Crisis Management and the Circular Economy for Healthier, Smarter and More Sustainable Cities

Dear Colleagues,

During the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent war disasters, we have discovered how environmental stewardship and public health are closely interrelated and lie on the hearth of today’s societal issues (e.g., global safety, climate change, energy crisis, technological development, and economic growth). In particular, the above crises harmed the social, cultural, and economic fabric of cities worldwide. As of today, 55% of the world’s population lives in cities, and this share is expected to rise to 80% by 2050. Hence, most of the efforts to shift towards a (more) sustainable, circular and efficient use of natural resources affect the daily (and future) life of individuals and organizations, especially those operating in urban contexts. Such efforts are essential in pursuit of a healthier, safer, wealthier, greener and smarter “City of the Future”. Then, it is urgent to call for new research efforts and investigate the many facets, determinants, policies and strategies at the governmental, societal and corporate levels in order to seek a faster, more impactful, and more integrated implementation of the Circular Economy in Smart Cities worldwide. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) welcomes any valuable and rigorous research contributions with no preferences in terms of (multi)disciplinary approach, methodologies, etc. New research papers, reviews, business cases, and conference papers will be considered. Theoretical papers dealing with new approaches and disruptive forms of managing crisis situations in cities are also of interest. Other accepted manuscript types include methodological papers, position papers, brief reports, and critical commentaries.

Dr. Carlo Giglio
Dr. María-del-Mar Alonso-Almeida
Prof. Dr. Isam Shahrour
Guest Editors

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• smart cities
• urban health
• circular economy
• sharing economy
• collaborative economy
• urban sustainability
• environmental stewardship
• public health
• crisis management
• post-crisis management
• urban resilience
• urban antifragility
• urban innovation
• urban mobility
• last-mile delivery
• city logistics
• public transport
• urban energy networks
• urban water networks
• urban natural resources
• sustainable urban tourism