automated alert system for thermal comfort monitoring in buildings	78
A review of urban resilience literature	78
Increasing green infrastructure-based ecological resilience in urban systems: A perspective from locating ecological and disturbance sources in a resource-based city	78
An integrated approach towards spatial identification of restored and conserved priority areas of ecological network for implementation planning in metropolitan region	77
Comparison of cooling effect between green space and water body	77
Sustainable cities and communities assessment using the DARIA-TOPSIS method	77
Assessing spatiotemporal characteristics of urban heat islands from the perspective of an urban expansion and green infrastructure	76
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	76
Influencing factors and their influencing mechanisms on urban resilience in China	76
Explainable heat-related mortality with random forest and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) models	75
CFD modeling of airborne pathogen transmission of COVID-19 in confined spaces under different ventilation strategies	75
Experimental study on the control effect of different ventilation systems on fine particles in a simulated hospital ward	75
Dockless bike-sharing as a feeder mode of metro commute? The role of the feeder-related built environment: Analytical framework and empirical evidence	75
Urban Heat Island intensity and buildings’ energy needs in Duran, Ecuador: Simulation studies and proposal of mitigation strategies	75

Machine learning for geographically differentiated climate change mitigation in urban areas	75
Economic-environmental analysis of combined heat and power-based reconfigurable microgrid integrated with multiple energy storage and demand response program	74
Cyber-physical-social interdependencies and organizational resilience: A review of water, transportation, and cyber infrastructure systems and processes	74
Multi-objective optimization design of green building envelopes and air conditioning systems for energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction	74
Effect of zoning plans on urban land-use change: A multi-scenario simulation for supporting sustainable urban growth	73
Multi-objective optimization and the effect of the economic factors on the design of the microgrid hybrid system	73
Multi-objective IGDT-based scheduling of low-carbon multi-energy microgrids integrated with hydrogen refueling stations and electric vehicle parking lots	73
Exploring the coupling relationship between urbanization and energy eco-efficiency: A case study of 281 prefecture-level cities in China	73
Towards a smart water city: A comprehensive review of applications, data requirements, and communication technologies for integrated management	73
Smart City Dimensions and Associated Risks: Review of literature	73
The effect of urban air pollutants in Germany: eco-efficiency analysis through fractional regression models applied after DEA and SFA efficiency predictions	72
The maintenance of prefabricated green roofs for preserving cooling performance: A field measurement in the subtropical city of Hangzhou, China	72
Techno-economic optimisation of stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems for concurrently meeting electric and heating demand	72
A sustainable IoHT based computationally intelligent healthcare monitoring system for lung cancer risk detection	72
Assessment of climate change mitigation policies in 315 cities in the Covenant of Mayors initiative	72
Relationship between eye-level greenness and cycling frequency around metro stations in Shenzhen, China: A big data approach	72
Sustainable last mile delivery on e-commerce market in cities from the perspective of various stakeholders. Literature review	71
A hover view over effectual approaches on pandemic management for sustainable cities – The endowment of prospective technologies with revitalization strategies	71
Smart healthcare and quality of service in IoT using grey filter convolutional based cyber physical system	71
Comparative study of machine learning-based multi-objective prediction framework for multiple building energy loads	71
Surface and satellite observations of air pollution in India during COVID-19 lockdown: Implication to air quality	71
Sustainable energy planning for cost minimization of autonomous hybrid microgrid using combined multi-objective optimization algorithm	71
Assessment of sustainable urban development based on a hybrid decision-making approach: Group fuzzy BWM, AHP, and TOPSIS–GIS	71
Trustworthy and sustainable smart city services at the edge	71
A Lag-FLSTM deep learning network based on Bayesian Optimization for multi-sequential-variant PM2.5 prediction	71
Challenges and opportunities for integrating BIM and LCA: Methodological choices and framework development	70
Stochastic scheduling of a renewable-based microgrid in the presence of electric vehicles using modified harmony search algorithm with control policies	70
Forecasting land-use changes in Mashhad Metropolitan area using Cellular Automata and Markov chain model for 2016-2030	70
Demand side management through load shifting in IoT based HEMS: Overview, challenges and opportunities	70
Building information modelling, lean and sustainability: An integration framework to promote performance improvements in the construction industry	70
Prediction and evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions for sustainable road transport within Europe	69
Multiscale analysis of the correlation patterns between the urban population and construction land in China	69
Comparative assessment of social sustainability performance: Integrated data-driven weighting system and CoCoSo model	69
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention and treatment methods and effective parameters: A systematic literature review	68
How do urban haze pollution and economic development affect each other? Empirical evidence from 287 Chinese cities during 2000–2016	68
A novel and secure attacks detection framework for smart cities industrial internet of things	68
Towards people-centric smart city development: Investigating the citizens’ preferences and perceptions about smart-city services in Taiwan	67
Effective task scheduling algorithm with deep learning for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) in sustainable smart cities	67
Integration of IoT based routing process for food supply chain management in sustainable smart cities	67
