Urban Infrastructure and Resilient, Sustainable Buildings

Dear Colleagues,

Global cities are increasingly confronting a barrage of natural disasters and man-made threats, stemming from the far-reaching impacts of climate change, rapid urbanization, and regional conflicts. Effectively addressing these multifaceted challenges and bolstering the resilience and sustainability of our built environment have emerged as paramount priorities. The compelling urgency of the development of resilient and sustainable infrastructures and buildings cannot be overstated.

This Special Issue is dedicated to propelling buildings, infrastructures, and cities towards heightened resilience and sustainability, arming them with the latest in cutting-edge research. We extend a warm invitation to scholars from across the globe to contribute innovative theoretical, methodological, and empirical research papers that may encompass a wide spectrum of themes, including, though not limited to, the conceptualization, interpretation, comparison, modeling, assessment, and analysis of urban infrastructure and resilient, sustainable buildings. We place a special emphasis on practical solutions that pave the way for the future development of cities and society.

We wholeheartedly welcome papers on the following and related topics including, but not limited to:

1. Energy-efficient building solutions;
2. Climate-resilient urban infrastructure;
3. Sustainable building design and assessment;
4. low-carbon buildings and cities;
5. Innovative urban planning approaches;
6. Sustainable materials and construction methods;
7. Green spaces and biodiversity in built environment;
8. Smart technologies for resilience and sustainability;
9. Policy and governance strategies to promote sustainability;
10. Enhancing the resilience of interdependent infrastructure systems;
11. Disaster risk assessment of built environment.

Dr. Shenghua Zhou
Dr. Tiantian Gu
Dr. Mun On Wong
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• sustainable cities
• sustainable buildings
• urban resilience
• smart infrastructure
• low-carbon buildings and cities
• infrastructure resilience
• interdependent infrastructure
• low-carbon infrastructure
• resilient buildings
• sustainable built environment