Urban Regeneration and Resilient City
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 283
Editor
Interests: urban planning; architecture; urban design; sustainability; crowd management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban regeneration and urban resilience have emerged as defining imperatives in an era marked by escalating social inequities, economic volatility, climate instability, and spatial fragmentation. As cities confront intersecting crises—ranging from environmental degradation and natural hazards to demographic transitions and structural economic shifts— regeneration strategies must extend beyond physical renewal to embed adaptive capacity, social equity, and long-term sustainability. This Special Issue seeks to advance interdisciplinary scholarship on how regeneration initiatives can be reconceptualized as transformative processes that strengthen the ability of urban systems not merely to recover from disruption, but to evolve, innovate, and thrive.
We invite rigorous empirical research, theoretically grounded inquiries, methodological innovations, and comparative analyses that examine the complex socio-spatial, institutional, and environmental dimensions of regenerative practice. Contributions may address integrative planning and design approaches that operationalize resilience; governance frameworks and policy instruments that enable inclusive and participatory transformation; analytical tools, metrics, and indicators for evaluating resilience outcomes; and critical assessments of both exemplary and cautionary regeneration cases. Studies that focus on the roles of community engagement, cultural heritage, and social capital in shaping resilient urban futures are particularly encouraged. By bridging urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, geography, sustainability science, and public policy, this Special Issue aims to generate actionable knowledge to guide equitable, adaptive, and forward-looking urban regeneration strategies.
Prof. Dr. Kheir Al-Kodmany
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban regeneration
- urban resilience
- resilience-oriented planning
- adaptive urban systems
- equitable urban transformation
- climate-responsive design
- participatory governance
- sustainability metrics and indicators
- social and community resilience
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