BACKGROUND Human activity and decisions drive all life in cities. Worldwide, cities are
characterized by extensive anthropogenic transformation of the landscape, modification of …

We have entered the urban century and addressing a broad suite of sustainability
challenges in urban areas is increasingly key for our chances to transform the entire planet …

Transformer, an attention-based encoder–decoder model, has already revolutionized the
field of natural language processing (NLP). Inspired by such significant achievements, some …

As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly
challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate change …

Urban nature has the potential to improve air and water quality, mitigate flooding, enhance
physical and mental health, and promote social and cultural well-being. However, the value …

Smart City conception has become a global trend with the advancement of Information and
Communications Technologies (ICTs). Many cities have proposed Smart City development …

Urban sprawl in urbanizing China has resulted in a series of ecological and environmental
problems. Urban planners have been committed to promoting compact development …

The scale, pace, and intensity of human activity on the planet demands radical departures
from the status quo to remain within planetary boundaries and achieve sustainability. The …

Urbanization is a global phenomenon with strong sustainability implications across multiple
scales. We argue that much of the associated challenges, and opportunities, are found in the …

Remote sensing has evolved to become a key tool for various fields of environmental
analysis, thus actively informing policy across areas and domains. To evaluate the degree to …