Sustainability and Resilience in the Urban Realm
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 14837
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metrics and assessment frameworks of sustaianble development; sustainable urban development; resilience; smart cities; vulnerability; social impacts; business sustainability management; rural development; adaptive systems
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Dear Colleagues,
The rising growth of population shifts to urban areas is exacerbating social, economic, environmental, and institutional issues experienced by residents. Land-use and urban planning have traditionally been the principal tools to design cities but omitting any holistic approach that involves sustainability principles. Diverse global initiatives led by the international community are reversing that tendency by defining cities as the principal focus where the major problems facing humankind should be tackled. Furthermore, the devastating effects of climate change are increasing natural disasters which strike hard urban settlements, posing a threat to sustainable development. Resilience and sustainability are thus an inseparable binomial to be considered together when analyzing cities. The decrease in pollution, social engagement, innovative regulatory urban frameworks and policies, decent and affordable housing, balanced territorial development, delivery of basic services, responsible production and consumption, sustainable transport systems, safeguarding of the world´s cultural and natural heritage, reduction of damages and fatalities by disasters, and social inclusion plans shape some of the main topics to be discussed.
This Special Issue invites original research papers and reviews focusing on the proposal and the application of methods and policies to promote and measure sustainable and resilient urban development. It aims to contribute to the literature in the consideration of both aspects in the study of cities.
Dr. Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable urbanization
- resilience, inclusiveness
- social participation
- slums
- sustainable mobility
- new urban agenda
- Sustainable Development Goals
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