Sustainability

Biodiversity Indicators for Ecological and Sustainable Conservation in Forests

edited by

and

submission deadline 9 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 383

Keywords: biodiversity indicators; deadwood; forest monitoring; forest heterogeneity; managed and unmanaged forests; tree-related microhabitat; old-growth forest

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Fashion Marketing amid the Wicked Problem of Sustainability

edited by Elaine Ritch

submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7761 | Submission Open

Keywords: fashion; marketing; sustainability; greenwashing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Innovations in Agricultural and Rural Development in a Changing World

edited by

Tomas Baležentis

submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4895 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural innovations; sustainable innovation; technological change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Transportation and Data Science Application

edited by Ying Chen, Pablo Durango-Cohen and

Sikai Chen

submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4226 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; data science; machine learning; artificial intelligence; shared mobility; bike-sharing; e-scooters; connected and autonomous vehicle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

IoT and Sustainability

edited by

Seung Hyun Jeon

submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2516 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; blockchain; optimization; game theory; off-grid; energy trading; energy forecasting; distributed energy resources; electric vehicle; EV charging; demand response; dynamic pricing; energy distribution; smart buildings; lighting control; anomaly detection; climate change

Future Prospects of BIM Management for Sustainability in Smart Built Environment 2nd Edition

edited by

Sepehr AlizadehSalehi

,

Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue

and

Ibrahim Yitmen

submission deadline 11 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information management; building information modelling (BIM); building lifecycle management; sustainable projects; sustainability; digital transformation in AEC; digital twins; artificial intelligence; cognitive buildings; smart city; energy analysis and control; design and construction for sustainability; visualization; extended reality (XR); virtual reality (VR); mixed reality (MR); environmental design; design research; sustainable built environment; modular construction; smart city and construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Impact of COVID-19 on Local Governments: A Study of Economic, Social and Governmental Factors That May Affect Sustainability

edited by

Javier Cifuentes-Faura

,

María-Dolores Guillamón

and

Ana-María Ríos

submission deadline 12 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4478 | Submission Open

Keywords: local governments; municipalities; sustainability; SDG; COVID-19

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Innovation Strategies and Capabilities

edited by

Javier Villalba-Diez

,

Wolfgang Gerstlberger

and Wanja Wellbrock

submission deadline 12 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2964 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable innovation strategies; global green economy; inaction risk climate change; transition strategies sustainability; sustainability-oriented innovations; sustainable innovation (dynamic) capabilities; new concepts for sustainable innovations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)

Progress in Sustainable Smart Tourism: Planning, Developing, Management and Sustainability

edited by

Tsung Hung Lee

and

Fen-Hauh Jan

submission deadline 12 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2866 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; augmented reality; mixed reality; smart tourism; smart tourism business; smart tourism destination; smart tourism experience; smart tourist; sustainable smart tourism; virtual reality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Circular Economy and Modular Construction for a Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Michael Adabre,

David J. Edwards

and

Amos Darko

submission deadline 13 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8045 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainability; sustainable construction; modular construction; modularity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Energy Planning and Renewable Power Generation

edited by Yaowang Li,

Ji Han

and

Jinmu Lai

submission deadline 13 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1130 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon power system; carbon emission measurement; low-carbon power technology; renewable energy planning; renewable energy operations; control algorithms; innovative energy storage application model; stability analysis; smart grid operations; energy hub

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Development of Regions and Cities: Improvements in Planning and the Inhabitants’ Quality of Life

edited by

František Murgaš

,

František Petrovič

and

Peter Mederly

submission deadline 14 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3201 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; quality of life; well-being; happiness; satisfaction with life; good life; sustainable development; urban development; regional development; sustainable consumption; sustainable quality of life; sustainable well-bein; sustainable happiness; sustainable life satisfaction; sustainable good life; sustainability of social processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Energy Saving and Emission Reduction from Green Transportation

edited by

Wenbo Li

, Shanyong Wang, Xiu Cheng and

Jun Li

submission deadline 14 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy saving; emission reduction; green transportation; life cycle assessment; transportation electrification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Utilization of Solar Energy in Smart Buildings: Second Edition

edited by

Tian You

, Zongwei Han and

Yang Zhao

submission deadline 14 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; solar heating; solar cooling; PV; PVT; BIPV; smart control; energy efficiency; big data analytics; green construction; low-energy building; zero-energy building

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Strategies, Consumer Behaviour and Community Participation in the Digital Age

