Sustainable Cities and Society

Papers
(The TQCC of Sustainable Cities and Society is 27. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Spatially explicit assessment of the heat-related health risk in the Yangtze River Delta, China, using multisource remote sensing and socioeconomic data394
A novel building flexibility potential assessment method based on hybrid CNN-GRU-CALDA framework considering consumer psychology369
Event-independent resilience assessment of the access to care network at the pre-disaster stage using a spatio-temporal analysis367
AirQFormer: Improving regional air quality forecast with a hybrid deep learning model321
Exploration of non-linear influence mechanisms of traditional courtyard forms on thermal comfort in winter and summer: A case study of Beijing, China250
Thermal environment control units for multi-objective urban optimization in territorial spatial planning232
A method to estimate indoor instantaneous PM2.5 thresholds for air cleaner in Chinese residences208
Technological progress accelerates CO2 emissions peaking in a megacity: Evidence from Shanghai, China202
Optimizing pedestrian thermal comfort in urban street canyons for summer and winter: Tree planting or low-albedo pavements?196
Beyond the last-mile: Environmental and economic assessment of the upcoming drone takeaway delivery system194
Integrating morphology and vitality to quantify seasonal contributions of urban functional zones to thermal environment185
CityEL: A web-based platform to support city-scale building energy efficiency based on AutoBPS184
Multi-objective optimization for optimal placement of shared battery energy storage systems in urban energy communities183
Traffic noise assessment in urban Bulgaria using explainable machine learning182
Multi-criteria approach for the energy and environmental impact evaluation in urban districts in the central Mediterranean area181
Exploring resilient alternatives in community energy systems planning to address parameter and structural hybrid uncertainties170
Subsurface urban heat islands: From prevalence and drivers to implications for geothermal energy and a proposed new framework based on machine learning168
Construction of big data comprehensive pilot zones, new quality productive forces and transformation of watershed resource–based cities: Double machine learning approach167
Review and prediction: Carbon emissions from the materialization of residential buildings in China161
UBEM-SER: Role of sufficiency, efficiency and renewable in the decarbonization of commercial building stock at city scale160
Electricity self-sufficiency of off-grid mobile homes as temporary housing: A feasibility study in Japan157
Traffic prediction and road space optimization for the integration of dockless bike-sharing and subway156
Inter- and intra-LCZ thermal heterogeneity: The dominant role of external environments in shaping local land surface temperature154
The impact of urban spatial forms on marine cooling effects in mainland and island regions: A case study of Xiamen, China153
Paving the path to urban flood resilience by overcoming barriers: A novel grey structure analysis approach152
Parametric analysis of planting strategies and environmental factors for the thermal and aerodynamic effects of indirect green façades151
Human-perceived temperature changes linked to local climate zones under extreme hot and cold weathers: A study in the North China Plain148
Strengthening individual preparedness for extreme cold weather through enhanced messaging, risk perception, and trust147
Unraveling supply-demand relationship of urban agglomeration's ecosystem services for spatial management zoning: Insights from threshold effects146
Uncovering key components of semi-public spaces in multi-unit residences for enhancing social sustainability145
Adapting wind shear coefficients to urban morphology: Unlocking urban wind energy potential143
Big-data-driven approach and scalable analysis on environmental sustainability of shared micromobility from trip to city level analysis142
Future hotter summer greatly increases residential electricity consumption in Beijing: A study based on different house layouts and shared socioeconomic pathways141
Socio-technical challenges towards data-driven and integrated urban water management: A socio-technical network approach141
Attention enhanced hybrid model for spatiotemporal short-term forecasting of particulate matter concentrations140
Detection of data-driven blind cyber-attacks on smart grid: A deep learning approach138
Decision support for improved construction traffic management and planning138
Inverse identification of a pollutant source in an apartment with multiple rooms by joint multi-zone model and CFD136
A review of urban resilience literature133
Smart regulation and efficiency energy system for street lighting with LoRa LPWAN133
Optimal planning of urban greening system in response to urban microenvironments in a high-density city using genetic algorithm: A case study of Tianjin132
