Frontiers in Sustainable Cities | Innovation and Governance

Original Research

Published on 24 Oct 2025

Supporting sustainable urban transformation: a feasibility framework for smart city projects

in Innovation and Governance

Rafael Esteban-Narro
Vanesa G. Lo-Iacono-Ferreira
Juan Ignacio Torregrosa-López

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1675890

925 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Oct 2025

Enabling urban climate resilience through integrated optimization of urban design

in Innovation and Governance

Wenhan Feng
Liang Emlyn Yang
Fan Zeng
Jing Jia
Hengrui Zhang
Zheng Wu

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1657008

1,704 views

Original Research

Accepted on 15 Oct 2025

Prospects, Constraints, and Barriers to the Efficient Delivery of Human Settlements In South Africa: The Case for Professionalisation

in Innovation and Governance

Brendan Patrick Boyce
Sijekula Mbanga

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Oct 2025

Spatial Justice in Participatory Planning: An Integrated Framework and Lessons from Practice

in Innovation and Governance

Juliana E. Goncalves
Roberto Rocco
Maria Sitzoglou
Nafsika Michail
Diana Kupper
Stelios Grafakos
Milutin Djuraskovic
Carina Veeckman
Nick Pantelidis
Alexandros Gkatsikos

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

524 views

Original Research

Accepted on 09 Oct 2025

Addressing climate-action implementation gaps in cities: planning for meaningful and consistent implementation through the 5-UP Framework

in Innovation and Governance

Catalina Diaz
Nilofer Tajuddin
Eloise Deshayes
Lorenzo Chelleri
Constanza Vera
Federico Aili
Leon Kapetas

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

388 views

Perspective

Accepted on 02 Oct 2025

Climate action at neighborhood scale: Examples from the Resilient Cities Network

in Innovation and Governance

Nilofer Tajuddin
Leon Kapetas
Ada Rustow

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

202 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Sep 2025

Design and evaluation of a decentralized urban governance system with embedded AI and blockchain-enabled IoT

in Innovation and Governance

William Villegas-Ch
Rommel Gutierrez
Jaime Govea
Pablo Palacios

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1623412

2,891 views

Editorial

Published on 02 Sep 2025

Editorial: Data analytics in sustainable city planning

in Innovation and Governance

Saeid Pourroostaei Ardakani
Georgios Kapogiannis
Mohammed Al-khafajiy
Miao Yu

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1677743

2,929 views
1 citation

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Aug 2025

Spatial Typologies and Spillover Effects of County Development in Guangdong Province, China

in Innovation and Governance

Xiping Shi
Xingyu Liu
Yong Wang
Weixia Gong

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

383 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Aug 2025

Social infrastructure service delivery in South Africa: a bibliometric, visualization, and thematic analysis

in Innovation and Governance

Boy Johannes Mashabela
Trynos Gumbo
Abdulrasaq Ajadi Ishola

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1605180

2,450 views

Mini Review

Published on 08 Jul 2025

Blockchain as urban governance infrastructure in private cities: an exploratory review

in Innovation and Governance

Nassim Dehouche

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1594711

4,244 views

Data Report

Published on 01 Jul 2025

Perceptions of value from smart city Dubai, an expatriate view: a data report

in Innovation and Governance

Matthew Brown
Jeongsoo Han

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1595460

2,159 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

Right-of-way licensing ordinances: renewing city authority over energy utilities to facilitate climate policy

in Innovation and Governance

Christy Anderson Brekken
Roman Patchell
Julia Mycek

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1511985

2,325 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Jun 2025

Urban transition governance in practice: exploring how European cities govern local transitions to achieve climate neutrality

in Innovation and Governance

Gabriella Doci
Hade Dorst
Stanislas Hillen
Tess Tjokrodikromo

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1559356

3,141 views
2 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 09 Jun 2025

Charting digital governance: a bibliometric analysis of information and communication technology research in Nigeria's public administration using Scopus

in Innovation and Governance

Abdulrasaq Ajadi Ishola
Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura
Trynos Gumbo

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1605736

3,166 views

Correction

Published on 03 Jun 2025

Corrigendum: Social smart city research: interconnections between participatory governance, data privacy, artificial intelligence and ethical sustainable development

in Innovation and Governance

Samad Rasoulzadeh Aghdam
Behnaz Babaeimorad
Behnam Ghasemzadeh
Mazdak Irani
Aapo Huovila

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1631538

2,236 views