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This study examines the transformative impact of artificial intelligence-enhanced smart eco-city management paradigms on spatial value assessment and housing price formation mechanisms. Through sophisticated mixed-methods analysis of 320 neighborhoods across five urban areas, employing advanced machine learning algorithms for pattern recognition, the research identifies significant synergistic relationships between digital infrastructure and environmental quality that profoundly influence housing valuations. Empirical evidence demonstrates that neighborhoods exhibiting high levels of both digital connectivity and environmental amenities command substantial price premiums of 60-100% above baseline areas, markedly exceeding the combined individual effects of digital (25-45%) and environmental (15-40%) factors alone. The strength of this synergistic relationship manifests in robust correlations between combined Digital-Environmental indices and housing prices (r = 0.83), with AI-driven predictive models achieving exceptional accuracy in forecasting spatial value shifts (R²=0.861). The study contributes a multidimensional analytical framework linking technological innovation, artificial intelligence applications, environmental governance, and housing market dynamics. Policy implications suggest the necessity for integrated governance approaches spanning digital and environmental planning spheres, with particular attention to algorithmic equity considerations given the widening price gaps between digitally-enabled and analog neighborhoods. Effective development of smart eco-cities necessitates the implementation of comprehensive strategies that not only create value through AI optimization but also ensure its equitable distribution across diverse urban communities.
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Kong, L., & Chen, J. (2024). Impact of digital transformation on green and sustainable innovation in business: a quasi-natural experiment based on smart city pilot policies in China. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-29.
Deng, W., Cheshmehzangi, A., Ma, Y., & Peng, Z. (2021). Promoting sustainability through governance of eco-city indicators: a multi-spatial perspective. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 16(1), 61-72.
Bibri, S. E., & Krogstie, J. (2021). A novel model for data-driven smart sustainable cities of the future: A strategic roadmap to transformational change in the era of big data. Journal of Urban Technology, 28(4), 35-76.
Cheshmehzangi, A., Flynn, A., Tan-Mullins, M., Deng, W., Mangi, E., & Chen, W. (2021). From eco-urbanism to eco-fusion: an augmented multi-scalar framework in sustainable urbanism. Sustainability, 13(4), 2373.
Bibri, S. E. (2022). Eco-districts and data-driven smart eco-cities: Emerging approaches to strategic planning by design and spatial scaling and evaluation by technology. Land use policy, 113, 105830.
Tang, Y., Qi, Y., Bai, T., & Zhang, C. (2023). Smart city construction and green technology innovation: Evidence at China's city level. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(43), 97233-97252.
Bauermann, B. F. C., Bussador, A., Bauermann, H. B., & Matrakas, M. D. (2024). Connecting the green to the digital: Integrating eco cities and smart regions. Eco Cities, 5(1), 2755.
Duan, J. (2024). Theory of Urban Space Development. Springer Nature.
Ciumasu, I. M. (2023). Mapping Industry 4.0 onto Eco-city Transitions: A Knowledge–Action Matrix. In Sustainable, Innovative and Intelligent Societies and Cities (pp. 297-325). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Chiu, C. (2024). Negotiating Urban Greening Through Housing Development: Stakeholders and Sociospatial Strategies in a Municipality-Led Eco-Building Programme. Housing, Theory and Society, 41(2), 169-191.
Kim, K. G., & Choi, H. S. (2022). Market Mechanisms in the Building Sector from an Urban Perspective: Creative Building Solutions. Planning Climate Smart and Wise Cities: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 361-388.
Romano, G. C. (2023). Policy transfer as a driver of paradigm change? Lessons from a partnership for "eco‐city" development in urban China. Asian Politics & Policy, 15(3), 390-407.
Allam, Z., Bibri, S. E., Chabaud, D., & Moreno, C. (2022). The theoretical, practical, and technological foundations of the 15-minute city model: proximity and its environmental, social and economic benefits for sustainability. Energies, 15(16), 6042.
Li, X., & Zhuang, X. (2022). Eco-city problems: Industry–city–ecology, urbanization development assessment in resource-exhausted cities. Sustainability, 15(1), 166.
Che, L., Luo, Y., Hu, Y., & Yao, S. (2021). The Spatial Planning Technology Innovation of the Smart City under Knowledge Economy and Ecological Sustainability. Human-Centered Urban Planning and Design in China: Volume I: Urban and Rural Planning, 29-44.
Tolstykh, T., Gamidullaeva, L., Shmeleva, N., Gromov, S., & Ermolenko, A. (2022). Megapolis as a symbiosis of socio-economic ecosystems: The role of collaboration. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 8(3), 126.
Yigitcanlar, T., Kankanamge, N., & Vella, K. (2021). How are smart city concepts and technologies perceived and utilized? A systematic geo-Twitter analysis of smart cities in Australia. Journal of Urban Technology, 28(1-2), 135-154.
Zhang, X., & Li, H. (2018). Urban resilience and urban sustainability: What we know and what do not know? Cities, 72, 141-148.