Hesitant fuzzy for conflicting criteria in multi-objective deployment of electric vehicle charging stations131
Exploring spatial pattern optimization path of urban building carbon emission based on low-carbon cities analytical framework: A case study of Xi'an, China131
Investigating pedestrian-level greenery in urban forms in a high-density city for urban planning130
Assessing local economic impact of urban energy transition through optimized resource allocation in renewable energy129
The urbanization impacts on potentially toxic metals: the distribution, sources and contamination risks in river situated in typical megacity, China128
Post-flood disaster damaged houses classification based on dual-view image fusion and Concentration-Based Attention Module127
The challenge of urban food production and sustainable water use: Current situation and future perspectives of the urban agriculture in Brazil and Italy126
Decision making in urban development: The application of a hybrid evaluation method for a critical area in the city of Turin (Italy)125
Contrasting determinants of land surface temperature in three megacities: Implications to cool tropical metropolitan regions125
Influence of the built environment on social capital and physical activity in Singapore: A structural equation modelling analysis123
Comprehensively assessing seasonal variations in the impact of urban greenspace morphology on urban heat island effects: A multidimensional analysis123
Spatiotemporal interactions and influencing factors for carbon emission efficiency of cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China122
Assessing and mapping urban ecological resilience using the loss-gain approach: A case study of Tehran, Iran120
Urban building energy modeling from geo-referenced energy performance certificate data: Development, calibration, and validation119
Potential grading refrigeration system? Based on urban agglomeration thermal environment analysis perspective118
Uncertainty method and sensitivity analysis for assessment of energy consumption of underground metro station117
A System Dynamics Model of Urban Rainstorm and Flood Resilience to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals116
Enhancing water management and urban flood resilience using Hazard Capacity Factor Design (HCFD) model: Case study of Eco-Delta city, Busan115
The creation of multi-level urban ecological cooling network to alleviate the urban heat island effect115
Assessing the sustainability of urbanization at the sub-national level: The Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity accounts of the Budapest Metropolitan Region, Hungary114
Are New Towns Prone to Urban Heat Island Effect? Implications for Planning Form and Function114
Regional disparities and evolution trend of city-level carbon emission intensity in China112
Multi-perspective evaluation framework of three-dimensional cooling and energy saving potential of urban parks based on numerical simulation110
Application of Graph Convolutional Neural Networks and multi-sources data on urban functional zones identification, A case study of Changchun, China110
A novel method for quantifying the harmonious balance of human-water relationship110
Analyzing the cooling effect, thermal comfort, and energy consumption of integrated arrangement of high-rise buildings and green spaces on urban heat island110
High spatio-temporal and continuous monitoring of outdoor thermal comfort in urban areas: A generic and modular sensor network and outreach platform109
Towards informed decision-making: A comprehensive statistical study of economic and financing models for sustainable energy transition in urban environments108
Analyzing the impact of various factors on leaf surface temperature based on a new tree-scale canopy energy balance model107
POINT: Partially Observable Imitation Network for Traffic Signal Control107
Assessing the electric demand-side management potential of Helsinki's public service building stock in ancillary markets107
Schools as levers of change in urban transformation: Practical strategies to promote the sustainability of climate action educational programs105
Sizing renewable energy systems with energy storage systems based microgrids for cost minimization using hybrid shuffled frog-leaping and pattern search algorithm105
Modeling NO2 concentrations in real urban areas using computational fluid dynamics: A comparative analysis of methods to assess NO2 concentrations from NOx dispersion results103
Optimizing building spatial morphology to alleviate human thermal stress103
Exploring the social metabolism of urban wastewater reuse: Analysis framework and a case study in South-Central Chile103
Long‒term trends in surface thermal environment and its potential drivers along the urban development gradients in rapidly urbanizing regions of China102
Revolutionizing affordable housing in Africa: A comprehensive technical and sustainability study of 3D-printing technology102
How does urban thermal environmental factors impact diurnal cycle of land surface temperature? A multi-dimensional and multi-granularity perspective100
