Preface

International Conference on Sustainable Development of Cross-Border Regions

SDCBR 2019

April 19-20, 2019, Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia

The emergence of a more integrated world where the national borders are simultaneously opened and closed, neglected and claimed, has given a new impetus to studies aimed at building a better understanding of those challenges the cross-border regions are facing and ways to address them. One of the most widely used concepts in the contemporary scholarship to analyze environmental, economic, social, and other dimensions is the concept of sustainable development, which has a potential to build on both macro- and micro-approaches to design, evaluate, and forecast development of cross-border regions. In turn, sustainability is a complex concept that covers multiple goals of the environment, economy, and society.

Consequently, the main focus of the conference was to discuss how the contemporary scholarship on sustainable development can be used to address the emerging threats and challenges of cross-border regions, whether it would be economic or social issues, environmental degradation and protection, natural resources management, or sustainable governance of large cross-border regions.

Cross-border regions are such establishments where sustainability is most likely to be challenged. More than that, this is where new sustainable solutions are most likely to emerge. The International Conference on Sustainable Development of Cross-Border Regions (SDCBR 2019) was organized to anticipate the voiced interest of the respective research community to review progress in sustainable development, regional studies, cross-border studies, environmental studies, natural sciences and discuss related challenges and innovations in a scientific conference format.

The conference was held in the Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia) and brought over 900 speakers and participants representing various universities, research institutions from Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and a number of Central Asian nations. We are pleased to present our conference proceedings, containing a selection of high-quality papers from contributed presentations in the conference.

The published materials will be of great interest to scholars, practitioners, and graduate students.

Sincerely,

Svetlana V. Lobova, Editor, Doctor of Economics, Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia

Aleksei V. Bogoviz, Editor, Doctor of Economics, Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia