Regional Resources and Environment Management and Urban–Rural Green Development

Dear Colleagues,

Resources are the material basis for human development, while the environment is the fundamental condition for human development. The exploitation and utilization of resources will lead to a change in the environment; and the change of environment, in return, will have an impact on resources. At present, due to the increase in population and the increasing scale of human production activities, how address the trade-off between resources and the environment has become an important issue for human sustainable development. Green development is a model of economic growth and social development that aims at efficiency, harmony, and sustainability. It can realize the coordination and sustainability among population, economy and social development, resources and environment, and is a promising means to solve the current problems associated with resources and environment.

In this Research Topic, we mainly focus on the state and problem analysis of resources and environment in urban and rural areas, and how to realize the coordination between population, economy, social development, resources and environment and the sustainable development of urban and rural areas through green lifestyle and development mode. This is a critical and fundamental issue in the field of sustainable development, especially in the current global carbon neutrality and carbon peak strategy implementation critical period.

Furthermore, Given the importance and urgency of the above issues, topics of interest for this Special Issue include:

1. Resources and environment management
2. Coupling coordination among resources, environment, and population-economy-social development
3. Ecological civilization construction
4. Energy-saving, environmental protection, and low carbon concept
5. Urban and rural green development
6. Urban Green lifestyle
7. Sustainable development and high-quality growth of tourism
8. Environmental protection and economic development
9. Ecological economy, circular economy, and low carbon economy

Prof. Dr. Fengtai Zhang
Prof. Dr. Junyi Zhang
Prof. Dr. Fengzeng Xu
Prof. Dr. Xiaojun Deng
Guest Editors

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