Sustainability

Full Metal Circularity by 2050

edited by Janet Godsell,

, Alessio Franconi, David Harrison and Alvaro Calzadilla

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular metal economy; CO2 emissions reduction; fully metal circularity transition by 2050; decarbonisation; resource efficiency; sustainable production and consumption systems; industry pathways

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

Smart Manufacturing for Sustainability and Net Zero Transition

edited by Vasiliki C Panagiotopoulou, Emanuele Pagone,

Konstantinos Salonitis

and

Panagiotis Stavropoulos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; manufacturing; energy efficiency; process optimisation; raising awareness; sustainability readiness; training; reskilling and upskilling; social sustainability; financial sustainability; environmental sustainability

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

Seepage and Erosion in Soils and Rocks: Challenges for Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Yao Tang

and Yingtao Hu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: seepage; internal erosion; contaminant transport; scouring; surface erosion; soils; rocks; porous media; fractured media; geotechnical engineering; environmental sustainability

Modeling Application and Sustainable Management of Urban Growth and Land Use

edited by

Bin Zhang

,

Luyi Tong

and Haoran Zeng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use; spatiotemporal analysis; urban modeling; urban planning; sustainable management

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

Urban Land Use and Urban Sustainability

edited by Chen Zeng,

Danling Chen

, Li Dai and Weicong Luo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural land use; sustainable cities; sustainable land use; urban big data; urban sustainability

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

Environmental Sustainability and Design Strategies of Future Smart Energy Systems

edited by

Lorenzo Mario Pastore

,

Costanza Vittoria Fiorini

and Livio De Santoli

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart energy systems; life cycle assessment; energy planning; renewable energy communities; positive energy districts; system flexibility; hydrogen; hard-to-abate sectors; energy storage; sustainable buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Smart and Sustainable Universities

edited by

Giulio Mario Cappelletti

,

Giuseppe Ioppolo

and

Carlo Russo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and universities; university rankings; environmental and social reporting; environmental education; sustainable mobility

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

Biomass Energy Technologies and Sustainable Agricultural Waste Utilization

edited by

Juan F. Saldarriaga

, Julián E. López and Fabio Bentes Freire

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; energy; agriculture; technologies; waste utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Public Policies and Sustainable Urban Planning in the Metropolises of Southern Europe

edited by

Francesca Poggi

and João Seixas

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: metropolitan governance; urban politics; urban sustainability; urban regeneration; proximity; sustainable mobility; nature-based solutions; inclusive housing; gentrification

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

Advanced Technologies and Management Systems for Resource Reuse, Recycling and Recovery

edited by

Chun-hsu Lin

and Hsuan-Yu Chang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: reuse; resource recycling; circular economy; net-zero emissions; cost– benefit analysis

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

Sustainable Maritime Logistics and Low-Carbon Transportation

edited by Chunhui Zhou,

Hongxiang Feng

, Fan Zhang and Zhongyi Sui

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable maritime logistics through complex systems; carbon peaking and carbon neutralization in maritime logistics; assessment methods; modeling; and simulation for sustainability in maritime logistics; advancements in low-carbon fuels and energy sources; emission control of air pollutants from ships; treatment of water pollutants in ships; ship emission monitoring; maritime carbon footprint reduction; pollution simulation; prevention of shipping pollution and green navigation; carbon emission reduction in the maritime sector; low-carbon transportation for shipping; data analytics and digital twin technique for port development; port cooperation and competition; port integration; port scheduling and resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Thermal Comfort: Heat Pump Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings

edited by

Murat Aydin

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

Keywords: thermal comfort; heat pumps; energy efficiency of buildings; long-term analysis; ground-/water-/air-source heat pumps; ground/borehole heat exchangers; thermal response otests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable and Regenerative Ecologies for the Management of Mountain Forestscapes

edited by

Fausto Sarmiento

, Barbaros Gönençgil and

Pankaj Kumar

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountain forests; sustainable forestry; regenerative forests; silviculture; restoration; regenerative development; mountainscapes; mountain forestscapes

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

Application of Remote Sensing Technology for Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis Volume II

edited by

Yang Zhang

,

Yiyun Chen

and

Zeying Lan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover change; ecological security; food security; ecosystem service value; urbanization; Anthropocene

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

Patterns and Drivers of Urban Greenspace and Plant Diversity

edited by

Huafeng Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: patterns; drivers; urban greenspace; plant diversity; ancient and old trees

