Sustainability

Advances in Hydrological and Hydrogeochemical Processes and Water–Rock Interactions under Complicated Conditions and Changing Environments

edited by

Xiaomeng Song

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; water environment monitoring and protection; water– rock interaction; reaction transport; permeability evolution; multi-field coupling; contaminant remediation; water quality evolution

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

Smart Electricity Grid and Sustainable Power Systems

edited by

Jidong Wang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grid; sustainable energy; low carbon operation; energy storage; sustainable management; distributed generation; demand response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Empowering Safe and Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Systems: Challenges, Innovations

edited by

Mohammad Yazdi

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen energy; renewable energy; safety; sustainability infrastructure; technological innovations; decarbonization; energy security; policy frameworks; integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Applications of Renewable Energy Technologies on Buildings—2nd Edition

edited by

Yao Yu

and

Abdulaziz Banawi

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; green buildings; solar photovoltaic technology; solar thermal energy; geothermal energy; thermal energy storage; building HVAC systems; energy resilience; ground source heat pump

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Cultural Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development

edited by

Francesca Di Turo

and

Giacomo Fiocco

submission deadline 16 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5596 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation science; cultural heritage technologies; digital humanities; sustainable development

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

The Impact of Sustainable Tourism on Regional Development

edited by

Ana Brochado

submission deadline 17 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7925 | 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)

Water Sustainability: River Basin Management, Water Quality, and Quantity Monitoring—Second Edition

edited by

Carina da Conceição Mendes de Almeida

submission deadline 17 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; modeling; monitoring; water quality; water quantity

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

The Links and Effects between Sustainable Product Development, Industry 4.0, Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing, and Circular Economy

edited by

Elpídio Oscar Benitez Nara

and

Jones Luis Schaefer

submission deadline 18 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 909 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; product development; industry 4.0; information integration; supply chain; lean manufacturing; product life cycle; digital transformation; circular economy; market performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Products and Services)

Energy Storage, Conversion and Sustainable Management

edited by

Alessio Tafone

,

Davide Pivetta

and Stefano Mazzoni

submission deadline 18 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conversion; decarbonization; energy transition; cleaner technologies; energy efficiency; hydrogen; carbon capture; storage and utilization; electrical and thermal energy storage; energy planning; waste heat recovery; sustainable development; sustainable energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Development and Application of Polymers in Sustainable Green Materials

edited by

Kun Wei

submission deadline 18 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer blends for enhanced properties; smart polymers for controlled release; recycling and upcycling of polymer waste; polymers in renewable energy applications; bio-inspired polymers for environmental remediation; life cycle assessment of polymer materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainability in Architecture and Engineering

edited by

Manfredi Saeli

,

Tiziana Campisi

and Montserrat Bosch

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10022 | Submission Open

Keywords: green architecture; sustainable materials and building processes; energy-efficient buildings; social-housing; smart technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Recent Advances in Environmental Analytical Chemistry Technology

edited by Viia Lepane

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1410 | Submission Open

Keywords: water; soil; sediments; carbon compounds; inorganic and organic pollutants; climate change; temporal and spatial changes; analytical methods; data treatment methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)

Sustainable Brand Management and Consumer Perceptions

edited by

Irene Gil-Saura

and

María Eugenia Ruíz-Molina

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 992 | 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)

Educational Research in the Era of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2nd Edition)

edited by

Athanasios Mogias

,

George Malandrakis

and

Panayota Koulouri

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental education; education for sustainable development; environmental literacies; agenda 2030 sustainable development goals; elementary education; secondary education; tertiary education; students; teachers; citizens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Pro-environmental Behavior and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Disclosure in Sustainable Business Management

edited by

Tai Ming Wut

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: pro-environmental behavior; ESG disclosure; sustainability; corporate social responsibility

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

Territorial Management and Urban Regeneration: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability

edited by

Miguel Amado

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: territorial management; regenerative environment; urban regeneration; resilience; sustainable cities; rural development; circular economy; climate changes

