Sustainable Urban Development and Land Use Policy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 March 2023) | Viewed by 6218
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban and rural governance; land use policy; natural resources management
Interests: land policy evaluation and analysis; land use and urban-rural development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With more than half of the world's population now living in cities, the rapid growth of urbanisation and globalisation has resulted in cities around the world facing many challenges in the economic, social and ecological spheres. Sustainable urban development has undoubtedly become the key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Land resources are the foundation of urban development, essential for the industrial growth, infrastructure development, housing affordability and ecological environment of cities. Therefore, the sustainable management of land resources is an important issue in the field of sustainable urban development.
While land resources support urban development, their utilisation structure, spatial layout, quality and ecology are often transformed, given the restless changes of urban development drivers. Coordinating the relationship between urban development and land use through the integrated use of market, planning and other multiple tools and perspectives has, hence, become a key to promoting sustainable urban development. In particular, the government's efforts to maintain the dynamic balance between the urban economic–social–ecological system and the integrated development of urban and rural areas through innovative land use policies are also important issues that require urgent attention. Therefore, it is important to frame the relationship between sustainable urban development and land use from the economic, social and ecological perspectives, and to innovate market operation and governance mechanisms in the context of urban land use transformation trends for sustainable urban development.
This Special Issue aims to assemble innovative research findings in the field of sustainable urban development and related land use policies. The research topics include, but are not limited to, the following: the relationship between urban development and land use change; economic, social and ecological effects of urban land use and policy responses; market mechanisms and governance in urban land development, land policy regulation for integrated urban–rural development, etc.
Dr. Zhigang Chen
Prof. Dr. Xiao Lyu
Dr. Yi Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban land use
- land use policy
- urban development
- land use efficiency
- land market
- land use structure
- ecological and environmental effects of urban land use
- the social impact of urban land use
- integrated urban–rural development
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