About
Aims
Frontiers in Urban Resilience and Sustainable Systems seeks to publish rigorous, interdisciplinary research that advances understanding of how technology-driven urban systems can mitigate climate risks and improve ecological sustainability in metropolitan areas. The journal emphasizes robust methods, transparent reporting, and practical relevance, with results that inform city planning, policy, and infrastructure design. It welcomes studies that translate data, models, and simulations into decision-support tools, governance frameworks, and actionable guidance for practitioners across diverse urban contexts. It promotes collaboration among engineers, data scientists, urban planners, ecologists, social scientists, economists, and policy analysts to address climate adaptation, energy efficiency, water security, mobility, and ecosystems in cities. The editorial scope prioritizes reproducibility, cross-city comparisons, and open science, including data and code sharing wherever feasible. It remains attentive to equity, governance, privacy, and trade-offs associated with technology adoption, ensuring benefits reach all communities, especially the most vulnerable. The journal strives for methodological rigor, high-quality replication studies, and synthesis papers that distill lessons from multiple contexts. It aspires to inform decision-makers by providing benchmarks, standardized metrics, and accessible summaries for decision-makers and communities. FURSS is committed to open access publishing, transparent licensing, and the cultivation of a diverse, inclusive scholarly community that strengthens capacity across regions and resource levels.
Beyond traditional research articles, the journal invites policy briefs, practice-oriented case studies, tutorials, and data notes, all designed to accelerate learning and uptake by city administrations and utilities.
Scope
• Technology-enabled resilience planning and governance for cities
• Urban sensing networks, data fusion, and digital twins for climate risk assessment
• Energy system optimization in urban contexts including buildings, district energy, and microgrids
• Water security, flood management, and urban hydrology through smart design
• Green and blue infrastructure and nature-based solutions for heat, drought, and flood mitigation
• Low-carbon and resilient mobility systems including electrification and public transit
• Circular economy and resource flows in urban systems
• Governance, ethics, data privacy, and equitable access to resilience benefits
Article Types
• Original research articles
• Methods and technical notes
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
• Policy briefs and practice papers
• Case studies and implementation reports
• Data papers and data notes
• Conceptual or perspective papers and viewpoints
• Replication studies and tutorials
Audience
The journal speaks to researchers across environmental science, engineering, data science, urban planning, ecology, economics, and social science; to policymakers and city leaders at local, regional, and national scales; to utilities, infrastructure operators, and private sector partners; to practitioners in planning consultancies, architecture and engineering firms, and non-governmental organizations; and to educators, students, and engaged community groups seeking evidence-based approaches to resilient and sustainable urban futures.