Sustainability

Durability and Performance of Sustainable Construction and Building Materials 2nd Edition

edited by

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: durability of cement-based materials (carbonation and leaching); innovative materials and their durability; chemical degradation (chloride and sulphate attack; alkali– silica reaction; and delayed ettringite formation); interface interaction (e.g.; cement– clay); hydration; polymerization; and microstructure; transport properties (permeability and diffusion); geopolymers and alkali-activated materials; supplementary cementitious materials; creep and shrinkage; coupled THCM; geochemical/reactive transport modelling; service life prediction; life cycle assessment; special concretes (high-performance concrete; high-strength concrete; self-compacting concrete; and recycled aggregate concrete); nuclear applications of cementitious materials/alkali-activated materials (waste immobilization and irradiated concrete)

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

Sustainable Study of Railway Engineering and Rail Transportation

edited by Constantine Tarawneh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable railway systems; resilient rail transportation; efficiency; renewable energy; predictive maintenance; innovative technologies

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

Outdoor Lighting Innovations and the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Pramod Bhusal

and

Laurent Canale

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart lighting systems; urban sustainability; light pollution and its mitigation; outdoor lighting and wellbeing; energy-efficient lighting solutions; economic and environmental impact assessment; lighting sustainability metrics; SDGs

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

Advanced Research on Wildland Fires, Urban Fires and Resilience

edited by

Huaxian Wan

and

Zihe Gao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; WUI fire; urban fire; urban resilience; risk assessment; fire detection and prevention; forest and urban planning; personnel evacuation; fire ecology and management

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

Sustainable Solid Waste Management: Recycling of Mineral Resource and Electronic Waste

edited by Ping Zhu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mineral resource; electronic waste; industrial solid waste; tailings; recycle; disposal; management

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

Towards Sustainability: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Addressing Environmental and Social Challenges

edited by

Tehmina Khan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; environmental; social; challenges; business; organizations; CSR

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

Wastewater Treatment and Water Ecological Environment Protection and Restoration

edited by Claudete Gindri, Jordana Georgin and Dison Franco Stracke Pfingsten

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; ecological water protection; restoration strategies

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

Sustainable Construction through Utilization of Optimization Tools and Experimental Methods

edited by

Uroš Klanšek

and

Tomaž Žula

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14171 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building; construction management; project scheduling; production processes; site layout planning; structural design; materials research; environmental engineering; technology development; optimization; mathematical programming; heuristics; hybrid approaches; multi-criteria decision-making techniques; experimental methods

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

Wild Food for Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Local Food Systems

edited by

Michael A. Long

and

Michael S. Carolan

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5624 | Submission Open

Keywords: wild food; hunting; gathering; local food; sustainability; food insecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Total Quality Management and Sustainability: Digital Quality Management and Quality Ecosystem

edited by

Qin Su

and Chenglong Li

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5599 | Submission Open

Keywords: total quality management; sustainable organizations; data-driven quality and sustainable decisions; business sustainability and ESG performance; digital quality management; quality ecosystem; QEODS implementations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

AI in Action: Advancing Infrastructure Inspection, Monitoring, and Management for Sustainable and Resilient Performance

edited by

Da Hu

and

Niannian Wang

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4551 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; civil infrastructure; infrastructure inspection; infrastructure monitoring; structural health monitoring; data-driven decision making; automated defect detection

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

Smart Food Processing and Packaging for Food Security and Safety

edited by Luis Sabillón Galeas and

Jooyeoun Jung

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3244 | Submission Open

Keywords: reverse food design; artificial intelligence; machine learning; active packaging; intelligent packaging; digital traceability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Solutions for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Mitigation through Utilization Schemes

edited by

Domagoj Vulin

and

Jukić Lucija

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3150 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 utilisation; CO2 EOR/EGR/ECBM; CCUS; enhanced oil recovery; enhanced gas recovery; coal bed methane reservoirs; gas injection; underground energy storage; reservoir simulation and modelling; experimental studies; techno-economic analysis; social price of CO2; CCU; carbon neutrality; carbon negativity; chemical carbon capture and utilization; physical carbon capture and utilization; CO2 methanation; CO2 to gasoline; CO2 to methanol; biofuels from algae; BECCS; carbonation; cement production; polymer production; legal framework; public communication

