Sustainable Cities and Society

Article	Citations
Revisiting the role of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on Turkey’s ecological footprint: Evidence from Quantile ARDL approach	572
The efficacy of social distance and ventilation effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 transmission	439
Antivirus-built environment: Lessons learned from Covid-19 pandemic	393
Does urbanization redefine the environmental Kuznets curve? An empirical analysis of 134 Countries	347
Does financial inclusion, renewable and non-renewable energy utilization accelerate ecological footprints and economic growth? Fresh evidence from 15 highest emitting countries	305
Convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence in IoT network for the sustainable smart city	299
Modelling the dynamic linkages between eco-innovation, urbanization, economic growth and ecological footprints for G7 countries: Does financial globalization matter?	298
Fighting against COVID-19: A novel deep learning model based on YOLO-v2 with ResNet-50 for medical face mask detection	293
Deep learning and medical image processing for coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: A survey	287
Enabling technologies and sustainable smart cities	285
SSDMNV2: A real time DNN-based face mask detection system using single shot multibox detector and MobileNetV2	266
COVID-19 cases prediction by using hybrid machine learning and beetle antennae search approach	232
The impact of energy efficiency on carbon emissions: Evidence from the transportation sector in Chinese 30 provinces	231
Blockchain for smart cities: A review of architectures, integration trends and future research directions	212
Examining the association between socio-demographic composition and COVID-19 fatalities in the European region using spatial regression approach	209
The impact of environmental regulations on urban Green innovation efficiency: The case of Xi'an	203
Urbanization, land use change, and carbon emissions: Quantitative assessments for city-level carbon emissions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region	201
Inundation risk assessment of metro system using AHP and TFN-AHP in Shenzhen	200
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior in Istanbul: A panel data analysis	197
A new distributed architecture for evaluating AI-based security systems at the edge: Network TON_IoT datasets	192
Temporary reduction in fine particulate matter due to ‘anthropogenic emissions switch-off’ during COVID-19 lockdown in Indian cities	189
Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges	189
The policy outcomes of low-carbon city construction on urban green development: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment conducted in China	180
Exploring the impact of urbanization on urban building carbon emissions in China: Evidence from a provincial panel data model	179
A deep learning-based social distance monitoring framework for COVID-19	176

Smart buildings features and key performance indicators: A review	175
Understanding land surface temperature impact factors based on local climate zones	163
Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review	162
COVID-19, internet, and mobility: The rise of telework, telehealth, e-learning, and e-shopping	160
Prediction of energy consumption in hotel buildings via support vector machines	154
Data mining and machine learning methods for sustainable smart cities traffic classification: A survey	154
Coupling coordination evaluation and sustainable development pattern of geo-ecological environment and urbanization in Chongqing municipality, China	148
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools: A state-of-the-art review of bottom-up physics-based approaches	146
Influence of urban morphological characteristics on thermal environment	144
A geographically weighted regression model augmented by Geodetector analysis and principal component analysis for the spatial distribution of PM2.5	143
Relationships among local-scale urban morphology, urban ventilation, urban heat island and outdoor thermal comfort under sea breeze influence	139
Sociodemographic determinants of COVID-19 incidence rates in Oman: Geospatial modelling using multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR)	139
Prediction and optimization of energy consumption in an office building using artificial neural network and a genetic algorithm	139
Can smart city construction facilitate green total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s pilot smart city	137
Multi-scenario simulation and ecological risk analysis of land use based on the PLUS model: A case study of Nanjing	136
A deep learning-based IoT-oriented infrastructure for secure smart City	135
Cyber security in smart cities: A review of deep learning-based applications and case studies	134
Low-carbon development quality of cities in China: Evaluation and obstacle analysis	131
Energy management in microgrids including smart homes: A multi-objective approach	130
Multi-objective optimization of grid-connected PV-wind hybrid system considering reliability, cost, and environmental aspects	128
An integrated fire detection system using IoT and image processing technique for smart cities	127
Optimum unit sizing of hybrid renewable energy system utilizing harmony search, Jaya and particle swarm optimization algorithms	127
Energy management using non-intrusive load monitoring techniques – State-of-the-art and future research directions	124
Monitoring the effect of urban development on urban heat island based on remote sensing and geo-spatial approach in Kolkata and adjacent areas, India	122
Fog computing for sustainable smart cities in the IoT era: Caching techniques and enabling technologies - an overview	119
