Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities
Innovations in Planning and Climate Resilience
- 1st Edition - May 30, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Simon Elias Bibri, Tan Yigitcanlar, Jeffrey Huang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 3 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 3 4 - 7
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Request a sales quoteDigital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Innovations in Planning and Climate Resilience explores the advanced convergence of smart city technologies, digital twin applications, smart urban metabolism, and circular economy principles. This comprehensive resource offers insights into sustainable urban practices and innovative approaches to address the multifaceted challenges posed by rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, and climate change. In a rapidly changing world, this book provides a detailed understanding of how digital twin technologies and smart urban metabolism frameworks can be applied to foster sustainable urban development. This holistic perspective bridges urban planning, environmental sustainability, and the transformative potential of digital twins.
The book equips readers with practical insights and solutions to navigate contemporary urban development complexities. It is an invaluable resource for urban planners, environmental scientists, policymakers, and technology experts interested in sustainable practices. Through real-world applications, foundational theory, and forward-thinking strategies, it empowers readers with the knowledge to address pressing environmental and infrastructural challenges associated with the future of smart cities.
- Utilizes practical insights and case studies to demonstrate the application of digital twins, geospatial mapping tools, and smart urban metabolism frameworks in real-world scenarios
- Offers a comprehensive understanding of the potential benefits and challenges associated with the integration of digital twin and circular metabolism platforms, aiding informed decision-making for sustainable policies
- Focuses on circular economy principles, providing actionable strategies for minimizing waste, optimizing resource usage, and fostering sustainable practices
Urban planners, environmental scientists, policymakers, urban sustainability strategists, PhD and Postdoc researchers, professionals in city modeling and simulation, and technology experts
Part 1: Integrating Digital Twins and Circular Metabolism in Urban Environments
1. Introduction to Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Foundations, Technologies, Practices, and Emerging Trends
2. Modelling Urban Metabolism as a Complex Heterogeneous Graph to Incentivize Environmentally Sustainable Practices
3. Creating a Universal Semantic Material Bank: Integrating Digital Twins and Semantic Web Technologies for Circular Urban Mining
4. Application of Computational Technologies in Smart Metabolic Circular Cities
5. Catalyzing Smart Urban Metabolism through Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Infrastructures: A Regional Approach to Planning and Implementation
Part 2: Digital Twins for Sustainable Urban Planning and Climate Resilience
6. Leveraging Digital Twins for Zero-Energy Building Ratings in Sustainable Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Review and Novel Framework
7. Utilizing City Digital Twins to Understand and Mitigate Climate Change Risks: A Roadmap
8. Geospatial Digital Twins: Applications in Sustainable Urban Planning
9. Urban Digital Twin for Resilient Urban Planning: Opportunities and Challenges in the Global South
10. Urban Heat Island Mitigation with the Urbesgg Digital Twins Platform: A Case Study of Praça XV de Novembro, Florianópolis-SC, Brazil
1. Introduction to Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Foundations, Technologies, Practices, and Emerging Trends
2. Modelling Urban Metabolism as a Complex Heterogeneous Graph to Incentivize Environmentally Sustainable Practices
3. Creating a Universal Semantic Material Bank: Integrating Digital Twins and Semantic Web Technologies for Circular Urban Mining
4. Application of Computational Technologies in Smart Metabolic Circular Cities
5. Catalyzing Smart Urban Metabolism through Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Infrastructures: A Regional Approach to Planning and Implementation
Part 2: Digital Twins for Sustainable Urban Planning and Climate Resilience
6. Leveraging Digital Twins for Zero-Energy Building Ratings in Sustainable Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Review and Novel Framework
7. Utilizing City Digital Twins to Understand and Mitigate Climate Change Risks: A Roadmap
8. Geospatial Digital Twins: Applications in Sustainable Urban Planning
9. Urban Digital Twin for Resilient Urban Planning: Opportunities and Challenges in the Global South
10. Urban Heat Island Mitigation with the Urbesgg Digital Twins Platform: A Case Study of Praça XV de Novembro, Florianópolis-SC, Brazil
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 30, 2025
- No. of pages (Paperback): 270
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443333330
- eBook ISBN: 9780443333347
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Simon Elias Bibri
Dr. Simon Elias Bibri is a Senior Researcher 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, Project Manager, Green ICT and Environmental Sustainability Strategist, Research Associate, Consultant, and Assistant Professor. He serves as an Expert in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning for Climate Action for the UNFCCC, an International Expert in Sustainable Cities for UNIDO, and an Expert for the Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities, Digital Twin, and Environmental Sustainability for the ITU. Simon is also the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Studies at the Taylor & Francis Group. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and an Advanced Management Program degree, as well as multiple master's degrees from esteemed Swedish universities, including Lund University, West University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, Malmö University, and Mid–Sweden University. He received his PhD in Computer Science from NTNU, specializing in Computational Technology and Urban Informatics, with a focus on data-driven smart sustainable cities. He is a prolific author with over 150 journal articles, 8 authored books, 3 edited books, and 10 co‑edited books to his credit. His work has been cited over 16750 times, resulting in an h‑index of 50. His impact is further underscored by his recognition by Stanford and Elsevier as one of the top 1% of scientists globally for five consecutive years. He has also been listed by ScholarGPS in 2022 as the #1 highly ranked scholar in sustainable cities, #4 in big data, and #8 in sustainability in the world.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Computer and Communication Sciences, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Media and Design Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandTY
Tan Yigitcanlar
Tan Yigitcanlar is an eminent researcher with international recognition and impact in urban studies and planning. He is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Along with this post, he is an Honorary Professor at the School of Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, and the Founding Director position of the Australia-Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Network. His research is clustered around three interdisciplinary themes: Smart technologies, communities, cities, and urbanism; Sustainable and resilient cities, communities, and urban ecosystems; Knowledge-based development of cities and innovation districts. His research findings are disseminated in over 250 articles published in high-impact journals and 18 key reference books. Amongst urban and regional planning scholars, 2020 Science-wide Author Databases of Standardised Citation Indicators ranked him as #1 highly cited researcher in Australia and #7 worldwide.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaJH
Jeffrey Huang
Jeffrey Huang is the Director of the Institute of Architecture and the City at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland (EPFL). He is also the Head of the Media x Design Laboratory and a Full Professor in Architecture and Computer Science at EPFL. He holds a DiplArch from ETH Zurich, and Masters and Doctoral Degrees from Harvard University, where he was awarded the Gerald McCue medal for academic excellence. Prior to EPFL, he was a researcher at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and Associate Professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He was also a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s d.school, a Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield, and a Berkman Fellow and Faculty Associate at Harvard. In collaboration with Muriel Waldvogel, he founded and co-heads Convergeo, an award-winning, international strategic design firm.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Architecture and the City, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland