Sustainable and Smart Cities: Ecological Design, Technological Innovation, and Climate Resilience : A Collection of Selected Papers From the Proceedings of Future Smart Cities (FSC-2024)- Morocco and Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (URS-2024)- Italy

This book explores adaptive strategies that integrate Anthropogenic principles into architectural and urban design, particularly in low-income contexts like East Africa. It examines urban revitalization through case studies, such as Benghazi’s smart indicators, the use of public spaces for climate resilience, and transformative projects like reclaiming Lebanese quarries and understanding micro-segregation in Thessaloniki. Moreover, it emphasizes the role of eco-communities, post-pandemic urban design, and advanced spatial tools like BIM technology and robotic assembly. It also explores the potential of blockchain and 6G networks in advancing urban planning. This book also investigates AI-driven solutions for traffic management, accident prediction, and energy-efficient automated vehicle systems. It also envisions integrating autonomous aerial vehicles into smart city frameworks and explores collaborative platforms for research innovation. Last but not least, this book focuses on distributed energy systems, the electrification of transport, and innovative governance models like the Urban Climate Transition Governance Prism. It concludes with advanced techniques for environmental monitoring, such as cropland mapping using time-series data.

Simon Elias Bibri, PhD, is a senior researcher and globally recognized expert specializing in sustainable smart cities and smarter eco-cities. Currently, he serves as a Senior Research Scientist and Project Coordinator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Computer and Communication Sciences (IINFCOM), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). He has a diverse professional background, having served as head of computer department, software and IT business engineer, IT project manager, green ICT and environmental sustainability strategist, research associate, assistant professor, and consultant. He was also a visiting scholar at Lund University and a visiting senior researcher at Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. He served as an Expert in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning for Climate Action for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and an International Expert in Sustainable Cities for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He serves as an expert for Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities, Environmental Sustainability, and Digital Twins for the United Nations Agency of International Telecommunication Union (ITU). He also holds the position of the Editor‑in‑Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Studies at Taylor & Francis Group. 

Dr. Bibri’s academic journey exemplifies both interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity. His intellectual background encompasses computer science, computer engineering, systems science, innovation science, environmental science, social sciences, and humanities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and a postgraduate degree in management science—Advanced Management Program (AMP). Notably, he earned multiple master’s degrees from esteemed Swedish universities, namely Lund University, West University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, Malmö University, and Mid‑Sweden University. He received his PhD in computer science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), specializing in computational technology and urban informatics, with a focus on data‑driven smart sustainable cities. 

Dr. Bibri is a prolific author with numerous highly cited journal articles, 8 authored books, 3 edited books, and 10 co‑edited books to his credit. His work has been cited over 13000 times, resulting in an h‑index of 50. His impact has been recognized by Stanford University and Elsevier as one of the top 1% of scientists worldwide, a distinction he has held for five consecutive years. He has also been listed by ScholarGPS as the #1 highly ranked scholar in sustainable cities, #4 in big data, and #8 in environmental sustainability in the world.