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

Sustainability Management Strategies and Practices—2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 981 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; economical sustainability; social sustainability; sustainable supply chain management; business models for sustainable supply chains; governance and sustainability; sustainability assessment and policies; multiple-criteria decision-making; soft computing on production; manufacturing; and logistics; supply chain operations for a circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Pedagogical Models for Sustainable Education: Exploring the Importance of Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, and Motivation

edited by

José Antonio Prieto-Saborit

and David Méndez-Alonso

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open

Keywords: active pedagogies; projects; cooperative learning; motivation; emotional intelligence; sustainable education; equity; inclusive education

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

Sustainability Performance of Green Ports: Assessment and Optimization

edited by

Marti Puig

submission deadline 2 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 946 | Submission Open

Keywords: port sustainability; environmental management; green port practices; port environmental impact; sustainable port operations; maritime sustainability; port pollution control; eco-friendly port infrastructure; port environmental regulations; sustainable port development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Food Safety, Food Quality, Food Packaging and Sustainable Food Supply Chains

edited by

Agnieszka Ciurzyńska

and

Monika Janowicz

submission deadline 2 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain; food safety; food quality; food packaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Small and Medium Enterprises: Green Orientations and Sustainable Business Models

edited by Stephen Oduro and Alessandro De Nisco

submission deadline 2 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: small and medium enterprises; green procurement and supply chains; green manufacturing; green business models; green marketing; sustainable performance; competitiveness; sustainability management; stakeholder pressure; green capabilities

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

Infrastructure and Tourism: A Social Sustainability Perspective

edited by Nigel Morgan, Charles Musselwhite, Tingting Elle Li and Eric Tak Hin Chan

submission deadline 2 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic infrastructure; social infrastructure; transport; aviation; railways; roads; energy; water; telecommunications; equity

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

Life Cycle Sustainability: Achieving Ecological and Economic Balance

edited by

Pasquale Scandizzo

, Vincenzo Atella and

Federico Perali

submission deadline 2 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: economy; environment; balance; lifecycle; one health; sustainability; resilience

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

Promising Alternative Fuels and Sustainability

edited by

Chenxi Ji

and

Qingsheng Wang

submission deadline 3 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 564 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; green fuel pathways; GHG emissions; sustainable technology; transportation decarbonization; carbon neutrality; oil and gas value chain; AI-driven sustainability projection; marine alternative fuels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

New Trends in Educational Research for Sustainability: A Focus on Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century

edited by

Eufrasio Pérez Navío

and

Óscar Gavín-Chocano

submission deadline 4 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9212 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational assessment; emotional development; mental health; program development; psychological evaluation; quality of life; social studies; disabillity; diversity; sustainable education

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

Biotechnology on Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Pedro Miguel Capêlo da Silva

,

Jorge Dinis Câmara Freitas

and João Luís Jesus Gonçalves

submission deadline 4 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; crop production; agri-food quality; environmental sustainability; technological innovations; biotechnology; precision farming; integrated pest management; soil health; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Breakthroughs in Green Technology Innovations: Paving the Way to Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency

edited by

José Alberto Fuinhas

,

Nuno Miguel Barateiro Gonçalves Silva

and

Matheus Koengkan

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8195 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; green technology; eco-innovation; environmental sustainability; energy efficiency; circular economy; sustainable agriculture; sustainable materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Achieving Sustainability in Production Management with a Focus on Industry 4.0 and Lean Philosophy

edited by

István Budai

and

Judit T. Kiss

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4255 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; lean philosophy; Industry 4.0; modelling; clean-tech; environmental impact; LCA (life cycle assessment)-green lean

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

Reliability of Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy Generation Systems

edited by

Fisseha M. Alemayehu

,

Shweta Dabetwar

and

Shawn Sheng

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2817 | Submission Open

Keywords: reliability; wind turbines; risk; resilience; health monitoring; prognostics; health management; remaining useful life