The study of air distribution quality in the summer section of Iranian dry climate houses equipped with wind tower100
The impact of plug-in behavior on the spatial–temporal flexibility of electric vehicle charging load100
An integrated, multi-scale approach for modelling urban metabolism changes as a means for assessing urban sustainability100
Assessment of European cities from a smartness perspective: An integrated grey MCDM approach99
Transboundary impacts on SDG progress across Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis99
Towards the principles of life cycle sustainability assessment: An integrative review for the construction and building industry99
A systematic literature review of the smart city transformation process: The role and interaction of stakeholders and technology98
Optimal peak-shaving for dynamic demand response in smart Malaysian commercial buildings utilizing an efficient PV-BES system98
The nonlinear relationship between the active travel behavior of older adults and built environments: A comparison between an inner-city area and a suburban area98
A comprehensive and comparative study of an innovative constant-pressure compressed air energy storage (CP-CAES) system98
A multi-criteria design framework for sustainable electric vehicles stations97
A new framework quantifying the effect of morphological features on urban temperatures97
Dynamic simulation for carbon emission reduction effects of the prefabricated building supply chain under environmental policies96
The contrasting trend of global urbanization-induced impacts on day and night land surface temperature from a time-series perspective95
Spatio-temporal patterns of heat index and heat-related Emergency Medical Services (EMS)95
An integrated price- and incentive-based demand response program for smart residential buildings: A robust multi-objective model95
Mitigation of urban heat island in China (2000–2020) through vegetation-induced cooling94
Towards sustainable smart cities: Integration of home energy management system for efficient energy utilization94
Challenges and coping strategies of online learning for college students in the context of COVID-19: A survey of Chinese universities93
Evaluation of resources and environmental carrying capacity and its spatial-temporal dynamic evolution: A case study in Shandong Province, China93
Route optimization of battery electric vehicles using dynamic charging on electrified roads93
Detection of false data injection attacks leading to line congestions using Neural networks93
Global, regional and city scale changes in atmospheric NO₂ with environmental laws and policies93
Machine learning for spatial analyses in urban areas: a scoping review91
District-wise evaluation of meteorological factors and outdoor thermal comfort in India using UTCI – Insight into future climatic scenario91
How does data factor marketization influence urban carbon emission efficiency? A new method based on double machine learning90
A simplified machine learning model to forecast individual thermal comfort in older adults’ residential spaces without relying on wearable devices90
Current overview of impact analysis and risk assessment of urban pluvial flood on road traffic90
Energy efficient behavior modeling for demand side recommender system in solar microgrid applications using multi-agent reinforcement learning model89
The impact of innovation-driven industrial clusters on urban carbon emission efficiency: Empirical evidence from China89
Risk-driven optimal scheduling of renewable-oriented energy hub under demand response program and energy storages: A novel Entropic value-at-risk modeling89
Spatial development indicators as a tool to determine thermal conditions in an urban environment87
Revealing the synergy between carbon reduction and pollution control in the process of new-type urbanization: Evidence from China's five major urban agglomerations87
Techno-economic evaluation and environmental benefit of hybrid evaporative cooling system in hot-humid regions87
Characterizing residential load patterns on multi-time scales utilizing LSTM autoencoder and electricity consumption data87
Locating temporary waste treatment facilities in the cities to handle the explosive growth of HCWs during pandemics: A novel Grey-AHP-OCRA hybrid approach86
Potential zones identification for district cooling system: A GIS-based multi-criteria assessment method incorporating cooling demand mapping86
Sustainable vehicle routing problem on real-time roads: the restrictive inheritance-based heuristic algorithm85
Enhanced incentive schemes for volunteers to distribute surplus food in smart cities85
A framework for the mitigation and adaptation from heat-related risks to infrastructure85
Using data monitoring algorithms to physiological indicators in motion based on Internet of Things in smart city84
Rethinking Japanese public libraries from the perspective of time84
An event-based model and a map visualization approach for spatiotemporal association relations discovery of diseases diffusion84
