Local and Regional Planning for Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2025) | Viewed by 914
Special Issue Editor
Interests: landscape architecture; sustainable development; territorial planning; ecosystem services; environmental management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the development of urbanization worldwide, some contradictions, such as environmental pollution and resource shortage, have gradually emerged in the harmonious symbiotic relationship between man and nature. Sustainable development or sustainability has become a topic of wide concern. While the science and rationality of local and regional planning are closely related to the planning actors and processes, there are new approaches, strategies, and methodologies that might foster this global endeavor. Formulating and implementing collective actions for local and regional development is an increasingly clearer objetive for which pertinence and specific implementation need to be investigated and assessed.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to provide insights into the local and regional planning for sustainable development.
- Principles and insights into local and regional planning;
- Territorial sustainable design;
- Local identity branding;
- Territorial planning methods and ideas;
- Regional development;
- Territorial identity and uniquiness;
- Local landscape architecture;
- Stakeholder involvement in local planning;
- Worldwide local and regional planning schemes or successful case studies.
We welcome your contributions, including but not limited to the above topics.
Prof. Dr. Luís Carlos Loures
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- landscape architecture
- territorial design
- territorial marketing
- sustainable development
- sustainable design
- local and regional planning
- stakeholders
- environmental impact
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- Local and Regional Planning for Sustainable Development in Land (8 articles)