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23207 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; ESG and consumer-oriented companies; driving consumer preference using ESG; modern digital consumer behaviour; community involvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Value Co-Creation in Sustainable Project Society

edited by

Vladimir Obradović

and Ronggui Ding

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20179 | Submission Open

Keywords: project value; society; co-creation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)

Sustainability in Agri-Food Supply Chain: From Farm to Fork

edited by

Roberto Ciccoritti

and

Tiziana Amoriello

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15436 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; food waste; waste reduction strategies; sustainable food supply chain technologies or management; environmental; social and economic benefits; sustainable bio-economy; sustainable agriculture; bio-energy; bio-refineries; bio-waste valorization; recovery and reuse; redesign of products; high-added-value products; bioactive compounds extraction; sustainable business model innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Rural Development Practices and Results: Learnings and Results from Policies and Initiatives—2nd Edition

edited by

Francisco Navarro Valverde

,

Eugenio Cejudo García

and

Marilena Labianca

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6968 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural depopulation; social innovation in rural areas; territorial quality marks of food; learnings from the implementation of the LEADER approach; multifunctionality of rural landscapes; successful and failed initiatives; rural governance; networks of actors in rural development; youth and gender perspectives; impacts and added value of rural development initiatives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Environmental Pollution Control and Treatment towards Soil Health and Sustainable Development

edited by

Yan Ma

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3172 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil remediation; green and low-carbon technology; soil safety utilization; clean energy; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Climate Change and Freshwater Sustainability

edited by

Rui Rivaes

and

Francisca C. Aguiar

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2382 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; freshwater; aquatic ecosystem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Innovations in Economic Approaches to Sustainable Development Goals

edited by Zoltán Zéman

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2087 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable management; internal control; business and management; green transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Development Goals towards Sustainability)

Plants, Biodiversity and Sustainable Ecosystem

edited by

Luca Lombardo

and

Samanta Zelasco

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2053 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; biodiversity; plant ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Sustainable Smart Cities: From Technologies and Optimization Problems to Future Trends and Solutions

edited by

Abdellah Chehri

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1323 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable smart cities; energy efficiency; intelligent transportation systems; green cloud computing; smart grid

Electromobility for Sustainable Transportation

edited by

Damian Mazur

and

Bogdan Kwiatkowski

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1066 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric cars; energoelectronics; designing drives and control; smart grid— intelligent electrical grid; energy storage; EV Charging and Blockchain; electromobility in Poland; infrastructure for electromobility (E-car i E-bus)— plans and challenges; mathematical models of energoelectronic elements and systems; methods and tools for modeling and simulation of selected electrical engineering systems; the design of new technological and metrological solutions for electrotechnics; control of electric machines; lighting; optical fibers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Synergies and Applications between Blue Economy Markers and Marine Renewable Energy

edited by

Daniel Clemente

,

Paulo Jorge Rosa-Santos

and

Francisco Taveira Pinto

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine renewable energy powering offshore aquaculture; seawater desalination; IoWT and subsea mining; mapping and exploration; coastal/ocean engineering and monitoring; energy storage and supply to marine systems and infrastructure + green hydrogen; techno-economic assessment of blue economy markets; hybridization and co-located marine energy conversion devices; green energy at seaports and ship electrification; compatibility between marine energy converters and nearshore/offshore applications; synergies between wave + tidal + wind + solar energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

The Impact of Sustainable Tourism on Regional Development

edited by

Ana Brochado

submission deadline 17 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7172 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; tourism impacts; crisis management; smart tourism; environmental protection; cultural preservation; social equity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Emerging Technologies and Research on the Heat Transfer and Energy System

edited by

Huaqiang Chu

and Dongdong Wang

submission deadline 17 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2209 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat transfer; phase change; energy storage; energy system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Co-creating the Future of Cities with Games: New Technologies and Methods for Sustainable and Smart City Planning

edited by

Alenka Poplin

submission deadline 17 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 648 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability and games; serious games; geogames; urban games; games for community engagement; playful public participation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Green Tourism Consumption and Sustainable Development

edited by

Lujun Su

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2034 | Submission Open

Keywords: green consumption; green preference; green innovation; sustainable tourism; sustainable development; pro-environmental behavior; environmentally responsibility behavior; ecological behavior; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Sustainable Brand Management and Consumer Perceptions

edited by

Irene Gil-Saura

and

María Eugenia Ruíz-Molina

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; brand management; consumer perceptions; services marketing; consumer behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Sustainable Transport Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhiheng Li

