Urban sustainability science: from adaptation to regeneration on the road to 2050
Summary
When npj Urban Sustainability was launched in 2021, we framed urbanization as one of the defining processes of the Anthropocene—a process that drives global change, but which also opens opportunities for sustainability action 1. Now, alongside the 5th anniversary of the journal, we reflect on the state of urban sustainability research and the knowledge gaps that we would like our community to address to support local and global decision-making for sustainability and resilience 2.
Affiliated research theme or topic:
Anthropocene dynamics & capacities,
Doing sustainability research,
Transformative futures
Link to centre authors:
Andersson, Erik
Publication info: Thomas Elmqvist, Pippin Anderson, Erik Andersson, Vanesa Castan Broto, Tao Liu, Timon McPhearson, Anjal Prakash, Christopher Raymond, Patricia Romero-Lankao, Suneetha M. Subramanian, Xiaoling Zhang. 2026. Urban sustainability science: from adaptation to regeneration on the road to 2050. npj Urban Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-026-00362-9
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