Urban Agenda

Dear Colleagues,

The Urban Agenda is a strategic document, without normative character, and therefore of voluntary adherence. In accordance with the criteria established by the 2030 Agenda, the new United Nations Urban Agenda and the Urban Agenda for the European Union, the Urban Agenda pursues the achievement of sustainability in urban development policies. It also constitutes a working method and a process for all actors, public and private, that intervene in cities and that seek equitable, fair and sustainable development from their different fields of action. It is also considered as a frame of reference for urban areas that establishes a range of urban policies of a social, economic and environmental nature, which can be put into practice by any municipality in the rural or urban environment and by any city, regardless of its location and size, and that concern the entire territory.

In this sense, this Topical Collection on the “Urban Agenda” will cover the following research areas:

• New technologies and developments.
• Smart cities, smart environment, smart rural.
• IoT and mobility.
• Urban planification.
• Sector coupling.
• Habits and social behaviors.
• Humanistic vision of citizens.
• Governance and citizenship.
• Social cooperation.
• Circular economy and new economic challenges.
• Energy transition and climate change.
• Environmental impact on air, water and energy.
• Sustainable mobility.
• Local, regional, national and international regulations.
• New educational habits.
• Sociology of population, territory and migrations.
• Urban and social regeneration.
• Neighborhoods and housing.
• Landscape and coastline.
• Citizen health and well-being.
• Other aspects of the Urban Agenda.

Prof. Dr. Luis Hernández-Callejo
Prof. Dr. Sergio Nesmachnow
Prof. Dr. Pablo de Frutos Madrazo
Prof. Dr. Tigran Haas
Dr. Yu-Sheng Shen
Prof. Dr. Marcia Eugenio-Gozalbo
Collection Editors

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