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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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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- A Healthy Built Environment for an Ageing Population (Deadline: 30 April 2019)
- Adaptive Cities: Urban Planning and Design Contribution for Achieving Climate Resilient Cities (Deadline: 30 December 2018)
- Assessing The New Urban Agenda (Deadline: 31 October 2018)
- Collective Impact and Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 30 November 2018)
- Common-Pool Resources and Sustainability (Deadline: 15 August 2019)
- Community, Natural Resources, and Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary and International Dialogue (Deadline: 31 October 2018)
- Human–River Interactions in Cities (Deadline: 31 December 2018)
- Indicators, Assessment Tools, and Rating Systems for Mainstreaming Sustainability in Urban Planning and Development (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
- Islands and Tourism Industry: The Path for a Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 October 2018)
- Local Food Initiatives in the World’s Cities (Deadline: 1 December 2018)
- Local Government Responses to Catalyse Sustainable Urban Development (Deadline: 31 January 2019)
- Open Innovation for Sustainability: An Urban Perspective (Deadline: 31 December 2018)
- Population Dynamics in the Changing Climate Systems (Deadline: 31 January 2019)
- Problematising Sustainability: Overcoming Pitfalls and Inconsistencies in Urban Transformations Policies and Planning Practices (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
- Rural Population and Social Sustainability (Deadline: 15 December 2018)
- Shrinking Cities—Testing Ground for Sustainability (Deadline: 10 April 2019)
- Social Public Health System and Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
- Spatial Analysis of Urbanization towards Urban Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2018)
- Sustainability and Life cycle Assessment of Novel Structural Building Skins (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
- Sustainability in Mediterranean Climate (Deadline: 31 December 2018)
- Sustainable | Sustaining City Streets (Deadline: 31 August 2019)
- Sustainable Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research: Rethinking Security, Safety, Well-being and Happiness (Deadline: 30 November 2018)
- Sustainable Urban Mining (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
- Sustainable Water, Economic Management and Governance Issues (Deadline: 30 November 2019)
- The Future of Sustainable Communities: Planning, Design and Implementation (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
- Urban Disaster Risk Reduction (Deadline: 1 March 2019)
- Urban Green Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation (Deadline: 30 November 2018)
- Urban Informatics and Applications on Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities (Deadline: 30 May 2019)
- Urban Remote Sensing: Sustainability of Earth’s Environment, Resources and Ecology (Deadline: 31 December 2018)
- Urban Renewal and Built Heritage Management (Deadline: 15 December 2018)
- Urban Sprawl and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 August 2019)
- Urban Transformations Towards Sustainability (Deadline: 28 February 2019)
- Urbanization and Demographic Change: A New Step Ahead in Understanding of World Regional Complexity (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
- Water-Energy Sustainable Urban Development (Deadline: 30 May 2019)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
