Urban products that regenerate small portions of areas dedicated to the meeting, platforms for social sharing and eco-sustainability. Smart systems for conducting outdoor community practices, maintaining and developing environmental, social and economic qualities.
The research deals with the issues of living together with others, studies the conversion of small spaces and surfaces and of the border between the street and the sidewalk of cities, the Real Social Network, sharing moments of life.

The Lead Guest Editor

Francesco Armato

Urban transportation has evolved over time around the world, especially in the advent of urbanization in cities. As the movement of people contributes towards the efficiency and sustainability of cities we look at how Planning Support Systems (PSS) can assist in fostering future spatial planning in developing countries. As a focus, we look specifically on how the location of smart multi modal transport can form part of building and unlocking the potential of smart cities to incorporate bus transit, rail transportation as well as none motorised transport. It is therefore the purpose of this special issue to focus on PSS in urban transportation and its usefulness to foster future spatial planning to build smart cities.

The Lead Guest Editor

Baleseng Tlholohelo Mokoena

In the context of the growing number of inhabitants within the city's structures the settlements are changing. We accept the changes, destroy squares and city centers, we push the greenery and trees  further away from us on the periphery. In the chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Small change in one state can result in large differences in a later state.

The Lead Guest Editor

Zuzana Poorova

Urban planning is a matter of extreme importance for the success and correct functioning of cities.The buildings must always be in harmony with the local urban context,as well as other conditions related to urban transport (public and private)and flow of people in the urban environment.Thus,research related to the field of urban planning in developing countries is extremely relevant for regional development,as well as comparative among developed countries in this area.

The Lead Guest Editor

Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo

Due to the continuously increasing complexity of the analyzed underground structures and the substantial research, advance computational models and methods are needed to solve these issues. We develop this special issue around the theme of Computational Methods in Geotechnical Engineering to highlight the critical importance of these topics for ongoing progress in geotechnical engineering.  Accepted papers will show a diversity of new developments in these areas.

The Lead Guest Editor

Jianyong Han

To further expand the readership and accelerate the development of this journal, the publisher’s committees decided to jointly organize a Chinese version

Even 15 years ago, catching public transport was a very different experience than it is today. You’d have been anxiously peering down your local road, waiting for a bus that never seemed to arrive on time, clutching the exact change for your fare in hand. Today, lots of people can relax and have a more comfortable journey, knowing exactly when the bus will arrive and having the choice to pay by smart card, contactless card or mobile ticket.

This positive change in everyday travel was made possible by developing new technologies – in this case, real-time information systems, microchips, wireless scanning and smartphone apps – and testing them in the real world, with the public and private sectors often working together on pilot projects.