Sustainability

Integrating Sustainability Concepts in Analytical and Design Approaches in Road Construction and Infrastructure Systems Engineering

edited by Ignatius Fomunung and

Jidong J. Yang

submission deadline 28 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrastructure systems; smart materials; resilient design; road construction; durability in design; reliability design

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

Solar Thermal Systems towards Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Getu Hailu

submission deadline 29 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar thermal; BIPV; BIPV/T; thermal storage; energy policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Green Innovation: The Power Source of Enterprise Sustainable Development

edited by

Jianhua Zhu

,

Jiaoping Yang

, Yanming Sun and Chaoan Lai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 25 articles | Viewed by 40986 | Submission Open

Keywords: green innovation efficiency and capability; green innovation system and strategy research; the impact of new technologies on green innovation; sustainable innovation; carbon Neutrality

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

Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing: Linking Science, Policy and Practices

edited by

Rajarshi Dasgupta

and

Mrittika Basu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 29338 | Submission Open

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

Logistics and Supply Chain Management Challenges and Opportunities in the COVID-19 World – Smart, Agile and Sustainable Trends, Methods and Practices

edited by

Paulina Golinska-Dawson

,

Kanchana Sethanan

and

Karolina Werner-Lewandowska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 25506 | Submission Open

Keywords: contactless logistics; supply chain resilience; sustainable supply chain; sustainable logistics services; supply chain disruptions; impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on logistics service sector; smart logistics and supply chains; artificial intelligence applications in logistics and supply chains

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Environment, Economy, Society and Policy—Series II

edited by

Tarek Ben Hassen

,

Hamid El Bilali

and

Carola Strassner

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18061 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainability transitions; sustainable consumption and production; sustainable food systems; sustainable agriculture; sustainable diets; sustainable processing; food waste; sustainability assessment; food policy; food governance; food security; food system resilience; climate change; COVID-19; SDGs

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

Advances in Urban Transport and Vehicle Routing

edited by

Massimo Di Gangi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14923 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; smart city; intelligent transportation systems; mobility as a service (MaaS); city logistics; demand models; dynamic simulations; risk analysis; transit assessment; network design; intelligent transportation systems.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Climate Change, Environmental Behavior, and Sustainable Development in Social and Cultural Psychology

edited by

Fanli Jia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13841 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychology of sustainability and climate change; environmental psychology; environmental identity; attitude; and behavior; connectedness with nature and place attachment; cross-culture and diversity; environmental education and policy; health and well-being; family socialization

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

Economic Transformations, Renewable Energy, and Sustainable Development

edited by

Oleksandr Kubatko

,

Hynek Roubík

and

Rui Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13188 | Submission Open

Keywords: disruptive technologies; socio-economic transformations; Industries 4.0 and 5.0; green economy; renewable energy; environmental health; ecological impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Environmental Behavior and Climate Change

edited by

Genovaitė Liobikienė

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13055 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change policy; climate-friendly behavior; greenhouse gas emissions; energy consumption; environmental programs; environmental education; renewable energy consumption

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

Agricultural Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development

edited by

Fotios Chatzitheodoridis

,

Efstratios Loizou

and

Achilleas Kontogeorgos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 12879 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture resilience and sustainability; agricultural policy; CAP reform; farm-to-fork strategy; rural development; LEADER and CLLD strategies; tourism alternative forms and sustainability; protected designations of origin and geographical indications (PDO and PGI); sustainable rural development and culture; climate change; EU green deal; biodiversity and agriculture; organic agriculture; bioeconomy and circular economy; agricultural economy; precision agriculture; international trade of agro-food products; impacts of international crises and instabilities on agricultural products markets and supplies chains; sustainability; farm management; and informatics; marketing of agricultural products; consumer behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

GeoHeritage and Geodiversity in the Natural Heritage: Geoparks

edited by

Antonio Miguel Martínez-Graña

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10550 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological heritage; geodiversity; natural heritage; natural and cultural heritage

