Sustainable Assessment of Civil Infrastructure Systems and Risk Analysis
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Hazards and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 92
Special Issue Editor
Interests: construction management; risk analysis; circular economy; sustainability; cost risk
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As a core element that helps society function, civil infrastructure comprises basic facilities and systems, including roads, railways, airports, tunnels, power stations and more. Some of these facilities fall under critical infrastructure, which is considered essential by governments for the functioning of a society and economy. Works of civil infrastructure usually have a significant influence on environmental degradation, as their products influence economies, the environment and societies throughout their entire life cycle. Therefore, faced with the uncertainty of tomorrow, we must find a solution for managing all physical infrastructure systems, with a particular emphasis on the concepts of sustainability and risk. One example of a cutting-edge approach that could be used to address these is the life-cycle sustainability assessment of a civil infrastructure system, and this may refer to the evaluation of all negative economic, environmental and social impacts throughout the life cycle of a civil engineering project, as well as benefits in decision-making processes towards less destructive and more projects as a whole.
Given this background, I am pleased to invite you to consider the Sustainability journal for your contributions to this topic. This journal will serve as a deposit for papers that fit its scope, especially those concerning contemporary challenges related to sustainability in managing civil infrastructure systems, as well as integrated approaches to sustainable development in civil engineering.
As such, this Special Issue aims to highlight two aspects concerning civil infrastructure systems, namely sustainable assessment and risk analysis. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
life-cycle project assessment, digital-based management systems, risks in innovative solutions, complex life-cycle sustainability assessment, Big Data tools, artificial intelligence support for decision making, circular economy application to civil infrastructure and many more. Researchers interested in publishing their contributions related to these areas are invited to submit articles that aim to fill the gaps in the knowledge surrounding this topic. Moreover, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Jarosław Górecki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- civil engineering
- risk assessment
- construction project management
- sustainability
- circular economy
