Sustainable Development of Key Areas for Human Wellbeing

Dear Colleagues,

Human wellbeing means an individual’s subjective sense of satisfaction with the mental, physical, and social conditions of their life. The concept of wellbeing encompasses a comprehensive approach to people and satisfying their various needs, including a sense of safety, self-realization, ability to cope with stress, development of mental resilience, and sense of happiness and satisfaction with life. Wellbeing is an outcome of our individual personality traits and traits acquired through upbringing and education, life experiences, as well as family and professional circumstances. Our wellbeing also depends on the environment where we live, work, and rest. We function in geographical space, and hence, environmental factors and the condition of the natural environment are of tremendous importance in this case. On the other hand, anthropogenic pressure modifies these conditions and causes local degradation and, in extreme cases, global changes. Understanding the impact of external factors is particularly important in the context of contemporary changes in the environment. Sustainable development assumes a balance between the development of the economy and humanity, and nature. It can be achieved by appropriately influencing socioeconomic conditions and managing environmental resources. This Special Issue will be primarily dedicated to the results of research on sustainable development, planning, and management of spaces that have a fundamental impact on human wellbeing. This Special Issue welcomes papers focusing on topics including (but not limited to) the following: the space of everyday life (urban and rural, including public space and green areas, regeneration and renewal); the space of leisure and recreation (assets and challenges in the development of space for tourism, including space in health resorts, sustainable tourism, agritourism); spaces of high natural and cultural value (conservation threats and challenges); evaluation and valuation of space (ecosystem services); and assessment of the quality of space (state and threats).

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in IJERPH.

Dr. Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka
Guest Editor

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• spatial planning
• ecosystem services
• areas of high natural value
• green areas
• public space
• health resorts
• sustainable tourism
• recreation and leisure
• quality of the natural environment
• environmental management