The built environment is at the epicenter of global sustainability challenges, facing unprecedented pressures from climate change to resource depletion to socio-economic disparities. Equally critical are the human-induced systemic frameworks. These frameworks include green finance, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and accounting practices. They underpin sustainable urban development and drive transformative circular change and green growth. By unifying these dimensions, the built environment and the systems that shape it may become resilient and adaptable.

Futureproofed Sustainability Amidst Climate Change Polycrisis: Advancing SDGs and ESG for the Cities of Tomorrow explores innovative strategies for transforming the built environment and practices that enhance the sustainability of cities. It analyzes financial accounting and auditing as well as the governance that enables sustainable development. Covering topics such as zero-emission urban regeneration, traditional ecological knowledge, and consumer skepticism, this book is an excellent resource for urban developers, economists, financial practitioners, sustainability experts, policymakers, professionals, researchers, scholars, academicians, and more.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Blockchain
Circular Economies
Climate Crisis
Consumer Skepticism
Corporate Digital Responsibility
Drilling Hydrocarbons
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Compliance
False Sustainability Claims
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Green Buildings
Green Finance
Greenwashing
Insular Rural Landscape
Private Investment
Quality Service
Regulatory Measures
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Urban Governance
Zero-Emission Urban Regeneration

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Editor/Author Biographies

Dr. Ioannis Vardopoulos, studied civil engineering, did his postgraduate studies first in environmental management and conservation and later in sustainable development with honors distinction. Holding a doctorate in applied urban sustainability, he conducts high-quality research towards addressing key concerns of the contemporary build environment through principles of applied sustainability. His research interests include a wide range of urban sustainability aspects.

Ioannis Passas is an Assistant Professor with a Ph.D. in financial accounting and auditing from the Department of Business Administration & Tourism of the Hellenic Mediterranean University, where he teaches accounting courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He also teaches at the Department of Accounting and Finance at Neapolis University of Paphos in the Forensic Accounting postgraduate program. He is also a Certified Internal Control Auditor (CICA), a Certified Control Specialist (CCS) by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIC), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a Certified Internal Auditor by the State of Greece. He has participated in international conferences, contributed, and published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and volumes in foreign-language books. He has also authored six academic books, five in his discipline (Accounting and Management Accounting) and the other in Research Methodology. His main research interests focus on the scientific fields: Financial Accounting; Auditing; ESG/CSR; Financial integrity; Governance. He is a member of the Hellenic Association of Economists and Accountants, the research laboratories OramaLab and LAFIM, the Institute of Public Accountants ACPAI, the Hellenic Economic Chamber of Greece, and a founding member of ELINESEE.

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