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

Sustainable Education: Theories, Practices and Approaches

edited by

Haiying Long

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10385 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable education development

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

Sustainability, Accounting, and Business Strategies

edited by

Haiyan Zhou

,

Linna Shi

and

Nan Zhou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10275 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; accounting; business strategy; disclosure; corporate governance

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

Advances in Sustainable Reprocessing, Repurposing and Reclamation of Mining Wastes, Industrial Wastes, and Anthropogenic Ores

edited by

Richard Diaz Alorro

,

Kazutoshi Haga

and

Manis Kumar Jha

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9457 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine tailings; mining wastes; urban mining; e-wastes; industrial wastes; acid mine drainage; mineral processing; hydrometallurgy; waste valorisation; resources recycling; repurposing; material reclamation; technospheric mining; plastics recycling; municipal solid wastes; heavy and toxic metal sequestration; wastewater treatment; sustainability; circular economy; remediation; mining-influenced waters

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

Advances in Business Model Innovation and Corporate Sustainability

edited by

Cheng-Wen Lee

and

Jonqlan Lin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8797 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; business model innovation; sustainable strategic management; technological application; new pattern of business model; consumers and suppliers; efficiency and effectiveness; environmental practice; social impact; innovative supply chain

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

Research Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Sustainable Industrial Engineering

edited by

Francesco Tamburrino

and

Carlo Brondi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8533 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; sustainability; industrial engineering; life cycle assessment; design for additive manufacturing; sustainable materials; post-processing of AM parts; sustainable design

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

Advanced Technologies in Digital and Sustainable Transformation of Teaching and Learning

edited by

Chih-Chao Chung

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8248 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainable education; artificial intelligence; augmented reality; virtual reality; meta-reality; STEAM pedagogies; curriculum design; technology integration; immersive learning

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

Application of Remote Sensing to the Monitoring of Land Cover and Water Environment

edited by

Xiaoshuang Ma

,

Chen Wang

and

Zhixiang Yin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7554 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover monitoring; environmental monitoring; environmental remote sensing; remote sensing of water quality; soil and water conservation; geological hazard monitoring; water environments

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

Behavioural Approaches to Promoting Sustainable Transport Systems

edited by

Craig K. Allison

,

James Fleming

and

Katherine Plant

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7550 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transport systems; eco-driving; hypermiling; sustainability; driving behaviour change; system modelling; assistance systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Recent Development in Financial Sustainability

edited by

Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti

,

Sabri Boubaker

and

Imen Derouiche

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7324 | Submission Open

Renewable Energies in the Built Environment

edited by

Elena Lucchi

,

Tianyi Chen

and Wen Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7281 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; solar energy; photovoltaics; PVT (photovoltaic– thermal); solar thermal; wind technologies; biomass; geothermal energy; BIPV (building integrated photovoltaics); BAPV (building applied photovoltaics); urban PV; PV and BIM (building information modeling); PV policies; energy efficiency; energy audit; energy simulation; built environment; cultural heritage; sustainability; energy-efficient design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Effects and Atmospheric Processes of Disaster Weather in the Context of Global Climate Change

edited by

Shenming Fu

, Yun Chen,

Bo Wang

and

Liang Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5879 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy rainfall; high wind; tornado; hail; cold wave; mesoscale vortex; extratopical cyclone; dense fog; mesoscale convective systems; thunderstorms; renewable energy; climate change

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

Porous Materials for Sustainable Futures

edited by

Ning Yuan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5676 | Submission Open

Keywords: porous materials; zeolites; metal-organic materials; adsorption; catalysis; environmental remediation; energy storage; buildings; solid waste; wastewater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Recycling Materials for the Circular Economy—2nd Edition

edited by

Md. Mizanur Rahman

and

Asif Iqbal

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5372 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; sustainable materials; zero waste; carbon offset

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

Nuclear Energy and Technology and Its Environmental Impact

edited by

Sheng Wang

and

Zhifeng Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5221 | Submission Open

Keywords: nuclear application; nuclear energy and technology; nuclear fuel cycle; radiation effects; radiation detection