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

Thermal Comfort and Energy Use in Sustainable Transportation and Buildings

edited by Byung-Wook Kim, Qilong Cheng and Xin He

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; energy efficiency; environmental design; energy harvesting; smart building; heat transfer; reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Resource Utilization of Solid Waste for Sustainable Circular Economy

edited by

Haoqi Yang

, Ganyu Zhu and Jun-Ye Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste recycling; resource recovery; innovative technologies in waste treatment; electronic waste; industrial waste; waste management; building waste; wastewater treatment; CO2 sequestration; renewable energy

Advancing Sustainability in Rock Mechanics and Underground Engineering

edited by

Martina Inmaculada Álvarez Fernández

and

Víctor Martínez-Ibáñez

submission deadline 21 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3314 | 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)

Sustainable Food Preservation

edited by

Hugo Miguel Lisboa Oliveira

and Ana Paula Trindade

submission deadline 21 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food preservation; food waste reduction; eco-friendly packaging; natural preservatives; modified atmosphere packaging; cold plasma in food preservation; pulsed-light technology; hurdle technology; nutritional quality maintenance; environmental impact of food preservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

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

edited by

Nita Yodo

and

Arup Dey

submission deadline 22 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3198 | 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)

Navigating Sustainability Business: Environmental and Social Sustainability and Related Strategies

edited by

Jooh Lee

submission deadline 22 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental greening; social responsibility; economic performance of firms

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

Sustainable Agriculture and Restoration of Agroecosystem Affected by Climate Change

edited by

Aniruddha Sarker

and

Tofazzal Islam

submission deadline 22 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; biochar; carbon sequestration; green remediation; environment restoration; agro-food waste; biotechnology; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Digital Teaching and Development in Sustainable Higher Education

edited by Naser Sedghi

submission deadline 22 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability integration; online learning; digital pedagogy; virtual reality; augmented reality; open educational resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Fostering the One Health Approach in Environmental Education: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities

edited by

José Manuel Pérez Martín

and

Tamara Esquivel-Martín

submission deadline 22 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: comprehensive literacy; early childhood education; educational transfer; environmental citizenship; environmental education; one health; primary education; scientific practices; secondary education; teaching training

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Bioenergy

edited by

Nikolaos Kokkinos

submission deadline 22 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste-to-energy; biojet; biofuels; decarbonization; GHG emissions; sustainable aviation fuels; sustainable waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Building Resilience and Green Building Construction for Environmental Sustainability

edited by Anna Marzo and

George Wardeh

submission deadline 22 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable constructions; reuse of building materials; seismic protection; sustainable interventions; bio-based materials; zero-damage constructions; quick vulnerability assessment; durability; concrete; rupture; masonry; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Cutting-Edge Research in the Building Information Modelling (BIM) Application for Sustainable Construction

edited by

Sonia Lupica Spagnolo

and Alberto Pavan

submission deadline 23 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modelling (BIM); digital transformation; built environment; sustainable construction; data management; digital twins; digital building logbooks

Geological Engineering and Sustainable Environment

edited by Francisco Javier Torrijo,

Olegario Alonso-Pandavenes

and Julio Garzón-Roca

submission deadline 23 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable engineering; geological engineering; resilience; geomaterials; climate change; applied AI; environmental impact; natural hazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)

Sustainable Polyester Fibers

edited by

Laetitia Marrot

submission deadline 23 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable polyester fibers; recycled polyester; biosynthetic polyester; sustainable textiles; sustainable polyester fibers composites; polymer concrete; properties of sustainable polyester fibers and composites; environmental assessment of sustainable polyester fibers and composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Global Hydrological Studies and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Magdalena Toporowska

and

Beata Ferencz

submission deadline 25 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1105 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water cycle; watershed sustainability; climate change; human pressure; resilience and vulnerability; ecosystem functioning; ecosystem services; sustainable ecosystem management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Aerosol Science: Chemistry, Sources, and Formation for Sustainable Air Quality

edited by

Jingsha Xu

,

Shanshan Tang

and

Lei Liu

submission deadline 25 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol pollution; physical characteristics; chemical properties; source apportionment; formation mechanism; atmospheric chemistry; secondary organic aerosol; health effects; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)

Agroforestry Engineering and Sustainability

edited by Pablo Vidal-López and

José Ramón Villar-García

submission deadline 26 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforestry systems; sustainable forest; regenerative agriculture; ecosystem services; sustainable energies; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Promoting Sustainable Geoenvironment

edited by

Hariklia D. Skilodimou

,

George D. Bathrellos

and

Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos

submission deadline 27 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural resourses; mapping; natural hazards; environental pollution; planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Development of Agricultural Systems

edited by Henrietta Moore and Jacqueline McGlade

submission deadline 27 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology and native vegetation; agroforestry; regenerative agriculture; carbon sequestration; livelihood security; agricultural and environmental sustainability; soil health; decolonisation; agri-food systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Green and Sustainable Separation of Natural Products from Plant-Derived Waste

edited by

Daniel Pecoraro Demarque

submission deadline 27 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable separation; plant-derived waste; green extraction; circular economy; bioactive compound recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Wind Turbine Decommissioning: Dismantling, Demolition, Recycling, Reuse and Repurposing

edited by

Lawrence C. Bank

and

Paul Leahy

submission deadline 28 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5331 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind turbine; decommissioning; dismantling; demolition; recycling; reuse and repurposing; life cycle assessment (LCA); life cycle costing (LCC); techno economic analysis (TEA)

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

Circular Economy and Frugal Innovation Business Models for Sustainable Development

edited by Paul Agu Igwe and

Mahfuzur Rahman

submission deadline 28 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; frugal innovation; circular economy business model; frugal business model; sustainable waste management; sustainable production and consumption

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

Geo-Digital Technologies for Sustainable Building and Facility Management

edited by

Ana Paula Falcão

and

Alexandre B. Gonçalves

submission deadline 28 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM; sustainable facility management; lifecycle management; space utilization; building performance; digital twins; facility operations; building cost optimization

Water Environmental Control of Pollutants and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Pei Lei,

Sheng Guo

and Zhineng Hao

submission deadline 29 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 722 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutant; environmental management; sustainability; aquatic systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Agriculture and Biological Science

edited by

Juan Pablo Hernandez

,

Helber Enrique Balaguera López

and Joaquín Guillermo Ramírez-Gil

submission deadline 29 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecology; soil health; biodiversity conservation; crop production; ecological resilience; climate change adaptation; organic farming; integrated pest management; genetic diversity; food security; sustainable development; ecosystem services; socio-economic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Interdisciplinary Research on Soil Sustainable Management in Different Agroecosystems: Management of Agriculture–Ecology–Land-Management-Planning Interactions

edited by

Jonas Volungevičius

and

Kristina Amalevičiūtė-Volungė

submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5914 | Submission Open

Keywords: tillage; agroecology; soil organic matter; agrosystem; agroecosystem; sustainable soil management; landscape; spatial planning; humification; mineralisation; natural framework; ecological uses; land management; circular chains of energy

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

Circular Economy and Green Innovation for Sustainable Business Development

edited by

Dolores Gallardo Vázquez

, Inna Choban de Sousa Paiva and Cristina Nuevo-Gallardo

submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; green innovation; sustainable business models; economic performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemical Processes: From Advanced Material Preparations to Benign-by-Design Recycling of Critical Raw Materials

edited by

Zara Cherkezova-Zheleva

submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable chemical processes; design of advanced materials; benign-by-design methods for material synthesis and recycling; mechanochemistry critical raw materials (CRMs); CRM substitution and sustainable recycling; eco-friendly and efficient chemical reactions; reduction in the use of hazardous chemicals and water; renewable energy production; pollution control; circularity and sustainability of materials

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

Digital Technology Supports for Sustainable Development of Human Society during and Post-pandemic Contexts

edited by

Shih-Chih Chen

and

Chih-Chun Kung

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 40673 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; sustainable ICT management; emergent technologies; digital transformation; sustainable education and learning; sustainable tourism; pro-environmental behaviors; corporate social responsibility

Sustainable Development of Construction Engineering

edited by

Lingkun Chen

,

Nan Zhang

and

Qinghua Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 37645 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Managing Sustainable Development: Technology, Modelling & Applications

edited by

V. Ravi.

,

Suresh Subramoniam

and

Bijulal D.

