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Sustainable Urbanization

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 June 2024 | Viewed by 2414

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Eduardo José Rocha Medeiros

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DINÂMIA’CET, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: urban planning and development; environmental sustainability; sustainability and self-sufficient cities
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Prof. Dr. Paula André

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Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: theory and history of architecture and urbanism; architecture and visual culture; urban dynamics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda ambitious and transformational vision for the World embraces measures specifically focused on cities. Amongst these are the recognition of the need for sustainable urban development and planning to minimize the impact of cities on the global climate system. More importantly, however, this Agenda defines one main goal dedicated to cities (11): to ‘make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’. Likewise, a UN World Cities Report (UN, 2020) reveals that urban areas are, by now, home to 55% the world’s population (68% expected by 2050), and recognizes the need for more effective policy measures to tackle climate and environmental-related challenges faced by humankind. Crucially, the latest UN World Cities Report (UN, 2022) asserts that the vision of sustainable and equitable urban futures will not be guaranteed unless cities and subnational governments take bold and decisive actions to address both chronic and emerging urban challenges. Hence, within a global rise of urbanization trends, coupled with increasing environmental sustainability and urban livability concerns, this Special Issue addresses a critical policy subject in current times.   

In this context, this Special Issue debates processes of sustainable urbanization in several scientific domains: urban planning, urban regeneration, intra-city food and energy production, self-sufficient cities, urban participatory processes towards a green economy, urban green financial tools, building-led green-innovations, urban sustainable mobility, and integrated sustainable urban development strategies, among others. As such, this Special Issue welcomes the following kinds of contributions

(a) Evidence-based papers illustrating and discussing the implementation of sustainable urbanization processes and their role in fostering integrative, circular, and sustainable urban planning and development processes. 

(b) Theoretical papers that propose conceptual visions and appropriate methodologies and indicators to design, implement, and assess sustainable urbanization-related processes.

(c) Foresight papers showing future paths for sustainable urban processes.

Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Eduardo José Rocha Medeiros
Prof. Dr. Paula André
Guest Editors

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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 2400 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

  • sustainable urbanization
  • circular economy
  • sustainability
  • integrated sustainable urban development strategies
  • self-sufficient cities

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Urbanization of Chongqing Municipality: Regional Contributions and Influencing Mechanisms
by Huiming Zong and Xiaoxuan Yu
Sustainability 2024, 16(9), 3734; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093734 - 29 Apr 2024
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Enhancing the level and quality of urbanization and embarking on a new path toward the sustainable development of urbanization are the forces that are driving the achievement of stable and healthy economic and social development. Based on data from three population censuses and [...] Read more.
Enhancing the level and quality of urbanization and embarking on a new path toward the sustainable development of urbanization are the forces that are driving the achievement of stable and healthy economic and social development. Based on data from three population censuses and official statistics spanning from 1997 to 2021, this study decomposed the changes in the urbanization rates in Chongqing during this period. We employed a fixed-effects model to conduct a regression analysis on the factors influencing the regional contributions of urbanization and provide a comprehensive analysis of their mechanisms. The study findings are as follows: 1. The central urban area has been the primary region driving the urbanization in Chongqing since the establishment of the Chongqing municipality; however, since 2017, the new urban area has gradually become the new “main force” driving the urbanization in Chongqing. In different stages, dynamic regions have exhibited a pattern of “diversification—centralization—diversification”. 2. Local urbanization is the main factor promoting the urbanization development in Chongqing, whereas remote urbanization has only played a supplementary role. The overall urbanization pattern in Chongqing is characterized by “local urbanization and population inflow”. The central urban area has primarily propelled the urbanization of Chongqing through remote urbanization, whereas the new urban area, as well as the northeastern Chongqing area and southeastern Chongqing area, have predominantly driven the urbanization of Chongqing through local urbanization. In the four major regions and 38 counties, the predominant urbanization type was often “local urbanization and population outflow”. 3. The level of the contribution of different regions to the urbanization development in Chongqing is the combined result of factors such as economic development, local administrative capacity, improvement in public services, and enhancement in transportation infrastructure. Full article
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Enhancing Public Space Accessibility and Inclusivity in Residential Neighbourhoods: A Methodological Framework and Pilot Application
by Barbara Caselli, Giulia Pedilarco, Gloria Pellicelli, Silvia Rossetti and Michele Zazzi
Sustainability 2024, 16(4), 1435; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041435 - 08 Feb 2024
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The paper adds to the debate on urban transformation, which plays a significant role in improving quality of urban life and liveability of public spaces, as also stated in UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 11. The research aims to test a methodology for [...] Read more.
The paper adds to the debate on urban transformation, which plays a significant role in improving quality of urban life and liveability of public spaces, as also stated in UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 11. The research aims to test a methodology for identifying an abacus of urban regeneration interventions to enhance attractive and critical nodes through accessibility and inclusivity. The quality of the system of connections between polarities, the promotion of active mobility, zero soil consumption and the renaturalisation of urban spaces are fundamental criteria to define urban regeneration solutions. The proposed approach develops on two levels: a GIS-based spatial analysis of urban data and a participatory process. The innovative planning process is tested on the San Leonardo neighbourhood in the Municipality of Parma, Italy, which allows us to verify the potentials and limitations of the procedure, identifying future work perspectives. Moreover, the application allows us to check the replicability in other urban contexts, possibly envisaging other applications to more case studies. Our results consist of the identification of the vocations and the critical aspects of nodes and axes to regenerate urban space in medium-sized and large cities’ suburbs. Full article
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Using the Impact-WEB_GIS Platform to Assess the Impacts of Environmental Sustainability Public Policies in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
by Eduardo Medeiros, Bernardo Valente, Ricardo Pinto and Miguel Sales Dias
Sustainability 2023, 15(24), 16761; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416761 - 12 Dec 2023
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Urban environmental sustainability is a growing concern within the United Nations and the European Union’s ongoing policy agendas to fight climate change. This paper contributes to this debate by presenting the main impacts of the Operational Programme for Sustainability and Use of Resources [...] Read more.
Urban environmental sustainability is a growing concern within the United Nations and the European Union’s ongoing policy agendas to fight climate change. This paper contributes to this debate by presenting the main impacts of the Operational Programme for Sustainability and Use of Resources (POSEUR 2014–2020) in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (NUTS II). The analysis was completed using the Impact-WEB_GIS platform, specially developed for this study, supported by a territorial impact assessment methodology. In addition to the production of general impact scores, five analytic dimensions were further analysed, supported by state-of-the-art (i) low-emissions economy, (ii) adaptation to climate change, (iii) risk prevention and management, (iv) environmental protection and (v) resource efficiency. At a strategic level, the research created awareness of the need to adjust regional policy to the region’s characteristics on environmental sustainability matters. Full article
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