Environmental Policy for Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

The present Special Issue will focus on environmental policies and how and they can improve overall sustainability at different scales, from global to local. Environmental policies, explicitly conceived to address different environmental problems, are generally considered a way to advance sustainability. However, relationships between environmental policies and sustainability goals have also evolved, as have related frameworks, methods, practical experiences, and open challenges. One key aspect of such an evolution has been the increasing need for an integrated approach over many different aspects. The aim of this Special Issue is to present an up-to-date overview on these issues, including conceptual, methodological, and case-based perspectives. Covered topics include theoretical aspects of environmental policies, sustainability, and resilience; advanced methodologies and tools to better define, select, and implement environmental policies aiming at improving sustainability in real contexts; the role of scale of environmental policies in relation to sustainability goals; inter and trans-disciplinary approaches for sustainability; multi-scale challenges for sustainability under global change; the science–policy interface and participatory governance in the design, analysis, and implementation of environmental policies for sustainability. Papers on conceptual and methodological issues, as well as practical examples and real case analyses are welcome.

Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer-review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Dr. Julia Martínez-Fernández
Dr. Miguel Angel-Esteve Selma
Guest Editors

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