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

Recent Advances in Environmental Geochemistry

edited by Nastja Rogan Šmuc,

Željka Fiket

and Martin Gaberšek

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 671 | Submission Open

Keywords: inorganic pollutants; organic pollutants; translocation; industrial/mining environments; agricultural environments; urbanized environments; environmental assessment

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

Environmental Governance and Environmental Responsibility Research

edited by Ding Li, Ziran Li and

Guoxiang Li

submission deadline 6 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1457 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental decentralization; government responsibility; and high-quality development; government behavior; environmental strategies; and environmental performance; environmental protection system and enterprise environmental protection behavior; environmental responsibility and pollution reduction; green innovation; pollution; and carbon reduction; enterprise digital transformation and green development; green consumption; product selection; and environmental governance; consumption mode choice and industrial green transformation; harmonious coexistence between humans and nature

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

Perspectives and Challenges: New Energy Power Generation and Power System Sustainability

edited by Giovanni Brumana and Elisa Ghirardi

submission deadline 7 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; power generation; energy storage; energy conversion; renewable energy; energy management; smart grids’ testing and modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Regional and Local Economic Development and Policies in Sustainable Economy

edited by

Jason Jolley

submission deadline 7 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1074 | Submission Open

Keywords: regional economic development; local economic development; economic impact analysis

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

Smart Manufacturing Operations Management and Sustainability

edited by

Fabio De Felice

and

Antonella Petrillo

submission deadline 7 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; enables technologies (artificial intelligence; metaverse; (IoT) in manufacturing; big data; digital twinetc); circular economics and life cycle assessment (LCA) approach; cyber-physical system; carbon and water footprint reduction; policy and sustainability standards; corporate social responsibility (CSR) in manufacturing; sustainable manufacturing metrics

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

Sustainable Road Survey and Maintenance: New Tools, Technologies and Practices

edited by

Giuseppe Sollazzo

, Kelvin CP Wang and

Davide Lo Presti

submission deadline 8 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4524 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; asset management; pavement management systems; BIM; LCA; modern road surveys; deep learning; smart roads; novel paving materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Corporate Environmental Performance and Disclosure: Implications for Sustainability

edited by

Jianfu Shen

submission deadline 8 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3040 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate environmental performance; disclosure; sustainability; carbon; ESG

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

Comprehensive Waste Management with Optimizing Green Technology in Sustainable Environment

edited by

Rajeev Pratap Singh

,

Diganta Bhusan Das

and

Pankaj Kumar Gupta

submission deadline 8 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2444 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; microbiome; vermicomposting; refuse drive fuel; sustainability; green technology; ecotoxicology; technological innovation

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

Green Innovations for Sustainable Development Goals Achievement

edited by Alireza Fathollahi and

Rui Zhao

submission deadline 8 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 585 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean technologies; green chemistry; sustainable industry; bio-based chemistry; bio-based materials; sustainable engineering; renewable energy; waste valorization; eco-friendly synthesis; circular economy

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

Large-Scale Production Systems: Sustainable Manufacturing and Service

edited by

Simone Arena

,

Alessandra Cantini

and

Filippo De Carlo

submission deadline 8 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: large-scale production systems; big size plants; sustainable manufacturing; sustainable services; operations management; industrial plants

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

Renewable Energy Communities: Smart Solutions and the Management of Distributed Energy Sources for the Optimization of Shared Energy

edited by

Elisa Belloni

submission deadline 8 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy community; optimization techniques; electric loads; photovoltaics; storage; machine learning; sustainable buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in Energy Systems for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

edited by Nathan Williams and June Lukuyu

submission deadline 8 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; energy systems; climate resilience; transdisciplinary; energy access; energy policy; sustainability

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

The Future of Circularity: Artificial Intelligence, Green Innovation, and Corporate Sustainable Development Strategies

edited by Beatrice Orlando and

Mouhcine Tallaki

submission deadline 8 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; green economy; sustainability; innovation; business model; growth strategies; artificial intelligence; supply chain

Sustainable Transportation: Electrical Design Automation and Vehicle Navigation

edited by

Yuanjian Zhang

, Lin Zhang and

Jingjing Jiang

submission deadline 9 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 541 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrical design automation in EVs; advanced vehicle navigation systems; communication protocols and systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainability in Business Development and Economic Growth

edited by

Ferda Halicioglu

and

Dragana Radicic

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 24151 | Submission Open

Keywords: business sustainability; economic sustainability; green finance; optimal investment; sustainability of natural resources; circular economy; sustainable; development; goals; energy economics; environmental economics

