virtual technology can be a useful tool for designing models of healthy urban environments. the resilience and sustainability in any urban environment involves the establishment and maintenance of the health of its citizens. the well-being of youth, the future workforce of every society, is a highly important consideration in the design of cities. cities are only truly sustainable when the work...

There is a growing interest in understanding how the built environment affects temperature in cities. This study explores the impact of land use on temperature and how it varies by season and time of day in Seoul, South Korea. Unlike other studies that rely on extracted data from remotely sensed information, this study uses land use data from local GIS and near-ground temperature data from a ne...

There is great interest in the topic of resilient cyber systems. However, much of the accompanying research is clouded by a lack of an appropriate definition of the term “resilience” and the challenges of measuring the actual resilience of a system. In this paper, we examine some of the lessons learned in defining resilience metrics and argue that such metrics are highly contextual, and that a ...

Heat is among the deadliest weather-related phenomena in the United States, and the number of heat-related deaths may increase under a changing climate, particularly in urban areas. Regional adaptation planning is unfortunately often limited by the lack of quantitative information on potential future health responses. This study presents an assessment of the future impacts of climate change on ...

Abstract Urban resilience is a critical issue for cities around the world facing range of challenges such as natural disasters, climate change, and socio-economic crises. The multi-dimensional nature urban suggests that it dependent on variety factors, including physical infrastructure, social networks, economic systems, governance structures. This paper examines dependencies different elements...

EDITORIAL article Front. Sustain. Cities, 30 May 2023Sec. Climate Change and Cities Volume 5 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2023.1211125