Sustainable Development—Planning and Governance of Ultra-Peripheral Territories and Low-Density Regions

Dear Colleagues,

Advances in studies and research connected with insular and ultra-peripheral regions have increased all over the globe. Those advances significantly influence the planning methods and processes of such territories. Furthermore, it is possible to encounter similar scenarios in borderlands and low-density areas. Consequently, we often found a common factor, i.e., limited land, water resources, and overexploitation of tourism, among many other variables that make these unique regions significant case studies regarding their governance and sustainable growth and development. Thus, in the specific case of insular areas, tourism typically considers itself as one of the principal, if not the most influential, catalysts for the regional economy. Accordingly, it is crucial to review those projects/activities including process practices in the light of the new obstacles that emerge. Therefore, we all follow the so-desired sustainable development paradigm.

This Special Issue (SI) expects to intersect and analyze the dynamics and patterns of sustainability in these peripheral territories. Moreover, it expects to study the related issues that may influence it. Furthermore, several themes will be crossed and addressed throughout this Special Issue, namely: accessibility and connectivity of transport systems; biodiversity policies and strategies; circular and green economy; cross-border cooperation and inter-regional cooperation;  ecosystem services; environmental rights and legislation; land-use planning; migratory fluxes—strategies, management, and planning; public management; regional studies; renewables energies; smart cities; smart destinations; sustainable culture management; sustainable development; sustainable planning; sustainable tourism management; territorial governance and strategies; general economics and teaching; history of economic thought, methodology, and heterodox approaches; mathematical and quantitative methods; microeconomics; macroeconomics and monetary economics; international economics; financial economics; public economics; health, education, and welfare; labor and demographic economics; law and economics; industrial organization; business administration and business economics; marketing; accounting; personnel economics; economic history; economic development, innovation, technological change, and growth; economic systems; agricultural and natural resource economics; environmental and ecological economics; urban, rural, regional, real estate, and transportation economics.

The editors promote the submission of manuscripts associated with governance and sustainable development in insular and ultra-peripheral regions, the new trends and methods, the regional planning, and several other problems that could link to the main scope of this Special Issue.

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Castanho, Rui Alexandre; Couto, Gualter; Pimentel, Pedro; Carvalho, Célia; Sousa, Áurea; da Graça Batista, Maria. "Analysing the Public Administration and Decision-Makers Perceptions Regarding the Potential of Rural Tourism Development in the Azores Region". International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 16 4 (2021): 603-614. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.160401.

Rui Alexandre Castanho; Gualter Couto; Áurea Sousa; Pedro Pimentel; Maria da Graça Batista. "Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic over the Azores Region's Touristic Companies". Sustainability (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/17/9647.

Couto, Gualter; Pimentel, Pedro; Batista, Maria Da Graça; Sousa, Áurea; Carvalho, Célia; Castanho, Rui Alexandre. "The Potential of Rural Tourism Development in the Azores Islands from the Perspective of Public Administration and Decision-Makers". WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 17 (2021): 713-721.

Gualter Couto; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Carlos Santos; Pedro Pimentel; Áurea Sousa; Sandra Faria; Maria da Graça Batista. "Guidelines for Tourism Sustainability in Ultra-Peripheral Territories: A Research Based on the Azores Region's Touristic Companies' Analysis". Sustainability (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073895.

Castanho, Rui Alexandre; Couto, Gualter; Pimentel, Pedro; Sousa, Áurea; Carvalho, Célia; Batista, Maria da Graça. "The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak on the Accommodation Selection of Azorean Tourists. A Study Based on the Assessment of the Azores Population's Attitudes". Sustainability 12 23 (2020): 9990. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12239990.

Pimentel, Pedro Miguel. "Assessing the Impacts of Public Policies Over Tourism in Azores Islands. A Research Based on Tourists and Residents Perceptions". WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 16 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/232015.2020.16.77.

Prof. Dr. Rui Alexandre Castanho
Prof. Dr. Gualter Couto
Prof. Dr. Pedro Miguel Pimentel
Guest Editors

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