In the Quest of Sustainability: Responses for Ecological and Social-Economic Systems in Front of Risks and Disasters

Nowadays, societies face a wider variety of risks, which pose serious threats to life and infrastructure. Environmental damage, climate change, and lack of sustainable development measures add to these threats, making societies more vulnerable. Regardless of the resources involved in response and recovery, the bouncing-back, or, ideally, the bouncing-back better condition is very difficult to attain by the affected societies. As provided also in the post-2015 development agenda, the integration of sustainable development goals (SDGs) into disaster risk reduction measures at all levels and in all stages of action is of utmost importance to attain the sustainability of our communities. Building resilience to risks and disasters is internationally acknowledged and proclaimed by many EU and international bodies engaged in sustainable development. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 particularly stresses the urgency of addressing disaster resilience for a more effective protection of people, their livelihoods, health, cultural heritage, socioeconomic assets and ecosystems. Hence, identification, assessment, monitoring, planning, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation are necessary to achieve the goals of resilience.

This Special Issue will comprise selected papers from the 12^th International Conference on “Environmental Legislation, Safety Engineering and Disaster Management” (ELSEDIMA; http://enviro.ubbcluj.ro/en/12th-international-conference-environmental-legislation-safety-engineering-and-disaster-management-elsedima-2018/) and other papers focused on, and related to, resilience, environmental, and socio-economic aspects.

Authors who presented their papers at the conference are invited to submit their manuscripts to the Guest Editors for preliminary evaluation. Accepted papers will be than submitted by authors to Sustainability and enter the peer review process.

Researchers who did not attended the 12^th ELSEDIMA Conference are also invited to develop and submit empirical papers, theoretical manuscripts, and literature reviews on the topic of the Special Issue – “In the Quest of Resilience: Insights on Ecological and Socio-Economic Systems”.

All papers selected for this Special Issue will undertake a rigorous peer-review process.

Prof. Dr. Alexandru  Ozunu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dacinia Crina  Petrescu
Guest Editors

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