The Challenge for Creating a Smart & Sustainable City through Logistics, Transportation Management, and Tourism Management

Dear Colleagues,

We are launching a call for papers to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “The Challenge for Creating a Smart & Sustainable City through Logistics, Transportation Management, and Tourism Management”. The transformations of metropolises into smart & sustainable cities is a crucial factor for improving the living conditions of the inhabitants and sustainable development. The goal of the smart & sustainable city concept is modern urban management using technical tools that offer state-of-the-art technologies, considering the applicable ecological standards while saving resources and achieving the expected results.

It is hard to provide one common definition for smart & sustainable city as there are differences between countries and institutions depending on the geopolitical context and specific problems. However, in most cases, smart & sustainable cities revolve around initiatives that use digital innovation to make urban service delivery more efficient and thereby increase the overall social well-being. According to the definition proposed by UNECE-ITU: “A smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects”.

Sustainable development based on smart innovations (technologies), with a focus on low-carbon and energy-efficient technologies, will make cities flexible, adaptable, mitigate adverse impacts, and stimulate beneficial socio-economic and environmental changes. Therefore, this Special Issue of Energies will focus on innovations in the field of logistics, transport management and tourism management to enable the sustainable development of smart cities.

Example topic areas within the scope of Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “The Challenge for Creating a Smart & Sustainable City through Logistics, Transportation Management, and Tourism Management” are listed below.

This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive:

• Smart technologies for sustainable city logistics; 
• Intelligent transportation systems in city logistics; 
• E-commerce, last-mile delivery, and city logistics solutions; 
• The future of city logistics – toward a smart and zero-emission system; 
• City logistics as a strategic element of sustainable urban development; 
• Smart, clean and healthy transportation systems and infrastructure;
• Smart and sustainable mobility;
• New business models in mobility and logistics;
• Energy-efficient smart cities;
• Urban energy-saving and emission reduction;
• Smart waste management, including circular economy and green technologies;
• Sustainable tourism development in urban areas;
• Sustainable tourism for social well-being in cities;
• Energy-efficient transport for tourism;
• City as a smart & sustainable tourist destination;
• New technologies in tourism for smart & sustainable cities;
• Waste management in a tourist city area;

We are pleased to be guest editing this Special Issue and invite you to submit original research papers and good practices based on case studies.

Dr. Roma Strulak-Wójcikiewicz
Dr. Natalia Wagner
Dr. Aleksandra Łapko
Dr. Ewa Hącia
Guest Editors

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