Sustainability and Human Well Being in Latin American Cities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2023) | Viewed by 2311
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban ecology; urban ecosystems, urban biodiversity
Interests: urban ecology; urban biodiversity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
How to include information on the nexus between human well-being, ecosystem services, governance and biodiversity at local and regional urban planning, aiming to build more sustainable cities, is a central issue for the Sustainability Development Goals of the United Nations. Cities have idiosyncrasies that demand specific studies for planning and management instruments, which must integrate ecological and social dimensions and recognize people as part of this process. In this sense, urban environments open up opportunities for new approaches that consider mitigating various negative effects arising from the alteration of the natural landscape through initiatives that add sustainability and human well-being to make cities more resilient. Thus, maintaining economic growth and, at the same time, creating more sustainable cities is one of the biggest challenges within the urban planning process. Within this context, Latin America presents itself as an extremely complex region as it exhibits huge biodiversity and endemism while facing numerous challenges in terms of urban development.
This Special Issue aims to compile and provide information on sustainability and human well-being in Latin America from different perspectives that, together, can contribute to different sectors of society for the implementation and consolidation of the New Urban Agenda. Contributions will be aligned (but not limited) to the following topics:
- Theory, history and study cases;
- Governance;
- Urban planning;
- Biodiversity;
- Ecosystem services and disservices;
- Architecture and urbanism;
- Science and society;
- Public policy;
- Green Infrastructure;
- Urban agriculture;
- Urban ecology
Dr. Franco Leandro Souza
Dr. Fabio Angeoletto
Dr. María Silvina Fenoglio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- governance
- biodiversity
- ecosystem service
- public policy
- New Urban Agenda
- SDG
- human-wellbeing
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