Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Governance-aware autonomous retail coordination in artificial intelligence cities using multi-agent reinforcement learning, blockchain accountability, and federated learningToqeer Ali Syed · Ali Akarma · Shahid Kamal · Salman Jan · Ahmad B. Alkhodre · Arshad JamalFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1942376
Original ResearchPublished 1 October 2026Data-driven water quality mapping of urban water bodies for sustainable cities and communities: integrating smartphone sensing and geographic information systems—a case study of Beira Lake, Sri LankaNiroshan Sanjaya Bandara · Amila Buddhika Jayasinghe · Günther RetscherFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1928065
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026Understanding housing consumption behavior for sustainable urban development: the influence of perceived value and perceived risk on purchase intention in China's higher-tier urban housing marketsYu Wu · Baoliang ZhangFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1900552
Original ResearchPublished 16 September 2026Scaling urban land governance in India: the NAKSHA Programme as a platform for governance innovation for sustainable citiesKunal Satyarthi · Shivangi Somvanshi · Deepak KumarFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1874630
EditorialPublished 3 September 2026Editorial: Refined wilding and urban rewilding: nature-based solutions for resilient and sustainable citiesMelissa Vogt · Giuseppe T. CirellaFrontiers in Ecology and Evolutiondoi 10.3389/fevo.2026.1967480
Original ResearchPublished 1 September 2026Computational model integration for high-resolution spatial emission simulation: a tool for urban transport management in resilient citiesBeatriz Soledad Sosa · Nicolás Eloy Cisneros Basualdo · Julia Naveyra · Santiago Linares · Andrés PortaFrontiers in Future Transportationdoi 10.3389/ffutr.2026.1873329
Original ResearchPublished 25 August 2026A unified lightweight ADAS architecture integrating traffic sign recognition, forward collision warning, and bimodal distillation for autonomous perceptionM. Maddan · N. Sankkarshana · M. Gayathri · S. G. Rahul · T. M. AmirthalakshmiFrontiers in Future Transportationdoi 10.3389/ffutr.2026.1889785
OpinionPublished 10 August 2026Multi-layered Urban Forests: can a City be dense and green?Mohammad A. Rahman · Amy Hahs · Christopher Szota · Claire Farrell · Nicholas Williams · Stephen J. LivesleyFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1842594
Original ResearchPublished 16 June 2026Blockchain in Jordanian construction: an exploratory empirical study of stakeholder priorities and bootstrapped ROIMuhammad Al-Btoush · Jafar A. Aldiabat Al-Btoosh · Imad Al Shalout · Taiseer rawashdeh · Mahmoud Ali Alsubeh · Omar AlomaryFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1832998
ReviewPublished 23 March 2026Formalizing the informalities in human settlements in South Africa: divergent pathways for sustainable and inclusive social developmentRobert Mutemi Kajiita · Simon Murote KangétheFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1773351
Environmental EngineeringPublished 9 May 2025Editorial: Artificial intelligence in environmental engineering and ecology: towards smart and sustainable citiesSayali Sandbhor · Ketan Kotecha · Sayali Apte · Amit Srivastava · Vaishnavi DabirFrontiers in Environmental Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fenve.2025.1612210