Optimisation of solar/wind/bio-generator/diesel/battery based microgrids for rural areas: A PSO-GWO approach	118
Human mobility behavior in COVID-19: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	117
Understanding the impact of environmental regulations on green technology innovation efficiency in the construction industry	116
Surface urban heat island intensity in five major cities of Bangladesh: Patterns, drivers and trends	115
Implementation of solar energy in smart cities using an integration of artificial neural network, photovoltaic system and classical Delphi methods	115
An overview of machine learning applications for smart buildings	115
Adaptive-predictive control strategy for HVAC systems in smart buildings – A review	115
Scalable machine learning-based intrusion detection system for IoT-enabled smart cities	115
Urban ecological security assessment and forecasting using integrated DEMATEL-ANP and CA-Markov models: A case study on Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India	115
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	114
Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas	113
Automated cognitive health assessment in smart homes using machine learning	113
Data-driven dynamic clustering framework for mitigating the adverse economic impact of Covid-19 lockdown practices	112
Impact of urban morphology and landscape characteristics on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land surface temperature	112
Spatial spillover effect of green innovation on economic development quality in China: Evidence from a panel data of 270 prefecture-level and above cities	111
Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland	110
Landfill location selection for healthcare waste of urban areas using hybrid BWM-grey MARCOS model based on GIS	110
Secure and resilient demand side management engine using machine learning for IoT-enabled smart grid	109
Spatial structure and carbon emission of urban agglomerations: Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving forces	108
Towards the sustainable development of smart cities through mass video surveillance: A response to the COVID-19 pandemic	107
Evaluating the performances of several artificial intelligence methods in forecasting daily streamflow time series for sustainable water resources management	106
Assessment of coordinated development between social economy and ecological environment: Case study of resource-based cities in Northeastern China	106
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	104
The influence of urban form on surface urban heat island and its planning implications: Evidence from 1288 urban clusters in China	103
Prediction of seasonal urban thermal field variance index using machine learning algorithms in Cumilla, Bangladesh	103

Study on importance, procedure, and scope of outdoor thermal comfort –A review	101
Are high-density districts more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic?	101
The role of built and social environmental factors in Covid-19 transmission: A look at America’s capital city	101
Public participation and city sustainability: Evidence from Urban Garbage Classification in China	100
Federated learning enabled digital twins for smart cities: Concepts, recent advances, and future directions	99
Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities	99
Exploring spatiotemporal effects of the driving factors on COVID-19 incidences in the contiguous United States	99
Coupling coordination degree for urbanization city-industry integration level: Sichuan case	98
Digitalization and carbon emissions: How does digital city construction affect china's carbon emission reduction?	98
A deep learning approach for prediction of air quality index in a metropolitan city	97
Self-scheduling model for home energy management systems considering the end-users discomfort index within price-based demand response programs	97
A home energy management system with an integrated smart thermostat for demand response in smart grids	97
Presence and mobility of the population during the first wave of Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in Italy	96
Impact of urban heat island mitigation measures on microclimate and pedestrian comfort in a dense urban district of Lebanon	96
Energy demands of buildings in the framework of climate change: An investigation across Europe	96
RETRACTED: Robust optimization of renewable-based multi-energy micro-grid integrated with flexible energy conversion and storage devices	95
Using the internet of things in smart energy systems and networks	94
Globalization, electricity consumption and ecological footprint: An autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) approach	94
Exploring the causal relationship between urbanization and air pollution: Evidence from China	93
Smartening sustainable development in cities: Strengthening the theoretical linkage between smart cities and SDGs	93
Different charging infrastructures along with smart charging strategies for electric vehicles	93
A survey on hyperparameters optimization algorithms of forecasting models in smart grid	92
COVID-19 recovery for the Nigerian construction sites: The role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies	92
Built environment and early infection of COVID-19 in urban districts: A case study of Huangzhou	92
Providing secure and reliable communication for next generation networks in smart cities	92
Congestion prediction for smart sustainable cities using IoT and machine learning approaches	91
Smart energy systems: A critical review on design and operation optimization	90
Towards circular cities—Conceptualizing core aspects	90
