Eco-friendly, Digital, and Intelligent Future Environments

A special issue of Urbanization, Sustainability and Society, drawn from GDI 2025 · Emerald

At a glance

Role: Guest Editor
Host: Emerald Publishing
Co-guest editors: Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi, Mahesh Babu and Ali GhaffarianHoseini
Submissions: 21 April to 30 October 2026
Origin: Extended papers invited from selected contributors to GDI 2025, with full independent peer review
Topics: BIM, AI and digital twins; low-carbon materials and the circular economy; climate-resilient smart infrastructure; digital collaboration platforms; policy and governance for sustainable, digital construction

The story

From conference to journal

The best work presented at GDI 2025, the International Conference on Green + Digital + Intelligent Built Environments, is invited to grow into full journal papers in a special issue that Amir guest-edits with Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi, Mahesh Babu and Ali GhaffarianHoseini.

What it covers

The issue joins sustainability, digitalisation and intelligent technologies: from BIM, AI and digital twins to low-carbon materials, climate-resilient infrastructure and the governance of digital transformation in construction.

Evidence