Urban Science MDPI

28/08/2026

🌊 Urban Resilience and Flood Stress: Advances in Urban Planning and Design

How can cities better anticipate, withstand, and recover from increasing flood risks?

👤 Guest Editor is Dr. Jian Tian

This Special Issue explores innovative approaches to flood-resilient urban planning and design, including:
Flood-resilient planning and land use
Nature-based solutions and blue-green infrastructure
Water-sensitive urban design and stormwater management
Smart technologies and flood early-warning systems
Equitable flood risk governance and collaboration
Post-disaster recovery and transformative resilience

We welcome original research, reviews, and case studies offering actionable solutions for more resilient cities.

📢 Submit your research and contribute to shaping the future of flood-resilient cities!

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/special_issues/P29WKTTTD3

27/08/2026

🌿 Special Issue | Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecological Security: Spatial Modeling, Monitoring and Governance

How can urban green infrastructure help create greener, healthier, more resilient, and ecologically secure cities?

This Special Issue explores innovative approaches to UGI, bringing together spatial modeling, monitoring, GeoAI, ecological assessment, environmental health, biodiversity, nature-based solutions, and governance.

👥 Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Liang Zhou, Prof. Dr. Yang Jun, Dr. Guangliang Xi and Dr. Zhiyu Fan

Help advance evidence-based solutions for greener and more resilient urban futures.

Special Issue in journal Urban Science: Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecological Security: Spatial Modeling, Monitoring and Governance

27/08/2026

🌆 Call for Papers | Special Issue

Addressing the Challenges in the Development and Management of Public Spaces in Contemporary Cities—2nd Edition

Guest Edited by Dr. Rajjan Chitrakar

How can cities create public spaces that are inclusive, sustainable, accessible, and responsive to changing patterns of urban life?

🌍 We welcome original research articles and review papers offering theoretical, empirical, comparative, or practice-oriented perspectives from diverse urban contexts.

📢 Share your research and contribute to the future of public spaces!

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/special_issues/7QQ5N62PPH

26/08/2026

🏆 Urban Science Best Paper Award 2027

We are pleased to announce the Urban Science Best Paper Award, an annual award recognizing outstanding research published in Urban Science for its high quality, scientific significance, and broad influence.

What does the winner receive?
• CHF 300 cash prize
• An official certificate
• An APC waiver voucher for one submission to Urban Science, valid for one year and subject to peer review

Who is eligible?
All papers published in Urban Science are eligible, including both regular submissions and Special Issue articles.

The Evaluation Committee will select one exceptional article published two years prior to the award announcement.

📅 Winner announcement: 30 June 2027

Could your research be the next Urban Science Best Paper? 🌍🏙️

Learn more and discover the award opportunity: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/awards/4398

26/08/2026

♻️ Building Circular, Low-Carbon & Climate-Resilient Cities

How can cities transform growing waste challenges into opportunities for resource efficiency, climate action, and social inclusion?

Our Special Issue, “Urban Waste Management and Circular Economy for Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Sustainable Cities,” explores innovative approaches connecting urban waste management and circular economy strategies with the transition toward more sustainable and resilient cities.

👥 Guest Editors are Prof. Dr. Christian Luiz Da Silva and Prof. Dr. Thea Schoeman

We particularly welcome research addressing the micro, meso, and macro scales, as well as case studies, comparative research, and participatory or mixed-methods approaches.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/special_issues/GNI929883D

25/08/2026

🌆🚁 Call for Papers: Responsible Consumption and Sustainable Business Model Innovation in Urban Air Mobility and the Low-Altitude Economy

How can urban air mobility (UAM) and the emerging low-altitude economy contribute to smarter, safer, more resilient and sustainable cities?

This Joint Special Issue explores innovative approaches to integrating eVTOL aircraft, drones, intelligent transport systems and digital infrastructure into urban environments, with a focus on sustainable urban management and responsible resource use.