Assessing the contribution of urban green spaces in green infrastructure strategy planning for urban ecosystem conditions and services	88
Shared mobility in post-COVID era: New challenges and opportunities	87
Applications of ML/DL in the management of smart cities and societies based on new trends in information technologies: A systematic literature review	87
Night-time light data based decoupling relationship analysis between economic growth and carbon emission in 289 Chinese cities	87
Modeling air quality prediction using a deep learning approach: Method optimization and evaluation	86
E-scooters and sustainability: Investigating the relationship between the density of E-scooter trips and characteristics of sustainable urban development	86
IoTBoT-IDS: A novel statistical learning-enabled botnet detection framework for protecting networks of smart cities	86
Mitigating COVID-19 infection disease transmission in indoor environment using physical barriers	85
Thermal performance of the building envelope integrated with phase change material for thermal energy storage: an updated review.	85
Predicting future urban waterlogging-prone areas by coupling the maximum entropy and FLUS model	84
Smart campus—A sketch	84
Socioeconomic drivers of urban heat island effect: Empirical evidence from major Chinese cities	84
Variations in outdoor thermal comfort in an urban park in the hot-summer and cold-winter region of China	83
Predictions of electricity consumption in a campus building using occupant rates and weather elements with sensitivity analysis: Artificial neural network vs. linear regression	83
Living environment matters: Unravelling the spatial clustering of COVID-19 hotspots in Kolkata megacity, India	82
Zero emission neighbourhoods and positive energy districts – A state-of-the-art review	82
Urban resilience: A vague or an evolutionary concept?	82
Development of integrated sustainability performance indicators for better management of smart cities	82
Identifying urban vitality in metropolitan areas of developing countries from a comparative perspective: Ho Chi Minh City versus Shanghai	82
Effective ventilation and air disinfection system for reducing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection risk in office buildings	82
Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: A case study	81
Nonlinear and synergistic effects of TOD on urban vibrancy: Applying local explanations for gradient boosting decision tree	80
Assessing and controlling infection risk with Wells-Riley model and spatial flow impact factor (SFIF)	80
An intelligent ABC-based terminal sliding mode controller for load-frequency control of islanded micro-grids	80
Urban Transportation Networks Resilience: Indicators, Disturbances, and Assessment Methods	80
A location model for electric vehicle (EV) public charging stations based on drivers’ existing activities	79
Spatial structure of urban agglomeration under the impact of high-speed railway construction: Based on the social network analysis	79
Planning utility infrastructure requirements for smart cities using the integration between BIM and GIS	79
A Risk-Averse Hybrid Approach for Optimal Participation of Power-to-Hydrogen Technology-Based Multi-Energy Microgrid in Multi-Energy Markets	79
Energy poverty indicators: A systematic literature review and comprehensive analysis of integrity	79
Are smart cities more ecologically efficient? Evidence from China	79
The Impact of Multiple Dimensions of Urbanization on CO2 Emissions: A Spatial and Threshold Analysis of Panel Data on China's Prefecture-Level Cities	78
Evaluating urban ecosystem resilience using the DPSIR framework and the ENA model: A case study of 35 cities in China	78
Sustainability of compact cities: A review of Inter-Building Effect on building energy and solar energy use	77
Urban Heat Island Studies with emphasis on urban pavements: A review	77
Inundation risk assessment based on G-DEMATEL-AHP and its application to Zhengzhou flooding disaster	77
Exploring the spatial heterogeneity of urban heat island effect and its relationship to block morphology with the geographically weighted regression model	76
Waste collection route optimisation model for linking cost saving and emission reduction to achieve sustainable development goals	76
Observing community resilience from space: Using nighttime lights to model economic disturbance and recovery pattern in natural disaster	76
What determines urban resilience against COVID-19: City size or governance capacity?	76
I-AREOR: An energy-balanced clustering protocol for implementing green IoT in smart cities	76
Air quality during three covid-19 lockdown phases: AQI, PM2.5 and NO2 assessment in cities with more than 1 million inhabitants	76
Economic-environmental analysis of combined heat and power-based reconfigurable microgrid integrated with multiple energy storage and demand response program	74
A systematic methodology for mid-and-long term electric vehicle charging load forecasting: The case study of Shenzhen, China	74
What determines city’s resilience against epidemic outbreak: evidence from China’s COVID-19 experience	74
Integration of an energy management tool and digital twin for coordination and control of multi-vector smart energy systems	73
Urban Heat Island intensity and buildings’ energy needs in Duran, Ecuador: Simulation studies and proposal of mitigation strategies	73
Increasing green infrastructure-based ecological resilience in urban systems: A perspective from locating ecological and disturbance sources in a resource-based city	73
Multi-objective optimization design of green building envelopes and air conditioning systems for energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction	72
