Special Issue "Environmental Carrying Capacity in Urban and Regional Development"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Szymon Szewrański
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Department of Spatial Economy, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: spatial analysis; land use planning; sustainable development; city planning; urban sustainability; environmental impact assessment; adaptation to climate change; environmental management; environmental analysis
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Dr. Jan K. Kazak
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Institute of Spatial Management, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Grunwaldzka 55, 50-357 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: sustainable cities and regions; adaptation to climate change; environmental impact assessment; natural resource management; resilience; urban design and planning
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Dr. Malgorzata Swiader
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Institute of Spatial Management, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: environmental analysis; sustainable development; environmental management; environmental monitoring; society and environment; sustainability; spatial analysis; environment protection; natural resource management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, the impact of human activities is exceeding the capacity of the planet and will lead to environmental problems, such as biodiversity loss, a reduction in natural resources, soil degradation, and pollution of land, water, and air. Moreover, the deterioration of the environment is expected to escalate in the future due to population growth and urbanization. Thus, guaranteeing the stability and sustainability of the socio-environmental system is one of the most important tasks for the modern generation.

In order to minimize the negative impact of human activities on the natural environment, it is necessary to effectively diagnose the current state of the built and natural environment. The implementation of decision support systems and tools for urban and regional development would enable us to explore, analyze, and determine the preconditions for the sustainable development of cities and regions.

This Special Issue aims to present cross-disciplinary approaches, methodologies, and applications that can be incorporated as decision support systems for more sustainable urban and regional development. We invite submissions from researchers in environmental protection and development, urban planning, geography, public policy, and other disciplines, including cross-disciplinary fields. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

  • environmental carrying capacity;
  • urban and regional development;
  • ecological footprint;
  • biocapacity and ecosystem services;
  • landscape capacity and assessment;
  • environmental impact assessment;
  • human impact assessment;
  • resilience assessment and mapping;
  • sustainability risk assessment; and geospatial analyses.

Prof. Szymon Szewrański
Mrs. Malgorzata Swiader
Dr. Jan K. Kazak
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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.

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Keywords

  • environmental carrying capacity
  • human impact
  • environmental problems
  • urban and regional development
  • sustainable development

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Assessment of Landscape Character and Absorptivity Based on Digital Terrain Model Analysis—Case Study of Jelenia Góra City in Poland
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 7969; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147969 - 16 Jul 2021
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In an era of significant growth in the availability of spatial data and continued advances in computing technologies, opportunities for new interpretations and solutions to the landscape research problems posed worldwide are emerging. This paper presents different possibilities of applying digital terrain model [...] Read more.
In an era of significant growth in the availability of spatial data and continued advances in computing technologies, opportunities for new interpretations and solutions to the landscape research problems posed worldwide are emerging. This paper presents different possibilities of applying digital terrain model (DTM) data in research of various aspects of landscape. For this purpose, two different methods were proposed. The first was to identify a set of components of the Jelenia Góra city landscape character on the basis of the topographic position index and spatial distribution of land cover, while the second was to assess the landscape of Jelenia Góra city in terms of the possibility of adopting new elements, using the author’s scenic absorptivity method. The results indicate the structure of the components of the landscape character of Jelenia Góra city together with its spatial distribution, which also allowed for the delineation of landscape units. The scenic absorptivity analysis showed that there are isolated areas within Jelenia Góra city that are capable of accommodating significant size elements that would not adversely affect the city landscape. In conclusion, DTM data are able to significantly improve research methods in landscape studies. Full article
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