IoT-based security service for the documentary chain of custody84
Urban river restoration in Hong Kong: Assessment, impact, and improvement strategies84
Correlating dynamic climate conditions and socioeconomic-governmental factors to spatiotemporal spread of COVID-19 via semantic segmentation deep learning analysis83
Intention-to-use low-carbon travel modes - An investigation integrating Maslow's hierarchy of (driving) needs and the theory of planned behavior82
Corrigendum to “Role of different types of nanomaterials against diagnosis, prevention and therapy of COVID-19″ [Sustainable Cities and Society 72 (2021) 103,046]82
Proper orthogonal decomposition of large-eddy simulation data over real urban morphology82
Towards low carbon cities: A machine learning method for predicting urban blocks carbon emissions (UBCE) based on built environment factors (BEF) in Changxing City, China82
Developing materials and energy-related indicators and identifying barriers to their adoption in an adjustable urban road sustainable rating system82
Do smart cities improve energy efficiency? A test of spatial effects and mechanisms81
The relationship between maternal environmental temperature exposure and preterm birth: A Risk prediction based on machine learning80
Understanding the effects of socio-ecological factors on trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services to support urban sustainable management: A case study of Beijing, China80
Drought-vulnerable vegetation increases exposure of disadvantaged populations to heatwaves under global warming: A case study from Los Angeles80
Towards the Development of a Comprehensive Lifecycle Risk Assessment Model for Green Roof Implementation79
Predicting the urban stormwater drainage system state using the Graph-WaveNet79
Ranking cities based on their smartness level using MADM methods79
Development of real-time adaptive model-free extremum seeking control for CFD-simulated thermal environment79
Spectral-level assessment of light pollution from urban façade lighting79
SPLANDID — Optimal Sizing, PLacement, And management of centralized aNd DIstributed shareD battery energy storage systems in residential communities: Application to smart grids79
System-dynamics-based scenario simulation and prediction of water carrying capacity for China78
Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of users’ exposure and vulnerability to flood risk in urban built environments78
Seasonal environmental cooling benefits of urban green and blue spaces in arid regions78
Linkages among socio-economic status, green space accessibility, and health outcomes: An environmental justice perspective in Australia77
Urban travel time and residential location choice: The impacts of traffic congestion77
Green to health: The impact of environmental regulation on health status77
Flood vulnerability assessment of urban buildings based on integrating high-resolution remote sensing and street view images77
Experimental study on thermal plume characteristics of building façades based on PIV technology76
Assessing the impacts of urban morphology factors on the energy performance for building stocks based on a novel automatic generation framework76
Toward cool cities and communities: A sensitivity analysis method to identify the key planning and design variables for urban heat mitigation techniques76
Solar Access Assessment in Semi-Arid Urban Context: An Application Study for Ten Urban Forms of Existing Apartment Buildings Districts in Batna City, Algeria75
Water and energy management in a sustainable site: A case study of a living environment for street children in Tehran, Iran75
A smartphone sensors-based personalized human activity recognition system for sustainable smart cities75
An Energy-Water-Food Nexus-based Decision-making Framework to Guide National Priorities in Qatar75
Prediction of the effect of insulation thickness and emission on heating energy requirements of cities in the future74
A new electro-biomembrane integrated renewable-based system to produce power, fresh water and hydrogen for sustainable communities74
Is there a link between city characteristics and shared e-bike utilisation? Evidence from China73
Safety map: Disaster management road network for urban resilience73
GIS-based geospatial analysis for identifying optimal locations of residential on-street electric vehicle charging points in Birmingham, UK73
Optimized protection coordination of microgrids considering power quality-based voltage indices incorporating optimal sizing and placement of fault current limiters73
Urban-scale power decarbonization using a modified power purchase agreements framework based on Markowitz mean-variance theory72
From stay-at-home to reopening: A look at how ridesourcing fared during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago, Illinois72
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 China71
Estimating casualties from urban fires: A focus on building and urban environment information71
An agent-based model of post-disaster recovery in multilayer socio-physical networks71