Guest Editors are Dr. Tiansheng Yang and Prof. Ken Peattie

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/special_issues/3XQH3Z0O78

We warmly invite researchers working at the intersection of urban mobility, sustainability and the low-altitude economy to contribute their latest research.

21/08/2026

🏙️ Smart and Liveable Cities: Urban Prototypes, AI Urbanism, and the Transformation of Urban Futures

How can AI and emerging technologies transform our cities while keeping liveability at the heart of urban development?

This Special Issue explores the intersection of smart cities, AI urbanism, sustainability, resilience, governance, urban design, and liveability. We welcome both technological and critical perspectives on how emerging urban systems can shape, and potentially transform the way we live, plan, design, and govern cities.

🔹 AI and smart urbanism
🔹 Experimental urban systems and technologies
🔹 Sustainable and resilient urban futures
🔹 Urban governance and decision-making
🔹 Evaluation of technological and urban performance
🔹 Ethics, unintended consequences, and urban liveability

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/special_issues/BY65AF77YZ

19/08/2026

We are pleased to share that Prof. Gang Li, Editorial Board Member of Urban Science and Guest Editor of our Special Issue, promoted the journal’s Special Issue at the IGU Regional Conference 2026 (IRC 2026) in Türkiye.

https://www.irc2026.org/en/default.asp

📌 Special Issue: Urban Regeneration, Factor Mobility, and Social Change in the Era of Digital Intelligence
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/special_issues/0SML1AC865

As cities continue to evolve in the era of digital intelligence, this Special Issue explores emerging perspectives on urban regeneration, factor mobility, and social change, bringing together research that can contribute to understanding the transformation of contemporary urban environments.

We warmly welcome researchers and scholars working in these areas to explore the Special Issue and consider contributing their work.

👏 We would also like to sincerely thank Prof. Gang Li for his valuable efforts in promoting the Special Issue and helping to increase the visibility of Urban Science at the international academic community.

18/08/2026

Environmental & Earth Sciences Webinar: 9th MDPI Guest Editor Club Webinar 2026

The Guest Editor Club brings together Guest Editors from around the world to exchange ideas and showcase research published through Special Issues. MDPI is pleased to invite Guest Editors, recognized for their expertise across a wide range of disciplines, to participate in the 9th MDPI Guest Editor Club Webinar.

This session, focused on research in the field of Environmental & Earth Sciences, discusses the decision-making process of a Guest Editor, and includes experience sharing by experienced Guest Editors.

🗓️ Date: 25 August 2026
🕙 Time: 4:00 p.m. CEST | 10:00 a.m. EDT

Free registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5417865288392/WN_AqVdZGVOTouRlim-wa0Lpg #/registration
Learn more: https://sciforum.net/event/GEClub-9-environment

We look forward to welcoming you to this insightful session. 🌱💬

13/08/2026

🌆☀️ Call for Papers | Special Issue on Photovoltaic, Solar Thermal, and Hybrid Energy Technologies for a Sustainable Urban Environment ⚡🏙️

How can cities accelerate decarbonization while improving energy efficiency, resilience, and occupant comfort?

Guest Editors are Dr. Ivana Radonjic Mitić and Dr. Marko Dimitrijević

This Special Issue explores innovative solutions that transform buildings from passive energy consumers into active, flexible, and sustainable energy systems through the integration of:

🔹 Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)
🔹 Photovoltaic–thermal (PVT) systems
🔹 Solar thermal technologies
🔹 Heat pumps and advanced cooling solutions
🔹 Electrical, thermal, and cold-energy storage
🔹 Smart façades, roofs, and energy management systems
🔹 Microgrids, energy communities, and building-to-grid interactions

🌱 Join researchers and practitioners working toward the next generation of low-carbon, resilient, and energy-smart cities.

📢 Submit your latest research and contribute to advancing sustainable urban energy solutions!

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/special_issues/73696X4BL8