Resilient Urban Regeneration: Adaptive Strategies for Future Metropolis
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 May 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: territorial spatial planning and governance
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Interests: landscape ecology and green space planning
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Interests: urban planning; spatial planning; risk management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Decades of intensive urbanization have profoundly transformed metropolitan landscapes, leaving behind structural, social, and ecological challenges that now demand systematic regeneration. Resilient urban regeneration is no longer optional but a strategic imperative to address accumulated vulnerabilities while preparing metropolises for uncertain futures. This Special Issue advances scholarly and practical debates on adaptive strategies that integrate urban resilience, smart spatial planning, and digital governance. By highlighting innovative frameworks, methodological advances, and evidence-based practices, it aims to establish a forward-looking agenda for shaping sustainable, inclusive, and adaptive metropolitan futures.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) that provide insights into resilient urban regeneration.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives on Resilient Urban Regeneration;
- Smart Spatial Planning and Metropolitan Transformation;
- Digital Governance and Data-Driven Urban Regeneration;
- Climate Change Adaptation and Nature-Based Strategies;
- Socio-Economic and Cultural Dimensions of Resilient Regeneration;
- Metrics, Modeling, and Assessment of Metropolitan Resilience;
- Governance, Policy, and Implementation Pathways.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Qipeng Liao
Dr. Arkadiusz Przybysz
Dr. Isidoro Fasolino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban resilience
- urban regeneration
- metropolis
- smart spatial planning
- digital governance
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