Opportunities and obstacles of blockchain use in pursuit of sustainable development goal 11: A systematic scoping review71
Simulating the impact of ventilation corridors for cooling air temperature in local climate zone scheme71
Smart feasibility optimization of hybrid renewable water supply systems by digital twin technologies: A multicriteria approach applied to isolated cities71
Optimal representation of tree foliage for local urban climate modeling71
Multi-objective optimal sizing and techno-economic analysis of on- and off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems for EV charging stations71
Could residential air-source heat pumps exacerbate outdoor summer overheating and winter overcooling in UK 2050s climate scenarios?71
Exploring the complex relationship between metro and shared bikes in the built environment: Competition, connection, and complementation71
Credibility assessment of municipal climate change adaptation plans using the ex-ante method: A case study of Poland71
Evaluating urban housing development patterns in developing countries: Case study of Worn-out Urban Fabrics in Iran71
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 children70
An improved effectiveness-NTU method for streamlining the design and optimization of packed bed latent thermal energy storage70
Particulate and gaseous pollutants in Tehran, Iran during 2015-2021: Factors governing their variability70
A generalized ride-matching approach for sustainable shared mobility70
Nature-based solutions as urban adaptation to climate risk: Framework for economic evaluation as decision support tool69
Evaluating justice in accessibility to urban opportunities: Introducing justice analysis frameworks based on theoretical perspectives and transportation costs69
Directly determining mean and instantaneous ventilation rates using stereoscopic PIV for single-sided and cross ventilations of a cubic building69
Unveiling the spatial heterogeneity of factors influencing physical and perceived recovery disparities under extreme rainstorms: A geographically weighted machine learning approach69
Predictive modeling and estimation of moisture damages in Swedish buildings: A machine learning approach69
Segregation of sea breezes and cooling effects on land-surface temperatures in a coastal city68
Optimal hybrid renewable microgrids via energy demand control using media platforms in South Korea68
CFD simulations on the wind and thermal environment in urban areas with complex terrain under calm conditions68
Post-tornado automated building damage evaluation and recovery prediction by integrating remote sensing, deep learning, and restoration models67
Risk-averse strategic participation of prosumers coalition in local community markets67
Leveraging causal AI to uncover the dynamics in sustainable urban transport: A bike sharing time-series study67
Perceiving the fine-scale urban poverty using street view images through a vision-language model67
Charging station localization and sizing determination considering smart charging strategies based on NSGA-III and MOPSO67
Predicting origin-destination flows by considering heterogeneous mobility patterns67
Research on the cool island effect of green spaces in megacity cores: A case study of the main urban area of Xi'an, China66
Effects of tree characteristics and arcade design on the traffic pollutant dispersion inside the asymmetric street canyon66
Influence of rooftop coupled mitigation strategies on the thermal environment and air quality in the Pearl River Delta Region66
Modeling dynamic competition among urban taxis and the impact on carbon emissions66
Measuring heat transfer index (HTI): A new method to quantify the spatial influence of land surface temperature between adjacent urban spaces66
Estimating urban LST using multiple remotely sensed spectral indices and elevation retrievals65
Accessibility and Public Transport Mobility for a Smart(er) Island: Evidence from Sardinia (Italy)65
Projects as game changers for navigating sustainability transitions in societies: Multi-level effects from micro-level decisions65
Combining the WRF model and LCZ scheme to assess spatiotemporal variations of thermal comfort in Shenzhen's built-up areas65
Fault detection and diagnosis for chiller based on feature-recognition model and Kernel Discriminant Analysis65
Office buildings occupancy analysis and prediction associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic65
Diversification of food production in rapidly urbanizing areas of China, evidence from southern Jiangsu65
How does the visual environment influence pedestrian physiological stress? Evidence from high-density cities using ambulatory technology and spatial machine learning65
A Comparison of Traditional and Contemporary Social Houses in Catarmarca (Argentina). Comfort Conditions and Life Cycle Assessment65
An energy consumption model for the Algerian residential building's stock, based on a triangular approach: Geographic Information System (GIS), regression analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis64
