Sustainable Urban Planning Models and Effective Management Tools in Resilient Low-Carbon Cities: Issues, Methods and Innovations—2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 48
Special Issue Editors
Interests: real estate evaluation methods; real estate financial and economic convenience; sustainability; urban regeneration; retrofit intervention
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Interests: real estate valuation; urban development; valuation risk; analysis investment; valuation property; management asset; housing economics; project financing; urban economics; financial analysis; real estate management; project management; applied econometrics; environmental economics; urban sustainability
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Interests: property valuation; mass appraisal; urban economics; risk analysis; engineering economics; financial sustainability; decision support systems; sustainable urban development; life cycle assessment
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Interests: real estate evaluation; urban regeneration; retrofit initiatives; real estate sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Decarbonization is one of the most relevant topics within the construction and urban planning sectors; it also aligns with the environmental strategies of many European Union countries and the accepted sustainable development goals.
In order to completely transform the global energy system, a progressive transition from fossil energy sources to zero-carbon alternatives is crucial, starting from transportation and heavy transportation areas up to the use of zero-carbon fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia, in all sectors.
In this framework, a wide range of development and conservation strategies can help protect the natural environment and, at the same time, make cities more attractive, livable, and economically stable; these strategies are currently strongly promoted. Therefore, new urban design concepts should presuppose the inclusion and reintroduction of biodiversity into the built environment by recognizing the central role urban green spaces could have in the mitigation of an expected warmer climate, the saving of soil consumption, and, in social terms, for providing collective public places.
Urban planning should constantly act in synergy with evaluation disciplines to obtain city models that are consistent with genuine community needs and the broader purposes fixed by central governments, in relation to both the drastic reduction in energy and resource use and the creation of smart cities that are capable of self-generating at least half of their required energy, meeting the changing requirements of the population.
The present Special Issue is connected to topic, which is mainly related to highlighting innovative support decision-making tools that can guide the processes for the development of effective urban regeneration initiatives. In particular, this Special Issue encourages the reflection of researchers and scholars through theoretical, methodological, and application contributions on the implementation of strategies for real estate dynamics analysis and the definition of urban planning choices from the perspective of urban sustainability.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) issues on the economic valuation of real estate investment projects, urban and land economics, sustainable building transformations and the economic effects on natural and built environments, green buildings, resilient cities, spatial planning and management, decarbonization processes, soil saving, and public–private partnerships.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Felicia Di Liddo
Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Morano
Dr. Francesco Tajani
Dr. Paola Amoruso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban planning
- smart cities
- low-carbon resilience
- decarbonization
- sustainable development goals
- decision support methods
- urban regeneration
- built environment
- soil saving
- evaluation tools
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