Sustainable Development of Regions and Cities: Improvements in Planning and the Inhabitants’ Quality of Life

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, though the concept of sustainable development has gained sufficient traction worldwide, certain questions have been raised regarding its relevance. Less developed countries (according to the criteria of the United Nations) rightly point to the fact that developed countries raise the issue of sustainability only after they have achieved a high level of development, associated with a an improved standard of living of their inhabitants. Corporations based in these countries relocate their production processes—which significantly contributes to environmental pollution— to that of the less developed countries.

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the urgency to prioritize sustainable development and take stringent measures to promote it have become rather evident. The global cognizance of the fact that the only way to achieve economic sustainability is the re-orientation of the current consumer society towards a sustainable consumption society is a notable step forward.

This Special Issue aims to collate papers that address the theoretical questions and practical outputs concerning cities/regions and the quality of people’s everyday life. We seek to focus on the intensive development of sustainability, particularly on the “soft factors”, which include quality of life and related concepts of well-being, satisfaction with life and happiness, as well as concepts of good life and good governance. These factors are irrefutably are at the forefront of developing sustainable cities and regions.

We cordially invite scholars working in the domain of sustainable city development to submit their valuable manuscripts. 

Dr. František Murgaš
Prof. Dr. František Petrovič
Dr. Peter Mederly
Guest Editors

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• sustainability
• quality of life
• well-being
• happiness
• satisfaction with life
• good life
• sustainable development
• urban development
• regional development
• sustainable consumption
• sustainable quality of life
• sustainable well-bein
• sustainable happiness
• sustainable life satisfaction
• sustainable good life
• sustainability of social processes