Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 March 2023) | Viewed by 33246
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environment science; mountain area
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Interests: environment science; plants; mountain area
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mountain areas represent a natural, historical-cultural, and economic heritage of which the appropriate management is fundamental in order to promote the sustainable development of these territories and of the whole planet. This topic is an urgent challenge due to the rapid and unsettling anthropic and climatic events happening in the last several decades.
This Special Issue entitled “Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas” has the aim of gathering relevant studies about the use and valorization of mountain resources in order to foster the sustainable development of these areas, both in developed and developing countries. The relevance of the studies must go beyond academia and give practical recommendations to facilitate the sustainable development of mountain areas and the setting up of new and green development models.
We welcome papers that are related to any of the following topics:
- The study of biotic and abiotic resources for their sustainable management and/or conservation;
- Policies and good practices for land use and management;
- Valorization of anthroposphere, including agroecosystems, infrastructures, cultural and historical heritage, and their use and valorization (i.e., through tourism);
- Resilience of mountain communities and risk management;
- Innovative solutions for mountain areas development, tackling the challenges of climatic change.
This Special Issue aims to provide an innovative, socially engaged, reliable source of scientific information for both researchers and stakeholders in general, as well as policymakers and land-managers, strengthening the network within the mountain community.
The Issue is open to a broad range of disciplines and will consider a broad range of contributions (original articles, reviews, opinions, and perspectives).
Prof. Dr. Annamaria Giorgi
Dr. Luca Giupponi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable development
- environmental sustainability
- mountain resources
- mountain areas resilience
- land management
- nature conservation
- climate change
- best practices
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