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

University 4.0 Sustainable Development in the Way of Society 5.0

edited by

Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka

,

Gilberto Santos

and

Ladislav Pilař

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5034 | Submission Open

Keywords: ways of promoting sustainable development by universities; sustainable society; Education 4.0; era society 5.0 in the domain of sustainable aspect; University 4.0 challenges connected with sustainable development; Universities' sustainability-related initiatives; plans; initiatives and strategy; promoting sustainable development by universities at a time of global climate action

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

Personal and Social Factors Influencing Consumers Attitudes and Behaviors toward Sustainable Foods

edited by

Yam B. Limbu

and Christopher McKinley

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4456 | Submission Open

Keywords: personal factors; social factors; social norms; social influence; demographics; culture; psychological individual differences; media preferences; consumer behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable E-learning and Education with Intelligence—2nd Edition

edited by

Hao-Chiang Koong Lin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4298 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-learning; education technology; human resources and training; distance learning; artificial intelligence; AI in education; intelligence tutoring system; affective computing and analysis; emotions in learning; self-paced learning (self-regulated and self-directed learning)

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

Consumer Behavior Research in Food: A Focus on Health, Safety, and Sustainability

edited by

Pei Liu

and

Yee Ming Lee

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4261 | Submission Open

Keywords: consumer behavior; sustainability; food safety; healthy and nutritional food choices; food choice motivations; food choice decisions; technology

Sustainable Food Production and Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector

edited by

Piotr Kafel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3974 | Submission Open

Keywords: food certification; food safety; circular economy; sustainable production; management systems; standardization; environmental management systems; food quality; organic farming products; traditional and regional food products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Fiber Science and Material Innovation

edited by

Kavita Mathur

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3966 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials; biodegradable polymers; fibrous materials; composites; novel fibers; advanced technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jianghang Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3868 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; innovative technologies; logistics; supply chain management; business models; mathematical modeling; case and empirical studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainability in Natural Hazards Mitigation and Landslide Research

edited by Ching-Ying Tsou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3204 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; sustainability; mitigation strategies; environmental impacts; nature-based solutions; community engagement; geoecological evaluation

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

Food Choice and Environmental Concerns—2nd Edition

edited by

Monica Tarcea

and

Corina Zugravu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2810 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrition; food safety; environmental impact; cultural behavior; lifestyle risk factors; obesity; multidisciplinary interventions; nutrivigilance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Food Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Lifestyles

edited by

Aspasia Vlachvei

and

Anastasios Panopoulos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2691 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food marketing; consumer behavior; sustainable food consumption; responsible lifestyle; sustainable food supply chain; communication of sustainability within the food supply chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Scenarios of Energy and Ecological Footprint

edited by

James Hopeward

,

Paul C. Sutton

and

Keri Hopeward

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2548 | Submission Open

Keywords: future scenarios; sustainable systems; regenerative; footprint; energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Low-Carbon Logistics and Supply Chain Management

edited by

Tomasz Nowakowski

and

Agnieszka A. Tubis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2533 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable practices; low carbon emissions; green supply chain; reverse logistics; sustainable city logistics; life cycle assessment; zero-emissions engineering solution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Building a Sustainable Future: Innovative Approaches to Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age

edited by Mirko Prosen and Sabina Ličen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2469 | Submission Open

Keywords: education; innovation; digital; learning methods; teaching methods; sustainability literacy; behavior change; competence; skills

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

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation—Organic Farming Systems

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2374 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic agriculture; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Net-Zero-Energy Building Solutions

edited by

Manuela Almeida

and

Jon Terés-Zubiaga

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2334 | Submission Open

Keywords: net zero energy building; building energy performance; carbon emissions; carbon neutrality; sustainable solutions; resource use; circularity in construction; renewable energy; climate change; energy poverty; co-benefits and trade-offs; policy and regulatory frameworks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

The Role of Digital Technologies in Sustainable Education

edited by Andrej Šorgo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2243 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technologies; sustainable education; sustainability development goals; educational system; green education

