Sustainable and Smart Cities: Ecological Design, Technological Innovation, and Climate Resilience - A collection of selected papers from the proceedings of Future Smart Cities (FSC-2024)- Morocco and Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (URS-2024)- Italy

This book explores adaptive strategies that integrate Anthropogenic principles into architectural and urban design, particularly in low-income contexts like East Africa. It examines urban revitalization through case studies, such as Benghazi’s smart indicators, the use of public spaces for climate resilience, and transformative projects like reclaiming Lebanese quarries and understanding micro-segregation in Thessaloniki. Moreover, it emphasizes the role of eco-communities, post-pandemic urban design, and advanced spatial tools like BIM technology and robotic assembly. It also explores the potential of blockchain and 6G networks in advancing urban planning. This book also investigates AI-driven solutions for traffic management, accident prediction, and energy-efficient automated vehicle systems. It also envisions integrating autonomous aerial vehicles into smart city frameworks and explores collaborative platforms for research innovation. Last but not least, this book focuses on distributed energy systems, the electrification of transport, and innovative governance models like the Urban Climate Transition Governance Prism. It concludes with advanced techniques for environmental monitoring, such as cropland mapping using time-series data.

List of contents

Linking Anthropocenic Strategies to Architectural and Urban Design Interventions in Low-Income Contexts: Lessons from East African Development.- Smart Urban Regeneration Indicators: Benghazi City Case Study.- The Role of Public Space as Resilience Infrastructure in Community Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts.- Turning Life: The Reclamation of Abandoned Lebanese Quarries into Livable Urban Spaces.- Exploring Micro-Segregation in Thessaloniki: A Case Study of Kordelio-Evosmos.- A Vision towards Sustainable Eco Communities and its Influence on Urban Design after Covid 19 Pandemic.- Application of BIM Technology to a Road Project: Optimal Variant Selection Using Topsis and Electre III Methods8.Clustering and Topological Interlocking for Robotic Assembly9.Exploring the Synergy Between Blockchain Technology and 6G Networks: A Bibliometric and Systematic Literature Study.- Artificial Intelligence, Urban Automation, and Smart Mobility Systems.- Traffic Flow Variable Estimation by Artificial Intelligence: Theoretical Aspects and Case Studies.- Prediction of Road Accident Severity Using a Machine Learning Approach Integrating Spatio-Temporal Datasets.- Development of an Energy Efficient Control System for Connected, Highly Automated Vehicles in Mixed Driving Conditions.- The Possibility of Integrating Autonomous Aerial Vehicles into the Classic Air Traffic System to Create Solutions for Smart Cities in Europe.- Collaborative Platforms in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Issues and Prospects for Scientific Research.- Energy Systems, Environmental Monitoring, and Climate Governance.- Simulation of the Impact of Low-Power Distributed Generation (DG) in University Distribution Networks.- Is the Electrification of the Private Transport Sector a Feasible and Sustainable Alternative?.- Towards an “Urban Climate Transition Governance Prism”: Advancing the EU Climate Mission Goals in European Smart Cities18.Cropland Mapping Using Harmonic Analysis of Time-Series.

About the author

Simon Elias Bibri, PhD, is a senior researcher and globally recognized expert specializing in sustainable smart cities and smarter eco-cities. Currently, he serves as a Senior Research Scientist and Project Coordinator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Computer and Communication Sciences (IINFCOM), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). He has a diverse professional background, having served as head of computer department, software and IT business engineer, IT project manager, green ICT and environmental sustainability strategist, research associate, assistant professor, and consultant. He was also a visiting scholar at Lund University and a visiting senior researcher at Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. He served as an Expert in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning for Climate Action for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and an International Expert in Sustainable Cities for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He serves as an expert for Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities, Environmental Sustainability, and Digital Twins for the United Nations Agency of International Telecommunication Union (ITU). He also holds the position of the Editor‑in‑Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Studies at Taylor & Francis Group. 
Dr. Bibri’s academic journey exemplifies both interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity. His intellectual background encompasses computer science, computer engineering, systems science, innovation science, environmental science, social sciences, and humanities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and a postgraduate degree in management science—Advanced Management Program (AMP). Notably, he earned multiple master’s degrees from esteemed Swedish universities, namely Lund University, West University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, Malmö University, and Mid‑Sweden University. He received his PhD in computer science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), specializing in computational technology and urban informatics, with a focus on data‑driven smart sustainable cities. 
Dr. Bibri is a prolific author with numerous highly cited journal articles, 8 authored books, 3 edited books, and 10 co‑edited books to his credit. His work has been cited over 13000 times, resulting in an h‑index of 50. His impact has been recognized by Stanford University and Elsevier as one of the top 1% of scientists worldwide, a distinction he has held for five consecutive years. He has also been listed by ScholarGPS as the #1 highly ranked scholar in sustainable cities, #4 in big data, and #8 in environmental sustainability in the world.

Summary

This book explores adaptive strategies that integrate Anthropogenic principles into architectural and urban design, particularly in low-income contexts like East Africa. It examines urban revitalization through case studies, such as Benghazi’s smart indicators, the use of public spaces for climate resilience, and transformative projects like reclaiming Lebanese quarries and understanding micro-segregation in Thessaloniki. Moreover, it emphasizes the role of eco-communities, post-pandemic urban design, and advanced spatial tools like BIM technology and robotic assembly. It also explores the potential of blockchain and 6G networks in advancing urban planning. This book also investigates AI-driven solutions for traffic management, accident prediction, and energy-efficient automated vehicle systems. It also envisions integrating autonomous aerial vehicles into smart city frameworks and explores collaborative platforms for research innovation. Last but not least, this book focuses on distributed energy systems, the electrification of transport, and innovative governance models like the Urban Climate Transition Governance Prism. It concludes with advanced techniques for environmental monitoring, such as cropland mapping using time-series data.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mourad Amer (Editor), Simon Elias Bibri (Editor), Esen Gökçe Özdamar (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 08.11.2025
• EAN: 9783032005441
• ISBN: 978-3-032-00544-1
• No. of pages: 394
• Illustrations: X, 394 p. 174 illus., 150 illus. in color., farbige Illustrationen, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Soziologie, Klimawandel, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, Sustainability, Landschaftsarchitektur und -gestaltung, Climate Change, landscape architecture, Urban Design, Urban Sociology, Climate Change Ecology, Urban climate, Social Equity, urban resilience, Urban Automation, Micro-Segregation