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

Emerging and Modern Approaches for Sustainable Food Production and Waste Management

edited by

Elżbieta Radziejewska-Kubzdela

,

Róża Biegańska-Marecik

and

Marcin Kidoń

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2094 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food processing; alternative sources of protein; plant-based food; functional food; future food resources; energy saving technology; non-thermal processing methods; emerging food technologies; food waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Digital Transformation, Servitization, and Ecosystem Innovation for Sustainable Transition

edited by Silvana Trimi and Hui Han

submission deadline 12 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4523 | Submission Open

Keywords: disruptions in the global economy; sustainable transition strategies; digital transformation; servitization; ecosystem innovation; living innovation for the greater good; generative AI and metaverse

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

Flexible Resources Investment in New-Type Electric Power Systems for Sustainable Development

edited by

Sen Guo

submission deadline 13 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1236 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible resources investment; flexible resources evaluation; market mechanism; new-type electric power system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainability in Fuel Consumption and Pollutant Emission Management

edited by

Denghui Wang

submission deadline 13 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 741 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel consumption pollution emissions emission control energy access environmental remediation catalytic material sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Economics Perspectives on Sustainable Food Security—2nd Edition

edited by

Marian Rizov

submission deadline 13 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; food security; farming; production; supply chain; demand; consumption; food safety; well-being; health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Integrating Tourism Development into Urban Planning

edited by

Serafeim Polyzos

and

Thomas Krabokoukis

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4440 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism development; urban planning; urban competitiveness; tourism impacts; stakeholder engagement; smart cities; community-based tourism; policy and governance

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

Sustainable Research on Food Science and Food Technology

edited by

Giurgiulescu Liviu

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3997 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food system; food wastes; carbon print; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Renewable Energy, Smart Grid Technologies and Sustainable Energy Management: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Ehsan Naderi

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3852 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy resources; energy storage systems; cyber– physical energy systems; smart grid; microgrid; cyberattacks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Urban Landscapes, Forestry and Green Infrastructure: From a Sustainable Perspective

edited by Francesca Ugolini and David Pearlmutter

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2396 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; nature-based solutions; urban environment; climate change; biodiversity; biophilia; cities; green spaces; health; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

Human Behavior, Psychology and Sustainable Well-Being

edited by

Wenjie Duan

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2381 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable behavior; happiness promotion; assessment; intervention; cultural differences; social policy; wellbeing; environmental change; climate change

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

Heavy Metal Contamination and Phytoremediation of Soil and Water: From an Ecological and Sustainable Perspective

edited by

Robson Andreazza

and

Filipe Selau Carlos

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; bioremediation; heavy metals; pollutants; remediation; contaminated soil; contaminated watercourse

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

Green Integration and Supply Chain Governance: A Circular Economy Perspective

edited by

Aurelija Burinskienė

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 860 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain; green concept; best practices; circular economy; management

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

Digital Transformation for a Sustainable World: Trends and Challenges

edited by

Leonor Teixeira

,

João Reis

and

Pedro Fonseca

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

Keywords: digitalization; sustainability; green footprint; green computing; inclusion; participatory; circular economy; carbon footprint; green technology; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Cities: Smart Resilience against Natural Hazards

edited by

Sonia Giovinazzi

,

Paolo Nesi

,

Maria Luisa Villani

and Marco Fanfani

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; smart cities; natural hazards; climate change; Agenda 2030; Sendai framework; ISO 37120; ISO 37122; ISO 37123

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

Decision Making in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Recent Research Advances in the Context of Industry 4.0

edited by

Paraskevas Georgiou

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain management; green supply chain management; energy value chains; renewable energy value chain; ecofriendly supply chains; decision making; decision support systems; big data; Industry 4.0; supply chain 4.0; logistics; digital transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Bio-Innovate: Advancing Sustainable Futures through Cutting-Edge Materials Engineering

edited by

Sabrina Arcaro

and Tiago Bender Wermuth

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; novel materials; biomaterial development; biosynthesis; materials engineering; advanced nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Waste Management and Recycling for Sustainability

edited by

Junjie Shi

,

Qing Zhao

and

Xingbang Wan

submission deadline 16 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9277 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; metallurgy processes; urban minerals; phase diagram; thermodynamics; CCUS