Association of built environment attributes with the spread of COVID-19 at its initial stage in China64
Understanding resilience of urban food-energy-water nexus system: Insights from an ecological network analysis of megacity Beijing64
Cooperation mode for concrete formwork reuse among construction sites64
Investigating the relationship between air temperature and the intensity of urban development using on-site measurement, satellite imagery and machine learning64
A copula-based secured intelligent dynamic-static energy community transportation system for smart cities64
Dynamics of cool surface performance on urban microclimate: A full-scale experimental study in Singapore63
Unraveling the global economic and mortality effects of rising urban heat island intensity63
Exergy-economic analysis and multi-objective optimization of a multi-generation system based on efficient waste heat recovery of combined wind turbine and compressed CO2 energy storage system63
Blockchain enhanced price incentive demand response for building user energy network in sustainable society63
FPGA control system technology for integrating the PV/wave/FC hybrid system using ANN optimized by MFO techniques63
A novel study on influence of ground surface boundary conditions on thermal performance of vertical U-shaped ground heat exchanger63
Short term water demand forecast modelling using artificial intelligence for smart water management63
Sustainable design of running friendly streets: Environmental exposures predict runnability by Volunteered Geographic Information and multilevel model approaches63
Analysis of the spatial characteristics of inhalable particulate matter concentrations under the influence of a three-dimensional landscape pattern in Xi'an, China63
From mathematical models to policy design: Predicting greywater reuse scheme effectiveness and water reclamation benefits based on individuals’ preferences62
Links between the pandemic and urban green spaces, a perspective on spatial indices of landscape garden cities in China62
Exploring the nexus between social vulnerability, built environment, and the prevalence of COVID-19: A case study of Chicago62
Sustainability assessment of cities using multicriteria decision-making combined with deep learning methods61
Agent-based societal impact modeling for infrastructure disruption and countermeasures analyses61
In-situ sensor correction method for data center cooling systems using Bayesian Inference coupling with autoencoder61
Development of integrated sustainability performance indicators for better management of smart cities61
Spatial and social inequality of hierarchical healthcare accessibility in urban system: A case study in Shanghai, China60
Exploring the relationship between public transport use and COVID-19 infection: A survey data analysis in Madrid Region60
Coupled simulation of urban water networks and interconnected critical urban infrastructure systems: A systematic review and multi-sector research agenda60
RnR-SMART: Resilient smart city evacuation plan based on road network reconfiguration in outbreak response60
Iterative Optimization of a Social Inmotics-Based Method in Order to Make Buildings Smart and Resilient59
Challenges, drivers, and benefits to integrated infrastructure management of water, wastewater, stormwater and transportation systems59
How do time-bound practices initiate local sustainability pathways?59
Optimal operation and simultaneous analysis of the electric transport systems and distributed energy resources in the smart city59
Data-driven assessment framework of health cities for elderly individuals in China59
An efficient hardware architecture based on an ensemble of deep learning models for COVID -19 prediction59
Using automated design appraisal to model building-specific devaluation risk due to land-use change59
Bottom-up assessment of air quality management strategies in Vijayawada, India: Emissions inventory, atmospheric capacity, and policy scenarios59
Linkages between urban growth and land surface temperature variations in the Seoul metropolitan area: A spatial first-order difference approach59
Green glass space based design for the driven of sustainable cities: A case study59
Geosystem services in urban planning58
Planning a mixed fleet of electric and conventional vehicles for urban freight with routing and replacement considerations58
Impact of moving traffic on pollutant transport in street canyons under perpendicular winds: A CFD analysis using large-eddy simulations58
A MILP model to relieve the occurrence of new demand peaks by improving the load factor in smart homes58
The imprint of urbanization on PM2.5 concentrations in China: The urban-rural gradient study58
Quantifying households’ carbon footprint in cities using socioeconomic attributes: A case study for The Hague (Netherlands)58
A continuous approximation model for the optimal design of mixed free-floating and station-based car-sharing systems58
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