Urban Planning

As cities continue to expand, the need for innovative, sustainable solutions to urban heat island (UHI) effects becomes more urgent. Digital twins offer a promising approach to addressing UHI challeng...

The Italian city of Milan is pioneering a new era of urban management with its comprehensive digital twin of the metropolitan area. It was developed in a municipal project involving four leading geoi...

A team from Greece studied the use of aerial imagery to achieve wide coverage of a predefined geometrical area of interest in a project to explore the contribution of UAVs to the spatial mapping proce...

Extending beyond the 3D city model, the digital twin is increasingly gaining acceptance as a useful concept within the built environment for not only modelling but also simulating cities. So what are ...

An increasing number of cities are creating 3D city models to support visualization and simulations in the urban planning process. The 3D city models are often extended with planned buildings. One way...

In urban planning, there is a case for stronger connections between global and local (‘glocal’) issues, strategies and actions. How can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help local governme...