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Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jul 2025

Toward Sustainable Social Change: Strategic Approaches to Smart City Development in Developing Nations

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Harish Kumar
Ashulekha Gupta
Rajesh Singh
Anu Sayal

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1592534

180 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Jul 2025

Mapping temperature, humidity, air quality and noise related comfort conditions to identify urban planning issues: The case study of Ljubljana, Slovenia

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Živa Ravnikar
Alfonso Bahillo
Barbara Goličnik Marušić

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1542126

196 views

Review

Published on 08 Jul 2025

Smart 3D-printed facades: a review of innovations, materials, and sustainable performance

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Dan-Radu Baraboi
Luminița Maria Scutaru
George Dragomir
Alin Ionuț Brezeanu
Răzvan Calotă
Mihaela Pavel
Gabriel Năstase

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1610729

2,378 views

Original Research

Published on 26 May 2025

Enhancing security in 6G-enabled wireless sensor networks for smart cities: a multi-deep learning intrusion detection approach

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Waqar Khan
Muhammad Usama
Muhammad Shahbaz Khan
Oumaima Saidani
Hussam Al Hamadi
Noha Alnazzawi
Mohammed S. Alshehri
Jawad Ahmad

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1580006

3,493 views

Original Research

Published on 09 May 2025

Agentic rulebooks using active inference: an artificial intelligence application for environmental sustainability

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Axel Constant
Mahault Albarracin
Marco Perin
Hari Thiruvengada
Karl J. Friston

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1571613

5,026 views

Systematic Review

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Synergizing AI and blockchain: a bibliometric analysis of their potential for transforming e-governance in smart cities

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Sandi Lubis
Achmad Nurmandi
Jamaluddin Ahmad
Eko Priyo Purnomo
Titin Purwaningsih
Hazel D. Jovita-Olvez

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1553816

3,883 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Traffy Fondue: a smart city citizen engagement

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Michael Motet Hansen
Bharat Dahiya

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1491621

4,056 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Building enduring smart city data platforms to provide urban management support: lessons learnt from UK Urban Observatories and the US Smart Columbus Operating System

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Kristina Wolf
Jonathan Stiles
Harvey J. Miller
Richard J. Dawson
Jon P. Mills
Phil Blythe
Jeremy Morley

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1512847

3,307 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Mar 2025

Assessing waste management performance in smart cities through the ‘Zero Waste Index’: case of African Waste Reclaimers Organisation, Johannesburg, South Africa

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Vincent Siwawa

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1449868

2,693 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 14 Mar 2025

Explainable AI and monocular vision for enhanced UAV navigation in smart cities: prospects and challenges

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Shumaila Javaid
Muhammad Asghar Khan
Hamza Fahim
Bin He
Nasir Saeed

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1561404

2,796 views
2 citations

Review

Published on 15 Jan 2025

Moving from monitoring to real-time interventions for air quality: are low-cost sensor networks ready to support urban digital twins?

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Nicole Hannah Cowell
Lee Chapman
David Topping
Philip James
Daniel Bell
Thomas Bannan
Ettore Murabito
James Evans
Mark Birkin

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1500516

3,462 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 15 Jan 2025

Deep learning and smart energy-based lightweight urban power load forecasting model for sustainable urban growth

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Haewon Byeon
Azzah AlGhamdi
Ismail Keshta
Mukesh Soni
Sultonali Mekhmonov
Gurpreet Singh

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1487109

1,214 views

Review

Published on 19 Dec 2024

Integrating machine learning for the sustainable development of smart cities

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Manel Mrabet
Maha Sliti

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1449404

6,242 views
4 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 11 Dec 2024

Smart city frameworks SWOT analysis: a systematic literature review

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Portia Mupfumira
Michael Mutingi
Michael Sony

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1449983

5,444 views
4 citations

Editorial

Published on 13 Aug 2024

Editorial: Technological developments in point of interest recommendation for smart and sustainable cities

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Krishna Kumar Mohbey
Dharmendra Singh Rajput
Mueen Uddin

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1463102

1,598 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Aug 2024

Blockchain-enabled transparent traffic enforcement for sustainable road safety in cities

in Smart Technologies and Cities

Chin-Ling Chen
Cheng-Yang Tu
Yong-Yuan Deng
Der-Chen Huang
Ling-Chun Liu
Hsing-Chung Chen

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1426036

2,681 views