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 35450 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; triple bottom line; sustainability framework; modelling sustainability; sustainability metrics; conceptual framework; sustainable practices.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

edited by Md Romij Uddin and

Uttam Kumer Sarker

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 31528 | Submission Open

Keywords: food availability; safe food; environmental soundness; food marketing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Education and Technology Development

edited by

Chih-Hung Wu

and

Yen-Chun Jim Wu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 30315 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-learning; education technology; artificial intelligence; metaverse; AR/VR/XR; affective computing; non-fungible token (NFT); blockchain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Sustainable Road Transport System Planning and Optimization

edited by

Yusheng Ci

,

Lina Wu

and

Ming Wei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 25925 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; transport planning; public transport; fuel consumption and emission; spatiotemporal analysis; big data; traffic safety; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Value Co-Creation in Sustainable Project Society

edited by

Vladimir Obradović

and Ronggui Ding

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21382 | Submission Open

Keywords: project value; society; co-creation

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

Sustainable Mining and Circular Economy

edited by

Alessandro Cavallo

and

Micol Bussolesi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12295 | Submission Open

Keywords: raw materials; critical raw materials; sustainable mining; ore deposits; ore processing; extractive waste; tailings; recycling

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

Recent Advances in Biomass Conversion, Renewable Energy, and Biomaterials

edited by

Jun Wang

and

Lei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9864 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural and forestry waste processing; bioactive materials; biomass degradation; biomass refinery; biofuels processes; biomaterials; bioresource technology; biotechnologies applied for renewable energies; biotransformation; chemical and biological conversions; renewable energy; sustainable processing; biomaterials for sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Innovation and Sustainable Development of Seamless Education and Teaching Methods

edited by

Ebba Ossiannilsson

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9142 | Submission Open

Keywords: education systems; new social contract; new normal; OER; OER recommendation; open education; open pedagogy; sustainability; quality; teaching methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Tianyu Li

and Yongming Yao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8230 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; sustainable energy; energy storage; energy system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Research Advances in Sustainable Materials and Structural Engineering

edited by

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and

Keerthan Poologanathan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7240 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; design of sustainable structures; resilient structural engineering; structural retrofitting and rehabilitation; energy-efficient building; building materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Education for All: Latest Enhancements and Prospects

edited by

Dian-Fu Chang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7231 | Submission Open

Keywords: active learning; assessment; education leadership; education policy; gender parity; inclusive education; innovative education; quality education; sustainable development; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Green Microbiology: Advancing Sustainability through Microbial Innovations

edited by

Helen Onyeaka

, Adenike A. Akinsemolu and

Taghi Miri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 7021 | Submission Open

Keywords: green microbiology; microbes; sustainability; bioremediation; biofertilizers; innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Waste Management and Recycling for Achieving a Circular Economy

edited by

Jeongsoo Yu

, Kazuaki Okubo and Xiaoyue Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5472 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; circular economy; recycling; carbon-neutral; SDGs; eco-design; sharing; reuse; data science; international cooperation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Sustainable, Resilient and Smart Manufacturing Systems

edited by

Alessandro Silvestri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5345 | Submission Open

Keywords: process modeling; optimization; performance; optimization; transformation; intelligent technologies; human-centric; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Green Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Development

edited by Adolf Acquaye and Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5251 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain management; sustainable development; circular economy; lifecycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Energy Efficiency and Management in Sustainable Food Industry

edited by

Miriam Benedetti

and

Lorena Giordano

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3822 | Submission Open

Keywords: food industry; industrial energy uses; energy performance benchmarking; energy efficiency; sustainable food production; waste heat recovery and valorization; industrial symbiosis