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

Environmental Protection and Sustainable Ecological Engineering

edited by

Slobodan B. Mickovski

, Olavo F. Santos Jr.,

Alejandro Gonzalez-Ollauri

and Jovan Br. Papić

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2231 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental protection; sustainability; ecological engineering; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; resilience

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

Ship Recycling Industry and Sustainable Development

edited by Rafet Kurt and Sefer Anil Gunbeyaz

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2017 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship recycling; end-of-life ships; circular economy; sustainability; environmental impact; green ship recycling; sustainable development goals; ship recycling facility

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

Operations and Management for Sustainable and Green Maritime Transportation—2nd Edition

edited by

Shuaian Wang

, Jianfeng Zheng and

Tingsong Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1891 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable and green; operations and management; optimization models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advanced Research on Biotechnology and Its Application in Food and Other Industries

edited by

Agapi Dima

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1723 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental impact; biotechnology; food production; sustainable production; sustainability; waste management; waste valorization

Aquatic Ecosystems under Changing Environmental Conditions: What Have We Learned?

edited by

Michäel Ovidio

,

Billy Nzau Matondo

and

Jean-Philippe Benitez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1553 | Submission Open

Keywords: behavioral ecology; biodiversity; stock assessment; ecosystem management; environmental threat; fish distribution

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

Interpretable and Explainable AI Applications

edited by

Mobyen Uddin Ahmed

and

Rosina O. Weber

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1419 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainability; interpretability; artificial intelligence applications; validation; accountability

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

AI Solutions for Improving Sustainability in Water Resource Management

edited by

Hossein Bonakdari

,

Bahram Gharabaghi

and

Silvio José Gumiere

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open

Keywords: time series; watershed; artificial intelligence; stochastic methods; hydrology; sustainability; hydrological processes; real-time prediction; optimization algorithms; predictive modelling; water balance; environmental sustainability; water demand; meteorological variables; water quantity and quality; watershed variables

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

Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering and Reliability of Condition Assessment

edited by

Armin Mehrabi

and

Carlos M. Chang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1189 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable engineering; infrastructure; resiliency; risk and reliability; condition assessment; future infrastructure trends; decision-making systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Green Engineering, Green Chemistry and Circular Economy: Principles, Research Areas and Challenges. Towards a Holistic View of Sustainability

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1180 | Submission Open

Keywords: green chemistry; sustainable chemistry; green engineering; management models; industrial processes; principles of GC and GE

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

Sustainable Water Resources Management and Sustainable Environment (2nd Edition)

edited by

Furat Al-Faraj

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1139 | Submission Open

Keywords: transboundary water resources; sustainable urban drainage systems; wetlands; climate change impacts; Sustainable Development Goals; sustainable environment; smart water systems; smart cities

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

Modeling and Utilization of Solar Energy and Biomass for Sustainable Development

edited by

Chigueru Tíba

and

Olga De Castro Vilela

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1077 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar thermal energy; solar photovoltaic energy; biomass; modeling and utilization of solar energy and biomass; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advancing Ruminant Nutrition for Sustainable Agriculture: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

edited by

Vassilios Dotas

and

George K. Symeon

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open

Keywords: ruminant nutrition; feed efficiency; forage management; gut microbiome; alternative protein sources; animal welfare; precision livestock farming; health management; sustainable farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Governing Urban and Regional Transformations through Sustainability

edited by

Valeria Monno

, Grazia Concilio and

Francesco Musco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: governance; transition; innovation; transformative capacity; climate change; urban and environmental regeneration; policy making and planning ontologies and ecologies

Feed Resources and Nutrition Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Production

edited by

Chalong Wachirapakorn

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock production; feed resources; conventional feeds; non-conventional feeds; feed efficiency; new feed resources from other sectors; global warming; crop residues; improving nutritive value methods; feeding strategies; sustainability in livestock production; effective microorganisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Net-Zero-Energy Building Solutions for Sustainability

edited by Xianhai Meng and Sha Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 485 | Submission Open

