Transformation of Cities: Toward Resilient and Antifragile Models
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 May 2021) | Viewed by 2190
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nature-based solutions (NBSs); climate change; resilience; bioclimatic architecture; sustainable development goals; energy transition in cities; building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs); building energy efficiency; green transition; building energy retrofitting; social innovation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs); nature-based solutions (NBSs); climate change; resilience; energy efficiency; sustainable development goals; energy transition in cities
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sustainable development goals; nature-based solutions (NBS); climate change; resilience; energy transition in cities; building energy efficiency; green transition; building energy retrofitting; social innovation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: energy communities; energy poverty; sustainable development goals; nature-based solutions (NBSs); climate change; resilience; building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs); energy transition in cities; social innovation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Through the fast urbanization process of the last few decades, it clearly appears that cities, as centers of power, population, and economy growth, are at global scale unavoidable components of the needed transition toward environmental and social sustainability. Furthermore, urban areas are particularly vulnerable to climate change and biodiversity losses, the consequences of which, such as air contamination, heat waves or water scarcity, severely impact citizens’ well-being and health on a daily basis.
The current pandemic, which many scientists see as a wake-up call from nature, strongly highlights the complex links existing between the environment and our social systems. It makes it clear that the environmental equilibrium is even more fragile than accepted and shows the urgency for action toward decarbonized societies.
In this context, the improvement of cities’ resilience, i.e., their capacity to resist serious situations caused by eventual disasters while maintaining their functionality, and antifragility, i.e., their ability to thrive and improve with volatility and uncertainty, is fundamental.
This Special Issue aims to examine urban strategies, opportunities, and technologies that could tackle these current challenges and explore ways of building stronger and resilient cities. In that sense, suggested topics for this Special Issue include:
- Nature-based solutions and reintroduction of nature within the urban space;
- Urban biodiversity;
- Relocalization of employment, economic activities and supply chains;
- Environmentally friendly transportation and mobility;
- Energy efficiency of buildings;
- Urban electricity generation and electricity self-sufficiency;
- Relation between urban and rural areas;
- Antifragile and resilient urban planning;
- City’s quality of life and citizen well-being;
- Decarbonization strategies within cities.
Prof. Dr. Francesca Olivieri
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Olivieri
Ms. Valentina Oquendo-Di Cosola
Ms. Louise Sassenou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban resilience
- urban antifragility
- crisis recovery
- climate change effects
- urban nature and biodiversity
- cities self-sufficiency
- local consumption
- descarbonization
- nature-based solutions
- energy transition in cities
- building integrated photovoltaics, sustainable development goals