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

Advances in Stability Control, Optimal Operation and Modeling Analysis of Power System with High-Level Renewable Energy

edited by Bo Zhang, Jiaoxin Jia and Sen Cui

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3686 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; active distribution network; distributed energy; smart grid; energy storage; optimal operation; stability control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Urban Green Areas: Benefits, Design and Management Strategies

edited by

Andreea-Loreta Cercleux

,

Alexandru Bănică

,

Elena Bogan

and

Marinela Istrate

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3630 | Submission Open

Keywords: green areas; urban pollution; climate change; urban planning; public spaces; accessibility; participatory approaches; social interactions

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

Smart Cities and Smart Villages and the Global Digital Transformation: Strategy and Community Engagement—2nd Edition

edited by

Anna Visvizi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3188 | Submission Open

Keywords: global digital transformation and smart cities research; global digital transformation and smart villages research; “ AI for good” and smart city/smart village development; smart city/villages and the UN’ s SDGs; ICT and community engagement in smart city/village development; ICT and the digital transition of cities/villages into smart city/smart village; challenges; caveats and problems relating to smart cities/villages development and functioning; smart cities/villages in the era of platform economy; smart cities/villages; competitiveness and economic growth; ICT and the provision services in smart cities/villages; e.g. healthcare; education; etc.; energy communities and smart cities/villages; data cooperatives and smart cities/villages; smart city strategy and community enegagement; smart village and community engagement; services provision and community engagement in smart city/village context; smart cities/villages in the global south/north contexts

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

Sustainable Perspective on Power Systems and Renewable Energy

edited by

Zhixiong Tan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2919 | Submission Open

Keywords: power systems; renewable energy; grid integration; energy storage; policy frameworks; technological innovations; economic analysis; environmental impact assessment; energy transition

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

Intelligent Systems and Consciousness Society: Sustainable Transportation and Decision Making

edited by Yorgos Stephanedes and

Nikos Karacapilidis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2313 | Submission Open

Keywords: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) ; C-ITS • Artificial Intelligence ; Machine Learning (ML) ; Natural Language Processing (NLP); decision/policy making; dynamic transport; traffic systems; traffic management; safety and security; logistics; digital data management; sustainability; smart cities; impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Transportation and Traffic Psychology

edited by

Giulia Lausi

and Pierluigi Cordellieri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2158 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; traffic psychology; driving emotions; safety perception; decision-making; attention shifting while driving; soft mobility perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)

State of the Art of Assessment for Sustainable Development Goals—2nd Edition

edited by

Chaofeng Shao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2117 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDG localization theory; urban sustainable development; sustainable cities and communities; SDG progress assessment; policies to mobilize financial resources; policy implementation capacity; policy performance evaluation

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

Global Sustainability: Good Governance, Dynamism in Ecosystems, and International Business

edited by

Esi A. Elliot

,

Nnamdi O. Madichie

, Robert Ebo Hinson and Charles Blankson

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1906 | Submission Open

Keywords: good governance; ecosystems; emerging markets; dynamism

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

Sustainable Transport Research and Railway Network Performance

edited by

Svetla Stoilova

and

Borna Abramović

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1750 | Submission Open

Keywords: railway network performance; railway corridors performance; sustainable railway transportation; sustainable railway system; railway traffic; railway management; railway passenger transport; railway freight transport; timetabling; intermodal transport; multimodal transport; urban rail transport; metro systems; connectivity; mobility; risk assessment; mathematical modelling and optimization; MCDM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Geological Resources and Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies

edited by

Seyed Kourosh Mahjour

, Shahram Danaei and Seyed Mahmood Mousavi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1248 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological resources; climate change impacts; mineral resources; fossil fuels; groundwater resources; resource exploration; resource extraction; adaptation strategies; sustainable resource management; climate change mitigation; environmental impacts; low-carbon transition; resource policies; resource economics; carbon capture; utilization and storage (CCUS)

