Meeting SDGs in Smart City Infrastructures - Chapter 6: Smart cities: the future with Artificial Intelligence

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Meeting SDGs in Smart City Infrastructures, Federation, Interoperability, and Discoverability, Smart Cities, 2026, Pages 151-189

This chapter supports UN SDGs 11, 7, and 3 by discussing how AI can improve various aspects of urban planning, transportation, public safety, and environmental management to create more livable and sustainable cities; highlighting AI as a key enabler for optimizing energy distribution, identifying areas for conservation, and integrating renewable energy sources to help cities achieve climate-neutrality goals; and explaining how AI can enhance healthcare services through personalized monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as improve access to basic healthcare for citizens.

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Reliable Decision-Making for Sustainable Transportation - Chapter 12: Integrating urban form, transportation, and energy efficiency: a reliable guide for decision-makers towards sustainable urban mobility

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Reliable Decision-Making for Sustainable Transportation, 2026, Pages 225-236
This chapter supports UN SDGs 7, 11, and 13 by offering a structure for urban policy-makers to create sustainable and energy-efficient cities by means of combined urban design, creative policy development, and environmentally friendly transportation options.
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Understanding energy system dynamics in a changing climate: Insights for first responders and risk managers

Elsevier, iScience, Volume 28, 19 September 2025
The article examines the complex systemic risks and vulnerabilities arising from the transition to renewable energy and climate change, emphasizing the need for integrated risk management and collaboration to enhance resilience for first responders and policymakers.
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Cloud-based SOC optimization for predictive energy management and zero emission zone compliance in PHEVs

Elsevier, eTransportation, Volume 25, September 2025
The article proposes a predictive control strategy for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) that utilizes route information from digital map providers to enable electric driving within zero-emission zones. The study develops a supervisory control with Dynamic Programming in the cloud to calculate an optimal State of Charge (SOC) trajectory, which is then used to guide the rule-based controller in the vehicle.
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Synergistic optical and thermal management for solar water and electricity co-generation via a front-side coupling strategy

Elsevier, Cell Reports Physical Science, Volume 6, 20 August 2025
Co-generation of fresh water and electricity from solar energy offers a sustainable pathway to global water and energy challenges.
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Reconsidering the gender-energy nexus: A novel framework for understanding how and why electricity access influences gender relations

Elsevier, Energy Research and Social Science, Volume 126, August 2025
The paper critically examines the assumption that access to electricity (SDG 7) inherently promotes gender equality (SDG 5). It finds that the gendered impacts of electricity access vary widely—sometimes empowering women, but other times reinforcing existing inequalities. To better understand these dynamics, the authors develop a new theoretical framework that merges: Gender Studies insights on gender as performative, intersectional, and shaped by power relations. Social Practice Theory, which explores how electricity gains meaning through its role in everyday practices. This framework is applied to case studies in rural Guatemala (patriarchal) and rural Colombia (matrilineal), revealing how cultural context shapes outcomes. The paper also introduces an 8-step methodology for applying this framework in practice. Ultimately, the study offers tools for designing context-sensitive energy policies that are more likely to advance gender equality.
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The cognitive toll of household air pollution: cross–sectional associations between polluting cooking fuel use, cognitive functions and brain MRI in a rural aging population from Karnataka, India

Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, Volume 39, August 2025
This study investigates the association between polluting cooking technology use, and domain-wise cognitive functions in an rural aging cohort in South India, which includes insights from structural brain MRI. These findings substantiate the results of previous studies, noting diminished global cognition and visuospatial function among polluting cooking technology users.
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Net-Zero Transit - Chapter 1: Introduction to transportation in a net-zero world

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Net-Zero Transit, The Future of Eco-Friendly Transportation, 2025, Pages 1-28

This chapter supports SDG 7, 9, and 11 by exploring innovations in renewable energy sources and their potential to facilitate clean transportation alternatives; highlighting the importance of developing sustainable transportation infrastructure and leveraging technological advancements to achieve net-zero emissions; and emphasizing the role of urban planning and design in creating more environmentally friendly and equitable transportation systems.

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A view of the sustainable computing landscape

Elsevier, Patterns, Volume 6, 11 July 2025
The authors present a holistic research agenda for sustainable computing that aims to reduce the carbon emissions associated with the manufacture and operation of future computer systems, a pressing objective given computing’s rapid growth in emerging applications such as artificial intelligence. The agenda integrates ideas in software design, hardware architecture, renewable energy infrastructure, power and carbon accounting, and economic policy.
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Smart Infrastructure Management - Chapter 9: Smart cities and infrastructure management

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Smart Infrastructure Management, 2025, Pages 287-316
This chapter supports UN SDGs 7, 11, and 12 by highlighting the integration of renewable energy sources, smart grids, and energy-efficient technologies in smart cities to promote sustainability and reduce environmental impact; addressing challenges of urbanization and promoting inclusive, resilient, and adaptive urban development; and discussing waste management practices, such as recycling and waste-to-energy initiatives, that contribute to a more circular economy and sustainable resource management in cities.
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