Ocean Engineering, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 329, С. 121178 - 121178
Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2025
Язык: Английский
Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 421, С. 138454 - 138454
Опубликована: Авг. 14, 2023
To mitigate climate change while catering to the needs of a growing population, cities need find smarter ways manage their resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Since waste management and circular economy will be instrumental in this endeavour, current level circularity cities, environmental impact related activities sharable best practices explored. This paper examines roadmap zero emissions 362 that expressed interest Horizon Europe 100 Climate-Neutral Smart Cities Mission. Based on an unprecedented suite city inputs, study answers set research questions so far unaddressed due lack suitable dataset. The analysis focusses a) actions undertaken by achieving reducing/optimising streams, b) envisioned supporting neutrality 2030, c) urban sectors metabolic flows for which has particularly high potential change. Best are captured create informative aimed at policy-makers encouraging peer-to-peer learning. Finally, barriers incrementing approaches emerge from cities' self-assessments compared those identified existing scientific literature provide input more comprehensive conceptual framework. Overall, distils how imaginaries translated into local governance policy-making focussing large group cities. is key truly understand why some initiatives fail others succeed can inform all relevant stakeholders next steps take.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Building and Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 112610 - 112610
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 197, С. 114409 - 114409
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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One Earth, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 7(5), С. 848 - 866
Опубликована: Май 1, 2024
Mitigating urban overheating is vital to create livable futures. Research on heat mitigation plentiful, while knowledge about the actual measures local governments are implementing limited. This study examines 7,500+ actions by 2,500+ cities under two flagship programs of European Commission. The analysis reveals that cities' strategies pivot around green- and water-based technologies (66% actions) mildly leveraging permeable reflective surfaces (35%) rarely solar shading wind control (8%) or stimuli-responsive/smart systems (2%). Hundreds (1) indicate extreme as a hazard growing intensity and/or frequency, (2) located in hot-summer climatic zones, (3) will experience increasingly frequent heatwaves, (4) host numerous population not reporting any precaution. Moreover, show limited familiarity with combinatorial approaches little attention specific vulnerable groups. Prevention, awareness, social justice should receive more attention.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Energies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 17(2), С. 353 - 353
Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2024
As Smart Cities development grows, deploying advanced technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber–Physical Systems, and particularly, Artificial Intelligence (AI), becomes imperative for efficiently managing energy resources. These technologies serve to coalesce elements life cycle. By integrating smart infrastructures, including renewable energy, electric vehicles, grids, AI emerges a keystone, improving various urban processes. Using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses) Scopus database, this study meticulously reviews existing literature, focusing on in four principal domains: generation, transmission, distribution, consumption. Additionally, paper shows technological gaps when is implemented Cities. A total 122 peer-reviewed articles are analyzed, findings indicate that have led remarkable advancements each domain. For example, algorithms been employed generation optimize resource allocation predictive maintenance, especially energy. The role anomaly detection grid stabilization significant transmission distribution. Therefore, review outlines trends, high-impact articles, emerging keyword clusters, offering comprehensive analytical lens through which multifaceted applications City sectors can be evaluated. objective provide an extensive framework techniques currently deployed elucidates their connected implications sustainable This synthesis aimed at policymakers, planners, researchers interested leveraging transformative potential advance sustainability efficiency initiatives sector.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Transport Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 148, С. 107 - 123
Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2024
The EU Mission on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities is an ambitious initiative aiming to involve a wide range of stakeholders deliver 100 climate-neutral smart cities by 2030. We analysed the information submitted in expressions interest 362 candidate cities. majority cities' strategies for climate neutrality include urban transport as main sector combine introduction new technologies with promotion public active mobility. combined from data CORDIS TRIMIS databases, applied clustering algorithm measure proximity foci H2020 funding. Our results suggest that preparedness correlated research innovation activities Horizon 2020 specific mobility significantly increased likelihood city be candidate. Among various technology pathways, appears have major role development solutions neutrality.
Язык: Английский
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 195, С. 114315 - 114315
Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2024
Cities represent unique spaces for climate mitigation where wide-ranging action to reduce emissions meets ambition and collaboration. This research work distils neutrality narratives 362 cities that expressed interest in the European Mission on 100 Climate-Neutral Smart focuses 112 selected spearhead process of reaching by 2030 (representing a potential 318.3 megatonnes carbon dioxide equivalent emissions). The method involves steps profile characteristics these cities, enunciate cross-cutting patterns cities' visions thematic groupings, compare 14 contextual factors with 77 possible main barriers. There are both similarities differences among results as basis learning together certain barriers can be relatively more dominant some such fragmentation responsibilities. As synthesis findings, original analyses used derive prioritise nine high-level recommendations based visions, factors, expected Opportunities mobilising transformative change relate transforming siloed into integrated approaches, inclusive governance collaborations, innovative financing, welfare just transition well planning, implementation, policy coherence. advances provide pioneering stimulating co-learning processes beyond support open up opportunities progress while producing impact global reach.
Язык: Английский
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Applied Energy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 377, С. 124614 - 124614
Опубликована: Окт. 9, 2024
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Climate change management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 177 - 190
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 191, С. 114152 - 114152
Опубликована: Дек. 12, 2023
While the effects of climate change are already being felt in many parts world, societies compelled to drastically rethink way they produce and manage energy, reduce greenhouse-gases emissions associated sector. Urban areas a critical piece puzzle achieve energy transition reach ambitious targets set out at global European scales. Positive districts (PEDs), new concept introduced 2018 by Strategic Energy Technology Plan, constitute bottom-up response this massive problematic an opportunity accelerate towards low-carbon models cities. However, their deployment is currently facing diverse complex challenges, mainly arising from novelty lack practical experience. In that context, contribution present review literature twofold. First, it seeks provide broad perspective advances research on PEDs with special focus applied studies experiences. Then, aims identify substantial challenges slowing down effective operationalization, study what extent researchers practitioners approaching them. To end, 135 papers selected, categorized, analysed according topics, locations, climates, districts, studied solutions social concerns. As result, paper gives overview main trends necessities practice draws recommendations how adequately address identified challenges.
Язык: Английский
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