,

Jiyuan Tan

,

Kai Zhang

and Yang Zhou

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic traffic assignment; sustainable transport systems; advanced technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Research and Application in Sustainable Asphalt Pavements and Road Construction

edited by

Miguel Sol-Sánchez

and

Fernando Moreno-Navarro

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt; pavement; road; recycled materials; low carbon emissions; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainability of Water Resources Engineering and Management

edited by

Antonio Ruiz-Canales

and

Antonio Madueño Luna

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource engineering; sustainable water management; technology in water resource management; water efficiency; energy and water resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Sustainable Management of Green Infrastructure and Water Resources

edited by

Faisal Ahammed

and Jeff Connor

submission deadline 19 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5049 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; water sensitive urban design; low impact development; water resources management; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Green Chemistry and Sustainable Biomass Conversion

edited by

Yuming Wen

, Yuhao Fu and

Na Duan

submission deadline 19 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 774 | Submission Open

Keywords: pyrolysis; gasification; hydrothermal conversion; biological conversion; sustainable energy and materials; green chemistry; biofuel; biochar; biomass; agricultural and forestry waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)

Smart Management and Net-Zero Carbon Buildings

edited by

Fan Wang

submission deadline 19 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy systems; distributed energy resources; AI control and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainability in Bioeconomy and Bioenergy

edited by

Alberto Bezama

and

Nora Szarka

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13594 | Submission Open

Keywords: system integration; bioeconomy; bioenergy; scenario development and assessment; monitoring; life cycle assessment; indicators; technology assessment; life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Green Building and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by

Mahdi Shariati

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12404 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building; construction industry; conserving energy; waste material; green concrete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Energy Economics and Environmental Sustainability: The Development of Green Industry

edited by Ruipeng Tan and Mengmeng Xu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1958 | Submission Open

Keywords: green industry development; energy economics; environmental policy; renewable energy viability; sustainable business models; resource management; social equity in green industries; regional case studies; technological innovation for sustainability; market dynamics in renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Plastic Recycling and Biopolymer Synthesis for Industrial Application

edited by

Chenyu Du

and

Diannan Lu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic recycling; biopolymers; PET; waste valorisation; textiles; packaging; microplastics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Production of Solid Biofuels from Agricultural Waste

edited by

Marija Ercegović

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; agricultural waste; solid biofuels; conversion; biorefinery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advancing Sustainability in Rock Mechanics and Underground Engineering

edited by

Martina Inmaculada Álvarez Fernández

and

Víctor Martínez-Ibáñez

submission deadline 21 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2762 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tunnelling and mining; reused and recycled materials; efficient drilling; sustainable blasting techniques; innovative laboratory techniques; aquifer preservation; innovative sensors; big data analytics; Building Information Modelling (BIM); digital twin; electric equipment; risk analysis; clean energy storage; geothermal energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Quality Management in Manufacturing, Industrial, and Systems Engineering for Green Sustainability

edited by

Nita Yodo

and

Arup Dey

submission deadline 22 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2130 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality management; sustainability; industrial engineering; manufacturing processes; system integrations; Industry 4.0/5.0; supply chains; lean and six sigma; operation research; standards and policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Ecological Risk Assessment for Aquatic Toxic Effects

edited by

Sandy Raimondo

and Adriana C. Bejarano

submission deadline 22 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological risk assessment; aquatic toxicology; new approach methodologies; chemical safety; multiple stressors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Circular Economy and Technological Innovation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ting Chi

and

Xingqiu Lou

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4090 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; technological innovation; sustainable supply chain; sustainable materials; collaborative consumption; sustainable consumption; recycling; upcycling; waste management; LCA

Fisheries Biology, Ecology, and Sustainable Management

edited by

Hiroyuki Matsuda

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1922 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive management; fish-fishery coevolution; maximum sustainable ecosystem services; blue Economy; the tragedy of the commons

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Public Procurement: Practices and Policies

edited by

Paul Davis

, David McKevitt and Clifford McCue

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1454 | Submission Open

Keywords: public procurement; sustainability; innovation; policy frameworks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Land, Water, Food, Energy (LWFE) Security NEXUS for Sustainable Ecosystems and Natural Resource Management

edited by

Guiying Cao

,

Gang Wang

and

Tatiana Ermolieva

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 543 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; water; food; energy (LWFE) nexus; land and water preservation; low-carbon economy; lowpcarbon energy; human– natura lsystems; integrated assesment and models; risk and uncertainty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management

edited by Suresh P. Sethi and

Marija Bogataj

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable operations; supply chain management; aging; carbon footprint; silver economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models: New Knowledge, New Rules

edited by

Rubén Garrido-Yserte

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; circular business models; business model innovation; circular accounting; capabilities; skills

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

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