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Paving the Future: Sustainable Road Design and Urban Mobility in Smart Cities

edited by Maria Luisa Tumminello,

Elżbieta Macioszek

Anna Grana

and

Tullio Giuffrè

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9901 | Submission Open

Keywords: road design; urban mobility; sustainable transportation; road safety; shared mobility; microscopic traffic simulation modeling; LCA; road economy; traffic management; vulnerable road users; fuel consumption and emissions; energy saving solutions; connected and automated vehicles; intelligent transport systems (ITS); smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Transportation)

Big Data and AI Services for Sustainable Smart Cities

edited by

Jerry Gao

, Fanjing Meng,

Iraklis Varlamis

and Paul Townend

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5611 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city infrastructure; big data analytics for urban development; AI services in smart cities; citizen-centric smart city solutions; sustainable smart city solutions

Cost-Effective Transportation Planning for Smart Cities

edited by

Cristian Poliziani

and

Haitam Laarabi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4885 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; transport system; planning; cost analysis; accessibility; equity; environment; energy; simulation; optimization; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Transportation)

Computer Vision for Creating Sustainable Smart Cities of Tomorrow

edited by Debaditya Acharya, Monica Wachowicz and Muhammad Saqib

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 676 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; computer vision; deep learning; mobility for disabled populations; visual analytics; visual navigation; CCTV cameras; elderly care; urban digital twins; simulation

Intelligent Control and Planning for Urban Network Efficiency and Safety Optimization

edited by Chaoxu Mu, Anguo Zhang,

Qichun Zhang

Malu Zhang

and Xingshuo Han

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent control; artificial intelligence; urban network optimization; efficiency and safety optimization

City Logistics and Smart Cities: Models, Approaches and Planning

edited by

Antonio Polimeni

and

Orlando M. Belcore

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4353 | Submission Open

Keywords: city logistics; urban freight distribution; green urban logistics; e-commerce; green vehicles; city logistics management; light freight vehicles; freight vehicle route optimization; city logistics planning

Smart Mobility: Linking Research, Regulation, Innovation and Practice

edited by

Sara Guerra De Oliveira

and

Andrej Tibaut

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3764 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; information and communication technology (ICT); regulatory frameworks and standardisation; urban mobility planning; transportation technologies; data interoperability and integration; cooperative intelligent transportation systems (C-ITSs); mobility as a service (MaaS); Cloud of Things (CoT)

Energy Strategies of Smart Cities

edited by

George Cristian Lazaroiu

Mariacristina Roscia

and

Daniel G. Costa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2254 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy strategy; smart cities; technical innovation; engineering development; artificial-intelligence-driven energy systems; policy strategies; urban planning; sustainable development; climate change; internet of things; data management; business cases; social behavior; inclusive innovation; interdisciplinary development; governance frameworks

Breaking Down Silos in Urban Services

edited by

Guillermo del Campo Jiménez

and Asun Santamaria

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1871 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban services integration; smart cities; Internet of Things; IoT platforms; Iot communication technologies; cross-service interoperability; urban data spaces

Digitalisation of Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Smart Cities

edited by Hajar Fatorachian and

Kulwant Pawar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; digitalisation; supply chain management; urban logistics; internet of things (IoT); big data analytics; artificial intelligence (AI); blockchain technology; cyber– physical systems; last-mile delivery; sustainability; urban mobility; predictive analytics; digital twins; smart governance

Smart Sustainable Cities: Pioneering Novel Frontiers for Green Urban Living

edited by

Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart energy; smart mobility; sustainable infrastructure; urban operations; digital innovation; community well-being

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