Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Sustainable urban and rural development is about improving the quality of life in a locality, including ecological, cultural, political, institutional, social and economic components without leaving any burden—e.g., the result of a reduced natural capital and an excessive local debt—on future generations. In other words, prosperity and environmental sustainability of cities and towns are inextricably linked; therefore, human settlements can only maintain their prosperity when environmental and social objectives are fully integrated with economic goals.
Thematically, sustainable urban and rural development includes:
- Sustainable development in the urban context;
- Sustainable development in the regional and rural context;
- Planning for sustainable urban and rural futures;
- Impacts of human activities on natural systems;
- Ecological and urban and regional planning;
- Sustainable urban and rural infrastructure;
- Sustainable transportation systems;
- Sustainable communities;
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation;
- Ecosystem sustainability assessment;
- Ecological and urban indicators;
- Sustainable urban and rural technologies;
- Smart cities and communities.
Accordingly, this section is open for the following types of manuscripts covering the whole breadth of sustainable urban and rural development issues and concerns:
- research articles;
- conceptual articles;
- review articles;
- case studies;
- commentaries
In particular, contributions from early career researchers are welcome and propositions for Special Issues on a single, particular theme in the field of social ecology and sustainability.
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Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Urban Inequality and Exclusion (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Car-Free Cities: Urban Planning Strategies to Reduce Private Transport (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Housing Inequality: Causes and Potential Solutions (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- City 4.0: Urban Planning and Development in the Age of Digital Transformation (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Spatial Planning and Analysis in Urban Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Systems Approach and Management for Urban Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Road Safety as a Pillar of Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Urban Planning and Sustainable Land Use (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Sustainable Regeneration of Degraded Urban Structures and Fabric (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Societal Dynamics in Multiple-Use Landscapes (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Smart Cities—The Role of Transportation, Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data (Deadline: 1 June 2022)
- The Role and Impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Sustainable Smart Cities (Deadline: 1 June 2022)
- Sustainable Property Markets (Deadline: 15 June 2022)
- Sustaining Rural Innovation: Reflexivity, Diversity and Co-creation (Deadline: 25 June 2022)
- Human–River Interactions in Cities (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Ecological Economics: Green Economy in Sustainable Cities (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Green Building Energy System Integration and Eco-Friendly Urban Development (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities: Spatial and Digital Dimensions (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Prospects and Challenges of Sustainable Rural Development: Technological and Institutional Innovations (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- A Diversified Approach to Mitigate Crises in Urbanized Areas (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sustainable Spatial Planning and Territorial Governance (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Planning for Sustainable Cities: Transport and Land Use of Sustainability (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Responding to Climate Emergency: Design, Planning and Assessment of the Built Environment (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Evidence-Based Design Promoting Human Well-Being in Urban Areas (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- The Evaluation of Urban Projects: Integrated Methods and Operative Tools (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sustainable Comparative Urban and Regional Development in Times of Crisis (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Shared and Electric Mobility for Green Cities (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Planning and Economic Estimative Evaluation of Models for the Management and Use of Environmental Resources in Urban and Rural Areas (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Land-Use and Spatial Resilience Changes in Cultural Landscapes (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Towards More Walkable and Liveable Cities: Perceptions, Attitudes, Methods, Technologies and Policies (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Housing Sustainability (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Landscape Planning and Management in Europe: Methods, Tools and Approaches (Deadline: 28 July 2022)
- Smart Cities and Smart Villages and the Global Digital Transformation: Strategy and Community Engagement (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Social Capital as an Input of Social Sustainability in Rural and Agricultural Cooperatives (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Urban Economics, City Development and Future Social Challenges (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Smart Cities and 4th Industrial Revolution: Applications for Sustainable Mobility Management and Inclusive Urban Logistics (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- The 2030 Agenda SDGs. How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected the Process towards Sustainability (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Recent Advances on Phytotechnologies for Water Treatment and Management (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Green Technologies for Sustainable Urban Land and Air Remediation (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Green Infrastructures and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Smart Technologies for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- A New Outlook for Sustainable Urban Development: Focus on Resilient Smart Cities (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Long-Term Change and Sustainability in Arctic Social-Ecological Systems (Deadline: 1 August 2022)
- Counter Urban Migration, Commuting, and Social Sustainability in Everyday Life (Deadline: 1 August 2022)
- Sustainability of Retail-Less Cities (Deadline: 15 August 2022)