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

Smart Product-Service Design for Sustainability

edited by Dun Liu, Decui Liang and

Yinfeng Du

submission deadline 16 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5283 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart product– service systems; sustainability; online reviews; data-driven; customer needs analysis; feature analysis; performance analysis; quality evaluation and improvement; multiple-attribute decision making

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

COVID-19 Pandemic and Stakeholder-Oriented Corporate Governance in Sustainable Corporations

edited by

Hideaki Sakawa

submission deadline 16 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; corporate governance; national level corporate governance; sustainable corporations; ownership structure; board composition

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

Integrated Pest Management and Risk Assessment of Biopesticides

edited by Belen Guijarro

submission deadline 16 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial pest control agent; biopesticide; microbial consortia; microbiome; microbiome modulation; ds-RNA pesticides; risk management; risk assessment; low-risk pesticide; secondary metabolite of concern; antimicrobial resistance organic production; integrated pest management; ecosystem services; greenhouse gas emission

Geological Insights for a Carbon-Free, Sustainable Environment

edited by

Kazbulat Shogenov

and

Alla Shogenova

submission deadline 17 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2725 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 use and storage (CCUS); CO2– geothermal energy (CPG); underground hydrogen (H2) storage (UHS); synergy of unconventional renewable energies

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

Renewable Energy Driven Sorption Cooling and Desalination

edited by

Zisheng Lu

submission deadline 17 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2695 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; sorption; cooling; desalination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Weed Management in Sustainable Crop Production Management Systems

edited by Fengxia Dong and Paul D. Mitchell

submission deadline 17 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2226 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed management; agricultural sustainability; pesticide resistance; tillage; cover crops; integrated pest management; crop rotation; herbicide; biological weed control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Digitalization of Urban Freight for Improving Sustainability and Livability

edited by

Russell Thompson

,

Andrii Galkin

and

Katarzyna Gdowska

submission deadline 17 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 575 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Solar Energy Utilization and Sustainable Development

edited by

Nuria Novas Castellano

and

Manuel Fernandez Ros

submission deadline 18 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 30794 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; renewable energy; solar energy; exergy; energy efficiency; life cycle assessment; environmental impact; sustainability assessment; sustainable development; renewable energy sources; climate change; energy policy; sustainable development; ecological footprint; solar photovoltaic systems; solar thermal systems; emerging solar photovoltaic technologies

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

Sustainable, Safe and Healthy Workplaces after COVID-19: Lessons Learned for the Future of Work in the Post-pandemic Era

edited by

Fabio Boccuni

and Bruna Rondinone

submission deadline 18 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3887 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; health and safety at work; sustainability; preventive measures

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

Food Science and Technology and Sustainable Food Products

edited by

Daniel M. Anang

,

Haruna Musa Moda

and Olajide Sobukola

submission deadline 18 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3462 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food; sustainable food products; food ingredients; new food product development; food processing; food processing technology; food waste valorisation; food by-product valorisation; underutilised food sources and sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Tourism Industry Recovery after COVID-19

edited by

Chris Roberts

and Lisa Young

submission deadline 19 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3104 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism development; tourism recovery; tourism economics; tourism marketing

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

Operations Research: Optimization, Resilience and Sustainability

edited by

Maryam Farsi

and

Alireza Daneshkhah

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17383 | Submission Open

Keywords: operations research; sustainability; resilience; optimization; AI; net-zero; systems thinking; digitalization; digital twin

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

New Trends in Organizational Psychology—2nd Edition

edited by

Delia Vîrgă

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2783 | Submission Open

Keywords: personal resources; strengths use; job crafting; proactive vitality management; well-being; innovative behavior; psychological capital; work engagement; engaging leadership; growth (mindset); gratitude; technology and well-being; creativity; self-leadership