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

Sustainable Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal, and Recycling Potential

edited by Alejandra Vidales Barriguete and

Eva Barreira

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste treatment; recycling possibilities; waste management; new market niche; benefits to society

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

Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Administration in Sustainability

edited by

Frank Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: CSR; ESG; sustainability; corporate governance; agency problem

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

Effects of Soil and Water Conservation on Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Christos Tsadilas

and

Eleftherios Evangelou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil management; water use efficiency; soil erosion; soil fertility; soil conservation; agricultural production systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

ESG, Sustainability and Competitiveness: A Serious Reflection

edited by

Matteo Rossi

and Ashutosh Kolte

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG; sustainability; competitiveness; financial performance; business models; CSR

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

Advances in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Energy Systems

edited by Ascensión López-Vargas and Natalia Pichel

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy technology; renewable energy sources; smart energy management; climate change mitigation; technological advancements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Future Directions in Energy Transition and Sustainable Management

edited by

Danish Mir Sayed Shah

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in energy; machine learning for energy systems; energy optimization; power system analysis; renewable energy integration; sustainable energy management; environmental mitigation in grids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Industrial Digital Transformation and Sustainable Innovation Development

edited by

Francesco Bellini

, Yannis Charalabidis and Irina Gorelova

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainable development; industrial development; innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Tourism and Green Destination Management

edited by Yim King Penny Wan, Weng Hang Kong and Joey Pek U Sou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; green destination management; impacts and benefits; host communities

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

Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment: Closing the Loop for Sustainable Resource Management

edited by Andrea Di Maria

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); sustainable resource management; carbon sequestration; policy decision making

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

Heterogeneous Catalytic Technology in Pollutant Degradation

edited by

Janaína Oliveira Gonçalves

, Mery Luiza Garcia Vieira and Anelise Christ Ribeiro

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; pollutant degradation; environmental remediation; advanced oxidation processes; sustainable technologies

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

Research on Sustainable Forest Management in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Andreja Đuka

, Jelena Kolić and Mario Ančić

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest operations; remote sensing; silviculture; forest fires; phytopathology; entomology; stress physiology; dendrology; paedology; phytocoenology; wood technology; bioeconomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

Sustainability Assessment: Techno-Economic Analysis, Life-Cycle Assessment and Social Impact Analysis of Net-Zero Strategies

edited by Aditya Putranto, Kannuchamy Vasanth Kumar and

Sharif Zein

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; net zero; decarbonization; life cycle assessment; technoeconomic analysis; social impact analysis; process design; circular economy; simulation; modeling

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

Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) for Sustainable Development

edited by Chen Zhou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: reuse; recycle; waste reduction; circular economy; life cycle assessment; conservation; efficiency; fairness; equity

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

Advances in Digital Technologies Used in Architecture/Building Engineering and Construction Management

edited by

Quddus Tushar

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM); life cycle assessment (LCA); virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR); artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML); 3D printing; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: Emerging Pollutants Behaviour and Removal

edited by

Daniel M. González-Pérez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatments; wastewater reclamation and reuse; emerging pollutants; reuse water and emerging pollutants; personal care and pharmaceutical products; pesticides; microplastics; water reuse for agricultural irrigation and emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment in developing countries; regulations & policy

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

Circular Economy and Sustainable Technological Innovation

edited by

Joosung Lee

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable technological innovation; sustainable business model

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

Sustainability Education: Innovative Teaching

edited by Evangelia Mavrikaki and Apostolia Galani

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative teaching methods; curriculum; teachers; SDGs

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

Precision Agriculture Techniques for Sustainable Water and Soil Management

edited by Iulian Voicea,

Florin Nenciu

and

Atanas Atanasov

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: IOT and sensor-based technologies; artificial intelligence in agriculture; highly efficient biofertilizers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

How Do Digital Transformations and Innovations Shape Sustainable Education Practices?

edited by

Mirjana Ivanović

,

Aleksandra Klašnja-Milićević

,

Stelios Xinogalos

and Boban Vesin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital education and future education; digital transformations and their influences on teaching; learning; and assessment; potential of digital twins; metaverse; virtual reality; augmented reality in education; gamification; social learning; self-directed learning; personalization and recommendations in sustainable education; influences of contemporary trends in digital transformations on modern and future e-learning platforms; mobile learning; blended learning; role of blockchain technology in education

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

Achievements in the Agri-Food Supply Chain Leading to Sustainable Foods IV

edited by

Dimitris Skalkos

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food supply chain (AFSC); global economy; food products; technologies and innovation; consumers’ attitudes and perceptions towards foods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Waste Utilisation and Biomass Energy Production

edited by

Cristina Trois

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 697 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofuels; bioenergy; waste-to-energy roadmaps; biohydrogen; biomethane; agrobiomass; forest biomass; biorefineries; decision support tools

