Title: New trends in sustainable development of territories: challenges of the pandemic

Authors: Zhanna A. Aksenova; Sergey N. Yashin; Elena S. Materova; Yuri V. Gridnev; Elena V. Smirnova

Addresses: Department of Industrial Economics, Saint-Petersburg Mining University, 21st line of Vasilievsky Island, 2, St. Petersburg, 199106, Russia ' Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship, Lobachevsky National Research Nizhny Novgorod State University, 23 Gagarin Ave., Nizhny Novgorod, 603022, Russia ' Department of Economic Theory, Samara State University of Economics, 141 Sovetskaya Armii Str., Samara, 443090, Russia ' Department of Foreign Languages, Voronezh State Forestry Engineering University named after G.F. Morozov, 8 Timiryazeva St., 394036 Voronezh, Russia ' Department of State and Municipal Management, Kuban State Technological University, 2 Moskovskaya Str., Krasnodar, 350072, Russia

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to reveal new trends in the sustainable development of territories in the period of a pandemic, as well as to determine the role of public administration in addressing issues of the socio-economic and environmental well-being of the population at the stage of post-crisis recovery. The authors analysed the changes that have occurred in the implementation of the sustainable development agenda of territories and conducted a comparative cross-country analysis of the effects of the pandemic on the sustainable development of territories. The article proves that during the pandemic there were significant changes in the life patterns of society, which led to the development of responsible production and consumption. It is demonstrated that the implementation of the state policy to stimulate environmental innovations meets the objectives of sustainable development of territories. Specific measures have been proposed to stimulate environmental innovation in Russia.

Keywords: sustainable development; region; pandemic; environmental risks; responsible consumption; environmental innovations.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2025.149961

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2025 Vol.24 No.3, pp.283 - 300

Received: 08 Apr 2024
Accepted: 09 Jan 2025
Published online: 19 Nov 2025 *

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