Public-Private Partnerships: Development of Sustainable Projects
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 9543
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue seeks to advance research on public–private partnerships (PPP) for the development of sustainable projects. Sustainable development projects that involve actors from both private and public sectors benefit from funding from both sectors, and research is needed on how different kinds of investors evaluate, govern, and benefit from PPPs. Increasingly, PPPs are needed because of the demand for public utility services, and research should be conducted on how public need for sustainable projects can be facilitated by public sector government, legislation, and private sector participation. Finally, PPPs are usually used for infrastructure projects, such as rail, road, and hydropower, but the PPP model can also be applied to solar, wind energy, and eco-farming, as well as small-scale projects, such as bike lanes, local eco-farming, local car-sharing, housing, etc. In short, anything that is sustainable can benefit from the combination of public and private sector funding and knowledge sharing, but it is first necessary to develop models for such PPPs. This issue welcomes sustainable project development from a wide range of sustainability perspectives and academic disciplines.
This issue aims to advance sustainability research by showing how sustainable projects can be developed using public–private partnerships.
Prof. Kent Eriksson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- public–private partnership
- PPP
- sustainability
- public
- private
