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Overview

Tan Yigitcanlar is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research contributions span multiple fields within engineering and social sciences, focusing particularly on the integration of technology with urban development and sustainability.

Their recent scholarly work includes publications across several established journals. Notable papers include:

  • Contributions and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Building Smarter Cities: Insights from a Systematic Review of the Literature, 2020, published in Energies
  • Opportunities and Adoption Challenges of AI in the Construction Industry: A PRISMA Review, 2022, published in Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity
  • The Culture for Open Innovation Dynamics, 2020, published in Sustainability
  • Algorithmic urban planning for smart and sustainable development: Systematic review of the literature, 2023, published in Sustainable Cities and Society
  • The Sustainability of Artificial Intelligence: An Urbanistic Viewpoint from the Lens of Smart and Sustainable Cities, 2020, published in Sustainability

The main fields of study that characterize their research consist of:

  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences

Within these broader fields, their work is concentrated on several subfields:

  • Media Technology
  • Transportation
  • Building and Construction
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

Yigitcanlar's research topics often revolve around urban systems and technological integration, including:

  • Smart Cities and Technologies
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques

The scientist regularly publishes in specific venues known for urban and sustainability research, among which are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sustainability
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Cities
  • Journal of Urban Technology

Collaborations are an important aspect of their scholarly output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alexander Paz
  • Juan M. Corchado
  • Rashid Mehmood
  • Kevin C. Desouza
  • Nayomi Kankanamge

Best Publications

  • Can cities become smart without being sustainable? A systematic review of the literature

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Md. Kamruzzaman;Marcus Foth;Jamile Sabatini-Marques

  • Understanding 'smart cities': Intertwining development drivers with desired outcomes in a multidimensional framework

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Md. Kamruzzaman;Laurie Buys;Giuseppe Ioppolo

  • Opportunities and Adoption Challenges of AI in the Construction Industry: A PRISMA Review

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  • Contributions and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in building smarter cities: Insights from a systematic review of the literature

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Kevin C. Desouza;Luke Butler;Farnoosh Roozkhosh

  • Sustainable development of smart cities: a systematic review of the literature

    Evelin Priscila Trindade;Marcus Phoebe Farias Hinnig;Eduardo Moreira da Costa;Jamile Sabatini Marques

  • The making of knowledge cities: Melbourne’s knowledge-based urban development experience

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Kevin O’Connor;Cara Westerman

  • Does smart city policy lead to sustainability of cities

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Md. Kamruzzaman

  • Korean ubiquitous-eco-city: A smart-sustainable urban form or a branding hoax?

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Sang Ho Lee

  • Understanding autonomous vehicles: A systematic literature review on capability, impact, planning and policy

    Asif Iqbal Mohammad Faisal;Tan Yigitcanlar;Kamruzzaman;Graham Currie

  • Rethinking sustainable urban development: towards an integrated planning and development process

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Suharto Teriman

  • Rising knowledge cities: the role of urban knowledge precincts

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Koray Velibeyoglu;Cristina Martinez‐Fernandez

  • Algorithmic Urban Planning for Smart and Sustainable Development: Systematic Review of the Literature

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  • The Culture for Open Innovation Dynamics

    JinHyo Joseph Yun;Xiaofei Zhao;KwangHo Jung;Tan Yigitcanlar

  • Smartness that matters: towards a comprehensive and human-centred characterisation of smart cities

    Alexander Prado Lara;Eduardo Moreira Da Costa;Thiago Zilinscki Furlani;Tan Yigitcanlar

  • Attracting and retaining knowledge workers in knowledge cities

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Scott Baum;Stephen Eric George Horton

  • The Sustainability of Artificial Intelligence: An Urbanistic Viewpoint from the Lens of Smart and Sustainable Cities

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Federico Cugurullo

  • Developing a Sustainability Assessment Model: The Sustainable Infrastructure, Land-Use, Environment and Transport Model

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Fatih Dur

  • A GIS‐based land use and public transport accessibility indexing model

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Neil Gavin Sipe;Rick James Evans;Matt Pitot

  • How can life cycle thinking support sustainability of buildings? Investigating life cycle assessment applications for energy efficiency and environmental performance

    Carlo Ingrao;Antonio Messineo;Riccardo Beltramo;Tan Yigitcanlar

  • Green Artificial Intelligence: Towards an Efficient, Sustainable and Equitable Technology for Smart Cities and Futures

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Rashid Mehmood;Juan M. Corchado

  • Towards prosperous sustainable cities : a multiscalar urban sustainability assessment approach

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Fatih Dur;Didem Dizdaroglu

  • Towards ubiquitous city: concept, planning, and experiences in the Republic of Korea

    Sang Ho Lee;Jung Hoon Han;Yoon Taik Leem;Tan Yigitcanlar

  • Benchmarking knowledge-based urban development performance: Results from the international comparison of Helsinki

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Antti Lönnqvist

  • Understanding ‘smart cities’: Intertwining development drivers with desired outcomes in a multidimensional framework

    Tan Yigitcanlar;Kamruzzaman;Laurie Buys;Giuseppe Ioppolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashantha Goonetilleke
Ashantha Goonetilleke Queensland University of Technology
Prasanna Egodawatta
Prasanna Egodawatta Queensland University of Technology
Godwin A. Ayoko
Godwin A. Ayoko Queensland University of Technology
Elizabeth Kendall
Elizabeth Kendall Griffith University
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson University of Melbourne
Laurie Buys
Laurie Buys Queensland University of Technology
Carlo Ingrao
Carlo Ingrao University of Bari Aldo Moro
Peter Newman
Peter Newman Curtin University
Gavin Turrell
Gavin Turrell RMIT University

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