- The Nexus of ‘Urban Resilience’ and Energy Efficiency in Cities (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Future of Sustainable Smart Cities: User Experience and Policy Perspectives (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sustainable Urban Freight Transport (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Body, Brain, and City Living—Contributions to More Sustainable and Healthy Urban Spaces That Promote Well-Being (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Social Capital, Infrastructural Capital and Resilience Capacity in Urban Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Scales, Actors and New Power Values of Urban Governance of Sustainability (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Frontiers in Urban Mobility (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sustainable Urban Planning: Healthy Environmental Development and Urban Dynamics (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sustainable Urban Open Space Governance and Management (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sustainable Buildings as a Part of Efficient Urban Planning (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sustainable Smart Cities and Society Development (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Future of Agriculture and Rural Regions from a Perspective of Sustainable Development (Deadline: 1 September 2022)
- Sustainable Urban Regeneration: Issues and Challenges for Buildings and Cities (Deadline: 15 September 2022)
- Planning for Urban Sustainability Transitions (Deadline: 15 September 2022)
- Sustainable Horticulture, Arboriculture, Landscape Management in Urban Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Techno-Social Vision: New Societal Trends Influence Sustainable Development of Future Environment Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- The Sustainable Development of Smart Cities through Digital Innovation (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Sustainable Mobility in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Smart GIS and Geo-Technology in Sustainable and Crisis Land and Urban Management (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure for the Next Generation (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Sustainable Cities and Regions – Statistical Approaches (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Solar Potential in the Urban Environment (Deadline: 1 October 2022)
- Smart Construction and Smart Building Operation and Maintenance (Deadline: 1 October 2022)
- Assessing the Relative Importance of Sustainability Indicators for Public Open Spaces and Existing Urban Neighbourhoods (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Urban Expansion Prediction and Land Use/Land Cover Change Modeling for Sustainable Urban Development (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- The Emerging Data–Driven Smart City of Sustainability (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Urban Planning and Water Insecurity in the 21st Century (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Sustainable Urban Transportation, Freight and Logistics (Deadline: 18 October 2022)
- Towards Urban Health and Livable Cities: The Control and Management of Traffic-Related Air Pollution (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Green Development: Rural Communities, Resilience and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Smart Governance for Smart Cities, Rural Areas or Regions and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Advances in Environmental Economics: Global Dynamics and Regional Economic Development (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Smart City and Architecture in the Pandemic Era (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Frontiers in Urban Informatics and Spatial Social Network Analysis (Deadline: 1 November 2022)
- Transportation Planning and Urban Sustainability (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Urban Design for Sustainable Built Environment (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Urban Sprawl and Sustainable Land Use Planning (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Smart Sustainable Cities in the Era of Big Data (Deadline: 25 November 2022)
- The Adaptability of Cities to Climate Change (Deadline: 25 November 2022)
- The Role of Cultural Heritage in Promoting the Sustainable Development of Cities and Territories (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Regional Governance and Ecological Sustainability (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Advances in Sustainable Utilization and Optimal Decision of Land Resources (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Urban Drainage, Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Control (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Understanding the Impact of Social Environmental Stressors on Urban Health: New Analytic Solutions and Challenges (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Sustainable Construction: New Trends and Prospects for the Future (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Environmental Health Surveillance and Disaster Risk Management for Sustainable Cities and Society (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Housing — the Basic Principle of Sustainability (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Integrating Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Urban Planning (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Urban Planning and Economic Development (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Urban Forestry and Urban Green Management: Promoting Sustainable Urban Tree Populations Ⅱ (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Quantifying Sustainability and Resilience Benefits of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Systems (Deadline: 1 December 2022)
- Space-Time Urban Resilience and Vulnerability for Smarter Cities (Deadline: 1 December 2022)
- Low Energy Architecture and Design for Thermal Comfort (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities: Approaches, Methods and Tools to Overcome the Implementation Gap in Urban Resilience (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Urban Ecotoxicology: Contaminants in Cities and Their Effects on Wildlife (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Urban Landscape Ecology and Sustainability (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- The Future of Cities and Lands Seen from the Perspective of Digital Sustainability (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Environmental Monitoring Techniques for Climate Change Resilient Cities (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Post SARS CoV-2 - Sustainability in Urban Expansion and Urban Livelihood Change (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Urban Social Space and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Greening Regeneration of Urbanized Waterfronts in Delta River Regions (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Linking Climate, Environment, and Society for Sustainable Urban Development (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Application of Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development of Urban and Rural Areas (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Spatiotemporal Effects of COVID-19 to Sustainable Regional Planning and Development (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Urbanization and Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Urban Heat Island and Building Energy Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Regional Climate Change and Application of Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Attenuating Urban Heat Problems: Pathways towards Climate-Resilient Cities (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sustainable Transportation and Traffic in Smart Cities (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sustainability Challenges in Urban Heat Island Mitigation Strategies (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Post COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reconsideration for the Built Environment (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Mainstreaming Recommendations to Future Sustainable Urban Planning in Developing and Emerging Economies (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advances in Prospective Life-Cycle Assessment of the Built Environment for Climate Change Adaptation (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- What Energy Resilience Means in the Sustainable Built Environment: Solutions and Research Trends to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Risks (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- New Technologies for Smart City (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Zero Waste Technologies (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Application of Remote Sensing in Landscapes and Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advanced Technologies and Applications in Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sustainable Planning and Management of Urban Water Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Big Data, Information and AI for Smart Urban (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Urban Sustainable Development and the Idea of Creative City (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Moving towards Sustainable Cities: Urban Planning and Policies for the Autonomous Mobility Age (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Land Use Sustainability and Environmental Impacts in Urban Renewal (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Social Responsibility of the Manager in the Smart City Concept - Science 2 Business (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Sustainability Implications of Emerging Transportation Technologies (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Sustainable Environmental and Transportation Planning in Rural Areas (Deadline: 25 January 2023)
- The Ecological Footprint Indicator as a Tool to Guide Sustainable Urban Planning (Deadline: 26 January 2023)
- Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide: Towards Universally Sustainable Regional Economic Development (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Urban Planning for Sustainable Development of Cities in the Geospatial (Big) Data ERA (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Impact of Human Induced Changes in the Ecosystem: Challenges and Advances (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Vehicle Sharing and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Urban Equality and Sustainability Studies (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- The Intersection between Construction Safety and Sustainability Practices in the Built Environment (Deadline: 1 February 2023)
- Remote Sensing, Sustainable Land Use and Smart City (Deadline: 10 February 2023)
- Advances in Ecosystem Services and Urban Sustainability (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Smart Cities: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Community-Based Participatory Waste Management and Recycling (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Sustainable Cities and Infrastructures (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Urban Safety and Security Assessment (Deadline: 15 March 2023)
- Urban Design, Urban Planning and Traffic Safety (Deadline: 20 March 2023)
- Urban Greening Strategies and Sustainable Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Frontiers in Ecosystem Services: Planning the Changing Urban Landscapes (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Sustainable Spatial Planning Based on Ecosystem Services, Green Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Green Infrastructure for Urban Water Resource Sustainability (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Shared Governance and Citizen Participation for Sustainable Local Development (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Sustainable Land Resource Management and Urban and Rural Development (Deadline: 15 April 2023)
- Greening Our Environment: Nature Driven Solutions for Regenerative and Resilient Cities (Deadline: 15 April 2023)
- Traffic Calming Measures as an Instrument for Revitalizing the Urban Environment (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- The Application of the Metaverse in Teaching–Learning Processes for the Sustainable Management of Rural Environments (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Research on Sustainable Transportation and Urban Traffic (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Sustainability and Energy Efficiency of Urban Water Cycle (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Shared Autonomous Vehicles: Urban Form, Land Use, Travel Behavior and Environmental Issues (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Urban Greenhouse and Sustainable Design (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- The Interactions between Urban Populations and Their Environments (Deadline: 1 May 2023)
- Data Analysis and Data Communication for Combating the Effects of Climate Change in Cities (Deadline: 15 May 2023)
- Digital Transformation of Agriculture and Rural Areas (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Frontier Research of Environmental Sustainability: Green Infrastructure and Rural Landscape Planning (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- The IoT Technology for Sustainable Smart Cities of the Future (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Regional Carbon Dioxide Emission Market (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Performance-Oriented Integrative Sustainability Approaches to Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Urban Planning for Smart and Sustainable Cities (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Adaptive Cities: Urban Planning and Design Contribution for Achieving Climate Resilient Cities
- Culture and Development in Small and Medium-Sized Cities
- Indicators, Assessment Tools, and Rating Systems for Mainstreaming Sustainability in Urban Planning and Development
- Sustainability Challenges for Medium-Size Urban Systems
- Sustainable Built Environment
- Sustainable Household Behaviors: Consumption and Mobility
- Sustainable Smart Cities and Villages
- Urban Energy Management and Sustainable Transportation
- Urban Green Infrastructure for Climate-Proof and Healthy Cities
- Urban Planning and Built Environment
- Urban Water Consumption and Sustainability