Potential and limitations of digital twins to achieve the sustainable development goals

A Tzachor, S Sabri, CE Richards, A Rajabifard… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Could computer simulation models drive our ambitions to sustainability in urban and non-
urban environments? Digital twins, defined here as real-time, virtual replicas of physical and …

Charting AI urbanism: conceptual sources and spatial implications of urban artificial intelligence

O Palmini, F Cugurullo - Discover Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to tease out some of the key issues concerning the relationship
between AI and urbanism. This relationship, which is presented in the academic literature as …

[HTML][HTML] Future exposure modelling for risk-informed decision making in urban planning

EY Menteşe, G Cremen, R Gentile, C Galasso… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Population increases and related urban expansion are projected to occur in various parts of
the world over the coming decades. These future changes to the urban fabric could …

[HTML][HTML] Fragmentation and urban knowledge: An analysis of urban knowledge exchange institutions

A Dickey, A Kosovac, S Fastenrath, M Acuto, B Gleeson - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Silo-ed thinking, fragmented knowledge systems and short-termism remain key challenges
in transforming urban systems and policy making towards more sustainable and resilient …

Design culture for Sustainable urban artificial intelligence: Bruno Latour and the search for a different AI urbanism

O Palmini, F Cugurullo - Ethics and Information Technology, 2024 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between AI urbanism and
sustainability by drawing upon some key concepts of Bruno Latour's philosophy. The idea of …

The One Health approach in urban ecosystem rehabilitation: An evidence-based framework for designing sustainable cities

A Bruno, I Arnoldi, B Barzaghi, M Boffi, M Casiraghi… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Rapid urbanization has led to negative, and sometimes unintended, consequences on
biodiversity and human health. While cities offer numerous advantages in meeting the basic …

Reconciling big data and thick data to advance the new urban science and smart city governance

A Hong, L Baker, R Prieto Curiel, J Duminy… - Journal of Urban …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Amid growing enthusiasm for a” new urban science” and” smart city” approaches to urban
management,” big data” is expected to create radical new opportunities for urban research …

Urban planning and the knowledge politics of the smart city

M Cook, A Karvonen - Urban Studies, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Smart cities promote computational and data-driven understandings of the built environment
and have the potential to reconfigure urban planning and governance practices in profound …

[HTML][HTML] Commentary: A road map for future data-driven urban planning and environmental health research

GMC Dyer, S Khomenko, D Adlakha, S Anenberg… - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent advances in data science and urban environmental health research utilise large-
scale databases (100s–1000s of cities) to explore the complex interplay of urban …

Smart and sustainable benchmarking of cities and regions in Europe: The application of multicriteria assessment

SE Shmelev, IA Shmeleva - Cities, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper is focused on the multidimensional assessment of over 1300 cities and regions in
Europe based on a powerful and policy-relevant set of 17 smart and sustainable …