It is impossible to overstate the role that smart cities and building resilience strategy play in movement toward environmental sustainability, particularly industrialized developing nations. There has been a rise use of efficient systems enhance built environment control accomplish infrastructure development projects, for this be successful, countries around globe, including Nigeria, need robust buildings. Few researchers have looked at how projects might improve sustainability practices...

The promise of a healthier, more comfortable, and productive way life has fueled rapid technological transition, regenerative built environment emerged as the tagline to denote recent sustainable development. In environment, paradigm transformative approach that goes beyond mere sustainability, aiming restore, renew, enhance ecosystems affected by human activities. However, concept its potential foster development been understudied in time. Therefore, this paper explores how we can transform...

This research offers valuable perspectives on the nexus between urbanization and smart environment within Najran city, Saudi Arabian context. City, with its diverse districts evolving urban landscape, is at forefront of adopting advanced technologies participatory governance models to create a resilient, environmentally conscious, sustainable environment, likewise positioning itself as model development but also fostering an innovation-driven community equipped address difficulties exploit...

The study's primary focus is to gather profound insights into user perceptions and preferences related living in smart environments prioritizing thermal comfort energy efficiency. This objective pursued through meticulous surveys designed capture the nuanced experiences of residents, unravelling intricate relationship between technologies their impact on daily life within these intelligent spaces. findings from quantitative become a valuable repository information that sheds light dynamics...

Challenges ranging from physical, economic, social and environmental have been associated with the use of public space in recent time. This study explores quality such as market square rural neighbourhood at South-west, Nigeria users' perception. The study's findings revealed that respondents' satisfaction level space's comfortability, maintenance amenities received unsatisfactory appraisals. On other hand, appraisal barrier was satisfactory which indicates user's needs expectations were met...

Smart cities leverage advanced technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) devices, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and large-scale data analytics for gathering interpreting informed decision-making improved service delivery. This study focuses on the nexus between smart city development initiatives environmental sustainability geared towards enhancing a better human settlement in South-west region, Nigeria. One objectives is to identify evaluate factors contributing their contributions...

The growing urgency of addressing environmental challenges highlights the need for research on their impacts built environment, particularly in urban areas where these issues adversely affect residents' well-being. Despite increasing recognition climate-related challenges, limited attention has been given to adaptive strategies that harness local ecological resources, such as indigenous flora and green infrastructure, promote energy efficiency sustainability. This study examines enhance...

In line with Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11), the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities of urban environments, emphasizing critical need for robust strategic planning. Effective strategies are essential mitigating impacts pandemics, enhancing city’s resilience, safeguarding wellbeing city inhabitants. Thus, more measures needed to ensure health safety populations future occurrences. This empirical study explores how environmental planning practices can mitigate risks,...

There are strong indications that the built environment has had a great influence on course of COVID-19 pandemic and post-disaster recovery. The adversely affected both human global development, while efforts to combat this menace call for an integrated social capital index. This research seeks enhance understanding how can be enhanced through resilience against backdrop pandemic. study aims investigate impact resilient increasing in aftermath Nigeria. quantitative studies test four indices...

Climate change has been a serious hindrance to developing the built environment for decades, endangering innovative ambition achieve Agenda 2030 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).As result, adaptation and mitigation strategies are attracting increasing interest on world stage, organizations working together provide better human habitation.Through empirical research technique, this study provides adequate information that is lacking in past studies how attenuate consequences of climate as...

This study investigates the role of biophilic design in addressing environmental issues within built environment and its contribution to goals sustainable architecture. A mixed-method approach comprised a literature review identify key elements design, an online survey with 378 participants from academia professional fields focus group interviews 13 experts. The Relative Importance Index (RII) thematic analysis were utilized evaluate significance identified factors. revealed six principal...