The effect of urban shading and canyon geometry on outdoor thermal comfort in hot climates: A case study of Ahvaz, Iran	66
Strategies and scenarios to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission in the urban, rural and sustainable neighbourhoods	66
Building back better: The COVID-19 pandemic and transport policy implications for a developing megacity	66
Morphological and functional polycentric structure assessment of megacity: An integrated approach with spatial distribution and interaction	66
Global and local associations between urban greenery and travel propensity of older adults in Hong Kong	66
Association of built environment attributes with the spread of COVID-19 at its initial stage in China	66
BioAider: An efficient tool for viral genome analysis and its application in tracing SARS-CoV-2 transmission	65
Spatiotemporal assessment of extreme heat risk for high-density cities: A case study of Hong Kong from 2006 to 2016	65
Smart city projects against COVID-19: Quantitative evidence from China	65
A data-driven interval forecasting model for building energy prediction using attention-based LSTM and fuzzy information granulation	64
Spatiotemporal patterns and influencing factors of green development efficiency in China's urban agglomerations	64
Numerical investigation for concentrated photovoltaic solar system in existence of paraffin equipped with MWCNT nanoparticles	64
Electric-vehicle energy management and charging scheduling system in sustainable cities and society	64
Analysing the day/night seasonal and annual changes and trends in land surface temperature and surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) for Indian cities	64
Surveys on the reliability impacts of power system cyber–physical layers	64
A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation	64
Evaluation of coupling coordination degree and convergence behaviour of local development: A spatiotemporal analysis of all Polish municipalities over the period 2003–2019	64
Next-generation energy systems for sustainable smart cities: Roles of transfer learning	63
Evaluation of city sustainability using multi-criteria decision-making considering interaction among criteria in Liaoning province China	63
High public appreciation for the cultural ecosystem services of urban and peri‑urban forests during the COVID-19 pandemic	63
Understanding policy and technology responses in mitigating urban heat islands: A literature review and directions for future research	63
Relationship between urban spatial form and seasonal land surface temperature under different grid scales	63
Can digital finance help increase the value of strategic emerging enterprises?	62
Fuzzy Power Heronian function based CoCoSo method for the advantage prioritization of autonomous vehicles in real-time traffic management	62
To be green or not to be: How environmental regulations shape contractor greenwashing behaviors in construction projects	62
Algorithmic urban planning for smart and sustainable development: Systematic review of the literature	62
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	62
Quantitative Evaluation of Urban Expansion using NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light and Landsat Spectral Data	62
Driving force analysis of carbon emissions in China’s building industry: 2000–2015	62
A bi-level market-clearing for coordinated regional-local multi-carrier systems in presence of energy storage technologies	62
Energy management of community energy storage in grid-connected microgrid under uncertain real-time prices	62
Bias in smart city governance: How socio-spatial disparities in 311 complaint behavior impact the fairness of data-driven decisions	61
Does regional integration improve economic resilience? Evidence from urban agglomerations in China	61
Social distance monitoring framework using deep learning architecture to control infection transmission of COVID-19 pandemic	61
A smartphone sensors-based personalized human activity recognition system for sustainable smart cities	61
Understanding future urban growth, urban resilience and sustainable development of small cities using prediction-adaptation-resilience (PAR) approach	61
Disentangling the complex impacts of urban digital transformation and environmental pollution: Evidence from smart city pilots in China	61
Urban experiments with public transport for low carbon mobility transitions in cities: A systematic literature review (1990–2020)	61
Extracting the Planning Elements for Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Dubai with AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process)	60
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	60
Multidirectional Relationship between Energy Resources, Climate Changes and Sustainable Development: Technoeconomic Analysis	60
Smart and sustainable logistics of Port cities: A framework for comprehending enabling factors, domains and goals	60
Examining the spatial and temporal relationship between social vulnerability and stay-at-home behaviors in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic	60
Analyses of land surface temperature (LST) variability among local climate zones (LCZs) comparing Landsat-8 and ENVI-met model data	60
Economics of green roofs and green walls: A literature review	59
A Critical Review of Façade Retrofit Measures for Minimizing Heating and Cooling Demand in Existing Buildings	59
Multi-objective urban land use optimization using spatial data: A systematic review	59
Decentralized accessibility of e-commerce products through blockchain technology	59
Sustainable deployment of an electric vehicle public charging infrastructure network from a city business model perspective	59
Urban mobility scenarios until the 2030s	59
Digital contact tracing, community uptake, and proximity awareness technology to fight COVID-19: a systematic review	59
Does “low-carbon city” accelerate urban innovation? Evidence from China	59
The impacts of the built environment on the incidence rate of COVID-19: A case study of King County, Washington	59
An observation of the impact of CoViD-19 recommendation measures monitored through urban noise levels in central Stockholm, Sweden	59
Artificial intelligence and internet of things in screening and management of autism spectrum disorder	58
Adapting Urban Transport Planning to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Fermatean Fuzzy Model	58