Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Brief Research Report

Published on 02 Oct 2025

Trends in cool roof solar reflectivity degradation in New York City (2014–2020): an important consideration for health-based evaluations of high albedo urban roofing interventions

Luke Bonanni
Anna Bershteyn
Mehdi Pourpeikari Heris
Andrea Titus
Hanxue Wei
Oyinkansola Babayode
William Rom
Alexander Azan

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1655812

290 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Oct 2025

Ecohydrological assessment of densely canalized urban waterways for ecological reconnection and landscape restoration in Lagos metropolis: nexus for human–nature connectivity

John Adekunle Adesina
Xiaolan Tang
Yujie Ren
Hongchao Jiang
Winchester Ndum Fuh
Ying Zhang

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1616421

372 views

Systematic Review

Published on 01 Oct 2025

Assessing the impact of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) on sustainable urban travel behaviors: a systematic literature review

Chengyuan An
Jiawei Shen

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1645488

536 views

Editorial

Accepted on 30 Sep 2025

Introduction Celebrating 8th March: Women and the City, Actors, Citizens and Policy-Makers Inés Sánchez de Madariaga Inés Novella Abril

Inés Sánchez De Madariaga
Inés Novella Abril

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1699681

183 views

Original Research

Accepted on 30 Sep 2025

Integrating Geospatial Mapping and Stakeholders' Perception on Sustainable Flood Solutions in a Typical Coastal Megacity of Nigeria: A SWOT-AHP Approach

Opeyemi Aniramu
Oluwagbenga Orimmogunje

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1663269

Systematic Review

Accepted on 30 Sep 2025

Tax Credit Mechanisms and Policy Innovation for Affordable Housing in South Africa: A Systematic Review

Bongekile Mvuyana
Georgeanne Matthews

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1665969

Original Research

Accepted on 30 Sep 2025

Expanding Scope: The role of legitimacy and legitimation in the adoption of consumption-based carbon accounting in European cities

Lisa Hasan
Eloise Deshayes
Will Brown

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1667409

Original Research

Accepted on 30 Sep 2025

Does the Free Trade Zone Promote Green Technological Innovation? — Evidence from the Perspective of Industrial Agglomeration and Digital Economy in 285 Cities in China

Binyu Ren
Shangyue Jia
Hongling Ge
Wang Qunhao

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1652437

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Sep 2025

Can Green Financial Policies Promote Green Urbanization? Evidence from China

RONG MA
CUNHU XI

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1637944

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Sep 2025

Impact of New Energy Vehicle Market Scale Expansion on Urban Green Development——Evidence from Chinese Cities

Yan Du
Jiankai Zhang

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1685887

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Sep 2025

How does the built environment in high-density cities affect subway travel for the older adults: Insights from travel chain and explainable machine learning

BO LU
Shiyuan Fan
Haixia Zhang
Shunzhang Jiang
Cong Liu
Yu Chen
Zheng Chen

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1681723

174 views

Editorial

Accepted on 23 Sep 2025

Editorial: Smart Cities, Sustainable Futures — Rethinking Urban Development

John McCaskill
Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman
Arshad Jamal

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1686150

455 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 23 Sep 2025

Urban innovation in the informal city: overlapping infrastructures, co-production and sector coupling in a South African informal settlement

Federico Caprotti
Jiska de Groot
Catherine Butler
Whitney Pailman
Norman Mathebula
Hendrik Schloemann
Alex Densmore

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1654705

238 views

Editorial

Accepted on 22 Sep 2025

Editorial: Exploring the Role of Construction in Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals

Ka Leung Lok
Charles Chen
Andrew James Smith
Mohamad Rizal Baharum
John F.Y. Yeung

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1706878

1,221 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Sep 2025

UrbanAgri: A Transfer Learning-Based Plant Stress Identification Framework for Sustainable Smart Urban Growth

Upinder Kaur
Manjit Kaur
Aparna Kumari
Deepika Shukla
Rajan Datt
Mehar Chand

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1619223

187 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Sep 2025

From "Build Back the Same" to Transformative Recovery: Enablers and Barriers for Climate-focused Pathways in Post-Disaster Case Studies across Europe

Oksana Udovyk
Vitaliy Soloviy
Jordi Peris Blanes
Kh Md Nahiduzzaman
Fatma Özdoğan
Andrés David Maglione
Stella Pennino

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1656725

204 views

834 Publications

Volume 7 - 2025

Trends in cool roof solar reflectivity degradation in New York City (2014–2020): an important consideration for health-based evaluations of high albedo urban roofing interventions

Ecohydrological assessment of densely canalized urban waterways for ecological reconnection and landscape restoration in Lagos metropolis: nexus for human–nature connectivity

Assessing the impact of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) on sustainable urban travel behaviors: a systematic literature review

Introduction Celebrating 8th March: Women and the City, Actors, Citizens and Policy-Makers Inés Sánchez de Madariaga Inés Novella Abril

Integrating Geospatial Mapping and Stakeholders' Perception on Sustainable Flood Solutions in a Typical Coastal Megacity of Nigeria: A SWOT-AHP Approach

Tax Credit Mechanisms and Policy Innovation for Affordable Housing in South Africa: A Systematic Review

Expanding Scope: The role of legitimacy and legitimation in the adoption of consumption-based carbon accounting in European cities

Does the Free Trade Zone Promote Green Technological Innovation? — Evidence from the Perspective of Industrial Agglomeration and Digital Economy in 285 Cities in China

Can Green Financial Policies Promote Green Urbanization? Evidence from China

Impact of New Energy Vehicle Market Scale Expansion on Urban Green Development——Evidence from Chinese Cities

How does the built environment in high-density cities affect subway travel for the older adults: Insights from travel chain and explainable machine learning

Editorial: Smart Cities, Sustainable Futures — Rethinking Urban Development

Urban innovation in the informal city: overlapping infrastructures, co-production and sector coupling in a South African informal settlement

Editorial: Exploring the Role of Construction in Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals

UrbanAgri: A Transfer Learning-Based Plant Stress Identification Framework for Sustainable Smart Urban Growth

From "Build Back the Same" to Transformative Recovery: Enablers and Barriers for Climate-focused Pathways in Post-Disaster Case Studies across Europe