Sustainable Built Environments
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 346
Special Issue Editor
2. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: public–private partnerships; construction management; project appraisal; green infrastructure
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Built Environment is pivotal in addressing future challenges raised by climate change. It is responsible for a significant share of GHG emissions but provides an ecosystem of assets and services essential to modern life.
Academics, practitioners, and policy-makers struggle to find the technical, economic, and social solutions and processes to increase the sustainability of the built environment. These solutions and processes often involve a multidisciplinary approach, bringing together industry, research centres, and decision-makers to design, implement, and roll out successful initiatives.
This Special Issue intends to provide a set of contributions with practical implications for improving the sustainability of the built environment. Unlike previous collections, this Special Issue will focus on the design, demonstration, and/or implementation of practical contributions for the built environment subsystems: buildings, roads, water supply, energy, waste management, etc.
This includes, but is not limited to, the following subtopics:
- Decision-making and methodological improvements to evaluate sustainability (LCC, LCA, CBA, MCDA, etc.)
- Nature-based solutions, green infrastructure, and biodiversity in cities
- “Green” financing and “green” procurement models
- Policy-making and subsidies
- Digital tools
- Sustainable construction and circularity
We look forward to receiving your contributions. Please feel free to contact the Guest Editor to suggest additional topics and/or share your ideas for contributions.
Dr. Carlos Oliveira Cruz
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- decision-making
- nature-based solutions
- digitalization
- policy-making
- construction
