Aims and Scope

Creative City Design (CCD), is an interdisciplinary scholarly publication with the following aims:

1- Advance interdisciplinary knowledge on architecture, urbanism, urban planning, urban design and the built environment, management, and transformation of cities, buildings, and human settlements of cities through the integration of perspectives from the built environment, social sciences, environmental sciences, humanities, public policy, engineering, health sciences, and digital technologies.

‏2- Foster innovative research that addresses contemporary urban challenges, including sustainability, climate change, resilience, mobility, housing, public health, social equity, economic development, and digital transformation.

‏3- Promote creative and evidence-based approaches to city-making that connect architecture, urban design, planning, governance, culture, infrastructure, and technological innovation.

‏4- Encourage collaboration between academia, industry, government, and civil society to support impactful and practical solutions for urban development.

‏5- Explore the relationships between architecture and urban form, human behavior, community well-being, cultural identity, economic vitality, and environmental performance.

‏6- Support research on emerging urban technologies, including smart cities, artificial intelligence, geographic information systems, digital twins, urban analytics, and data-driven decision-making.

‏7- Provide an international forum for comparative and cross-cultural studies that examine urban issues across diverse geographic, economic, and social contexts.

‏8- Promote inclusive, participatory, and human-centered approaches that strengthen social cohesion, accessibility, equity, and quality of life in urban communities.

‏9- Encourage critical and forward-looking discussions on future cities, urban innovation, creative economies, sustainable development, and the evolving relationship between society, technology, and the built environment

10- Promote research and creative practices in architecture, architectural design, architectural theory, sustainable architecture, building technologies, adaptive reuse, heritage conservation, and the relationship between architecture and urban environments.

11-Explore the impact of architectural form, spatial quality, building performance, human experience, and place-making on urban sustainability, resilience, and quality of life.