Selected Papers from AUBEA 2025: Building Sustainable, Smart, and Resilient Communities: Planning, Design, Construction, and Education
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable construction; smart construction technologies; materials and management
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Interests: transport engineering; urban planning; disaster resilience
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The 48th Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA 2025) International Conference, on the theme "Building Sustainable, Smart, and Resilient Communities: Planning, Design, Construction, and Education", will be hosted by the University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia, organised by School of Design and the Built Environment, the Faculty of Arts and Design. It will be held from the 26 to the 28 November 2025. The conference will bring together researchers, educators, students, and industry professionals from Oceania and other regions. The conference aims to foster knowledge sharing, reflect on best practices, promote collaboration, and explore solutions to current challenges, while shaping the future of the construction and built environment sectors.
The research proceedings are organised around seven main themes: advanced construction project management, hazard-resilient built environment, innovative teaching and learning, low-carbon planning and design, smart built environment, sustainable built environment, and the CIB Doctoral School.
Authors of selected papers of the AUBEA 2025 will be invited to submit extended papers for inclusion in this Special Issue, which will undergo a rigorous peer review process for further selection and publication.
Dr. Xiancun Hu
Dr. Hitomi Nakanishi
Dr. Mike Louw
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced construction project management
- built environment education
- climate change adaptation
- smart construction tenologies
- digital transformation
- health, safety and risk in construction
- low-carbon built environment strategies
- smart cities and buildings
- green building and construction materials
- sustainable construction
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