Resilient Urban Regeneration in European Cities
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban regeneration; spatial planning; spatial innovation; sustainability; construction management; MSMEs; women's studies
Interests: landscape architecture; green infrastructure; urban sustainability; nature-based solutions; land use planning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
European cities are currently facing multiple, interlinked challenges driven by climate change, demographic transitions, economic restructuring, and social inequality. These pressures have intensified the need for urban regeneration approaches that foster resilience—that is, the capacity of cities to anticipate, adapt, and transform in response to shocks and long-term stresses. Resilient urban regeneration offers a holistic framework for rethinking how urban land is planned, used, and managed to achieve sustainability, inclusivity, and well-being. It calls for integrating ecological design, adaptive governance, and community participation into the processes of spatial renewal and land transformation.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to give insights into how resilience principles can guide the regeneration of European cities toward more sustainable, equitable, and adaptive futures. This topic aligns closely with the scope of Land, which focuses on sustainable land use, governance, and territorial transformation. Contributions are encouraged to bridge conceptual, methodological, and empirical perspectives, providing a deeper understanding of how urban regeneration can enhance the resilience and functionality of urban land systems.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Integrating resilience thinking into urban regeneration strategies and policies;
- Circular economy and low-carbon pathways in urban redevelopment;
- Nature-based and climate-adaptive approaches to land use and design;
- Governance models, participation, and co-creation in resilient cities;
- Digitalization, data-driven planning, and smart infrastructures for regeneration;
- Cultural heritage, identity, and social innovation in urban transformation.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Luana Parisi
Dr. Thomas Panagopoulos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- resilient urban regeneration
- sustainable land use
- circular urbanism
- adaptive planning
- urban governance
- climate adaptation
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