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

Lakes and Rivers Ecological Protection and Water Quality

edited by

Eduardo Cyrino Oliveira-Filho

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; water resources; aquatic ecology; environmental analysis; aquatic monitoring

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

Sustainable Analysis and Application of Solar Thermal Systems

edited by

Krzysztof Sornek

,

Francesco Liberato Cappiello

,

Wojciech Goryl

and

Aleksandra Komorowska

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; solar thermal energy; active solar energy systems; passive solar energy systems; thermal energy storage; solar space heating; solar-driven cooling; solar desalination; hybrid solar systems; green hydrogen

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

The Sustainable Performance of Power Supply Chain Systems

edited by

Harsha Vardhana Padullaparti

and Sambuddha Chakrabarti

submission deadline 2 May 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: power supply chains; renewable energy; energy efficiency; sustainability; energy systems; buildings; electric vehicles (EVs); ADMS; DERMS; virtual power plants (VPPs); cybersecurity; energy storage; artificial intelligence; digital twins; microgrids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Civil Engineering: Innovative Methods for Structures, Elements and Materials

edited by

Marijana Hadzima-Nyarko

,

Dorin Radu

,

Borko Đ. Bulajić

and

Emmanuel Karlo Nyarko

submission deadline 4 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 694 | Submission Open

Keywords: finite element analysis; structural integrity; durability and sustainability; infrastructure systems; waste materials

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

Sustainable Management Practices - Key to Innovation

edited by

Hafeezullah Memon

submission deadline 5 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14739 | Submission Open

Keywords: business innovation; corporate social responsibility; green marketing; sustainable material management; sustainable practice

Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Networks

edited by

Michael Short

,

Huda Dawood

and

Sean Williams

submission deadline 7 May 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; sustainable energy systems; renewable energy; grid infrastructure; environmental sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Building: Renewable and Green Energy Efficiency

edited by

Reihaneh Aghamolaei

and

Mohammad Reza Ghaani

submission deadline 7 May 2025 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: net zero building; renewable/green energy resources; smart grid; hydrogen energy solutions; AI-driven energy analytics; green retrofitting; building information modelling (BIM); smart buildings; building carbon emissions; building energy management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Food Processing and Food Packaging Technologies

edited by

Hongchao Zhang

and Ashutos Parhi

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling; food processing; degradable packaging; waste valorization; life cycle analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Optimization and Application of Sustainable Distributed Power Generation

edited by

Jian Zhang

and

Yonghong Xu

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable distributed power generation; renewable energy sources; design and performance optimization; energy storage; techno-economic analysis; smart building and smart city

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

The Impact of Recycled Materials on Infrastructure Performance and Sustainability

edited by

Dimitrios Goulias

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled materials; infrastructure materials; sustainable infrastructure; life cycle analysis; economic and environmental impact analysis; circular economy; low carbon materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Development of Regional Tourism

edited by Krzysztof Widawski and

Federica Burini

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature tourism; rural tourism; heritage tourism; tourism management in a region; protected areas; active tourism; sustainable tourism product; sustainable development; case studies; tourist resources

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

Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Water Management in a Changing Climate

edited by

Nezar Atalla Hammouri

, Muheeb Awawdeh and

Abdullah Al-Rawabdah

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 558 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; sustainable water management; climate change; hydrological modeling; watershed management; drought monitoring; flood monitoring; water quality assessment; water availability

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

Advancing Water and Soil Sustainability with Integrative Approaches

edited by

Xiaokai Zhang

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; water pollution; soil health; remediation techniques; pollution risk assessment; environmental degradation

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

Geoenvironmental Engineering and Water Pollution Control

edited by

Victor Cavaleiro

and Maria Eugenia Gimenez Boscov

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoenvironmental engineering; water pollution; remediation techniques; soil and groundwater contamination; new geomaterials; renewable energies

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

Embracing Circular Economy Principles for Sustainable Capital Projects

edited by Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Diana Ominde, Tarila Zuofa and

Muhammad Waris Ali Khan

submission deadline 13 May 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: major capital projects; circular economy; sustainability; climate change; circularity

