Despite considerable interest in urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in recent decades,
its contributions to urban sustainability and human wellbeing remain contested. This …

Cities are at the forefront of climate action as never before: they concentrate risk but also
provide opportunities to innovate. Situated at the crossroads of extensive urbanization …

Cities occupy 3% of the surface of the planet, but account for 60–80% of energy
consumption and 75% of carbon emissions. Likewise, buildings consume 35% of the energy …

Automated and connected vehicles are emerging in the market. Currently, solutions are
being proposed to use these technologies for cooperative driving, which can significantly …

Sustainable EV adoption is critical to urban low-carbon future. The in-depth analysis of
urban incentives' role in encouraging EV purchases is less examined. The perspectives of …

Improving urban resilience is crucial to counteract rising high-temperature disasters. This
study constructed a framework for a process-based heat stress resilience (HSR_phy) …

The vision of the smart city is inextricably linked with the concepts of intelligent transport,
sustainable mobility and managerial decision making. Cities of the future not only entail the …

• Transformative adaptation reorients urban climate actions around addressing entrenched
equity and climate justice challenges. It focuses on systemic changes to development …

Financing mitigation actions in cities is critical to achieving 1.5° C emissions pathways.
Direct funding, such as grants and subsidies, is a feasible financial instrument to enable …

An exploration of how China's Belt and Road Initiative seeks to reshape international order
and how it has catalyzed a new era of infrastructural geopolitics Over the past decade China …