Smart cities are an innovate concept for managing urban cities to enhance sustainability and
increase quality of life for citizens. Although urban water infrastructure (UWI) performs …

In an increasingly urbanizing world, governments and international corporations strive to
increase the productivity of cities, recognized as economy growth hubs, as well as ensuring …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

The rapid growth of population in metropolitan areas has put incremental pressure on urban
cities. The centric strategy towards smart cities are expected to cover solution for …

To facilitate sustainable urban development, a pressing issue is how to integrate the water-
energy-food nexus (WEF-Nexus) into the assessment of supply and demand of urban …

The twenty-first century is witnessing an explosion in global population, environmental
changes, agricultural land disintegration, hunger, and geopolitical instabilities. It is difficult to …

Virtual water describes water embedded in the production of goods and offers meaningful
insights about the complex interplay between water, trade and sustainability. In this Review …

Existing studies on the virtual scarce water flows within the water-energy context focus on
water quantity while largely ignoring water quality. This study improves the quantification …

Research interests in urban carrying capacity (UCC) in the contemporary urbanizing China
have been growing in recent years, which results in the development of a large body of …

The ecosystem service potential of urban green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly
appreciated, yet its underpinning role in the food-energy-water-habitat (FEWH) nexus is …