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Sustainable Urbanization and Local Development

Integrated Perspectives in Advanced Economies

Alessandro Muolo, Ioannis Konaxis, Luca Salvati (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

2026
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-981-95-6341-8 (ISBN)

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This book seeks a common tread linking economic growth, urban development and environmental sustainability, specifically focusing on urban and metropolitan contexts in developed countries. Starting from a theoretical reflection on capitalistic growth models and the evolution of territorial inequalities, it examines how social and environmental dynamics intersect with economic processes, highlighting the central role of urban areas as innovation, productivity and social transformation engines. It underlines the necessity of new governance strategies aimed at fostering sustainable growth pathways, through inclusive public policies and integrated urban tools. The second part of the book delves into the concept of sustainable development within the context of global warming. The phenomenon of urban sprawl is analyzed, with a focus on critical issues related to demographic growth, “coastlization” and land consumption. It then proposes a polycentric model as an answer to more balanced urban growth. In this framework, territorial economics gains relevance as an emerging tool to study the intricate relationship between competitiveness and sustainability. The analysis starts with describing settlement pattern development and, considering the impact of polycentrism on urban-rural relations, it emphasizes how spatial planning can integrate environmental and economic considerations at various spatial scales. The book concludes with a reflection on social inequalities and the necessity for multilevel governance to sustainably face contemporary urban challenges.

Alessandro Muolo, M.Sc. Macro-economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, now tenure staff at Gran Sasso Research Institute (GSSI), Social Science Branch, L’Aquila, Italy. Expert in regional science and applied economics. Ioannis Konaxis, Ph.D. Landscape architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, now Assistant Professor at the Department of Tourism Studies, University of Piraeus, Greece. Expert in landscape analysis, urban dynamics, tourism expansion and local development. Luca Salvati, PhD Economic Geography, Professor of Applied Economics and Economic statistics, Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance (MEMOTEF), Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Chapter 1.- Toward a ‘local economy’ of urbanization.- Chapter 2.- Economic growth, social dynamics and the environment in a ‘pre-sustainability’ vision.- Chapter 3.- Sustainable growth, economic dynamics, and climate warming.- Chapter 4.- Sustainable economic growth and ‘sprawling’ cities.- Chapter 5.- Urbanization, land-use, and the nexus between growth and sustainability revisited.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.5.2026
Zusatzinfo	20 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
Schlagworte	Applied Economics • Local development and economic growth • Mediterranean region • Multilevel Governance • Regional Science • Social Cohesion • Spatial demography • spatial inequality • spatial planning • sustainable development • Sustainable development and economic growth • Territorial economics • Urban growth • urbanization • Urbanization and climate change • urban planning • urban-rural sociology • urban sprawl
ISBN-10	981-95-6341-0 / 9819563410
ISBN-13	978-981-95-6341-8 / 9789819563418
Zustand	Neuware