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

Municipal Solid Waste Management (2nd Edition)—Innovative Solutions and Sustainable Strategies

edited by

Carlos A. Teixeira

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1231 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; waste management; sustainable urban infrastructure; resource optimization; industrial symbiosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Urban Resilience and Sustainability—Assessment Tools

edited by

Benedetto Manganelli

and

Pierluigi Morano

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1108 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; sustainability; land consumption reduction; urban regeneration; existing building stock; sustainable development

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

Achieving Sustainability in the Workplace: Presenteeism and Occupational Health and Safety

edited by

Tianan Yang

,

Jianwei Deng

and

Ran Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1096 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational health; healthy workplaces; presenteeism; safety; psychosocial factors; sustainable employability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)

New Advances in Biomass Conversion and the Environmental Implications-2nd Edition

edited by

Peng Liu

and

Dongze Niu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass conversion; energy production; pollution control; environmental implications; biomass biochemical conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Climate Change and Sustainability: Health Risks and Policies to Address Them—Special Focus on Urban Settings

edited by

Carolyn Stephens

, Donald Brown and David Satterthwaite

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 997 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sustainability; climate change; urban health; climate justice

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

The Road to Sustainable Resources and Environmental Economics—2nd Volume

edited by

Qian Zhou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 917 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; resources and environmental economics; carbon constraints

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Digital Technology for Circular Economy towards Sustainable Development

edited by

Abderahman Rejeb

,

Suhaiza Zailani

and

Steve Simske

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 863 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; digital innovation; sustainable development; resource efficiency; environmental sustainability; internet of things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); blockchain technology; data analytics; policy and regulation

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

Nanomaterials for Sustainable Applications: Current Development and Future Trends

edited by

Murat Kabatas

and Jamal Eldin F. M. Ibrahim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 811 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; sustainable technology; thin-film deposition; eco-friendly nanomanufacturing; gas sensing nanocomposites; nanoscale photodetectors; thermochromic nanostructures; negative photoconductivity; nanoplasmonics; nanophotovoltaics; green photocatalysts; renewable energy nanosystems; environmental nanosensors; sustainable nanoelectronics; energy saving nanomaterials; smart nano-enabled coatings; advanced nanomaterials for sustainability; nanotechnology in pollution control; future of nanomaterials in energy applications; sustainable nanoscience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Fuel Spray, Fuel Film Formation and Combustion Applied in Low-Carbon Powertrains—2nd Edition

edited by

Hongliang Luo

,

Weidi Huang

and

Gengxin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 798 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable fuels; spray and atomization; heat and mass transfer; fuel film formation; low-carbon combustion; thermodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Waste Valorization and Management to Increase the Resources Sustainability

edited by

Lisandro Simão

and

Marcelo Tramontin Souza

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 763 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; waste recycling; circular economy; sustainability; life cycle; carbon footprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure

edited by

Marcin K. Widomski

and

Anna Musz-Pomorska

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 741 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable stormwater management; green infrastructure; urban catchment; water balance; green roofs; low-impact development; surface runoff; economic feasibility; cost-efficiency

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

Marine Biomass as the Basis for a Bio-Based, Circular Economy

edited by Adam Hughes, Hui Liu and

Ingrid Olesen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 727 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biomass; marine bio-based circular economy; blue economy; sustainable use of the marine environment; sustainable aquaculture; marine ecosystem-based management; marine biomass stabilisation and conversion; social/environmental or economic impacts of biomass production; stabilisation or conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioeconomy of Sustainability)

Integrated River Basin Management and Sustainable Water Resources Management Using Innovative Approaches

edited by

Eui Hoon Lee

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 650 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated river basin management; flood forecasting; deep learning; water resources management; flood routing; meta-heuristic optimization algorithm

