Urban Economic Development and Planning: Sustainable Development

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will present research findings addressing urban planning policies and experiences that originate from the interplay among environmental, social, and economic factors in a broad sense. A fundamental concept of sustainable development is achieving human development goals while simultaneously maintaining the capacity of natural systems to supply the natural resources and ecosystem services that are essential to human economies and society. The 17 sustainable development goals established by the UNGA address global concerns such as poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. The goals would inspire a rethinking of urban development and planning in all nations, taking into account the social, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainable development in mind. Our focus in this Special Issue is to publish articles of scholarly merit on a wide variety of topics and apply a wide variety of methods to urban economics from a sustainable development perspective. This Special Issue encourages the submission of papers that contribute to urban economic development and planning for sustainable development through theoretical and empirical contributions.

Prof. Dr. Chei-Chang Chiou
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.