Special Issue "Government Policy and Sustainability"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Richard Matthew
Schools of Social Ecology and Social Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-7075, USA
E-Mail: rmatthew@uci.edu
Phone: +1 949 824 9670
Interests: the environmental dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding; climate change adaptation in conflict and post-conflict societies; transnational threat systems

Dear colleagues,

Since the publication of Our Common Future in 1987, government policy has been widely regarded as a key driver of sustainability, a perspective that received considerable attention at the recent Rio + 20 summit. This special issue invites submissions on all aspects of the complex relationships between government policy and sustainability. For example, what are the strengths and weaknesses of different levels of government from local and national to regional and international? How can policies be harmonized across levels of government? What are the prospects for greening public procurement and international trade? What are the best public practices for managing climate change and governing key resources such as water and energy? How can government policy address the challenges of environmentally induced population displacement and conflict? What government policies can promote sustainability in regions where resources are being privatized or land is being leased and purchased by foreign investors? What should be the government's role in sustainability education?

Prof. Dr. Richard Matthew
Guest Editor

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 800 CHF (Swiss Francs).

• sustainability
• government policy
• green procurement
• fair trade
• natural resource management