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

Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) toward Sustainability

edited by Georgios Spanos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 635 | Submission Open

Keywords: CCAM; AI; 5G automotives; software; cybersecurity; statistical analysis; environmental footprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Development Promoted by Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT): Models, Methods, and Applications

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; IoT; machine learning; sustainable development; energy modeling; smart cities; climate changes; intelligent agriculture; education science

Sustainable Development of the Tourism Economy

edited by

Tabita Adamov

,

Iancu Tiberiu

,

Gabriela Popescu

and

Ramona Mariana Ciolac

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism; sustainable development; economic and social implications; tourism products; tourism market

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

Advances in STEAM Education Research and Practice: Towards Sustainable Development

edited by Theodosia Prodromou and Filiz Kuşkaya Mumcu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open

Keywords: STEM; teaching; learning; interdisciplinary; transdisciplinary; sustainable; development; practice; practices; partnerships; futures; emerging technologies

Smart Cities—toward Mitigating Climate Change, Preventing Soil Contamination and Improving Soil Treatment

edited by Maha Deeb, S. Perl Egendorf and Olivier Fouché-Grobla

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: sponge cities; purification; constructed soils; technosols; climate change mitigation; soil ecosytem servises; greenhouse gases; carbon storage; urban soil quality; stormwater management; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; waste management; engineering soils; enhanced trees pits; urban planning; soil water retention

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

The Pros and Cons of Autonomous Vehicles (Ground, Aerial and Marine) on Wildlife Conservation

edited by

Iain J. Gordon

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; wildlife; drones; census

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

Sustainable Management of Sewage Sludge Based on Recovery and Reuse Strategy: Ecological and Health Risks

edited by

Olga Anne

and

Malwina Tytła

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: sewage sludge recycling; reuse; hazardous pollutants; ecological risk; health impact; sustainable sludge management; sludge disposal; energy and nutrients recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Challenges and Prospects of Sustainability in the Context of Global Health: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ulrich Laaser

and

Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: global health; global burden of disease; pandemics; universal health coverage; peace and solidarity; inclusive health governance; bottom-up initiatives; gender equity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Emerging IoT and Blockchain Technologies for Sustainability

edited by Abdelaziz Bouras and

Abdelhak Belhi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; blockchain; AI; decentralized applications; efficient security; supply chain sustainability; energy-efficient IoT/computing; smart transportation; smart agriculture

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

Sustainability Challenges: Recovery and Valorization of Food Wastes and New Ingredients and Foods Development

edited by

Alessandra De Bruno

,

Antonio Gattuso

and

Federica Flamminii

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: food waste; sustainable management of food waste; valorisation of food waste; new foods; food waste recycling; technologies for food waste recovery; food sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Applications of Remote Sensing Technology in Agricultural Sustainable Development

edited by

Jaromir Krzyszczak

,

Renata Kuśmierek-Tomaszewska

,

Przemysław Tkaczyk

and

Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; agriculture; sustainable development; precision farming; crop yield and quality prediction; irrigation management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)

Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Industry

edited by Jinhai Liu and Fuming Qu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); sustainable industry; process monitoring; fault diagnosis; preventive maintenance

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

Towards Sustainable Development Goals: Promoting Sustainable Development in Education through Digital Technologies

edited by Ana María Pinto-Llorente and Vanessa Izquierdo Álvarez

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); education for sustainable development (ESD); educational technology; digital teaching and learning ecosystems (DTLE); equity in education; inclusiveness; adaptive and personalised learning; generative artificial intelligence (GenAI); educational robotics and computational thinking; virtual and augmented reality

Circular Economy Strategies for Urban Resource Management and Sustainable Growth

edited by

Farid Shirazi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; urban mining; governance; case studies; zero waste; extended producer responsibility

Developing Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Telecommunication Systems

edited by Jose Carlos Marinello and Taufik Abrão

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; resource allocation; energy efficiency maximization; precoding; decoding; antenna selection; non-terrestrial networks; terahertz communications; green wireless communication; 6G

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

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