Transitioning to **Sustainable Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure**

Transitioning to Sustainability Series

EDITORS Wojciech J. Cynarski Rzeszów University, Rzeszów, Poland

Bożena Gajdzik Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

EDITORIAL OFFICE MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel, Switzerland

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**ISBN 978-3-03897-868-8 (Hbk) ISBN 978-3-03897-869-5 (PDF) ISSN: 2624-9324 (Print) ISSN: 2624-9332 (Online) doi:10.3390/books978-3-03897-869-5**

## **Contents**


### **About the Editors**

 Wojciech J. Cynarski PhD is a Full-Professor with degrees from the University of Technology in Rzeszow (building engineering), the University of Rzeszow in Rzeszow (sociology), and doctoral studies at University of Physical Education in Warsaw (physical culture sciences). Since 2005, he has worked as a Professor at the University of Rzeszow and was appointed Head of Chair of the Socio-Cultural )RXQGDWLRQIRU3K\VLFDO(GXFDWLRQDQG6SRUWV+HKDVSXEOLVKHGRYHUVFLHQWLÀF ZRUNVLQFOXGLQJERRNVPRQRJUDSKVDQGPDQXDOV+LVPDMRUVFLHQWLÀFLQWHUHVWV concern sociology (of culture, tourism and sport), coaching and pedagogy, and martial arts.

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