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In the last few decades, the issue of urban management in the country has been analyzed from various political, social, infrastructural, administrative, legal, etc. dimensions, and integrated management has always been proposed as an answer to current problems. However, the role of information and its infrastructure in this cycle has not been considered much. Therefore, this research aims to identify the weaknesses of the information mechanisms of the urban management complex of Baneh, while providing practical solutions to solve them by using the capabilities of the web-based spatial information system. The statistical population of the current research was all managers and specialist personnel of Baneh Municipality, from whom 10 managers and personnel were randomly selected. The necessary information was collected using specialized interviews and analyzed by the coding method (open, central, and selective) in Nvivo11 software, the general results of which were the weakness in accessing and classifying the information of all departments, as a result of the lack of it shows the appropriate infrastructure for data classification. Finally, after prioritizing the problems of different departments, with the help of personnel and managers, a comprehensive information system for the management of municipal construction charges was designed on the web platform to solve the mentioned problems. In this regard, we designed the frontend part of the system with HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap5, and developed the backend part with JavaScript and Python programming language in the Django framework and using the open-source database PostgreSQL11. The results of the implementation of this structure show that in addition to being justifiable, the economy is to improve various mechanisms in this field, including acquisition and management of spatial data, data classification, instant updates with a simple user interface, the possibility of instant reporting of the status of payments, observation of cash and other cash transactions, control of municipal employees and automatic recording of their activities, access to all the data available without the time and place restrictions with the possibility of determining the level of access to them, and instantly view the changes in the desired time interval. Also, an advanced search system has been implemented on the database with 43 information fields, which allows applying any type of filter on the information. Finally, the implementation of the information management system of construction charges has paved the way for the development of complementary systems for urban planning, waste, worn-out fabric, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: The ever-increasing population of cities has created many problems for city management. Solving these problems has become a big challenge for urban management. Scientific and research centers and international organizations have introduced the approach of "good urban governance" as the most effective, least costly, and most sustainable method of urban management. Urban governance is a process formed based on the interaction between the official organizations and institutions of the city administration on the one hand, and non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations on the other. This article aims to analyze the feasibility of good governance in the urban management of Maku City by examining the indicators of good urban governance.Material & Method: The research method is descriptive-analytical and is of a functional type. The statistical population of this study includes two groups of citizens and experts (municipality and city council). Statistical tests using mean comparison (T-test and ANOVA) were used to analyze the data collected from the questionnaire. Finding: The findings of this study are significant. From the citizens' viewpoint, all the indicators of good urban governance are at a low level. However, experts believe that only the participation index is low. Furthermore, all neighborhoods of Maku city are at a low level in terms of good urban governance, with significant differences observed in three indicators: rule of law, justice index, and strategic insight index. In summary, this study's results underscore the urgent need to improve the realization of good urban governance in Maku city.Innovation: This research stands out from previous studies as it comprehensively examines eight indicators of good urban governance, both from the perspective of citizens and experts. The findings of this unique approach can be instrumental in various planning initiatives, particularly those that prioritize the decentralization of the urban management process.

Introduction: Due to its large population, lack of green spaces, inappropriate urban structure, and traffic congestion, Tehran is considered one of the most polluted cities in the world. Air pollution in Tehran is one of the basic health and environmental challenges that can have serious consequences for the health of citizens and their social costs. In the meantime, city buses, as one of the main means of public transportation, play an important role in the movement of passengers, but at the same time, due to fossil fuels and old technologies, they are responsible for a major contribution to the emission of pollutants. This release of pollution in turn leads to negative consequences and high costs for society. Therefore, in the present study, while determining the value of environmental damage caused by the emission of pollutants in the terminals of inner-city buses in Tehran in 2020 based on the information obtained from the transportation and urban traffic organization of Tehran municipality, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of inner-city buses in the emission of environmental pollutants with the use of the SWOT model have been discussed.Materials and Methods: The current research is based on an analytical-descriptive approach using field research and library studies. Based on this, the evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the system and the presentation of pollution reduction solutions have been carried out in the form of strategic SWOT analysis. For this purpose, the required information has been collected by interviewing and completing 60 questionnaires by experts, experts and drivers of six main systems in Tehran Bus Company. Validity of questionnaires was confirmed by 10 experts and its reliability was approved by Cronbach alpha (α=0.93).Results: According to the results, the social cost of pollution during an annual period caused by the consumption of diesel fuel is estimated at 829.43 billion rials, which is imposed on the environment every day. The mentioned figure is based on the shadow price equivalent of CO2 pollutant and based on the price of 2020. Also, the results showed that the most important weaknesses of public transport pollution in the metropolis of Tehran are the adverse effects of high traffic congestion during peak hours on the performance of public and private transport systems, as well as the high use of private cars, especially single-passenger cars. Carrying out intra-city trips is reserved. In addition, according to the results, the most important threats include the multi-nuclear structure of Tehran metropolis and the large size of the urban area, the geographical location of Tehran and climate changes caused by fine dust. It should be mentioned the final scores obtained from the analysis of the internal factor matrix (IFE) and external matrix (EFE) were calculated as 2.75 and 2.59, respectively.Discussion: Based on this, the situation of the desired solutions to reduce pollution is in an aggressive position, based on which it is necessary to get the maximum benefit from the existing capabilities and potentials and the combination of strengths and upcoming opportunities. According to the results of the construction and rapid development of metro lines, the multiplicity of highway networks in the city, and the priority of urban management to build and expand BRT lines in different areas of the city, the most important strengths and also the potential of producing parts related to the bus fleet for its development inside the country The high impact of the media in changing the citizens' traffic perspective and the possibility of more technical monitoring for more efficient use of fuel and reducing its consumption are the most important opportunities in reducing pollution by the public fleet.

