Aims & Scope

A journal devoted to investigations of fundamental and applied sciences for creating inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable built environments.

Urban and Building Science (UBS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal to advance the knowledge of urban and building physics, as well as the complex outdoor/indoor environment interactions by publishing original research papers, review articles, and viewpoints. UBS aims to publish innovative analyses on a wide range of environmental performance related to heat, sound, light, wind, air, water, energy/carbon, and waste across soild, liquid, and airborne media. UBS welcomes subissions in multiple disciplines of architecture, atmosphere, building sciences, ecology, climate, energy, environment, geography, transportation, urban planning and design, etc. UBS gives priorities to reproducible and solid results. Preferences is given to theoretical, experimental, and practical research results related to the development and adoption of emerging technologies, methods, and materials, while robustly-validated numerical results and modeling tools are also appreciated.

It is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.

Topics covered in the UBS include, but are not limited to, the following themes:

1. Climate change impact assessment
2. Environmental performance monitoring and assessment
3. Smart and resilient cities and communities
4. Low-carbon communities and buildings
5. Sustainable land use and planning
6. Ecological restoration and ecological security
7. Emergency preparedness and disaster management (storm, flood, drought, fire, earthquake, pandemic, etc.)
8. Sustainable environmental operation and regulation
9. Smart technologies and data-driven solutions
10. Renewable and clean energy
11. Nature-based solutions
12. Wind-sensitive urban planning and design
13. Water-sensitive urban planning and design
14. Sustainable transportation planning
15. Urban morphology and building typology
16. Sustainable energy, materials, and water systems
17. Positive climate mitigation and adaptation
18. Comfort, health, well-being, and work productivity
19. Carbon emission mapping and trading
20. Circular economy and innovation management
21. Material recycling and reuse
22. Environmental governance, schemes, and challenges
23. Co-benefits, synergies, conflicts, and trade-offs
24. Decision support systems and methods
25. Behavioral change and education