Smart Cities and 4th Industrial Revolution: Applications for Sustainable Mobility Management and Inclusive Urban Logistics
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 6239
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: industrial management; information systems; human factors; sustainability; Industry 4.0; smart cities; participatory design
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Interests: smart cities; urban logistics; operations management; supply chain; urban planning
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2. Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) Research Unit, Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: decision support systems; public policies; data science; regional science; urban planning; demography; housing; education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The communication and information technologies associated with the 4th Industrial Revolution have created a new paradigm for supporting urban planning by collecting and analyzing data in an integrated way, thus establishing the roots of Smart Cities. The Smart City concept has emerged to combat urban pressure and respond to climate change, while at the same time creating mechanisms to improve city inhabitants' quality of life.
Urban population growth has caused an increase in goods transportation in the city center, impacting traffic congestion, the environment, and energy consumption. Urban logistics is one of the most resource- and greenhouse gas emission intensive activities, challenging cities’ sustainability.
In the past few years, several authors have noted the need to plan cities around the availability of essentials to inhabitants, by foot or bicycle, promoting citizens' quality of life and replacing the need for car usage. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the necessity to re-think cities to ensure that they are prepared for climate hazards and extreme events. Furthermore, the new paradigm of fulfilling citizens’ real-time needs and combatting isolation represents a significant effort of urban planners and policymakers. Thus, it will require closer collaboration and integration of stakeholders and the emergence of new logistical approaches.
Aligned with United Nations and European Commission goals, this Special Issue aims to collect works that propose conceptual approaches or present case studies of applications that consider shared and green transportation and urban logistics optimization models. The developed frameworks shall support policymakers to implement sustainable and inclusive Smart Cities.
TOPICS OF INTEREST:
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Smart Cities and Industry 4.0;
- Strategic planning in smart cities;
- Urban planning;
- Smart, resilient and sustainable territories;
- Mobility in Smart Cities;
- Transportation in Smart Cities;
- Urban logistics;
- Mobility and energy transition;
- Urban freight;
- Freight management;
- Last-mile;
- Logistics management;
- Logistics 4.0;
- Reverse logistics;
- Green logistics;
- Supply chain 4.0;
- 3D printing;
- Smart manufacturing;
- Shared economy;
- Circular economy;
- Big Data and cloud computing;
- Decision support systems, data and tools;
- Data science and urban life;
- Integration and interoperability;
- Participation and inclusion;
- Public policy monitoring and evaluation.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Leonor Teixeira
Dr. Diogo Correia
Prof. Dr. João Lourenço Marques
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart cities
- Industry 4.0
- urban logistics
- last-mile
- urban planning
- strategic planning
- sustainability
- green footprint
- mobility
- inclusion
- participatory