The global COVID-19 pandemic produced several changes in nearly every aspect of our lives. Ride-sharing platforms such as Uber and Lyft must adapt their strategies and aims to stay afloat. The analysis in this study is based on 216,120 tweets in the U.S. between January 1, 2019, and December 30, 2021, about Uber. It includes four separate analyses: Popularity and Usage Analytics, Sentimental Analytics, Voice Analytics, and Topic Mining Analytics. The result shows that usage and popularity of Uber on Twitter negatively affect Covid and death cases. In contrast, vaccination helps mitigate the shock of Covid. Additionally, ' 'Uber's policy and business model was beneficial in improving its positive image during the pandemic; On the early breakout of Covid in the U.S. Uber had a jump on the positive sentiment, mainly because Uber provided safer service than public transportation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Leveraging the potential of sport can play a significant role in shaping cities of tomorrow, generate environmental and social change. The integration of sport into city planning can provide multiple benefits, such as promoting physical activity, health, well-being, and enhancing social cohesion. However to date, there is a lack of research on the potential of sport innovations to enhance the sustainable development of cities. This study aims to explore the role of sport innovations in sustainable cities through systematic literature review, utilizing interdisciplinary approach that combines sport and urban management disciplines to understand how sport innovations affects the sustainable living. The findings of this study identify sustainable references in sport innovations literature, including best practices for integrating sport into urban planning and development, and thus verifying their contribution to the sustainable development of cities in areas of social inclusion, community participation, collaboration and networking, organizational strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

'Comprehensive law enforcement' is an important part of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) thinking on urban management. It involves all government departments and units related to law enforcement working together to improve their administrative efficiency. Since 2009, the CCP has absorbed some elements of the Western concept of the 'smart city', including the use of big data analysis and technology in implementing and enforcing the law. At the heart of the Chinese smart city is the 'city brain'. For the CCP regime, the primary purpose of the smart city is to monitor society and improve the efficiency of urban management; making life more convenient for residents is a secondary consideration. In other words, this mechanism is strongly state led in nature, and it is aimed at ensuring the regime's survival by strengthening the CCP's capacity to govern. We found that due to incentives built into the cadre evaluation system, grassroots officials use the information gathered through smart city technology to achieve 'hard' law enforcement targets rather to improve people's lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Peri-urban land development is crucial to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal of equitable and sustainable urban areas. Fair land, infrastructure, and resource management improves land management services and reduces social and economic inequities. However, the peri-urban land management system has contributed to unequal rapid urbanization in neighboring regions. This study examines the complex relationships between peri-urban land development barriers in India. The goal is to understand how these barriers induce unequal urbanization transcending the city, resulting in uncontrolled growth, urban sprawl, and inadequate services in peri-urban areas. The main goal is to improve decision-making and promote fair peri-urban growth in Indian cities using a multi-criteria decision-making tool. This application gives experts a new perspective on peri-urban issues. METHODS: A questionnaire-based survey was conducted by 122 planners and academicians from north Indian cities using snowball sampling techniques. The study collects expert perspectives to create a causal map, using the DEMATEL ISM method, classifying these barriers as "determinants or causes," "dependent barriers," "independent barriers," and "effects," presenting a new perspective on peri-urban development complexity. that depicts these roadblocks and highlights the most significant drivers impeding peri-urban land development. FINDINGS: Findings revealed four interdependent challenges as the leading 'causes' based on DEMATEL Weight; Imprecise spatial policies with 0.10119, undemarcated land boundaries with 0.10082, weak institutions with 0.10003, and absence of planning regulations with 0.09945 weight. Within these barriers, addressing the governance capability and spatial policies would have a beneficial cascading effect on catering to other challenges. Findings have valuable insights for policymakers, aiding in the formulation and prioritization of effective policies and resource allocation. CONCLUSION: This study extensive analysis of causal linkages among Indian city periurban land development challenges. Beyond identifying barriers, it explains their causes, interdependencies, and hierarchical links. This study's holistic approach to periurban development issues and inventive barrier categorization and prioritization make it distinctive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores the nexus between urban green space (UGS) and sustainable tourism (ST) and its potential for achieving a green economy. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) approach was applied to reveal the most relevant documents. This study has identified the 35 most relevant documents from the Scopus database. This study reveals a strong nexus between UGS and ST and a strong linkage between various components of UGS and ST. UGS provides several benefits (economic, social, and environmental benefits) in tourism. UGS also promotes tourism in various aspects like environmental, social, and economic aspects. We argue that tourism has become one of the world's most rapidly rising economic industries that promotes a green economy based on UGS with sustainability. The potential challenges of achieving ST and a green economy are lack of proper planning, GHG emissions, maintaining cultural heritage, and poor information systems and communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Grid systems for local governance and administration in China, known as grid management or wanggehua guanli (网格化管理), have been implemented since the mid-2000s. Where existing research focuses on the embeddedness of grid technology in state-society relations, the spatial dynamics of urban grid administration and their significance in China's state structure receive less attention. This analysis adopts the idea of the spatial process for a dynamic approach to grid governance, from its incorporation in China's urban management efficiency drive to its implementation in city districts through local territorialization, to assess the urban grid system as an administrative area and inter-scaled spatial governing strategy. Implementation of the grid system establishes smaller governing areas while networking higherlevel jurisdictions, with the result of overcoming some of the authority fragmentation in the state structure. Grid governance contributes to increasing local state power in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today's era, we are witnessing rapid growth and complexity of cities and the spread of urban crises. Unilateral governance and management by the government to manage the urban society is no longer desirable and responsive. Therefore, the use of multiinteractive strategies to attract the cooperation and participation of civil-union institutions has become more necessary. One of these proposed applications is the model of urban good governance. Most international organizations have suggested this model for the citizen-oriented administration of the world's cities. This research realizes the need for Sanandaj city to use the model of good urban governance, and it has investigated the status of good governance indicators in Sanandaj city. It has also been discussed how the performance of urban management in different areas is different based on the model of good governance. The research method in this research is descriptive and analytical. The information needed for this research was obtained using library study and the questionnaire methods. Student's t-test, ANOVA, and Tukey's tests were used to analyze the data. This research shows the poor condition of good urban governance indicators in Sanandaj city. However, the status of the participation index is in a better position than other indices, and the legality index is in a relatively unfavorable position. Also, a significant difference has been observed between the performance of urban management in different areas of Sanandaj city. This means that the surrounding areas of the city, as well as the northern areas of the city, do not have a favorable position, while the southern part of the city has relatively good conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Urban planning has undergone significant transformations throughout history marked by distinct eras characterized by shifts in planning principles, approaches, and objectives. In recent years, citizens’ participation and democratization of urban management have gained considerable attention and importance. It has become evident that imposing large-scale urban projects on communities without their input or involvement can lead to severe backlash. Traditional methods, such as offline consultations, co-design workshops, and surveys, have facilitated architects and planners in understanding and engaging with communities. However, advancements in technology and online platforms have opened up new avenues for harnessing the collective intelligence of entire cities and communities in the urban planning and design process. The presence of strong democratic institutions, respect for human rights, and participatory accountable governance are essential for enhancing people's lives in a sustainable manner. In an increasingly urbanized world, these factors contribute to unlocking the potential of cities, particularly through improved urban service delivery. Well-managed cities with enhanced services promote peace, security, and greater investment in human capital, thereby driving economic growth. Municipal governments that possess adequate resources and are accountable are more likely to provide timely and efficient services. Collaborative efforts among different levels of government and civil society contribute to optimizing service delivery. Transparent, accountable, and democratic institutions play a vital role in facilitating community participation in demanding and designing improved service delivery. Various models have been developed to expand citizen engagement in urban management. Cities should strive for systemic changes in decision-making processes related to urban planning, incorporating deliberative and democratic procedures. This paper introduced a novel model for citizen participation in urban management. Materials & Methods: This study adopted a qualitative, interpretive, applied, and cross-sectional research design. The statistical population consisted of municipality managers, NGO managers, and urban scholars in Isfahan City. A total of 15 experts were selected from this population using the snowball sampling technique and were subsequently interviewed. The collected data were analyzed inductively using a content analysis approach. To ensure the reliability of the analysis, 5 interviews were randomly selected and subjected to thematic analysis once again. This process aimed to validate the findings. To further enhance the robustness of the results, a fuzzy Delphi method was employed, involving 10 municipality managers and 5 academicians. The participants were requested to evaluate the relevance and significance of the identified themes, aiming to achieve a fuzzy consensus. Their suggestions and feedback were incorporated into the final model, thereby strengthening the overall quality of the findings. Discussion of Results & Conclusion: The data for this study were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. The analysis revealed 55 basic themes, 15 organizing themes, and 5 global themes. The content validity ratio, which exceeded the threshold of 60%, confirmed the validity of the results. Furthermore, the results of the fuzzy Delphi method, after defuzzification, indicated unanimous agreement among the experts, thus affirming the reliability of the findings. Based on the research outcomes, a spiral-fractal model for citizen participation in urban governance was proposed. The model comprised 5 key elements: citizens, cituards, citgentsia, citally, and cityors. Cituards were citizens, who demonstrated slightly higher levels of engagement than the average citizen. They actively monitored the city, provided reflections, and followed up on their suggestions. Citgentsia were individuals, who contributed novel ideas and offered original recommendations to benefit the city. When the ideas of the Citgentsia were put into practice, they were referred to as citally within this model. The final level of the spiral-fractal model was occupied by cityors, who were involved, either officially or unofficially, in the theoretical and practical dimensions of all aspects of urban management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Including pedestrians in urban design is vital so that they prefer walking over motorized transport. Motorized mobility, which mainly involves automobiles, has conditioned urban design, pedestrian movement, sustainability, and urban resilience. Studies of walkability in cities have recently been conducted, and they can be classified into those that use a qualitative observer-perception-based approach and a second approach based on the measurement of observable variables. This work aims to develop a tool that allows for walkability in public spaces to be evaluated based on directly observing reality while considering both approaches: those related to perceiving the environment and physical reality. Walking is one of the main ways of moving around and achieving sustainable urban mobility. The conditions of public spaces are fundamental for people in their preference for moving around by walking. A literature review related to walkability revealed that previous works included a variety of viewpoints, scales, tools, variables, and approaches. This study included a developed tool by modeling a definition of working areas, processing walkability data, and determining the Walkability Index (WI). The reliability of the data observed from the walkability variables was verified, and the tool's usefulness for urban planning was demonstrated. Pedestrian-centered urban design promotes cities' sustainable mobility, sustainability, and resilience. People's conduct reveals how the urban environment is perceived. The developed WI evaluates the existing reality and allows for its evolution to be monitored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cities will face increasing challenges due to the impacts of global climate change, particularly in the form of cyclonic events, necessitating a deeper understanding and the establishment of effective response mechanisms at both institutional and citizen levels. In this research, we tested the efficiency of crowdsourcing in fostering participatory resilience and improving urban management. The main aim was to design novel and accurate proactive response strategies and mitigate the adverse effects of cyclonic wind events through volunteerism, citizen science, and urban science. To achieve this goal, as a case study, the municipality of Soledad, Colombia was used. This research employed a two-phase methodological approach: (i) initially evaluating the spatial distribution of emergency response resources, and (ii) developing a geo-referenced survey to map, systematize, and categorize data and outcomes. A total of three hundred and seventy-eight residents across five neighborhoods in Soledad, which have experienced a high frequency of atmospheric wind phenomena over the past two decades, were surveyed. The results indicate that the crowdsourcing mechanism effectively enhanced the empirical understanding of atmospheric wind events in Soledad, facilitating the establishment of a geo-referenced volunteer network for real-time responses. Additionally, this study shed light on previously undocumented challenges, in terms of reducing the number of people affected, and the actions that would lead to improved urban development to reduce the impacts of cyclonic events, emphasizing the significance of citizen science in the social construction of risk and disaster risk reduction (DDR) efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of digital twin has acquired attention in urban planning and design for its potential to revolutionize city understanding, planning, and management. This article explores the contributions of digital twin technology to smart city planning and development, aiming to understand its functionalities, benefits, and limitations. An overview of digital twin definition and functionalities is provided, emphasizing their ability to create virtual city replicas and simulate different scenarios. Case studies from London, Zürich, and Athens exemplify digital twin applications, and a comparative analysis reveals diverse objectives, technology deployments, user interaction levels, outcomes, and funding sources. Findings demonstrate digital twins as powerful tools for improved decision-making, resource allocation, and infrastructure management. They also facilitate stakeholder collaboration, community engagement, and evidence-based policy design. However, challenges related to data integration, privacy, and scalability exist. Nonetheless, results underscore the relevance and transformative potential of digital twins in shaping smart cities and fostering sustainable urban environments.

