Challenges and Solutions of Sustainable Development in the Ecologically Sensitive Areas or Social Fringe Zones

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Dear Colleagues,

Certain types of regions, such as ecologically sensitive areas and social fringe zones, are confronted with significant challenges to sustainable development, including economic underdevelopment, residents’ well-being, ecosystem threats, social inequality, and agricultural production issues. This requires the adoption of a complex system approach involving the economy, society and ecology to propose a framework, path, and plan for sustainable development. The geographical isolation, ecological sensitivity, socioeconomic constraints, infrastructure deficits, and heightened vulnerability to climate change of these areas create complex barriers to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This necessitates contributions from various disciplines of management, economics, environmental science, sociology, and more, with a focus on providing insights for specific types of regions to address sustainability challenges. Key themes include food supply, agricultural technology, ecological protection, inclusive growth, developing resilient livelihoods, and green economies. This encourages case studies that focus on spotlighting innovative, context-specific, and integrative solutions emerging within and for specific types of regions, but which must be representative and yield general insights. It also encourages empirical analysis of specific types of regions in terms of their sustainable practices, using public data and author survey data. However, bibliometric articles are not encouraged in this Topic. By bringing together interdisciplinary research based on case studies and empirical analysis, this Topic aims to advance our understanding and provide actionable pathways for building equitable, resilient, and sustainable futures in the world's most vulnerable and vital landscapes.

Dr. Huwei Wen
Dr. Congxian He
Dr. Changsong Wang
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Agriculture agriculture	3.6	6.3	2011	18 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Businesses businesses	-	-	2021	33.8 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
Land land	3.2	5.9	2012	16 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Sustainability sustainability	3.3	7.7	2009	19.3 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Urban Science urbansci	2.9	3.7	2017	25.5 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
Earth earth	3.4	5.9	2020	19.4 Days	CHF 1400	Submit
Economies economies	2.1	4.7	2013	22 Days	CHF 1800	Submit

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