Scientific Theory and Methodologies toward a Sustainable Future under Post-COVID-19 Transition Movement
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 13243
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While COVID-19 has led to serious issues for all stakeholders from cities to the global community, this could also represent a precious opportunity to transform on-going urban and industrial systems to meet the targets of mitigation and adaptation for the pressing climate change impacts, resilient and efficient circular economy systems, and fundamentally comprehensive social challenges to reach the Sustainable Development Goals in the near future. Research papers on the following topics are invited:
1) Social observation and monitoring research to provide quantitative evidence for environmental limitation and social imbalance against sustainability in the long run;
2) Scenario design theories and methodologies for the sustainable future in the long run and possible demonstrative projects and actions in the short term;
3) Technology assessment of environmental engineering and socio-economic policy systems based on the local and global demand for the future sustainability;
4) Integrative participation systems for scientific simulation among multiple stakeholders for the socioeconomic and environmental transformation projects.
Prof. Tsuyoshi Fujita
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- social transformation
- COVID-19
- scenario simulation
- climate change
- social monitoring
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