In recent years, smart city (SC) has attracted increasing attention from both academia and
industry due to a mix of urbanization, informatization, and globalization. Although several …

Among other conceptualizations, smart cities have been defined as functional urban areas
articulated by the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and modern …

Urban environmental quality consisting of ecological, physical, and socio-economic
components, often deteriorates due to rapid urbanization. Therefore, using Remote sensing …

The purpose of this paper is to discuss conceptual requirements for a City Sustainability
Index (CSI) and to review existing major sustainability indices/indicators in terms of the …

Construction of a multidisciplinary conceptual framework of environmental quality and
quality of life is required to advance the field of urban development, environmental quality …

Smart cities are a recent phenomenon, but they are spreading quickly all over the world.
This vibrant and innovative urban strategy is conceived like an effective instrument to face …

Amidst the battle against sustainability challenges, global attention is increasingly directed
towards urban development. A comprehensive review of current literature pertaining to …

The question of the environmental or social costs of urban form is increasingly attracting
attention in spatial policy, but scientific debate in this field is often marred by prejudices and …

In recent years, network behaviour has been analysed extensively as the emerging model
for economic growth. By network behaviour, a metaphor for co-operative behaviour among …

This paper aims to critically assess the lack of a global inter-urban perspective in the smart
city policy framework from a conceptual standpoint. We argue here that the smart city policy …