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

Sustainable Applications and Innovations in Energy Transfer Processes and Photovoltaic Performance

edited by

Jihoon Moon

, Byeongjoon Noh and

Fath U Min Ullah

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning; photovoltaic system performance; privacy-preserving energy data; artificial intelligence; machine learning; computer vision; image processing; predictive maintenance; energy transfer efficiency; sustainable energy technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Cutting-Edge Technologies Applied to Water Treatment and Sustainable Energy System

edited by Jorge Loy-Benitez and

Paulina Vilela-Govea

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: water scarcity; sustainable desalination; water reuse technologies; integrated energy– water systems; renewable energy systems; membrane-based water treatment; smart water treatment; water– energy nexus; wastewater treatment optimization

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

Global Warming and Microbial Diversity, and the Challenge of Using Microbes to Go Carbon Neutral

edited by Masaharu Tsuji

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi; bacteria; archaea; climate change; biotechnological potentialities; community analysis; bioprospecting

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

Sustainable Intelligent Systems for Infrastructure and Transport: Innovations in Prediction, Detection, and Optimization

edited by

Deqiang He

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; urban sustainable development; intelligent transportation system; green infrastructure and transport; green and intelligent operation and maintenance; structural health monitoring; prediction; detection; and optimization; emerging technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Strategies for the Circular Economy and Digitalization

edited by

Malcolm Brady

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular; economy; business; strategy; model; supply chain; restoring; regeneration; open loop; digitalization; Industry 4.0; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Innovative and Sustainable Pavement Materials and Technologies

edited by Valerio Carlos A. Andrés Valeri,

Miguel A. Franesqui

,

Diana Movilla-Quesada

and

Aitor C. Raposeiras

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: pavement materials; pavement technologies; sustainable pavements; asphalt; recycled materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Translating the Concept of Sustainability into Tourism Practice—Destination Perspectives: 2nd Edition

edited by

Julia N. Albrecht

and Marco Haid

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism; sustainability; sustainability implementation; tourism destination; destination governance; tourism policy; destination management

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

Rural Economy and Sustainable Community Development

edited by

Ilias A. Makris

,

Apostolopoulos Sotirios

and

Vasileios Giannopoulos

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural development; rural entrepreneurship and innovation; sustainable community development; energy efficiency; rural tourism; cyclical economy

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

Wind Energy and Storage Systems as Factors in Energy Sustainability

edited by

Paulo Jorge Santos

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore wind power; wind farms; smart grids; renewable energies; energy storage; energy sustainability; photovoltaic systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Brand Management

edited by

Namhyun Um

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable consumer behavior; brand management; sustainable development goals; green marketing; NLP and machine learning; stakeholder engagement; ethical implications

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

Emerging Trends in Waste Management and Sustainable Practices

edited by Abdelhadi Makan

submission deadline 18 May 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable waste management; recycling technologies; circular economy; resource recovery; zero waste strategies; waste treatment innovations; environmental impact assessment; waste policy and regulation; public engagement in waste management; life cycle analysis

Exploration and Application of Advanced Technology in Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

edited by Khairuddin Sanaullah

submission deadline 18 May 2025 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: two-phase flow; steam– water mixtures; hydrodynamics; critical flow; mixing effects; swirling flow; crossflow stability; flow resistance; heat transfer; sustainable resource management

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

Soil, Plant and Human Health in Sustainable Environment

edited by

Barbara Breza-Boruta

, Justyna Bauza-Kaszewska and Anna Ligocka

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable environment; human health; soil health; soil– microorganisms-plant interaction; soil-plant-human system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Smart Infrastructure Management and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by Sungjoo Hwang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart infrastructure; sustainable society and community; resilience; urban development; monitoring and control; ICTs; safety and health; quality of life; urban population

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

Groundwater, Soil and Sustainability (2nd Edition)

edited by

Christiana Mystrioti

and

Aikaterini Toli

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater sustainability; groundwater management; groundwater and soil contamination

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

Data Science Innovative Techniques and Applications for a Sustainable Environment

edited by

Domenico Rossi

,

Claudio Guarnaccia

and Daljeet Singh

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; machine learning; artificial intelligence; environmental data; sustainable environment

Sustainable Urban Water Management—Progress in the 21st Century

edited by

Stewart Dallas

, Biji Kurup and

Martin Anda

submission deadline 22 May 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban water management; cost– benefit analysis; life cycle analysis; stormwater reuse; wastewater reuse and recycling; fit-for-purpose water sources

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

Sustainable Tourism Marketing: Towards Transparent Communication to Empower Informed Decisions

edited by Arthur F. De Araújo and Maria Isabel Andrés Marques

submission deadline 24 May 2025 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; marketing; sustainable practices; tourism product design; sustainability communication; sustainable hotel; sustainable destination; alternative tourism; greenwashing; willingness to pay

