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Integrated Urban Planning towards Sustainable Cities

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 13021

Special Issue Editors

Dr. HyungKyoo Kim

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Department of Urban Design and Planning, Hongik University, Seoul 04066, Republic of Korea
Interests: climate-responsive urban design and planning; microclimate and thermal comfort; urban heat island; walkability and livability; suburbanization
Dr. Changyeon Lee

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Department of Urban Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-si 54896, Jeollabuk-do, Korea
Interests: urban form/built environment; air quality; regional climate change; energy efficiency; travel behavior; public health; spatial analysis/modeling; big data/GIS/statistics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability of cities are increasingly being threatened at an intensity never experienced before. New challenges like public health concerns, climate extremes, resource scarcity, economic slowdown, and social divisions, many of which are exacerbated by recent pandemics and international tensions at the worldwide scale, impose new questions to planners that cannot be answered with the traditional fragmented approaches.

We are interested in not only how “sustainable cities” can be defined in the midst of these new challenges but learning integrated approaches so as to achieve higher levels of sustainability in cities.  Active and creative integration of the three dimensions of sustainability, or the three Es (environment, economy, and equity), may invite additional dimensions. Technological advances and shifts in everyday lives may also support new ways of monitoring, investigating, and understanding sustainability of cities.

This special issue aims to become a platform for sharing recent knowledge and experiences on pursuing sustainable cities with a specific focus on integrating range of perspectives, methods, solutions, and strategies. It welcomes both quantitative and qualitative approaches coming from diverse contexts.

We look forward to receiving contributions from sustainability planners around the world for publication in this Special Issue.

Dr. HyungKyoo Kim
Dr. Changyeon Lee
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • integrated urban planning
  • sustainable cities
  • public health concerns
  • climate extremes
  • resource scarcity
  • economic slowdown
  • social divisions
  • three Es of sustainability
  • new dimensions for sustainability