The discourse on the city, its forms, planning and management under uncertainty is undoubtedly the most widespread and relevant in the last ten years. The prospects for the development of the city and its urban community depend rather on the articulation and representation of the content of social demand from society, the population of specific cities, than on external factors. Citizens have a clear vision for the future and present of their city. The city perception of its inhabitants is correlated with the citizens’ ideas about the modern city and appears as a discourse in their judgments, opinions and assessments. Urban discourse is defined as positioning, representation of urban identity of citizens and reflection of the perception of the city identity. The presence of this discourse is found in the citizens’ narratives about the city. The study is based on the personal experience narratives, specifically the informants’ reflections upon their evaluation and perception of their city were analyzed. Narrative analysis, supplemented by sentiment analysis (positive or negative presentation of the material) was chosen as a research tactic, the research method is content analysis. The major purpose of this work is to study the perception of the identity of the city by citizens. The novelty of the work is determined by the design of the study, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches, the method of triangulation according to N. Denzin., as well as the choice of a subjective parameter (perception by citizens of their city) as a guideline for managerial actions in shaping the identity of the city in order to achieve connectivity “city – citizen”. An additional contribution of this paper is the construction of a paired logic of connectivity: “city – citizen” through the correlation between the citizens urban identity indicators and the identity of the city on the basis of empirical data of six cities in the Tyumen region. The study showed that citizens with a high level of urban identity perceive the city through personal participation in its life, through the manifestation of subjectivity.

Background The objective of this research is to propose a method for evaluating the effectiveness of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) schemes across different parameters and subsequently rank different cities based on the perception of resident citizens. The research contributes to the academic literature of urban management by suggesting a comprehensive evaluation model based on academic literature review, identifying an assessment method to assign criteria to the parameters of the selected evaluation model, and finally proposing an approach to rank select cities covered under AMRUT scheme based on the suggested quantified model. Methods Conceptual research model is suggested based on review of the past literature. The study further purposes a quantitative method Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to operationalize the identified model by assigning weights to the criteria. Finally, the research demonstrates how the weighted model can be applied to rank cities under AMRUT scheme by using Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). Results Conceptual model to assess the effectiveness of AMRUT scheme has been arrived at by reviewing past literature. The model is found to be exhaustive and applicable for the research problem being investigated. The study further identifies the method for assigning the criteria weights and then eventually how to apply it to rank cities covered under AMRUT scheme on those weights. Conclusion The study contributes to the academic literature in the context of urban management by evaluating AMRUT scheme. The research proposes that impact of AMRUT can be studied by selecting a comprehensive evaluation model based on academic literature review, identifying an assessment method to assign criteria to the parameters of the selected evaluation model, and finally proposing a method to apply the weighted model to rank the cities covered under AMRUT scheme.

In 2009 the San José macro-project was formulated in Manizales (Colombia) to renew 111 hectares of urban fabric in the central area of the city. In a decade it was intended to provide more than 3,500 social housing units and develop a mixed-use area. Fourteen years later, only 6% of the project has been developed and the public resources committed have been exhausted. This article evaluates this project based on the trialectic analysis of the production of space suggested by Bourdieu and other authors, adapted to the realities of social housing policy in Colombia. Three variables of analysis were defined: Norms, Space and Rights. The integration of these variables made it possible to unveil the habitus of the decision makers in the planning-management of the project. The hermeneutic analysis of the transformations produced in space-time makes it possible to demonstrate that the urban operation is oriented towards dismantling the democratic instruments of social housing financing through a normative turn that prioritizes the measures of exception to avoid the equitable distribution of burdens and benefits. There is a tension between the integral urban actions foreseen in the national territorial planning and the general urban project rescued from the practices of nineteenth-century urbanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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An important part of the efforts of urban management in cities with historical textures is to improve their dilapidating parts. Considering the variety of possible actions, it is necessary to avoid unorganized everyday approaches in decisions for reconstruction. In Mashhad City, 12.4% of the area and 28% of the population are in the worn-out texture; therefore, the present study seeks to provide a complete picture of the activities of the Fifth Islamic Council of Mashhad regarding the regeneration of those worn-out parts. In terms of purpose, the study is an applied type, and the research method is descriptive-analytical. In the first step, by studying Persian and English sources, the main dimensions of the reconstruction of the worn texture were determined. Then, by referring to the archive of the council's approvals (including 4530 approvals) and checking each one, identifying those related to the worn out texture, including 58 approvals (1.28% of all the approvals and an average of 11.6 approvals for each period) and storing them, the data were entered in the Excel database. Using descriptive statistics, the data were categorized. Further, by using the content analysis method (in the form of open, central and selective coding), we clarified the approaches governing the planning of each course and finally the whole courses regarding the regeneration of the worn-out texture of Mashhad. The results were processed in open coding, including 39 key issues in central coding and 9 important issues in selective coding. There were 4 central categories including 1) procedures related to implementation, management and human resources, 2) financial and economic fields, 3) the main domain of promotion and empowerment, and 4) management of land and body. The interpretation of information indicates a change in the approaches of each period of the council in various issues. In other words, there is no coordinated approach in any era in dealing with the worn texture. Although the headings of urban management measures (with the exception of the environmental domain) are in accordance with sustainable regeneration, the dimensions emphasized in each domain do not show compatibility with the approach of sustainable regeneration. In this regard, suggestions have been