Following the recognition of the significance of urban areas for achieving sustainable
development in the late 1980′ s, first studies on 'urban sustainability assessment'were …

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 …

Effective evaluation of cities' and communities' sustainability is important for sustainable
development. From a methodological point of view, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) …

There has recently been a conscious push for cities in Europe to be smarter and more
sustainable, leading to the need to benchmark these cities' efforts using robust assessment …

Significant efforts are being performed to make cities smarter and more sustainable.
Therefore, there is a need to compare these efforts using evaluation frameworks. According …

China has been implementing huge scale of urbanization in the past several decades and
this will continue in the coming future years. Whilst the urbanization growth has presented …

The smart and sustainable cities concept has become a globally hot topic during the last few
decades, particularly following the catastrophic impacts of global climate change. The …

The issue of urban sustainability is currently exceptionally up to date, and the sustainable
development of cities has become an important topic on the political level. Many cities in the …

Sustainable roofs, such as those with greenery and photovoltaic panels, contribute to the
roadmap for reducing the carbon footprint of cities. However, research on sustainable urban …

Excessive human activities destroy the structure and function of ecosystem and threaten
sustainable development. As a typical resource-based area, Shanxi Province is facing an …