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

Extrusion Technology and Engineering for Sustainability and Circular Economy

edited by Ali Ayoub

submission deadline 24 May 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: reactive extrusion; sustainability; circular economy; modelisation; rheology and functionalization; byproduct and waste management

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnical and Underground Infrastructures

edited by

Qiujing Pan

, Dalong Jin,

Yutao Pan

and

Hui Xu

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1137 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-centric geotechnics; geotechnical risk assessments and management; computer vision in geotechnical engineering; building information modeling and digital twin; integration of data-driven and physics-based methods

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

Towards a Better Future for Urban Acoustics Environments: Insights into Noise Pollution and Mitigation Measures

edited by

Juan Miguel Navarro

and

Massimiliano Masullo

submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban noise pollution; soundscape design; noise mitigation; internet of things (IoT); big data analytics; artificial intelligence (AI); acoustic environments; health impacts; sustainable urban development; real-time noise monitoring

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

Innovations in Water Distribution Networks: Sustainability, Resilience, and Risk Assessment

edited by

Md Mortula

and

Mohammad Shahedur Rahman

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution system; water leak detection; condition assessment; resilience; risk assessment; vulnerability assessment; water quality monitoring; maintenance management; optimal network design; rehabilitation and renewal of water distribution network

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

Industry 4.0, Digitization and Opportunities for Sustainability

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 22 articles | Viewed by 45451 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; digital economy; sustainability of digitization; Industry 4.0/5.0

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

Sustainability Assessments and Implementations in Transport Pavement Infrastructure

edited by

Fusong Wang

, Wenxiu Jiao, Zhilong Cao and Anqi Chen

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9237 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable pavement; pollution controlling; low-carbon construction path; waste materials utilization; advanced pavement implementation; energy consumption; GHG emission; environmental assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Optimizing Filter System for Nutrients' Removal from Domestic Wastewater

edited by

Mohammad Reza Mahmoudi

and

Mohammad Javad Amiri

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8029 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimizing; domestic wastewater; computer simulation; filter system; nutrients removal

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

Sustainable Transportation: Logistics and Route Network Aspects

edited by

Kristina Čižiūnienė

and

Jonas Matijosius

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5864 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain management; optimization; routing; modelling; challenges and problems in intermodal transport; new technologies; transport corridors; passenger transportation; environmental pollution management; green logistic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Energy and Climate: Net Zero Strategies and Rapid Decarbonisation Pathways

edited by

Bertug Ozarisoy

,

Issa Chaer

and Haşim Altan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2211 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and mitigation; passive solar design; sustainable building design; environmental monitoring; testing; and modelling; outdoor thermal comfort; thermal comfort and adaptation; net zero energy buildings and communities; climate modelling and forecasting; environmental sustainability; climate resilience and adaptation; urban environment; urban heat island effect; sustainable development goals; indoor air quality; healthy building design; modelling energy performance of buildings; building energy performance assessment methods; energy efficiency; energy policy and economics; energy; energy policy; built environment; net zero energy; retrofitting; life-cycle cost assessment; building occupancy survey; in situ measurements; decarbonisation strategies; socio-technical systems approach; climate change projections; occupant behaviour; benchmarking and standardisation; renewable energy systems; sustainable technologies; multi-objective optimisation; energy conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Development and Land Use Change in Tropical Ecosystems

edited by Elisa Grieco

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1111 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change agroforestry sustainable development land use change rural communities adaptation mitigation tropical ecosystems nature-based solutions forest management

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

Novel Technologies and Digital Design in Smart Construction

edited by

Long Chen

and Zhihe Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1104 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology innovation; digital technologies; AI techniques; data-driven approaches; novel materials; sustainable development; climate change socio-technical system

Sustainable Development of the Digital Economy and Digital Innovation in the Web2.0 Environment

edited by

Yi Su

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open

Keywords: Web2.0 and sustainable economy; digital economy; digital innovation; big data; internet of things; green innovation; sustainable development; sharing economy

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

Sustainable Supply Chain Management for Remanufacturing

edited by

Aijun Liu

, Yingxue Zhao,

Mingbao Cheng

and Jianjun Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 801 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain management; remanufacturing; circular economy; reverse logistics; corporate social responsibility; eco-design; supply chain optimization; environmental impact reduction; strategic management; technological integration

