Urban Planning and Construction Management Under Smart City Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 55
Special Issue Editors
Interests: built environment; health and safety; resilient buildings; smart buildings; the elderly
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Interests: community resilience; smart communities; urban renewal; risk assessment; public engagement
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Interests: sustainable urban construction and management; smart cities; resilient cities; circular economy; life cycle assessment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thanks to the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, big data, digital twins, and other technologies, the concept of smart cities has experienced significant global development. This progress has brought forth new ideas and perspectives for addressing diverse urban issues. The extensive growth and construction witnessed over the past few decades have exposed numerous challenges in urban planning and construction management, such as housing inequality, unhealthy built environments, inadequate infrastructure resilience, and high carbon emissions from buildings. Moreover, rapid urbanization has strained natural resources, led to increased waste production, and exacerbated environmental degradation, highlighting the need for sustainable practices in smart city development.
Smart city offers an opportunity for urban development, so it is crucial to grab this opportunity wisely by carefully considering how to address diverse problems of urban planning and construction management during the process of smart city development, such as prioritizing renewable energy integration, improving energy efficiency in buildings, adopting circular economy principles to reduce waste, and incorporating green spaces to enhance urban biodiversity. Sustainable transportation systems, such as electric and shared mobility solutions, should play a critical role in reducing carbon footprints. This approach will ultimately build a more sustainable, resilient, and livable smart city in the future.
Therefore, this special issue will provide an opportunity for researchers worldwide to exchange new ideas with research-, practice-oriented, and review papers. It calls for papers that address critical research questions in this field, use innovative methodologies and data sources, propose sustainability-driven solutions, contribute to theoretical debates, or highlight fundamental patterns that deserve more attention. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Sustainable urban planning for smart cities;
- Urban resilience in smart cities;
- Innovative construction management;
- Smart solutions for the built environment;
- Smart life cycle construction management;
- Low-carbon solutions for smart cities;
- Stakeholder management in smart city development;
- Public opinions and engagement in smart city development;
- Public engagement in old community renewal.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Buildings.
Dr. Fan Zhang
Dr. Tiantian Gu
Dr. Shiyao Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart cities
- urban planning
- construction management
- urban resilience
- built environment
- carbon emissions
- innovative solutions
- old community renewal
- public engagement
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