Keywords: net-zero energy building; sustainable built environment; renewable energy; building lifecycle; smart building technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainability Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Meho Sasa Kovacevic

,

Lovorka Librić

and

Mario Bačić

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 415 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; nature-based solution; climate change adaptation; energy geostructures; geohazards; innovative geomaterials

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

Future of Clean Energy: Prospects of Nuclear Fusion

edited by

Naoko Ashikawa

and

Hirotaka Chikaraishi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: burning plasma; plant engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Energy Price Forecasting and Sustainability on Energy Transition

edited by

Jian Chai

and

Quanying Lu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy price forecasts; energy consumption forecasts; sustainable energy transition; sustainable development; carbon emissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

The Implications of the Revised IMO GHG Strategy: Evaluating the Role of International Policies, National Action and Corporate Action in Achieving Significant GHG Reductions This Decade

edited by Nishatabbas Rehmatulla, Stavros Karamperidis and René Taudal Poulsen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative fuels; wind technologies; market-based measures; transitions; green corridors; equitable transitions; transparency; willingness to pay; green premium; green finance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Smart Management and Net-Zero Carbon Buildings

edited by

Fan Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment and Polluted/Degraded Ecosystem Restoration

edited by Eugenia J. Olguín,

Gloria Sánchez-Galván

and

Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based-solutions; wastewater treatment; phytoremediation; phycoremediation; ecosystem services; ecosystem restoration; pollution mitigation

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

Innovative Technologies and Strategies for Enhancing Food Safety, Nutrition, and Sustainability

edited by

Ante Lončarić

and

Antun Jozinović

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; nutrition; sustainability; mycotoxins; innovative technologies; functional ingredients; traditional cultivars; sustainable food strategies; advanced agricultural strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Soil Science and the Latest Studies on Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Barbara Futa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; agroecosystem; soil properties; soil fertility; soil health; land use change; climate smart agriculture; regenerative agriculture

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

Photocatalytic Oxidation, Materials Studies, Photochemistry Analysis in Organic Pollutants under Sustainable Environmental Governance

edited by

Jingfei Luan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental remediation; sustainable environmental protection; materials studies; sustainable environmental protection; novel photocatalysts; mulriple photocatalysts; heterogenous junction catalyst; photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants; photochemistry analysis; degradative pathway of organic pollutants; degradation mechanism; hydrogen production by water splitting; visible light irradiation

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

Digital Ecosystem and Smart Manufacturing for Sustainable Development in Industry 4.0

edited by

Iztok Palčič

and

Robert Ojstersek

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; sustainable manufacturing; digital ecosystem; smart manufacturing; human-centric manufacturing; sustainable management and production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in Southeast Asia and China

edited by

Qian Forrest Zhang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11486 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; food system; rural development; smallholders; Southeast Asia; China

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Efficiency and Effectiveness of Universities in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

edited by Boon Lee and Jill Johnes

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10180 | Submission Open

Keywords: universities; sustainable development goals; carbon footprint; sustainability

Sustainable Travel Development

edited by

Patrick Bouchet

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7353 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; sustainable travel; impacts of global change or crisis; innovations; new strategies or behaviors

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

Sustainable Forestry for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Ronald C. Estoque

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5299 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management; sustainable harvesting; SDGs; forest certification; community engagement; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystem services; forest conservation; forest restoration; deforestation; forest degradation; tree canopy cover; forest monitoring; GIS; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

New Trends and Technologies for Safe, Green, Low-Carbon and Sustainable Traffic Systems

edited by

Ciyun Lin

,

Bowen Gong

and

Hui Liu

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2531 | Submission Open

Keywords: traffic management and control; traffic modeling and simulation; mobility as a service; data-driven methodologies; big data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Pollution in Freshwater Systems and Water Quality Assessment

edited by Taotao Lu, Hao Peng and

Sven Frei

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2263 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater system; contaminant transport; adsorption; numerical simulation; groundwater quality evolution; hydrochemistry; health risk assessment

