Urban-Rural-Partnerships: Sustainable and Resilient

Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite the submission of original contributions dealing with interactions in regional systems, particularly between urban and rural actors, institutions and projects to tackle great societal challenges. These include topics such as equitable and healthy living conditions, climate change and extreme events, pandemic crises, digitalization, circular economy and material flows. Conceptual and methodological papers are welcomed as well as case studies which are dedicated to striking examples and providing transferable knowledge and solutions.    

By focusing on urban–rural linkages and partnerships, our Special Issue aims at discussing new urban–rural imaginaries, integrating strategies and projects which explore present and future potentials in terms of sustainability and resilience. With these ambitions, we look to draw attention to the implementation of key topical targets including the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Habitat Urban–Rural Linkages Guiding Principles, the New Leipzig Charter and the Territorial Agenda 2030.

The contributions shall stimulate learning processes on various levels, i.e., from the local level to entire regions to the broader European and international levels, in order to foster an understanding of integrated regional and urban–rural development. We encourage contributions which provide original knowledge as well as those aimed at closing the gap between available scientific knowledge on the one hand and decision-making in practice on the other. We offer a forum for exchange and unleashing synergies to reveal potentials for intensified urban–rural collaboration.

This Special Issue will include key results of the international conference “Sustainable & Resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships” from 25 to 27 November 2020, a hybrid event which will take place both in Leipzig, Germany, and online at www.urp2020.eu. Notwithstanding, additional submissions with strong references to the topic are welcomed.

Dr. Stephan Bartke
Prof. Dr. Sigrun Kabisch
Guest Editors

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