Special Issue "Urban Planning and Economic Development"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2022.

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Rafael de Miguel González
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Guest Editor
Institute of Research into Environmental Sciences of Aragón (IUCA), University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: sustainable urban planning; regional planning; urban sprawl; urban growth

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will show research outcomes about urban planning policies and experiences as a result of the interaction between planning and economic development in a large sense, from a regional and metropolitan scope to small-scale urban projects for economic development. UN-Habitat New Urban Agenda highlights the role of sustainable urban planning to foster international, national, subnational, and local economic development in different ways such as infrastructure, transportation and housing production, sustainable management of energy and environmental resources, establishment of corporate headquarters, cooperation between private investments and public authorities in projects for urban prosperity in vibrant cities, trigger economies of scale and agglomeration, and leverage urban potential to generate increased added value, including property value, business facilitation, etc. Urban policies and planning contribute to increasing economic productivity, creating urban new employment and fostering competitive urban economy.

This Special Issue will also address other urban challenges like the transition to higher productivity through high-value-added sectors, by promoting diversification, technological upgrading, research, and innovation, including the development of new urban areas for economic development, but in particular the renewal of existing urban settlements like city centers hosting productive jobs in the sectors of the information economy, cultural and creative industries, and sustainable tourism, among others. Thus, papers dealing with integrated urban and territorial planning are welcome, including planned urban extensions or urban transformations based on the principles of equitable, efficient, and sustainable use of land and natural resources, compactness, polycentrism, appropriate density and connectivity, and multiple uses of spaces, as well as mixed social and economic uses in built-up areas, in order to prevent urban sprawl and reduce mobility challenges and needs and service delivery costs.

Therefore, this Special Issue of Sustainability entitled “Urban Planning and Economic Development” will publish research focused on the economic approach to urban planning and development. Accordingly, the Special Issue invites original papers on conceptual approaches, theoretical frameworks, empirical research, and case studies of cities from all around the world, which advance our current understanding of urban sustainable development from a comprehensive perspective. The Special Issue focuses on topics that include but are not limited to the following:

  • Urban planning and economic development
  • Urban renewal
  • New activity zones for manufacturing, offices, retail, or technopolis
  • Central business districts
  • Mall investments
  • Metropolitan infrastructures: airports, roads, trains, harbors, and logistic areas.
  • Housing projects, housing construction, housing investments
  • Strategic planning
  • Urban tourism, MICE industry, the impact of new apps like Uber or Airbnb
  • Urban econometrics
  • Mega projects
  • Measures to mitigate the economic impact of Covid-19 on cities.

Prof. Dr. Rafael de Miguel González
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • urban planning
  • economic development
  • urban growth
  • value capture
  • big projects

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Economic Development Policies and Land Use Changes in Thailand: From the Eastern Seaboard to the Eastern Economic Corridor
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6153; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116153 - 30 May 2021
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The Thai government’s project called “Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)” was announced in 2016 to stimulate economic development and help the country escape from the middle-income trap. The project provides investment incentives for the private sector and the infrastructure development of land, rail, water, [...] Read more.
The Thai government’s project called “Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)” was announced in 2016 to stimulate economic development and help the country escape from the middle-income trap. The project provides investment incentives for the private sector and the infrastructure development of land, rail, water, and air transportation. The EEC project encompasses three provinces in the eastern region of Thailand because of their strategic locations near deep seaports and natural resources in the Gulf of Thailand. Clearly, this policy will lead to dramatic changes in land uses and the livelihoods of the people in these three provinces. However, the extent to which land use changes will occur because of this project remains unclear. This study aims to analyze land use changes in the eastern region of Thailand using a Cellular Automata–Markov model. The results show that land uses of the coastal areas have become more urbanized than inland areas, which are primarily agricultural lands. The predicted land uses suggest shrinking agricultural lands of paddy fields, field crops, and horticulture lands but expanding perennial lands. These changes in land uses highlight challenges in urban administration and management as well as threats to Thailand’s agricultural cultures in the future. Full article
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