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Sustainable Resilience for Smart Spatial Planning

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Closed

Guest Editors:

Gabriela Carmen Pascariu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

Alexandru Banica, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

Karima Kourtit, Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands

This special issue focuses on new – mainly quantitative - approaches to resilience and resilience-related concepts in relation to sustainability, development, and spatial planning on a range of different scales. This collection brings together 12 papers which provide theoretical and empirical research results on the nature, principles and effects of spatial/regional/urban resilience on connecting and interconnecting the territorial dimension of resilience with development patterns.

The themes and approaches included in the special issue are both wide-ranging and convergent, all revolving around the multifaceted concept of resilience from a spatial and sustainability perspective, which ensures a clear coherence throughout. This special issue features five major constituents which shape the cornerstones of this publication, viz. (i) regional-economic and labour market studies; (ii) studies on critical infrastructure and spatial accessibility; (iii) institutional response studies (e.g. in a corona context); (iv) spatial-statistical studies; and (v) bibliometric overviews.

Editors

  • Gabriela Carmen Pascariu Gabriela Carmen Pascariu , 

    Gabriela Carmen Pascariu

    Gabriela Carmen Pascariu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania Gabriela Carmen Pascariu is Director of the Centre for European Studies (https://cse.uaic.ro/), Jean Monnet professor and Team Europe expert having more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in the field. She is currently an expert in various national and international committees, Editor in Chief of the Eastern Journal of European Studies (https://ejes.uaic.ro/) and member of the editorial board of other several publications in European Studies.

  • Alexandru Banica Alexandru Banica  &

    Alexandru Banica

    Alexandru Banica, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

  • Karima Kourtit Karima Kourtit

    Karima Kourtit

    Karima Kourtit is affiliated with the Open University, The Netherlands. Her primary scientific research focuses on creative industries, urban development, cultural heritage, digital technology, and strategic performance management. Her academic profile is characterized by deep involvement in evidence-based urban and spatial research related to smart city policies and data metrics. She is devoted to providing educational support to young researchers and actively participates in numerous international scientific and managerial endeavors.

Articles (13 in this collection)