The maintenance of prefabricated green roofs for preserving cooling performance: A field measurement in the subtropical city of Hangzhou, China	72
Dockless bike-sharing as a feeder mode of metro commute? The role of the feeder-related built environment: Analytical framework and empirical evidence	72
Research on the spatiotemporal evolution of land use landscape pattern in a county area based on CA-Markov model	72

A review of urban resilience literature	72
Investigation of airborne particle exposure in an office with mixing and displacement ventilation	72
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	72
Comparison of cooling effect between green space and water body	72
Sustainable cities and communities assessment using the DARIA-TOPSIS method	71
Development of an IoT and BIM-based automated alert system for thermal comfort monitoring in buildings	71
Impact of small-scale tree planting patterns on outdoor cooling and thermal comfort	71
Experimental study on the control effect of different ventilation systems on fine particles in a simulated hospital ward	71
Effect of zoning plans on urban land-use change: A multi-scenario simulation for supporting sustainable urban growth	70
A sustainable IoHT based computationally intelligent healthcare monitoring system for lung cancer risk detection	70
Assessment of climate change mitigation policies in 315 cities in the Covenant of Mayors initiative	69
Techno-economic optimisation of stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems for concurrently meeting electric and heating demand	69
Building information modelling, lean and sustainability: An integration framework to promote performance improvements in the construction industry	69
A hover view over effectual approaches on pandemic management for sustainable cities – The endowment of prospective technologies with revitalization strategies	69
Smart healthcare and quality of service in IoT using grey filter convolutional based cyber physical system	69
The effect of urban air pollutants in Germany: eco-efficiency analysis through fractional regression models applied after DEA and SFA efficiency predictions	69
Multi-objective optimization and the effect of the economic factors on the design of the microgrid hybrid system	69
A Lag-FLSTM deep learning network based on Bayesian Optimization for multi-sequential-variant PM2.5 prediction	69
Multiscale analysis of the correlation patterns between the urban population and construction land in China	69
Exploring the coupling relationship between urbanization and energy eco-efficiency: A case study of 281 prefecture-level cities in China	69
Influencing factors and their influencing mechanisms on urban resilience in China	68
Machine learning for geographically differentiated climate change mitigation in urban areas	68
Surface and satellite observations of air pollution in India during COVID-19 lockdown: Implication to air quality	68
Sustainable energy planning for cost minimization of autonomous hybrid microgrid using combined multi-objective optimization algorithm	68
An integrated approach towards spatial identification of restored and conserved priority areas of ecological network for implementation planning in metropolitan region	68
Towards a smart water city: A comprehensive review of applications, data requirements, and communication technologies for integrated management	68
Trustworthy and sustainable smart city services at the edge	68
CFD modeling of airborne pathogen transmission of COVID-19 in confined spaces under different ventilation strategies	68
Multi-objective IGDT-based scheduling of low-carbon multi-energy microgrids integrated with hydrogen refueling stations and electric vehicle parking lots	68
The evaluation and obstacle analysis of urban resilience from the multidimensional perspective in Chinese cities	68
Assessment of sustainable urban development based on a hybrid decision-making approach: Group fuzzy BWM, AHP, and TOPSIS–GIS	67
How do urban haze pollution and economic development affect each other? Empirical evidence from 287 Chinese cities during 2000–2016	67
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention and treatment methods and effective parameters: A systematic literature review	67
Stochastic scheduling of a renewable-based microgrid in the presence of electric vehicles using modified harmony search algorithm with control policies	67
Sustainable last mile delivery on e-commerce market in cities from the perspective of various stakeholders. Literature review	67
Cyber-physical-social interdependencies and organizational resilience: A review of water, transportation, and cyber infrastructure systems and processes	67
Smart City Dimensions and Associated Risks: Review of literature	67
A novel and secure attacks detection framework for smart cities industrial internet of things	66
Improvement of thermal inertia effect in buildings using shape stabilized PCM wallboard based on the enthalpy-temperature function	66
Comparative study of machine learning-based multi-objective prediction framework for multiple building energy loads	66
Demand side management through load shifting in IoT based HEMS: Overview, challenges and opportunities	66
Challenges and opportunities for integrating BIM and LCA: Methodological choices and framework development	65
Assessing spatiotemporal characteristics of urban heat islands from the perspective of an urban expansion and green infrastructure	65
Relationship between eye-level greenness and cycling frequency around metro stations in Shenzhen, China: A big data approach	65
Effective task scheduling algorithm with deep learning for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) in sustainable smart cities	65
Morphological and functional polycentric structure assessment of megacity: An integrated approach with spatial distribution and interaction	65
