Disruption: The Sustainable Urban Planning Response to Technology, Pandemic, and Climate Change

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Dear Colleagues,

Change and disruption are characteristic of most societies and occur when a new or different way of thinking or doing creates ripple effects through society. Civilizations respond to change caused by new ideas, technologies, or environmental conditions that present opportunities or require adaptation for survival. The Industrial Revolution brought massive change that affected how and where people lived and worked, ultimately spurring rapid urbanization. The use of energy from that revolution also initiat-ed climate change and the disruptions of the Anthropocene. Each year brings new technologies and en-vironmental challenges that, in turn, affect daily life. And as lives change, so does the planning of cities and communities to harness, ameliorate, and manage the new parameters of living. This Special Issue explores how communities plan for some of the disruptive changes anticipated or currently experienced, prompted by new technologies (the Internet, autonomous systems, artificial intel-ligence), pandemics and wellbeing (COVID-19, food security, obesity), and climate change (global warming, disaster management, resiliency). Each of these forces impact citizens' lives unevenly, de-pending on location, race, and income, ultimately influencing the quality of life and the planning of cit-ies. We welcome articles that explore the ways that cities may be affected by disruptive forces, identify threats to urban living, or offer a sustainable response to technological, health, and environmental change. Topic Editors

Prof. Dr. Mark Wilson
Dr. Eva Kassens-Noor
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ijerph	-	5.4	2004	29.6 Days	CHF 2500
Remote Sensing remotesensing	5.0	7.9	2009	23 Days	CHF 2700
Sustainability sustainability	3.9	5.8	2009	18.8 Days	CHF 2400
Urban Science urbansci	2.0	4.5	2017	23.7 Days	CHF 1600
Water water	3.4	5.5	2009	16.5 Days	CHF 2600

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Incorporating Heat Vulnerability into Local Authority Decision Making: An Open Access Approach

by Emma Ferranti, Samuel Cook, Sarah Victoria Greenham, Nick Grayson, Julie Futcher and Kat Salter

Sustainability 2023, 15(18), 13501; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813501 - 08 Sep 2023

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High temperatures and heatwaves are becoming more frequent, but heat vulnerability is rarely considered within local authority city design and statutory land-use planning processes. Here, we describe an approach to assess heat vulnerability in Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK. The [...] Read more.

High temperatures and heatwaves are becoming more frequent, but heat vulnerability is rarely considered within local authority city design and statutory land-use planning processes. Here, we describe an approach to assess heat vulnerability in Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK. The approach uses open access data and GIS techniques that are available for built environment practitioners. Heat vulnerability is assessed by combining four datasets: surface temperatures, Local Climate Zones, green space, and Indices of Multiple Deprivation. The assessment shows that central and eastern areas of Birmingham that have the most compact urban form, least green space, and highest levels of deprivation are most vulnerable to heat. We evaluated the approach against previous climate research, examined the approach and datasets at the local scale, and described how heat vulnerability can be (and is being) incorporated into decision making. This project combines three key innovations: (1) the decision-centric process that focuses the method on the decision that needs to be made, minimizing inertia related to scientific or modeling uncertainty and reducing resource-intensity; (2) the co-creation process with Birmingham City Council, who have statutory powers for planning within the city, thereby ensuring that heat vulnerability is embedded within decisions on the suitability, design, and location of sites for future development; and (3) the open access and technically appropriate methodology which can be applied to any urban area in the UK, using the open access datasets described here, or globally, using locally applicable data sources. Full article

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