What makes a city 'smart'in the Anthropocene? A critical review of smart cities under climate change

R Obringer, R Nateghi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, smart cities have grown in popularity, both in research and in practice. The
focus of smart city studies and policy initiatives has historically been on technology …

Using a digital twin to explore water infrastructure impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic

JE Pesantez, F Alghamdi, S Sabu… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the daily pattern of activities
changed dramatically for people across the globe, as they socially distanced and worked …

[HTML][HTML] Blockchain on Sustainable Environmental Measures: A Review

MV Vladucu, H Wu, J Medina, KM Salehin, Z Dong… - Blockchains, 2024 - mdpi.com
Blockchain has emerged as a solution for ensuring accurate and truthful environmental
variable monitoring needed for the management of pollutants and natural resources. The …

Agent-based modeling to assess decentralized water systems: Micro-trading rainwater for aquifer recharge

ER Bolton, EZ Berglund - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Decentralized aquifer recharge programs are an alternative to centralized stormwater
aquifer recharge systems and can improve groundwater tables in urban areas. In a …

Social distancing, water demand changes, and quality of drinking water during the COVID-19 pandemic

B Vizanko, L Kadinski, A Ostfeld, EZ Berglund - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic changed daily routines for people around the globe due to the
adoption of social distancing measures, such as working from home and restricted travel …

Blockchain technology-based sustainable management research: the status quo and a general framework for future application

W Du, X Ma, H Yuan, Y Zhu - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The problems of data leakage and unreliable information transfer in the management
process make sustainability management an inevitable need for future development …

Applications of smart water management systems: a literature review

É Soares Ascenção, F Melo Marinangelo… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Issues such as climate change, water scarcity, population growth, and distribution losses
have stimulated the use of new technologies to manage water resources. This is how the …

Can smart stormwater systems outsmart the weather? Stormwater capture with real-time control in southern California

EA Parker, SB Grant, A Sahin, JA Vrugt… - ACS ES&T …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Stormwater capture systems have the potential to address many urban stormwater
management challenges, particularly in water-scarce regions like Southern California. Here …

Blockchain Opportunities for Water Resources Management: A Comprehensive Review

TK Satilmisoglu, Y Sermet, M Kurt, I Demir - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Blockchain technology has been used for the digitalization of physical asset management
and data management processes in many areas in the industry and academia, including the …

Smart urban water networks: Solutions, trends and challenges

A Di Nardo, DL Boccelli, M Herrera, E Creaco… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
This Editorial presents the paper collection of the Special Issue (SI) on Smart Urban Water
Networks. The number and topics of the papers in the SI confirms the growing interest of …