presented for short, medium- and long-term periods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The construction industry, business models, and smart cities are recognized as pivotal domains with profound implications for fostering sustainability, prompting extensive research endeavors. However, there remains a dearth of interdisciplinary integration within this sphere aimed at fostering sustainable development. Nevertheless, current studies suggest that research in this area could provide theoretical and practical guidance for the sustainable transformation of society and make a positive contribution to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Therefore, this paper aims to utilize an innovative mixed research approach combining macro-quantitative bibliometric analysis with subsequent micro-qualitative content examination based on the SDGs to explore the relationship between BIM and smart cities in promoting a sustainability-oriented business model, which provides a comprehensive understanding of the overall situation and development of research topics in the field and contributes to the improvement of the SDGs. The results show that, during the last 13 years (from the year 2011 to 2023), the period from the year 2011 to 2016 was the initial stage of the field, followed by a rapid growth after the year 2018, of which "BIM", "Smart City", "Business Model", "Building Life Cycle", "Urban Management", and "Business Model Innovation" are the keywords representing the current research hotspots. The circular economy model that has been developed since 2021 has contributed to life cycle stages, including "briefing stages" and "procurement stages". As such, the "whole life cycle", "strategic urban planning frameworks", and "sustainable business models" have become future research trends, whilst real-world applications such as "smart tourism", "e-government", and "green building" have emerged. Further, the key partnerships of "city managers", "corporate enterprises", and "public participation" for smart cities contribute to the achievement of SDGs 8 and 17 in terms of integrating urban information technology and urban infrastructure, policy regulation, knowledge-sharing, improving economic efficiency, and promoting sustainable economic growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Land Value Capture (LVC) in the Global South has long been a subject of long-standing debate, primarily driven by the need to address uneven urbanization and finance public investments. Despite its significance, current literature focuses on case analyses limited to local implementation contingencies. This paper aims to critically examine LVC as an epistemic object and question its approach within urban studies. Our hypothesis posits that LVC has remained confined to the empirical dimension of case studies, replicated for years, demanding a higher level of theorization that could reveal the colonizing intentions encrusted in the policy learning flows from the Global North. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban Social Innovation Capacity is determined as a key aspect to explain Social Value creation in European cities suffering increased social problems derived from the urban growth and exacerbated by COVID-19. New Public Value Management paradigm has appeared involving urban managers in new city-centred management models based on Social Innovation networking processes, increasing their capacity to innovate as they face the current social challenges. The main purpose in this study is to assess the Social Value performed within specific systems and to propose instruments to provide local managers with valid and reliable tools for assessing both Social Value and Urban Social Innovation Capacity. The study conducted a mixed-method research technique. A qualitative study to validate the theoretical approach and, with the objective to examine the positive effect of Urban Social Innovation Capacity on Social Value, an empirical work based on PLS well stocked with data collected from a survey aimed at urban social innovation managers in Eurocities. Results showed a direct positive effect of Urban Social Innovation Capacity on Social Value but no effect between Socioeconomic Context and Social Value. The study additionally offers a modern definition for Social Innovation and implications for local managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper promotes critical realism as a suitable and fruitful philosophical foundation for the development and implementation of urban digital twins. The proliferation of a-theoretical digital twin research and practices, not declaring their philosophical positions, is threatening the scientific soundness of this new paradigm and offers little evidence for reflecting on the knowledge it produces. To address this issue, first, this paper uses focus group discussions to explore digital twin experts' perceptions of digital twin best practices for urban management and uncover the philosophical worldviews underlying these perceptions. A philosophical worldview is a general orientation about the world that is described in terms of ontological and epistemological assumptions and views on human nature. The inferred philosophical worldviews are then compared with critical realism principles, supporting the argument that critical realism provides a suitable philosophical foundation for digital twin practices in urban management envisaged by participating experts, as well as enhancing current forms of digital twin practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The significance of urban landscapes in safeguarding biodiversity is often disregarded, even though a considerable amount of conservation focus is directed toward biodiversity hotspots where urban land conversion is happening at the fastest pace. Maintaining biodiversity in urban areas not only benefits the environment, but along with social, economic, and technological factors can increase the stability of urban systems to disturbance, a concept known as "urban resilience". In this synthesis paper, we explore the ecological dimension of urban resilience and specifically focus on avian biodiversity because birds are easy to observe, relatively abundant, and can serve as an indicator of the overall health of urban environments. We first examine the concept of ecological resilience and discuss the role of environmental stressors associated with urbanization in the ongoing avian biodiversity crisis. We then provide an overview of characteristics of the urban environment that may promote ecological resilience in birds, and associations between social and economic factors and urban ecological resilience. Finally, we provide recommendations on future research regarding strategies to improve urban ecological resilience and thus, urban resilience as a whole, at the intersections of urban ecology, ecosystem ecology, environmental justice, and urban planning. Since 68% of the world's population is projected to live in urban areas by 2050, it is imperative that scientists, urban planners, civil engineers, architects, and others consider urban ecological resilience as a dimension of both environmental health and the resilience of cities to future natural and anthropogenic stressors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the impact of urban management on the efficiency of regional innovation in China's manufacturing industry, with a specific focus on modern sustainable energy. The research takes into consideration the regional diversity in innovation development across China's three major regions and integrates common Frontier theory with the MSBM model. By employing a non-radial distance function approach, this study develops the MMSBMP