This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development (ICSUD 2022), held at the Vietnamese-German University (VGU) in Vietnam. The theme of the conference is “innovative and inclusive growth models for sustainable urban development”. Articles in this book present major issues that cities and regions around the world are facing these days to adapt to new, unexpected, and profound challenges.

Over past few years, the world has been observing meaningful reactions to crises. From the pandemic to war, energy, and food...

This book presents E-global gateways for digital economic communities as innovative electronic platforms, facilitating global economic integration. This networked platform is reachable from any specialized service platform, such as payment gateways, Google Pay and the Open Network of Digital Commerce, and similar for logistics or small and medium industries, without a dedicated platform. This digital economic community gateway functions based on two visible digital community achievements: Digital Economic Global Enterprise Ecosystem Designs and Digital Economic Global Governance.

This book highlights the untapped potential of underground spaces as a pivotal resource for climate resilience and sustainable urban development. The book explores diverse perspectives, methodologies, and case studies that collectively illuminate the myriad ways in which subterranean environments can be harnessed to address the challenges of a changing climate and burgeoning urban populations.

The book opens with an examination of Warsaw's Metro System, showcasing its role as a vital component in walkable urbanism, identifying best practices, and addressing existing barriers....

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 3rd International Conference on Opportunities and Challenges for a Resilient Future (ICOCRF 2024) held at Dehradun, India. In recent times, the world has faced unprecedented challenges affecting its inhabitants adversely. Natural disasters, climate change, and pandemic have affected public health and food securities causing economic and social disruption that has placed millions of livelihoods at great risk. It is the need of the hour to strategize and mitigate these challenges and provide solutions for the consequences of these calamities...

This book demonstrates to the world by a series of replicable case studies, how the Indo-Pacific developmental initiatives of QUAD, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Australia, and others can be implemented using the design of “Core Digital Economic Communities” within the 21 megacities that form Indo pacific megacity system and outside with independent country strategies to engage with these megacity systems where “Peripheral Digital Economic Communities” are located.

This book discusses disaster risks and hazards as well as measures to increase people’s resilience. The 21st Century has experienced a number of disasters that resulted in hampering socio-economic development, the loss of lives and property, hence they are a threat to sustainable development. Disaster risk management efforts and practices have failed to arrest the underlying drivers of increased global risk. No country is immune to disaster risk; thus, resilience has become a critical component of disaster management. It provides an opportunity to confront the social-ecological...

This anthology, Urban Planning and Design for Megacities in the Global South: Smart and Sustainable Development, sheds light on the intricate dynamics of megacity growth in the Global South. It has compiled a rich and diverse array of evidence-based case studies, fostering discussions on emerging issues, strategies, and solutions for the enhanced planning and development of megacities in the Global South. By delving into the underlying factors propelling this rapid urban expansion, such as economic opportunities, rural-to-urban migration, and natural population growth, this volume...