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Agriculture is certainly the most important food supplier while it globally accounts for more than 70% of water used and contributes significantly to water pollution. Irrigated agriculture is facing rising competition worldwide for access to reliable, low cost, and high-quality water resources. However, irrigation as the major tool and determinant of affecting agricultural productivity and environmental resources plays a critical role in food security and environment sustainability. Innovative irrigation technologies and practices may enhance agricultural water efficiency and production, in the meantime decrease the water demand and quality issues. I am very pleased to invite you to submit manuscripts in agricultural irrigation which assess current challenges and offer improvement approaches and opportunities for future irrigation.

semi-arid regions --- greenhouse gas emission --- model simulation --- spinach --- benchmarking --- leaf mineral composition --- available water capacity --- irrigated crops --- organic production --- site-specific irrigation --- infiltration depth --- pumping plants --- performance indicator --- treated wastewater irrigation --- precision agriculture --- evaluation of performance --- total yield --- row cover --- irrigation --- slope gradient --- farming data --- optimal irrigation time --- lettuce production --- life cycle assessment --- mulch --- monthly changes --- irrigation water use efficiency --- energy audit --- crop evapotranspiration --- irrigation management --- downy mildew --- biomass production --- water application rate --- tomato fruit yield --- temperature variations --- irrigation water regimes --- salinization --- net irrigation requirements --- center-pivot irrigation --- cover crop --- climate change adaptation --- deficit irrigation --- drip irrigation --- Mediterranean region --- principal component analysis --- global sensitivity analysis

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Ongoing urbanization and ever-growing harmful environmental impacts from urban areas necessitate a sustainability transformation in cities. However, cities are also centers of wealth creation and consumption, which both drive environmental degradation. It is clear that cities need to re-establish themselves as low-energy/low-carbon systems, but the transformation is complex in many ways and time is running out. This Special Issue, “Energy Efficient Cities of Today and Tomorrow”, seeks to provide a more profound understanding of the future energy requirements of urban areas and low-energy and low-carbon cities. The published papers range from macro-level assessments of cities manifesting themselves as forerunners in their environmental work to micro-level studies of pro-environmental attitudes and their impacts on individual emissions, a carbon footprint impacts of sharing of goods and services.

History of engineering & technology --- pro-environmental attitude --- pro-environmental behavior --- greenhouse gases --- urban zones --- local travel --- national travel --- international travel --- energy efficient refurbishment measures --- residential buildings --- decision-making --- Theory of Planned Behavior --- energy audit --- green buildings --- LEED rating system --- operation and management --- methodology --- workflow --- historic buildings --- energy transition --- sustainable cities --- transition roadmaps --- renewable energies --- policymaking --- energy democracy --- energy mapping --- household size --- household economies of scale --- carbon footprint --- energy footprint --- consumption --- European Union --- urban --- rural --- population density --- climate change mitigation --- energy community --- urban building energy modelling --- transition management --- multi-level perspective --- sustainable transition --- energy modelling --- urban scale energy modelling --- building energy use --- localized weather data --- urban building energy use model --- Manhattan --- modelling --- Wepro model --- residential --- household --- electricity --- load profiles --- LPG --- ALPG --- Swedish cities --- passenger transport energy use --- urban form --- transport infrastructure --- mobility patterns --- public transport --- non-motorized modes

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Ongoing urbanization and ever-growing harmful environmental impacts from urban areas necessitate a sustainability transformation in cities. However, cities are also centers of wealth creation and consumption, which both drive environmental degradation. It is clear that cities need to re-establish themselves as low-energy/low-carbon systems, but the transformation is complex in many ways and time is running out. This Special Issue, “Energy Efficient Cities of Today and Tomorrow”, seeks to provide a more profound understanding of the future energy requirements of urban areas and low-energy and low-carbon cities. The published papers range from macro-level assessments of cities manifesting themselves as forerunners in their environmental work to micro-level studies of pro-environmental attitudes and their impacts on individual emissions, a carbon footprint impacts of sharing of goods and services.

pro-environmental attitude --- pro-environmental behavior --- greenhouse gases --- urban zones --- local travel --- national travel --- international travel --- energy efficient refurbishment measures --- residential buildings --- decision-making --- Theory of Planned Behavior --- energy audit --- green buildings --- LEED rating system --- operation and management --- methodology --- workflow --- historic buildings --- energy transition --- sustainable cities --- transition roadmaps --- renewable energies --- policymaking --- energy democracy --- energy mapping --- household size --- household economies of scale --- carbon footprint --- energy footprint --- consumption --- European Union --- urban --- rural --- population density --- climate change mitigation --- energy community --- urban building energy modelling --- transition management --- multi-level perspective --- sustainable transition --- energy modelling --- urban scale energy modelling --- building energy use --- localized weather data --- urban building energy use model --- Manhattan --- modelling --- Wepro model --- residential --- household --- electricity --- load profiles --- LPG --- ALPG --- Swedish cities --- passenger transport energy use --- urban form --- transport infrastructure --- mobility patterns --- public transport --- non-motorized modes