model, incorporating various improved methods proposed by researchers. The Luenberger index methodology is utilized to assess the innovation efficiency of the national manufacturing industry from 2017 to 2021, enabling the identification of efficiency losses. The findings highlight significant disparities and opportunities for enhancing innovation efficiency across the three major regions, both at the common Frontier and the group Frontier. However, caution is advised due to the potential overestimation of regional Frontier efficiency values resulting from variations in technical reference datasets. Analysis of the Total Growth Rate (TGR) values reveals distinct development characteristics among the regions, with the eastern region exhibiting smaller extremes and the central and western regions displaying larger extremes. This comprehensive examination of China's manufacturing industry emphasizes the influence of urban management. By investigating the consequences of urban management practices, this research provides insights into the relationship between urban development strategies and the performance, efficiency, and sustainable growth of the manufacturing industry. The study highlights the significance of urban management in shaping regional innovation efficiency and emphasizes the continual improvement of the industry's innovation performance in the context of modern sustainable energy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: One of the challenges that urban management is always involved in to achieve social sustainability is the issue of ethnic diversity and subcultures. The city of Ahvaz is one of the cities near the border and it is always a gathering place of various ethnic groups. Paying attention to this issue is vital because not paying attention to this issue leads to major challenges and unevenness of the road to achieving social stability. In this regard, the aim of this article is to Check the challenges of urban management in achieving the social sustainability of Ahvaz city with emphasis on ethnic diversity and subcultures.. Data and Method: The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of method. According to the objectives of the research, library and field methods (questionnaire) have been used in order to develop a theoretical framework and collect the required data. The statistical research population of the citizens of Ahvaz in 2015 is equal to 1,184,788 people. The number of samples was determined using Cochran's sampling, 384 people. To analyze the research data, one-sample statistical tests, step-by-step regression and path analysis were used. Results: The results of the sample T-Tech test to measure the urban sustainability of Ahvaz with an emphasis on ethnicities show that there is a significant difference between the obtained average (1.81) so that it is below the standard limit (3). be Therefore, the status of this index is not favorable. The results of the step-by-step regression test indicate that the social security index with a beta coefficient of 0.247 has the greatest impact and the economic index with a coefficient of 0.166 has the least impact in stabilizing the city of Ahvaz for different ethnicities. The results of the path analysis show that all the coefficients of these variables are significant at the 95% confidence level, which means that the variables have an effect on the stability of the city of Ahvaz in terms of ethnicity, and the need to pay attention to them will improve this issue. Conclusion: Due to the not very suitable policies and solutions of urban management in Ahvaz, subcultures and ethnic diversity have special challenges for city managers, which is the main challenge for city managers to achieve social, economic, physical and physical sustainability. It is environmental and according to the field research that has been done, these issues should be addressed as soon as possible so that it does not lead to worse challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although cities are increasingly permeated by information and communication technologies (ICTs), these urban centers still face theoretical and practical obstacles regarding the application of 3D technologies as a tool for urban planning and management. This study aims to ontologically structure an informational model as an urban management tool and assess the perceived challenges for implementing this model in the municipal public management of Curitiba, Brazil. The study was carried out through the collective subject discourse, the interviews' thematic saturation, and Delphi techniques. The results indicate that the technical capacity, technological infrastructure, and financial resources for the development of a city information modeling (CIM) exist, although its activation for such development depends on a more significant political and managerial entrepreneurship in the decision-making in arrangements of multilevel governance, and, consequently, there is a need to develop public policies for staff training to stimulate and promote advanced technological innovations for urban management and planning. Implementing a CIM in large cities seems to face more management and planning problems due to the lack of institutional ontologies than technological, infrastructural, or knowledge limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the ever-increasing expansion of cities and their managers' authority increases beside the existing inconsistency in their financial powers and duties, these authorities have faced challenges in collecting financial dues and its fair distribution in national and local level. Executive expenses funding and urban projects financing requirements have forced city managers to sell density and use unstable financial resources to cover costs and debts. Therefore the urban management system is supposed to plan for city development and its construction to implement programs, plans and projects. This system can provide appropriate solutions by recognizing financial and urban challenges. For this purpose, we addressed these challenges and obstacles to provide a suitable solution for supplying resources and collecting local financial dues regarding other countries successful experiences. Accordingly financial decentralization can cause rapid economic growth and urban poverty reduction which will lead to transparency, equality and fair financial distribution as well as appropriate financial planning in local area. By using these experiences, urban managers in Iran can adapt financial resources to local preferences and improve efficiency and competitive performance in public sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Litter is an important challenge in urban management, which is affected by the efficiency of the cleaning system. In this study, the efficiency of manual cleaning system in litter collection was evaluated by Clean Environment Index (CEI) in three land-uses. The results showed that in the study area, the density of litter was in the range of 0.011–0.736 number/m2. The cigarette butt was the most observed litter (0.183/m2). On average, 17% of the observed litter were plastic. Based on calculated CEI, all commercial areas were in a dirty or extremely dirty status, which included 40% of all areas. However, residential and recreational areas were in clean and very clean status, respectively. The average CEI in commercial, residential, and recreational areas was 22.59, 3.69, and 0.413, respectively. Although the efficiency of manual cleaning was suitable for residential and recreational areas, the pollution status in commercial areas showed the low efficiency of the manual cleaning system. Using alternative methods for commercial areas can improve the litter management.