Comparative assessment of social sustainability performance: Integrated data-driven weighting system and CoCoSo model	64
Strategies and scenarios to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission in the urban, rural and sustainable neighbourhoods	64
Building back better: The COVID-19 pandemic and transport policy implications for a developing megacity	64
Forecasting land-use changes in Mashhad Metropolitan area using Cellular Automata and Markov chain model for 2016-2030	64
BioAider: An efficient tool for viral genome analysis and its application in tracing SARS-CoV-2 transmission	63
Global and local associations between urban greenery and travel propensity of older adults in Hong Kong	63
Evaluation of coupling coordination degree and convergence behaviour of local development: A spatiotemporal analysis of all Polish municipalities over the period 2003–2019	63
Smart city projects against COVID-19: Quantitative evidence from China	63
Association of built environment attributes with the spread of COVID-19 at its initial stage in China	63
Driving force analysis of carbon emissions in China’s building industry: 2000–2015	62
Surveys on the reliability impacts of power system cyber–physical layers	62
Towards people-centric smart city development: Investigating the citizens’ preferences and perceptions about smart-city services in Taiwan	62
Explainable heat-related mortality with random forest and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) models	62
Prediction and evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions for sustainable road transport within Europe	62
Integration of IoT based routing process for food supply chain management in sustainable smart cities	61
Spatiotemporal assessment of extreme heat risk for high-density cities: A case study of Hong Kong from 2006 to 2016	61
A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation	61
A bi-level market-clearing for coordinated regional-local multi-carrier systems in presence of energy storage technologies	61
High public appreciation for the cultural ecosystem services of urban and peri‑urban forests during the COVID-19 pandemic	61
The effect of urban shading and canyon geometry on outdoor thermal comfort in hot climates: A case study of Ahvaz, Iran	61
Evaluation of city sustainability using multi-criteria decision-making considering interaction among criteria in Liaoning province China	60
Electric-vehicle energy management and charging scheduling system in sustainable cities and society	60
Energy management of community energy storage in grid-connected microgrid under uncertain real-time prices	60
Fuzzy Power Heronian function based CoCoSo method for the advantage prioritization of autonomous vehicles in real-time traffic management	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
A data-driven interval forecasting model for building energy prediction using attention-based LSTM and fuzzy information granulation	59
Decentralized accessibility of e-commerce products through blockchain technology	59
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	59
An observation of the impact of CoViD-19 recommendation measures monitored through urban noise levels in central Stockholm, Sweden	59
Multidirectional Relationship between Energy Resources, Climate Changes and Sustainable Development: Technoeconomic Analysis	59
Understanding policy and technology responses in mitigating urban heat islands: A literature review and directions for future research	59
Understanding future urban growth, urban resilience and sustainable development of small cities using prediction-adaptation-resilience (PAR) approach	59
Social distance monitoring framework using deep learning architecture to control infection transmission of COVID-19 pandemic	59
Beyond nearly zero energy urban design: A holistic microclimatic energy and environmental quality evaluation workflow	58
To be green or not to be: How environmental regulations shape contractor greenwashing behaviors in construction projects	58
Analysing the day/night seasonal and annual changes and trends in land surface temperature and surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) for Indian cities	58
Analyses of land surface temperature (LST) variability among local climate zones (LCZs) comparing Landsat-8 and ENVI-met model data	58
Urban experiments with public transport for low carbon mobility transitions in cities: A systematic literature review (1990–2020)	58
Bias in smart city governance: How socio-spatial disparities in 311 complaint behavior impact the fairness of data-driven decisions	58
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
Quantitative Evaluation of Urban Expansion using NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light and Landsat Spectral Data	58
A smartphone sensors-based personalized human activity recognition system for sustainable smart cities	57
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	57
Analyzing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis: The role of disaggregated transport infrastructure investments	56
Integration of life cycle cost analysis and energy simulation for building energy-efficient strategies assessment	56
Impact of urban and industrial features on land surface temperature: Evidences from satellite thermal indices	56
Adapting Urban Transport Planning to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Fermatean Fuzzy Model	56
Nonlinear impact of COVID-19 on pollutions – Evidence from Wuhan, New York, Milan, Madrid, Bandra, London, Tokyo and Mexico City	56
Air quality monitoring using mobile low-cost sensors mounted on trash-trucks: Methods development and lessons learned	56