Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning Cities publishes articles on many aspects of urban planning and policy. It distinguishes itself by providing an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information among urban planners, policy makers and analysts, and urbanists from all disciplines. The primary aims of the journal are to analyze ...
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Cities: Smarter Futures is an international, multidisciplinary open access journal and companion title to the highly respected journal, Cities. Whilst the journal foregrounds the role of technology in bringing about more sustainable, resilient, and equitable urban futures, so too does it seek to problematise it. In this vein, it seeks to critically explore what “smarter” urban futures ...
A third reason makes a distinct prediction about the particular cities where we should see the greatest improvements from audit centralization. In particular, centralization of financial resources may hold particular benefits for audit offices in poor cities which are either understaffed or underfunded due to financial constraints.
Toward greener, smarter, and more resilient cities: Assessing the impact of dual pilot policies of forest city and smart city on urban climate resilience in China
Cities are pivotal to climate-neutrality transitions, yet urban strategies are fragmented and insufficiently integrated into cities’ governance. Translating climate-neutral visions into operational, integrated transformations requires critical …
Carbon inequality describes the disparities in equal benefits or costs while emitting CO 2. Mitigating the carbon inequality among cities is crucial for realizing climate justice. The Carbon Inequality Index (CII) is constructed to measure the evolution pattern of carbon inequality in China from 2006 to 2021. The structural equation modeling is used to explore the formation mechanism of carbon ...
Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS) is an international journal focusing on fundamental and applied research aimed at designing, understanding, and promoting environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities. We encourage submission of cross-cutting, multi-disciplinary research in the … View full aims & scope