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

Green Construction Materials and Sustainability

edited by

Ana Jiménez del Barco Carrión

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2019 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; green materials; green construction; life cycle assessment; biomaterials; sustainable materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Materials and Structures in Civil Engineering

edited by Xun Xi, Xu Wu, Jinglai Sun and

Jiajie Li

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1280 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon; concrete; cementitious materials; rock; structural performance; mechanical behavior; constitutive model; municipal engineering; subsurface engineering; civil engineering

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

Geoheritage and Cultural Landscape for Sustainable Tourism

edited by

Mário Molokáč

and

Dana Tometzová

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1050 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoheritage; geotourism; geoparks; geoconservation; cultural landscape

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

Sustainable Production and Supply Chain Management

edited by

Eirini Aivazidou

and

Naoum Tsolakis

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 898 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable production; sustainable consumption; sustainable supply chains; sustainable operations management; sustainable business models; circular economy; circular supply chains; social sustainability; digital sustainability; digital supply chains

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

Modelling and Optimization for Sustainable Resource Development

edited by

Eugene Ben-Awuah

,

Angelina Anani

and

Yashar Pourrahimian

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable and responsible mining; mine waste disposal scheduling; mine reclamation; tailings planning; future resource management; integrated mine planning optimization

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

Recent Advances and Progress on Renewable and Sustainable Alternative Fuels

edited by

Stavros Michailos

and

Vasiliki Skoulou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative fuels; resilient energy systems; aviation fuels; ammonia; LCA/TEA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Water Management: Flood History and Forecasting

edited by

Eui Hoon Lee

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water management; deep learning; meta-heuristic optimization; resilience; flood forecasting

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

Sustainable Remediation of Soil and Water Contaminant: Innovations and Practices

edited by

Chenggang Gu

and Huan He

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: new contaminants; soil; water; innovative remediation techniques; remediation materials; underlying mechanism for degradation and biotransformation; remediation sustainability; bioavailability; toxicity; risk assessment model

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

Energy Economy and Sustainable Energy

edited by

Esteban Sánchez Hernández

and

Javier Parra Domínguez

submission deadline 21 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5275 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; energy efficiency; prosumer; energy economy; power markets; costs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Green Technology, Assessment Methodologies and Sustainable Construction Infrastructure Development

edited by

Hipólito de Sousa

,

Jorge Lopes

and

Rui Oliveira

submission deadline 21 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: green technology; construction sector; sustainable infrastructure; life cycle assessment; technical innovation in construction; green deal policies; sustainable development goals; data and tool integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Renewable Energy and Water Desalination Technologies: Review, Developments, and Applications

edited by

Mostafa H. Elsharqawy

, Mostafa Esmaeili Shayan and Seyed Hossein Rouhani Mahmoudabadi

submission deadline 22 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open

Keywords: desalination; renewable energy; energy efficiency; membrane-based; thermal-based; desalination materials; electrical engineering; sustainable; safe water

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Life Cycle Assessment of Agri-Food Industries and Agri-Food Waste Management

edited by

Poritosh Roy

and

Bassim Abbassi

submission deadline 23 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2244 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food industry; agri-food waste; valorization; end-use; life cycle assessment; life cycle cost; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainability in Supply Chains, Technology Management, and Performance Evaluation

edited by

Romeo Bandinelli

, Bianca Bindi,

Gabriele Arcidiacono

and

Francesco Del Pero

submission deadline 23 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: key performance indicators (KPIs); sustainable supply chain (SSC); Industry 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Hydrosystems Engineering and Water Resource Management

edited by Kiran Tota-Maharaj,

Hazi Azamathulla

, Rao Bhamidimarri and

Bimlesh Kumar

submission deadline 24 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 16463 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water data analytics; hydrosystems; engineering; hydrology; floods and river catchment systems; sustainable drainage systems (SuDSs); hydraulic infrastructure; groundwater; modelling

