Safe and Sustainable Built Environment: Education, Policy and Practice
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 650
Editors
Interests: sustainability; circularity; health; safety; well-being; education
Interests: sustainable built environment; circular economy; construction waste management; sustainable procurement; nature positive solutions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Creating a safe and sustainable built environment remains a global problem. Construction and built environment challenges include housing unaffordability, overcrowding, unsustainable resource use, pollution, inadequate building standards and practices, poor maintenance, and increased risk of flooding, heat stress, structural failure, fires, and health hazards. This Special Issue focuses on shaping a future built environment through government policy, industry practice, and educating the future workforce. Relevant topics that align with the journal’s subject areas include the following:
- Air and water pollution;
- Education and awareness of sustainability;
- Misuse of land, desertification and drought;
- New and renewable sources of energy;
- Population explosion and urbanisation;
- Sustainable energy preservation and regeneration methods;
- The impact of health, safety, security and disaster management on sustainability;
- Unsustainable patterns of production and consumption.
This Special Issue calls for research on all topics relevant to transitioning to a safer and more sustainable built environment through education, policy, and practice.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. David Christopher Oswald
Dr. Salman Shooshtarian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- built environment
- sustainability
- health
- safety
- wellbeing
- education
- policy
- practice
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