期刊名称：Sustainability

影响因子：3.251

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分区：JCR - Q2 (Environmental Sciences) / CiteScore - Q1 (Geography, Planning

and Development)

专刊主题：The Effects of COVID-19 Shock on Sustainable Regional Development and Emerging Pathways toward Economic Recovery

专刊编辑：杨翠红，田开兰（k.tian@amss.ac.cn）

中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院

截止日期：2023年2月28日

专刊链接：

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Economic_Recovery

详细内容：

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many changes—some of which were temporarily introduced only during the pandemic and some of which are permanent. Amongst, the most visible examples are economic, social and environmental effects. Almost all industries, sectors and areas in all countries have been affected. Nevertheless, cities, regions and countries may have encountered differences in their epidemic situations. Cities, regions and countries have implemented different control measures at different phases in response to the pandemic. Differences in the level of economic development and medical services as well as in the epidemic situations and control measures reflected varying impacts. As a result, COVID-19 has had seriously divergent impacts on sustainable development across regions, whether across developed versus developing countries or across different regions within a specific country.

There is an urgent need to collect and systematize knowledge about the effects of COVID-19 shock on sustainable regional development. Equally important are emerging strategies and policies aimed toward economic recovery. The main purpose of this Special Issue is to present the effects of COVID-19 on regional development and strategies for how to deal with them. Was it at all possible in such a difficult time to reduce the economic development gap between rich and poor and to maintain the principles of sustainable development? How can the problems be potentially dealt with?

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas of interest may include (but are not limited to) the following:

·Economic impact evaluation of COVID-19 and epidemic prevention and control measures on different cities, regions or nations

·Impacts of COVID-19 on low-carbon economic transition and regional green economy development

·Innovation of disaster impact analysis models (e.g., input–output model, general equilibrium, econometric regression, big data techniques and synthetic models)

·The restructuring effects of COVID-19 on national, regional or global supply (or value) chains and the potential effects of value chain restructuring on regional development

·Political and economic instruments (e.g., tax reduction, consumption incentive, monetary policy) adopted by local and national administrations to mitigate economic losses

·The COVID-19 shock on supply chain resilience and the development of strategies for promoting higher supply chain resilience

·The COVID-19 impact on regional inequality and income gaps

·Digitalization induced by COVID-19 and sustainable regional development

·Emerging pathways toward post-COVID-19 reset and recovery

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Cuihong Yang

Dr. Kailan Tian

Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page.Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in thi sopen access journal is 2000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

·economic and environmental effects of COVID-19

·sustainable regional development

·regional inequality

·multi-regional input-output analysis

·disaster impact analysis model

·trade and services

·logistics, including storage and transport of goods

·supply chain resilience

·sectoral impacts of COVID-19

·emerging pathways towards economic recovery