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

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 14 July 2024 | Viewed by 1333

Special Issue Editors

Dr. František Murgaš

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Department of Geography, Technical University of Liberec, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic
Interests: social geography; quality of life; satisfaction with life; well-being; happiness
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Prof. Dr. František Petrovič

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Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
Interests: land use changes; landscape planning; mapping; natural resource management
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Dr. Peter Mederly

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Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia
Interests: urban green; landscape planning; landscape ecology; environmental politics; sustainable development; urban sustainability
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Special Issue Information

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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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • 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

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Architectural and Urban Changes in a Residential Environment—Implications for Design Science
by Renata Jóźwik
Sustainability 2024, 16(10), 3987; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16103987 - 10 May 2024
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Current spatial changes involving broad urban landscapes affect people’s perceptions of their surroundings, sense of place, and attachment to a place, constituting a disruption to these. As a result, on a social scale, they translate into people’s well-being. The following study of the [...] Read more.
Current spatial changes involving broad urban landscapes affect people’s perceptions of their surroundings, sense of place, and attachment to a place, constituting a disruption to these. As a result, on a social scale, they translate into people’s well-being. The following study of the impact of large-scale architectural and urban developments on the place of residence is based on the assumption that physical space determines the quality of life in the living place and the changes in the process condition residents to adapt to their new surroundings—based on the three pillars of place, people, and process (3Ps). The article consists of two parts. The first is theoretical, which conceptualises spatial change based on the theory of human dependence on place. The second part–an empirical study—discusses the transformation of the post-industrial area of Bicocca (Milan), which, 40 years after the intervention, has led to conclusions and recommendations for urban planning. The results demonstrate the different sensitivities of the urban areas to the process of functional–spatial change, the essence of the accessibility of public space, public facilities, and transport infrastructure. The planning process can positively influence social adaptation to spatial change mitigation. Residential areas may be subject to additional protection procedures. The study is relevant to a sustainable planning process in the inevitable transformation of urban areas. The interdisciplinary nature of the issue prompts the integration of research findings and knowledge transfer in the socio-technological subsystem (STS). Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Development of Regions and Cities: Improvements in Planning and the Inhabitants’ Quality of Life)
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Quality of Life as a Limiting Factor in the Development of the Region along the Great Bačka Canal (Serbia)
by Milan Lalić, Milka Bubalo Živković, Bojan Đerčan and Dragana Tekić
Sustainability 2024, 16(6), 2391; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062391 - 13 Mar 2024
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This paper presents the results of a study of the regional–demographic characteristics and the quality of life of the population of Central Bačka, carried out in five municipalities along the Great Bačka Canal (June–August 2022). It included 870 respondents (0.5% of the total [...] Read more.
This paper presents the results of a study of the regional–demographic characteristics and the quality of life of the population of Central Bačka, carried out in five municipalities along the Great Bačka Canal (June–August 2022). It included 870 respondents (0.5% of the total adult population). This is a region that has considerable potential for satisfaction with quality of life; however, the studied area has undergone socioeconomic stagnation, so it was necessary to analyze the effect that the activities of all the existing natural and anthropogenic elements could have on mitigating the negative trends of development in an area where the staple of the economy is agricultural production and which was one of the most-developed areas in Serbia. The aim of this study was to identify the factors that impact the perceptions of the population regarding quality of life in the settlements of Central Bačka to define measures that could improve their quality of life. The hypothesis was that, based on the identified factors, the population is not satisfied with their quality of life, which could have a significant impact on demographic trends; there are statistically significant differences in the attitudes of the respondents surrounding basic standard-of-living elements, depending on their sociodemographic characteristics. The instrument used in the study consisted of two parts. The first part of the questionnaire was designed to compile the sociodemographic features of the participants, and the second part was used to study the indicators that determine quality of life. The non-parametric techniques used in this study were the Mann–Whitney U test and the Kruskal–Wallis test. The results indicated a medium or low degree of satisfaction with most of the indicators, confirming the proposed hypothesis regarding differences in the subjective perception of well-being compared to the sociodemographic characteristics of the studied population. Full article
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