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

Energy Poverty, Inequality and Sustainable Development

edited by Oihana Aristondo

submission deadline 24 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5046 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy; poverty; inequality; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Technologies, Strategies and Modelling Issues for Smart Green Ports Design

edited by

Stefano De Luca

and

Chiara Fiori

submission deadline 24 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 401 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart ports; green ports; safe ports; digitalization; port simulation; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Energy Saving, Low Carbon and Sustainable Economy

edited by

Sunhee Suk

,

Yongsung Cho

and

Xianbing Liu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4668 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon pricing; carbon market; carbon tax; corporate carbon management; emission trading scheme; net zero; voluntary carbon offset market

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

Advanced Energy Systems and Technologies for Building Energy Efficiency to Achieve Sustainability

edited by

Yuanda Cheng

, Wenzhuo Li and

Zhipeng Deng

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2529 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon technology in buildings; building simulation; advanced modeling approaches for building energy efficiency; advanced machine learning approaches for building energy efficiency; advanced optimization tools for building energy efficiency; life cycle assessment; building sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

The Treatment and Recycling of Industrial Wastewater Under Low-Carbon Constraints

edited by

Huangzhao Wei

,

Jinglong Han

and

Wen-Tao Li

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1379 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-salt wastewater; fine chemical wastewater; refractory organic wastewater; wastewater catalytic treatment; wastewater recycling; low-carbon water treatment theory and technology; paths and methods of resource utilization

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

Strategies towards Zero Waste: Sustainable Waste Management and Recycling

edited by Erico Carmona

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open

Keywords: clothing recycling; e-waste; industrial waste; mining waste; plastics

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

Sustainable Technological Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development

edited by

Elias G. Carayannis

and

Pantelis Kostis

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 929 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable technological entrepreneurship; innovation; economic development; green economy; digital transformation; sustainable business models; policy and sustainability; innovation ecosystems

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

Sustainability in Urban Climate Change and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Haicheng Zhang

,

Jinxin Zhu

and

Guotao Cui

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 909 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem service; climate change; urbanization; climate extreme; heat wave; urban flooding; urban green space

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

Sustainability in Pavement Materials and Design

edited by

Vítor Antunes

,

Ana Cristina Freire

and

José Neves

submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11529 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bio-Green-Circular economy; circular economy; durability; eco-efficient pavement design; life cycle analysis; life cycle cost analysis; low-impact development; multi-recycling capacity; paving materials; rejuvenators; sustainability

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

Advanced Research on Sustainable Performance Optimization in Electrical Systems

edited by

Gurvan Jodin

, Hamid Ben Ahmed and

Jean-Christophe Crebier

submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8021 | Submission Open

Keywords: indicators and indexes; diagnosis; life cycle analysis of electrical power systems; eco-design; eco-optimization; design for circularity; reuse; remanufacture; refurbish; reliability; recyclability; sustainable power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Water Treatment by Adsorption and Oxidation

edited by

Yawei Shi

,

Jun Wang

and

Zonglin Pan

submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4963 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; oxidation; water treatment; wastewater treatment; electrocatalytic; photocatalytic; persulfate; ozone; Fenton; selective treatment

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

Planning and Sustainable Management of Irrigation in Agricultural Operations

edited by

Ripendra Awal

,

Davie M. Kadyampakeni

and

Rhuanito S. Ferrarezi

submission deadline 26 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3678 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation scheduling; smart agriculture; irrigation system; irrigation and drainage management; sustainable agriculture; water use efficiency; agricultural water management; precision irrigation; climate change; microirrigation; artificial intelligence; field production; controlled environment agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Climate Change and Sustainable Food Production

edited by

Grzegorz Zaguła

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 14821 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; sustainable food production; the impact of climate change on food production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Challenges and Future Trends of Sustainable Environmental Education

edited by Pasquale Onorato and Marco Di Mauro

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4261 | Submission Open

Keywords: science education; scientific literacy; climate change; environmental education; climate psychology; climate action; environmental economy; sustainable development; environmental law

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

Sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) in Hospitality and Tourism Sector

edited by

Hyeon-Mo Jeon

and

Hyung-Min Choi

submission deadline 28 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 31234 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental; social; and governance (ESG) practices and disclosure; ESG and corporate performance; ESG and corporate value; corporate social responsibility; sustainable marketing; sustainable human resource management; eco-friendly practices; green marketing and consumer behavior

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

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