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Special Issue "Green Economy, Ecosystems and Climate Change"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021).

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Stanislav Shmelev
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Environment Europe Foundation Stichting, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Interests: macroeconomic sustainability; sustainable cities; circular economy; environmentally extended input-output modelling; multicriteria decision aid; environmental policy issues; renewable energy and impact and ESG investment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Sustainability will be devoted to cutting-edge research addressing the issues of smart and sustainable cities management in the context of UN New Urban Agenda. The papers addressing the following topics will be considered: sustainable development indicators, performance assessments, planning approaches, climate change mitigation and adaptation, decarbonization, sustainable transport, food security, digitization and the environment, pro-environmental behaviour, green infrastructure, urban air pollution, health, and the covid-19 pandemic. Particular emphasis will be given to empirical studies with a clear policy focus. Articles are invited from a broad range of regions from all across the world, including Africa, North and South America, Oceania, Asia, and Europe.

Dr. Stanislav Shmelev
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • smart and sustainable cities;
  • sustainable development indicators;
  • performance assessment;
  • urban planning for sustainable development;
  • climate change mitigation;
  • climate change adaptation;
  • decarbonization;
  • sustainable transport;
  • food security;
  • digitization and the environment;
  • proenvironmental behavior;
  • green infrastructure;
  • urban air pollution;
  • health; covid-19

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Climate Change and Food Security: The Impact of Some Key Variables on Wheat Yield in Kazakhstan
by
Stanislav E. Shmelev
,
Vitaliy Salnikov
,
Galina Turulina
,
Svetlana Polyakova
,
Tamara Tazhibayeva
,
Tobias Schnitzler
and
Irina A. Shmeleva
Sustainability 2021, 13(15), 8583; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158583 - 31 Jul 2021
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In such drought-prone regions as Kazakhstan, research on regional drought characteristics and their formation conditions is of paramount importance for actions to mitigate drought risks caused by climate change. This paper presents the results of research on the spatio-temporal patterns of atmospheric droughts [...] Read more.
In such drought-prone regions as Kazakhstan, research on regional drought characteristics and their formation conditions is of paramount importance for actions to mitigate drought risks caused by climate change. This paper presents the results of research on the spatio-temporal patterns of atmospheric droughts as one of the most important factors hindering the formation of crop yields. The influence of several potential predictors characterizing teleconnection in the coupled “atmosphere–ocean” system and cosmic-geophysical factors affecting their formation is analyzed. The spatial relationships between atmospheric aridity at the individual stations of the investigated area and the wheat yield in Kazakhstan as well as its relationships with potential predictors were determined using econometric methods. High correlation was shown between wheat yield fluctuations and Multivariate El-Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), galactic cosmic radiation, solar activity, and atmospheric drought expressed through the soil moisture index, which in turn depends on precipitation levels and temperatures. The model could be modified further so that the individual components could be forecasted into the future using various time series in an ARIMA model. The resulting integration of these forecasts would allow the prediction of wheat yields in the future. The obtained results can be used in the process of creating effective mechanisms for adaptation to climate change and droughts based on their early diagnosis. Full article
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On the Creation and Destruction of National Wealth: Are Financial Collapses Endogenous?
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Stanislav E. Shmelev
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Robert U. Ayres
Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7352; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137352 - 30 Jun 2021
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This paper traces US national wealth from 1914 through 2015 and constructs a multivariate econometric model that combines elements of short-term and long-term dynamics. We find that US wealth depends on a range of macroeconomic variables, including the wealth itself observed in the [...] Read more.
This paper traces US national wealth from 1914 through 2015 and constructs a multivariate econometric model that combines elements of short-term and long-term dynamics. We find that US wealth depends on a range of macroeconomic variables, including the wealth itself observed in the previous period, change in market capitalization, change in US house price index and inflation. Less impactful, statistically significant factors included unemployment, changes in oil price, and change in debt-to-GDP ratio. Another significant result is that the Glass–Steagall Act, which prohibited commercial banks from speculative activity in the stock market after 1933, had a statistically significant positive impact on wealth in the US. We test the model by asking whether it could have anticipated the actual collapse in 2008, given prior data up to 2000, 2005 and 2010. All three tests forecasted a sharp wealth decline starting in 2008, followed by a recovery. These results suggest the possibility of forecasting future financial collapses. We have found our model to be slightly more accurate in the short run than in the long run. Full article
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