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Sustainability and Resilience in the Urban Realm

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 13940

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga

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GTDS Research Group, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Interests: metrics and assessment frameworks of sustaianble development; sustainable urban development; resilience; smart cities; vulnerability; social impacts; business sustainability management; rural development; adaptive systems
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Dear Colleagues,

The rising growth of population shifts to urban areas is exacerbating social, economic, environmental, and institutional issues experienced by residents. Land-use and urban planning have traditionally been the principal tools to design cities but omitting any holistic approach that involves sustainability principles. Diverse global initiatives led by the international community are reversing that tendency by defining cities as the principal focus where the major problems facing humankind should be tackled. Furthermore, the devastating effects of climate change are increasing natural disasters which strike hard urban settlements, posing a threat to sustainable development. Resilience and sustainability are thus an inseparable binomial to be considered together when analyzing cities. The decrease in pollution, social engagement, innovative regulatory urban frameworks and policies, decent and affordable housing, balanced territorial development, delivery of basic services, responsible production and consumption, sustainable transport systems, safeguarding of the world´s cultural and natural heritage, reduction of damages and fatalities by disasters, and social inclusion plans shape some of the main topics to be discussed.

This Special Issue invites original research papers and reviews focusing on the proposal and the application of methods and policies to promote and measure sustainable and resilient urban development. It aims to contribute to the literature in the consideration of both aspects in the study of cities.

Dr. Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable urbanization
  • resilience, inclusiveness
  • social participation
  • slums
  • sustainable mobility
  • new urban agenda
  • Sustainable Development Goals

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Residents’ Preferences and Perceptions toward Green Open Spaces in an Urban Area
by Liqin Zhang, Huhua Cao and Ruibo Han
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1558; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031558 - 2 Feb 2021
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Green open space is an important part of the natural–social ecosystem, providing ecological services that maintain the healthy development of cities and society. Residents’ perceptions of these benefits are largely related to their social-economic background as well as their familiarity with the development [...] Read more.
Green open space is an important part of the natural–social ecosystem, providing ecological services that maintain the healthy development of cities and society. Residents’ perceptions of these benefits are largely related to their social-economic background as well as their familiarity with the development of green open spaces in their neighborhoods. Understanding residents’ perceptions of green open space will contribute significantly to urban planning by providing practical information that facilitates residents’ needs. Using the urban development zone (UDZ) of Wuhan, this study aims to understand residents’ preference toward green open space and their perceptions of ecological services and improvement, with the focus on the linking between social factors, preference, and views. In this study, data are collected through online questionnaire surveys and interviews. The results demonstrate how respondents’ views vary and which social factors significantly relate to them. Significant changes in natural space changes are reflected in the public’s perception of the ecological functions of these spaces. Responses to improving green open space reflect the residents’ pursuit of natural affinity and practicality. We conclude that it is better to enhance public involvement by providing residents’ views, which helps to recognize actual needs in long-term green open space planning. Full article
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More Resilient Cities to Face Higher Risks. The Case of Genoa
by Francesca Pirlone, Ilenia Spadaro and Selena Candia
Sustainability 2020, 12(12), 4825; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12124825 - 12 Jun 2020
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This paper analyzes some natural and man-made disasters that happened in recent years, which demonstrate how the resilience of a city does not depend only on the actions carried out by public authorities, but it requires the joint work of all actors that [...] Read more.
This paper analyzes some natural and man-made disasters that happened in recent years, which demonstrate how the resilience of a city does not depend only on the actions carried out by public authorities, but it requires the joint work of all actors that live or work in a city. Resilience represents the ability of an urban system to adapt to an external event and quickly return to normality. In recent years, urban resilience has mainly addressed natural risks, neglecting man-made disaster. Therefore, this study considers the risk issue in relation to the resilience concept within urban planning and policies to achieve sustainability and urban security. Urban resilience has become an important objective for cities, particularly to face climate change. The paper proposes a review of the existing Civil Protection Urban Emergency Plan, as a sector plan to support urban planning at the local level, aimed at building resilience in cities. In particular, the proposed Emergency Plan reduces risk and increases resilience by identifying specific scenarios and actions that every city actor—public authorities, research, enterprises, and citizens—can implement. This proposal contributes to the implementation of the quadruple helix principle, according to which the involvement of these four actors is necessary to achieve a common goal, such as increasing urban resilience. The proposed methodology is then applied to the man-made disasters that have involved the city (such as the flood of 2011 and the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in 2018). Genoa represents a good example to be studied according to the “learning-by-doing” approach to understand how the city has responded, adapting resiliently, to natural and man-made events thanks to the collaboration of all the actors above mentioned. The new scenarios, included in the Urban Emergency Plan, can play a fundamental role, both in the emergency and prevention phase, and can help other cities around the world in planning more resilient cities to face higher risks. Full article
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Experimenting with Circularity When Designing Contemporary Regions: Adaptation Strategies for More Resilient and Regenerative Metropolitan Areas of Amsterdam and Naples Developed in University Studio Settings
by Libera Amenta and Lei Qu
Sustainability 2020, 12(11), 4549; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114549 - 3 Jun 2020
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This paper aims to demonstrate how ‘research by design,’ which is an approach bridging research, design, and planning, can help unpack the complexity of today’s metropolitan challenges by considering the resource flows and processes that were omitted by traditional ways of planning. This [...] Read more.
This paper aims to demonstrate how ‘research by design,’ which is an approach bridging research, design, and planning, can help unpack the complexity of today’s metropolitan challenges by considering the resource flows and processes that were omitted by traditional ways of planning. This is crucial for circular developments. By reporting the experience of two university design studios across Europe, this paper can contribute to a better understanding and imagination of desirable future scenarios of resilient regions. The experiments carried out in the Regional design studio: ‘Spatial Strategies for the Global Metropolis’ held at TU Delft are described alongside with the exercises carried out in the design studio ‘Laboratory of Urbanism’ of the MAPA Course, held at DiARC UNINA. Both courses focused on the regeneration of wastescapes as a fundamental part of holistic adaptation strategies for more resilient and circular regions. Climate change issues related to resilience thinking have been interwoven with other complex challenges such as the co-existence of wastescapes and land scarcity as well as spatial injustice. Through a ‘research by design’ approach, these different aspects are brought together to achieve a holistic approach for urban resilience. Full article
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