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26 pages, 1092 KiB  
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Model for the Strategic Governance of the Integrated and Sustainable Local Development of the Portoviejo Canton in the Province of Manabí, Ecuador
by Blanca Victoria Zirufo-Briones and Norberto Pelegrín-Entenza
Sustainability 2023, 15(19), 14136; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914136 - 24 Sep 2023
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Strategic models for achieving sustainable, resilient and socially responsible local development, based on inclusion and a higher level of social participation in all planning processes, as well as implementation and evaluation, constitute the main task of local governments at a time when globalization [...] Read more.
Strategic models for achieving sustainable, resilient and socially responsible local development, based on inclusion and a higher level of social participation in all planning processes, as well as implementation and evaluation, constitute the main task of local governments at a time when globalization predominates together with the decentralization of public powers. The objective of the research is to propose a strategic model of governance to achieve an integrated local development, which contributes to the improvement of the economic, social and environmental situation of the territory in the Portoviejo canton. Various definitions related to the strategies and analysis of various models put forward by different schools of strategic thought are offered for the establishment of the relationship between models, planning and territorial ordering. Based on the premises supporting it (sustainability, resilience, social responsibility, inclusion, integrated territorial approach and participatory governance), a model linked to local development strategies is proposed, which takes the Portoviejo canton in the province of Manabí in the coastal region of Ecuador as a case study. Full article
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Regional Population and Public Services under the Framework of Sustainable Development: Evidence from a Typical High-Tech Zone in China
by Xueyi Wang, Taiyi He and Ke Li
Sustainability 2023, 15(17), 13259; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151713259 - 4 Sep 2023
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As organic parts of regional systems, the development and connection of the population and public services are of great significance to the realization of regional sustainable development. As the typical development sample of regional systems in China, the development and connection of the [...] Read more.
As organic parts of regional systems, the development and connection of the population and public services are of great significance to the realization of regional sustainable development. As the typical development sample of regional systems in China, the development and connection of the population and public services in high-tech zones deserve more attention. This paper takes the population and public services of the typical high-tech zone in western China as its research object, and uses the entropy method and the coupling coordination degree model to measure the development level, correlation degree and effect of population and public services in the high-tech zone from 2012 to 2021. The empirical results show that: firstly, the development level of the population system in the high-tech zone shows a positive evolutionary trend in the sample period, and the population system development makes a stable contribution to the sustainable development in the high-tech zone. Secondly, the development level of the public services system in the high-tech zone shows a dynamic evolutionary trend in the sample period. The contribution of the public services system to the sustainable development in the high-tech zone is affected by the population system. Thirdly, the correlation degree between the population and public services systems in the high-tech zone is kept at a relatively high level during the sample period, and the two subsystems have a relatively close element fusion. At the same time, the relationship between the population and public services systems is optimized in the sample period. There is positive information exchange, valuable feedback and dynamic adjustment between the two subsystems. The research implication is to dialectically grasp the development and connection between regional population and public services systems under the framework of sustainable development. Full article
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A Responsive Approach for Designing Shared Urban Spaces in Tourist Villages
by Rasha A. Moussa
Sustainability 2023, 15(9), 7549; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15097549 - 4 May 2023
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Tourist villages are constructed as a means for reducing the stress caused by the rapid changes in modern life by providing a comfortable environment for users to integrate with. Nevertheless, many villages cannot achieve a satisfactory performance level due to the ignorance of [...] Read more.
Tourist villages are constructed as a means for reducing the stress caused by the rapid changes in modern life by providing a comfortable environment for users to integrate with. Nevertheless, many villages cannot achieve a satisfactory performance level due to the ignorance of urban designers of the relationship between humans and their environment and its impact on developing successful urban spaces. This paper aims to analyze and measure the impact of humanitarian needs on the spatial formation of shared urban spaces in three tourist villages on the Northern Coast in Egypt, as it is one of the significant areas that the government and the private sector focus on developing and considering as a domestic and international touristic area. Furthermore, the study uses different quantitative techniques to achieve its goals, such as spatial analysis and data analysis of user questionnaires using SPSS to measure the factors that affect each need. The study’s findings place special emphasis on the connection between spatial formation’s capacity for meeting and satisfying user needs. Moreover, the results highlight design criteria that contribute to creating responsive urban spaces and should be considered by urban designers to achieve the highest performance quality in these shared spaces and generate social sustainability. Full article
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Resilient and Sustainable Housing Models against Climate Change: A Review
by Michelle A. Ruíz and Yazmin L. Mack-Vergara
Sustainability 2023, 15(18), 13544; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813544 - 11 Sep 2023
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Most of the world’s population resides in urban areas, and it is expected that this will continue to be the case in the future. These urban areas face enormous challenges such as climate change, economic instability and inequality. Housing is considered a basic [...] Read more.
Most of the world’s population resides in urban areas, and it is expected that this will continue to be the case in the future. These urban areas face enormous challenges such as climate change, economic instability and inequality. Housing is considered a basic unit comprising cities, and, as such, this study contextualized the concepts of urban resilience and sustainability against climate change such that housing models that respond to these concepts could be identified. As a result of an extensive literature review, three resilient housing models and four sustainable housing models are presented and discussed with a focus on the main characteristics necessary for meeting urban resilience and sustainability against climate change. When analyzing the housing models considered resilient, the need to establish housing on safe land stood out and concrete was a common building material among these housing models. In addition, the use of alternative sources of water and energy supply was prioritized. On the other hand, sustainable housing models were developed by local entities and certified by various initiatives. In addition, these models account for the climatic specifications of their location, energy and water efficiency, and quality of the indoor environment, and promote the use of local materials and resources. The use of durable materials was considered a requirement for both resilience and sustainability. The results of this study are a contribution to the process of strengthening housing against the challenge posed by climate change in a timely and adequate manner considering both urban resilience and sustainability aspects. Full article
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COVID-19 Spatial Policy: A Comparative Review of Urban Policies in the European Union and the Middle East
by Przemysław Śleszyński, Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir, Maciej Nowak, Paulina Legutko-Kobus, Mohammad Hajian Hossein Abadi and Noura Al Nasiri
Sustainability 2023, 15(3), 2286; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032286 - 26 Jan 2023
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This article reviews existing research and discussions on urban policy in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis focuses on the first pandemic period in the European Union and the Middle East. A search was conducted in available databases and search engines [...] Read more.
This article reviews existing research and discussions on urban policy in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis focuses on the first pandemic period in the European Union and the Middle East. A search was conducted in available databases and search engines (Scopus, Google Scholar). A critical bibliometric analysis of publications from the first pandemic period was carried out. The most frequent topics covered were spatial organization, transport, environment, and social issues. The analysis showed that the quantitative scope and depth of the selected topics in the European Union and the Middle East differ. Activities defined as “exploitative” should be considered a particularly interesting point of reference in both analyzed regions. Full article
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Modelling and Forecast of Future Growth for Shandong’s Small Industrial Towns: A Scenario-Based Interactive Approach
by Yang Yang, Chunlu Liu, Baizhen Li and Jilong Zhao
Sustainability 2022, 14(24), 16823; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416823 - 15 Dec 2022
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The industrial small-town development process in Shandong is influenced by the urban agglomeration strategy and the regional collaborative production, thereby resulting in a challenge of growth boundary planning. How to build a growth forecast decision support system to help small industrial towns maintain [...] Read more.
The industrial small-town development process in Shandong is influenced by the urban agglomeration strategy and the regional collaborative production, thereby resulting in a challenge of growth boundary planning. How to build a growth forecast decision support system to help small industrial towns maintain sustainable development with limited trial and error costs is an essential topic in the current research of small town-related fields. Empirical analysis reveals that the growth factors of small towns differ from the factors of cities due to the other-organization planning management system and self-organization construction activities that coexist in small towns. Besides, due to the size of small towns, the impact of policy changes in small towns is more significant than in cities. Furthermore, as part of the regional production chain, small industrial towns are most vulnerable to uncertain external disturbances. Therefore, it is necessary to formulate different development scenarios according to possible disturbances and output corresponding development forecasts. The research aims to build a decision-making support system for Shandong’s small-town planning based on an urban modeling approach using geographic information technology and scenario planning. Considering the mutually driving effects of the objective environment and subjective policies of Shandong’s industrial towns, as well as the corresponding dynamic mechanisms and comparing the theoretical basis and limitations of the different modeling approaches, this essay constructs a model system based on a mathematical model and a system dynamics model. It is also an interactive model accompanied by applicable rules and factors so that initial information and relevant development goals can be inputted into the model system to simulate the influence of different policies and identify the small industrial town growth scenarios. Full article
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