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

Extremophilic Plants and Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Aleksandra Koźmińska

and Mohamad Al Hassan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 545 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; metallophytes; soil desalinization; halophytes; carbon sequestration; bioremediation; bioinoculants; biofuels; bioenergy

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

Exploring the Innovative Approaches and Advanced Practices to Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

edited by

Waleed Al-Marzooqi

and

Hani El-Zaiat

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 494 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; precision farming; animal welfare; climate change mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advanced Machine Learning and AI Techniques for Winter Weather Traffic Modelling in Cold Region Highways

edited by

Hyuk Jae Roh

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open

Keywords: winter weather traffic modeling; cold region highways; machine learning; artificial intelligence; predictive modeling; traffic flow prediction; real-time traffic management; snowstorm traffic management; icy road conditions; weather-integrated traffic data; traffic safety; accident reduction; AI-based traffic solutions; comparative analysis of machine learning techniques; winter traffic management policy; smart transportation systems; intelligent transportation systems (ITS); road safety in winter conditions; big data in traffic management; climate impact on traffic systems; winter highway closure and reopen; vulnerability index development with traffic reduction; traffic reduction contour map development in network scale; weather data augmentation under scarcity of snowfall and severe cold temperature

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Risk and Safety Management of Complex Industrial Systems

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 463 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex industrial systems; risk management; safety management; complex science and engineering; models; methods; and technologies of risk and safety management

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

Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications for Sustainability and Safety

edited by Dongdong Wang,

Amjad Pervez

, Chenzhu Wang and Liqiang Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation system; traffic safety; machine learning; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Digital Transformation and Open Innovation for Business Ecosystems

edited by

Yuki Inoue

and Naoshi Uchihira

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: business ecosystems; platform ecosystems; innovation ecosystems; digital transformation; open innovation

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

Sustainable Poultry Farming Practices: Innovations and Challenges

edited by Irenilza De Alencar Nääs and

Nilsa Duarte Da Silva Lima

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable poultry production; sustainable poultry housing; livestock

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainability Marketing: A Focus on Food, MARTECH, and Consumer Behavior

edited by

Soniya Billore

, Tomio Kobayashi and

Ou Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: MARTECH; consumer behavior; sustainable consumption; food loss and wastage; transformatory behavior

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

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 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 233 | 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)

Innovation and Sustainability in Urban Planning and Governance

edited by

Charles Chang-Yu Hong

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban governance; arts and humanities in city governance; tourism governance; urban theory; urban sociology; urban network; water governance; resident perceptions

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

New Insights in Organizational Well-Being and Sustainable Behavior

edited by

Hyo Sun Jung

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

Keywords: corporate social sustainability; green washing; employee well-being; employees’ sustainable behaviour; hospitality industry

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

Tackling Energy Poverty and Vulnerability through Energy Efficiency

edited by

Oikonomou Vlasios

and

Wolfgang Eichhammer

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy poverty; vulnerability; energy efficiency; heating decarbonization; inclusivity; energy access; affordability; household energy demand; transport poverty; micro-enterprises

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Remote Sensing in Landscape Quality Assessment

edited by

Peng Wang

, Ying Zhang and Xiaoyi Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; landscape quality assessment; landscape monitoring; change detection

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

Challenges and Future Trends of Sustainable Urban Development and Transition

edited by Xuepeng Qian,

Ji Han

and

Liang Peng

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability goals; urban planning; transport innovation; resource management; urban ecosystems; urban governance

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

Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Governance Development and Strategy

edited by Yong Qi, Yangao Xiao and Yuting Deng

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable governance; intellectual property; corporate sustainability strategies; digital economy; sustainable industrialization

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

Sustainable Organizational Adaptation: Nurturing Ecosystems for Innovation and Resilience

edited by Okechukwu Lawerence Emeagwali

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation ecosystems; ecosystem innovation; ecosystem management; business ecosystems; innovation ecosystem management; strategic adaptability; sustainable adaptation; complex adaptive systems; organizational resilience; open innovation; value networks; absorptive capacity; co-innovation

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

Application of Data-Driven in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain

edited by

Wen Jiang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable logistic; sustainable inventory management; logistics route optimization; data-driven technology; operation management and optimization; sustainable supply chain; supply chain coordination; sustainable supply chain network design; supply chain visualization; carbon emission reduction strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

The Latest Studies on Natural Hazards and Sustainable Civil Engineering

edited by

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic resilience; sustainability; earthquake-induced demands; flooding; tsunami loadings; flooding loadings; hydrological hazards; resilience of built environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI