About this Research Topic
Achieving sustainable cities requires a re-designed and proper monitoring and use of resources with a focus on environmental, social, and economic impacts. A sustainable city strives to meet the real needs of its present and future inhabitants while minimizing the impact on the environment, ensuring participatory governance processes to find sustainable solutions, and preserving resources for future generations. Whilst recognizing that each city may have its unique requirements and challenges, and that the concept of sustainability continues to evolve as new technologies and best practices emerge,there are some key characteristics and principles common amongst cities that are considered sustainable. Such features include:
1) based on renewable energy,
2) having an efficient transportation system,
3) well designed urban planning,
4) efficient waste management processes,
5) building projects based on lower life-cycle wide resource demand,
6) water conservation strategies,
7) availability of biodiversity and green spaces,
8) community engagement,
9) shared economy, and
10) resilience to global changes and their impacts.
In this Frontiers in Sustainable Cities Research Topic, hosted in the Urban Resource Management section, interdisciplinary research addressing innovative propositions, case studies, and theoretical approaches on these and other key characteristics are welcome in order to continuously support policies and suggest possible improvements in the transition towards sustainable cities.
This Research Topic is dedicated, but not limited to, to the works presented at the 12th International Workshop Advances in Cleaner Production, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (November 2023). Specifically, the following suggested topics are welcome:
- Human life quality growth on urban systems.
- Biophysical perspectives in assessing cities development.
- Resource consumption patterns within innovative urban systems planning.
- Water input and output management systems.
- Understanding the relationship between centralized urban centers and rural environments.
- Food production and consumption patterns in urban systems.
- Implementing circular cities.
- Cleaner production applied to agriculture and industries within urban systems.
- Strategic planning and management for more resilient cities.
1) based on renewable energy,
2) having an efficient transportation system,
3) well designed urban planning,
4) efficient waste management processes,
5) building projects based on lower life-cycle wide resource demand,
6) water conservation strategies,
7) availability of biodiversity and green spaces,
8) community engagement,
9) shared economy, and
10) resilience to global changes and their impacts.
In this Frontiers in Sustainable Cities Research Topic, hosted in the Urban Resource Management section, interdisciplinary research addressing innovative propositions, case studies, and theoretical approaches on these and other key characteristics are welcome in order to continuously support policies and suggest possible improvements in the transition towards sustainable cities.
This Research Topic is dedicated, but not limited to, to the works presented at the 12th International Workshop Advances in Cleaner Production, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (November 2023). Specifically, the following suggested topics are welcome:
- Human life quality growth on urban systems.
- Biophysical perspectives in assessing cities development.
- Resource consumption patterns within innovative urban systems planning.
- Water input and output management systems.
- Understanding the relationship between centralized urban centers and rural environments.
- Food production and consumption patterns in urban systems.
- Implementing circular cities.
- Cleaner production applied to agriculture and industries within urban systems.
- Strategic planning and management for more resilient cities.
Keywords: Cleaner production; Urban metabolism; Urban circular economy; Sustainable urban growth.
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
