Sustainability has emerged as one of the important planning concepts from its beginnings in
economics and ecological thinking, and has widely been applied to assessing urban …

Today, the centrality of cities in the global sustainability challenge is widely acknowledged,
and numerous initiatives have been developed worldwide for monitoring and comparing the …

An increasing number of cities around the world are engaging with the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). How and why? We provide a critical reflection on SDG …

Abstract Use of Urban Underground Space (UUS) has been growing significantly in the
world's biggest and wealthiest cities. UUS has been long acknowledged to be important to …

Sustainable development of rural has become an essential global plan. Habitat
sustainability assessment of rural is a critical management tool to grasp the development …

Increasing global urbanization yields substantial potential for enhanced sustainability
through careful management of urban development and optimized resource use efficiency …

A great number of tools that assess sustainability exist. The analysis of 18 urban
sustainability indices and 7 urban sustainability systems of indicators that satisfy the …

Accelerating trends of urbanization enforce the integration of sustainability principles into
urban planning in a local scale to foster prosperity for the next generation of cities. This study …

The smart city is a new concept that has received a lot of attention as a means for enhancing
city performance and quality of life. However, together with the growing interest in the …

Urban sustainability is the goal of many cities in the world, yet very few have achieved a
level of sustainability that goes beyond the most basic environmental objectives. The …