Sustainable cities

At Emerald, we are committed to helping communities make decisions that count, based on research that matters. We are looking to build on the amount of meaningful research we support and publish in the field of sustainable cities.

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Latest research & calls for papers
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Fact: 5 billion people will live in cities by 2030.

Your research today solves the sustainability problems of tomorrow… Let us help you reach your goals.

Interested in publishing your work? Get in touch!

We would like to hear more about your current research around sustainable cities, particularly if it covers one of our priority areas.

We have a number of routes to publication: journals, books, cases and our open access programme. Get in touch with publisher Gemma Hemming to discuss your options.

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Key topics

Climate sustainability, climate adaptation and mitigation
Conservation of urban heritage
Disaster resilience of urban areas
Environmental impact and energy efficiency
Economic and social effects of urban living
Governance and policies of cities
Infrastructure and buildings
Liveability, health and the urban environment
Smart cities
Sustainable transportation
Urban planning and growth
Urban regeneration, housing and gentrification

Latest research & calls for papers

Read our recent special issues on our content platform Emerald Insight.

Construction 4.0 and Circular Economy
Built Environment Project and Asset Management
Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things: Disrupting the construction supply chain
Construction Innovation
Contemporary challenges in conserving built cultural heritage
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
Urban Facilities Management
Facilities
PropTech and Entrepreneurship – Innovation in Real Estate (Part 1)
Journal of Property investment & Finance
Design and plan for smart and sustainable built environments
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Take a look at our latest special issue calls for papers.

Smart Villages, Rural Infrastructure and Sustainable Development
Built Environment Project and Asset Management
Global Energy Transformation for Combating Climate Change in the Built Environment: Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Countries
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
Working Smarter by Applying Advanced Technologies in Construction: Enhancing Capacity and Capability in Construction Sector for Infrastructure Project Delivery
Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology
Sustainable and resilient extractive and circular economies under uncertainty
Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology

Our podcasts

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Listen to the discussion with the guest editors and some authors of a special issue from the Disaster Prevention and Management journal – 'The L'Aquila earthquake 10 years on (2009-2019): impacts and state-of-the-art’.

Is there still need – and perhaps now more than ever – to talk and reflect about the earthquake 10 years later?

Find out more in our special issue

Architecture & urban design of the post COVID-19 city

By Ashraf Salama, Professor of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde (UK)

EAUC Global Climate Conference in Education

EAUC's Global Climate Conference in Education aims to inspire and co-ordinate the sector to assume its position at the forefront of the climate damage limitation movement.

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Emerald Publishing proudly joins the UN SDGs Publishers Compact as a founding signatory

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) Publishers Compact is designed to inspire action among publishers, and accelerate progress to achieve the SDGs by 2030.

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"I achieved my aim of gaining attention to my idea and fostering global discussion"

David Ness, Adjunct Professor of School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia shares his Emerald Open Research publishing experience.

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Independence, interdependence, & the community

Mukta Kulkarni and Eddy Ng discuss lending a hand, independence and interdependence in sustainable communities.

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What is our responsibility to climate refugees?

In November 2017, New Zealand’s climate change minister proposed a ‘special’ refugee visa for Pacific Islanders who have been displaced due to climate change – so we ask what is our responsibility to climate refugees?

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Raising the bar on improving the public’s health at Healthy City Design International Congress 2019

The theme, ‘Designing for utopia or dystopia? People and planetary health at a crossroads’, reflects a tipping point in which people’s health and wellbeing are becoming a central consideration in healthy city design and place-making.

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Why do Cities Matter in Sustainable Development Discourse?

As current projections indicate that the majority of the world’s future population will live in urban areas, cities play a central role in the pursuit of sustainable development.

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How can we make our buildings more resilient to flooding?

With extensive expertise in flood risk management, David Proverbs discusses how we can implement vital research to ensure buildings are more flood resilient.

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Travel, transport and later life: More than just getting from A to B

Dr Charles Musselwhite discusses the importance of developing transport systems that support older people's needs.

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Publish open access

Publish your work on Emerald Open Research, our open access platform that supports an open data policy and open peer review process.

The Sustainable Cities gateway addresses urban challenges such as unplanned urban sprawl and inadequate urban infrastructure, housing and services whilst also focusing on how to create resilient, sustainable, liveable cities for all.

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