Public Policies for the Design and Implementation of Sustainable Cities

Olga González-Morales (), Rocío Peña-Vázquez, Eduardo González-Díaz, María Carolina Rodríguez-Donate and Lilia Clara Alonso Gutiérrez
Additional contact information
Olga González-Morales: Department of Applied Economics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Guajara Campus, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Rocío Peña-Vázquez: Department of Applied Economics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Guajara Campus, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Eduardo González-Díaz: Department of Techniques and Projects in Engineering and Architecture, Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering, Central Campus, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
María Carolina Rodríguez-Donate: Department of Applied Economics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Guajara Campus, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Lilia Clara Alonso Gutiérrez: Department of Applied Economics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Guajara Campus, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-25

Abstract: The main aim of this study is to propose a series of recommendations to public administrations for the development of economic policies that promote the contribution of the construction and civil engineering sectors to the design and implementation of sustainable cities. The study was conducted on the island of Tenerife. Documentary research and in-depth interviews with key agents were used as qualitative techniques. The recommendations are described in a portfolio of action policies grouped into three action areas: macroeconomic demand policies, regulation and reform policies, promotion and support policies, and governance and collaboration policies. Among other results, it is worth mentioning that there is a European support framework for economic policies to promote this transformation, but it is necessary to apply them whilst taking into account the environment where they are applied. Existing measures need to be evaluated to improve them and/or replace them with those mentioned by the key agents, all within an action plan that facilitates their implementation. Building sustainable cities requires public–private collaboration, institutional efficiency, and the socio-environmentally responsible performance of companies in the sector.

Keywords: sustainable cities; construction sector; public policies; qualitative techniques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/21/9782/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/21/9782/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:21:p:9782-:d:1786305

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().