2nd Edition of Sustainable Cities: Environmental Regeneration for Healthier Lives
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 2211
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban sustainability; nature-based solutions; air pollution, greenhouse gases emission and energy management; sustainable use of energy
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2. RISE–Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
Interests: demography; family sociology; migrations; urban studies; life styles
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2. INEB—Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-180 Porto, Portugal
3. Departamento de Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Interests: biomaterials with antimicrobial properties; infectious diseases; antimicrobial resistance mechanisms (ARM) and antimicrobial alternatives to ARM microorganisms; biofilms
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Interests: microbial food safety; virulence factors in food pathogens; Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis; Campylobacter spp. and campylobacteriosis; microbial characterization; technological improvement of traditional foods; bioconservation agents; preservation of lactic acid bacteria
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The focus of this Special Issue (SI) is the regeneration of cities to promote healthier lives, a subject could not be more topical today. When we were invited to edit the 1st edition of this SI (31 December 2019), we had no means to foresee the darkness and complexity of the forthcoming period due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quickly, all over the world, cities’ streets became empty with a quietness that translated to global insecurity and uncertainty. However, as the world started to recover from the shock and to reorganize itself, the words “reset” and “regeneration” became commonplace. The recent pandemic proved that we need to regenerate our lives to promote resilience and adaptation, both individually and collectively, which means we must build sustainable ways of living. What makes a city attractive and resilient, allowing its inhabitants to flourish and fulfil their dreams while living a healthy and safe life? How do cities find ways to reconcile with nature?
Currently, cities face several complex challenges, such as a dependence on imports of food, energy, water, and other basic needs from other territories, commuting and mobility, and urban sprawl, just to mention a few of the many emergent issues affecting cities.
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight multidisciplinary research that provides precise and abridged diagnosis or that explores innovative ways to address the complexity of urban issues showcasing public or private initiatives, local experiences, and living labs in urban spaces. The twenty papers already published in the 1st edition of this Special Issue represent a portrait of urban regeneration’s complexity, as well as its multidisciplinary character.
Contributions that focus on emergent issues of urban spaces based on environmental regeneration, urban health issues, and the promotion of wellbeing and public healthy lifestyles in cities are particularly welcome.
Dr. Gisela Marta Oliveira
Dr. Rui Leandro Maia
Prof. Dr. Maria Pia Ferraz
Dr. Paula Cristina Maia Teixeira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emergent issues in urban spaces
- environmental health
- urban health
- food-borne illness
- urban food production
- cities metabolism and resources efficiency
- sustainable transport
- urban planning
- regeneration of urban ecosystems
- infrastructures design for a healthy city