In addition to health consequences, the Covid-19 pandemic has had important effects on the environment and lifestyle. Municipal solid waste management faced serious challenges due to consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this study, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the quantity and composition of municipal solid waste in Tehran were investigated. The international experiences of municipal waste management in the Covid-19 pandemic were reviewed and the results were used to develop a guideline for waste management in epidemic conditions adapted to local characteristics. The results showed that changes in the quantity of municipal solid waste affected by the Covid-19 pandemic had temporal and spatial variation. The most change in quantity by 15.81% was seen at the beginning of the pandemic, and non-recyclable waste had the most ratio change among the components of municipal solid waste (144%). The emergence of scattered point sources of infectious waste generation was the most important consequence of the epidemic in municipal solid waste management. These experiences were the basis for defining a guideline for the management of municipal solid waste in biological crises. A guideline in six activities and more than 90 items based on the local characteristics such as available equipment, general culture, local economy, and quantitative changes was defined.

Any planning decision to develop and implement a territorial plan or to make a public investment will engender different kinds of externalities, such as increased land values. The research reported in this article aims to lay the foundations for the development of a market-based land tool based on the capture of betterments that stem from public investments or planning decisions, which will provide municipalities with funds to meet, at least, part of the costs with environmental services.

State entrepreneurialism in response to external market stimuli has a state intrapreneurialism counterpart – the entrepreneurialism found within public institutions. In moving beyond the case of Singapore from which the idea was proposed, this paper develops the concept of state intrapreneurialism by injecting a greater sense of the political and territorial heterogeneity of, and competition within, national states that fracture the identification of needs, the crafting of policy narratives, and the forging of domestic and international networks. With reference to the case of South Korea, this paper illustrates how state intrapreneurialism has generated domestic and international markets and reputation in the ICT-assisted city management domain despite elements of competition among public agencies. The case raises broader questions for future research on the relational geographies of politics and bureaucracy in stimulating or stifling state intrapreneurialism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The design processes based on parametric design and generative design allows multiple alternatives to be generated, analysed and corrected. The aim of the developed program was to automate the urban design concept development process for selected land units with a local development plan. This document, ordinances and other sources were the guidelines for the program to be developed. The solution-generating program starts by taking in the data, and then geometrical objects are created that have the right relationships to each other. Finally, results are evaluated on the basis of calculated indices and further generations are created taking into account the best options. This process must be overseen by a human, but with the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence, automation will progress, reducing human effort. The results of the study were collated and compared with other experiments in an in-depth literature review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Context and background: This study argues that government schemes to serve petty traders in Tanzania remain unsustainable mostly due to poor consideration of the impact the socioeconomic linkage has on location determinants. Goal and Objectives: This research aimed to understand how the articulation of petty trading operations with larger traders, directly or indirectly, influences location decisions. Methodology: The core of this research was based on a case study approach that involved surveys of petty traders and interviews with large-scale traders at the Mwenge trading center, along with documents review. Results: Petty traders select locations that maximize functioning as an economic enterprise and moderate survival risks. That is, the location of the trade is selected based on social ties, but the petty traders' success depends on economic links established with larger traders, from whom they get their merchandise, and over which they have very little control. The implications of these findings are: the level of articulation that governs location decisions, drags down the sustainability of government schemes, and gives rise to serious damage to the urban fabric; and two, the analysis of backward linkages combined with other location determinants provides the background against which the petty trading spaces identification, planning and designing could be analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]