Sustainable development of cities and communities includes many aspects, such as resources, environment, economy, society and so on. Social network analysis can help achieve sustainable development goals in many ways.

When it comes to resource allocation, for example, urban planners agonizing over where to build shopping malls, where to build schools, and where to build entertainment facilities, they can turn to social network analysis for help. Social network analysis is an important means to get people’s ideas. Urban planners can collect a large amount of user data and then use data analysis tools to get residents’ ideas about the city, so that they can know where people want to build a park. Through social network analysis, we can know how much city residents or community residents need certain resources. We all know that resources are limited, and the goal of sustainable development requires us to rationally allocate limited resources, and…