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People and families are the main nucleus of society and their optimal functioning ensures that cities, countries, and finally the world move towards social, environmental, economic, and cultural growth. Consequently, governments need to plan and manage bearing in mind the well-being of families and individuals. But we are far from achieving sustainability, and examining what is happening in the world in relation to the lives of individuals can be instructive.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Recursos Humanos, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru

    Aldo Alvarez-Risco

  2. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada

    Marc A. Rosen

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    Aldo Alvarez-Risco

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    Marc A. Rosen

  3. Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante, “Almirante Miguel Grau”, Callao, Peru

    Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales

  4. Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru

    Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales

  5. Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia

    Dora Marinova

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Alvarez-Risco, A., Rosen, M.A. (2020). Introduction. In: Alvarez-Risco, A., Rosen, M.A., Del-Aguila-Arcentales, S., Marinova, D. (eds) Building Sustainable Cities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45533-0_1

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