Cities, Regions and Industrial Development for Sustainable Economy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 3161
Special Issue Editors
Interests: international business; economics of innovation; industry studies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sustainable and inclusive industrialization of cities and regions provides both opportunities and challenges for decoupling economic growth from environmental pressure, fostering green innovation and creating employment.
Industrial development has long been considered a strong determinant of economic growth, but industrial activities (some more than others) are also among the main sources of pressure on the environment (e.g., air and water pollution, waste generation and resource consumption). At the same time, a large share of industrial activities are spatially concentrated in urbanized areas, determining increasing challenges in terms of waste and water management, public transport and urban mobility, energy and resource consumption, regeneration of disadvantaged areas and urban planning for efficient land use. Moreover, the industrialisation of regions involves a variety of internal and external players and investment activities, creating new stimuli and opportunities for the green transition of local economies. In light of this, and given that urban populations are expected to rise in the coming years, the sustainable industrial development of regions and cities becomes key to achieving a transition to a just and climate-neutral economy.
The objective of this Special Issue is to analyse the critical economic, environmental, and social challenges and opportunities entailed by the sustainable urban-industrial development.
A non-exhaustive list of topics of interest for publication in this Special Issue includes the following:
- Sustainability transition in industrial cities and regions;
- Circular economy in industrial cities and regions;
- Sustainable and inclusive industrialization of cities and regions;
- New industrial production models;
- The sustainability of global cities;
- Localisation of FDIs and their impact on local environment;
- Deindustrialization and industrial reshoring;
- Sustainable manufacturing and Industry 4.0;
- Smart cities;
- Sustainable urban mobility.
Prof. Dr. Antonello Zanfei
Dr. Elena Paglialunga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- industrial sustainability transition
- just transition
- circular economy
- urban inclusive industrialization
- deindustrialization
- industrial reshoring
- industry 4.0
- sustainable manufacturing
- global cities
- green fdis
- smart cities
- urban mobility
