Call for Papers

Advancements in Multi-Scale Sensing, Simulation, and Prediction of Urban Resilience

This Frontiers Research Topic highlights cross-scale approaches that link infrastructure condition sensing, multi-scale simulation, and resilience prediction from single assets to urban systems. It targets data-driven and interdisciplinary studies that support measurable resilience planning, risk reduction, and recovery in complex city environments.

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Topic Snapshot

Journal

Frontiers in Built Environment

Section

Structural Sensing, Control and Asset Management

Status

Call open for manuscript summaries and full submissions.

Background

Urban resilience increasingly depends on connected infrastructure networks and socio-technical systems. As cities face growing natural and human-induced hazards, there is a stronger need to evaluate how infrastructure performance affects safety, service continuity, economic stability, and community well-being.

Recent progress in structural sensing, inspection, data fusion, and predictive modeling enables resilience assessment across multiple spatial scales, from components and structures to networked systems and city-level operations. This topic encourages methods and applications that bridge these scales.

Contributions are expected to provide methodological innovation, analytical clarity, or practical implementation value for resilience-informed decision-making in urban environments.

Suggested Themes

Algorithms for infrastructure state awareness using inspection data and structural health monitoring.
Post-hazard performance characterization, including resistance, safety, and durability changes.
Impacts of infrastructure degradation on socio-economic systems and community functionality.
Quantitative resilience frameworks and uncertainty analysis across scales.
Urban resilience prediction with multi-source data fusion, simulation, and forecasting.
Applied case studies from asset-level systems to city-scale and community-scale contexts.

Article Types and Fees

This Research Topic accepts multiple manuscript formats (unless otherwise specified by Frontiers), including the following:

Editorial
FAIR² Data
FAIR² Data Direct Submission
Hypothesis and Theory
Methods
Mini Review
Opinion
Original Research
Perspective
Review

Accepted papers undergo peer review and are subject to Frontiers publication fees (charged to authors, institutions, or funders as applicable).

Manuscripts can be submitted to this Research Topic via the main journal or other participating journals. Please consult the official page for the most current policy and fee details.

Important Dates

Manuscript Summary Deadline

July 8, 2026

Manuscript Submission Deadline

October 30, 2026

Topic Editors

Boqiang Xu

City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

Chao Liu

Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Mingkai Li

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Qian-Cheng Wang

City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

Hongyuan Guo

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

Keywords

Urban Resilience
Artificial Intelligence
Infrastructure State Awareness
Structural Health Monitoring
Post-Hazard Performance and Degradation
Safety and Durability Assessment
Socio-Economic and Community Impacts
Multi-Source Data Fusion

Important note: Submissions should remain within the scope of the journal section. Frontiers may redirect out-of-scope manuscripts to a more suitable journal or section during review.

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