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

Empowering Youth for a Sustainable Future: The Role of Advanced Technology

edited by

Hossein Hassani

and

Xu Huang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2101 | Submission Open

Keywords: youth empowerment; sustainability; advanced technology; digital tools; data analytics; education; environmental science; social science; capacity building; activism

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

Green Energy Economic Management

edited by Jinliang Zhang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; system analysis; low-carbon economy; energy conversion; energy economy management; climate and environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Study and Application of Large-Scale Renewable Energy System

edited by Yiyi Zhang, Bo Li and

Sen Guo

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources; smart grid; demand response; market mechanisms; environmental impact; power system dynamics and control; power system planning; hydrogen production; vehicle to grid; energy storage system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Changes in Atmospheric Environment

edited by

Baozhu Ge

,

Xuejun Liu

and

Syuichi Itahashi

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 672 | Submission Open

Keywords: changes; atmospheric environment; prediction; human beings; air pollution; Asia; long-term measurement; modeling and simulation; deposition

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

Sustainable Supply Chain Management within the Context of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy

edited by Zhixiang Zhou and Min Yang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 433 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply; circular economy; resource use efficiency; carbon neutrality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Bioeconomy and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Richard Ross Shaker

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural innovation; bio-based economy; bio-based goods; bio-based services; bioeconomy frameworks; bioenergy; biofuels; biorefinery; biorenewable feedstocks; biomass; biotechnology; circular economy; environmental services; life cycle assessment (LCA); monitoring and evaluation; renewable resources; resource efficiency; sustainable agriculture

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

Intelligent and Innovative Solutions for Sustainable and Healthy Built Environment

edited by

Zufen Wang

,

Wei Zhang

and

Wentao Wu

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13903 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; human health; sustainability; energy-efficient operation; smart monitoring; data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Exploring Education Management Strategies for Sustainable Development

edited by

Eric C. K. Cheng

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9036 | Submission Open

Keywords: management strategies; sustainable development; education management; quality management; educational leadership

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

Sustainability of Agriculture: The Impact of Climate Change on Crops

edited by

Fokion Papathanasiou

,

Elissavet Ninou

and

Ioannis Mylonas

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8199 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; climate change and agriculture; crop physiology; plant genetic resources; agro-biodiversity; abiotic and biotic stress; circular economy; food security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

New Technological Applications in Agriculture for the Development of the Circular Bioeconomy

edited by Yingkuan Wang,

Liyong Fu

and

Jianbo Shen

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5683 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural circular economy; digital villages; new technologies; new methods; new equipment

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

Sustainability in Higher Education: Curriculum Design and Materials Development

edited by

Ajda Fošner

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4690 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; higher education; curriculum design; materials development; cross-disciplinary collaboration; impact assessment; student engagement

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

Green Supply Chain and Sustainable Economic Development

edited by Jiang Wu and

Peiwen Zhang

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2716 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain; sustainable economic development; comprehensive evaluation; green logistics; supply chain finance

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

Sustainable Strategies for Green Ports and Maritime Logistics: Innovations, Challenges, and Best Practices

edited by

Nicoletta González-Cancelas

,

Alberto Camarero Orive

, Francisco Soler Flores,

Rodrigo Pérez Fernández

and David Díaz Gutiérrez

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2164 | Submission Open

Keywords: logistics system planning; port operations; maritime system planning; optimization models; emerging technologies; sustainability; risk management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Geodiversity, Geoheritage and Sustainability

edited by

Melinda McHenry

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoheritage; geoconservation; geodiversity; geotourism; geoparks; sustainable development; sustainable land use; systems thinking

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

Recent Advances in Climate Change and Water Resources

edited by

Sandra Mourato

and

Cristina Andrade

submission deadline 3 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4707 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme events; water resources; water governance; mitigation; and adaptation measures; reusing wastewater; harvesting rainwater; nature-based solutions; transboundary cooperation; water– energy nexus; groundwater recharge

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

Renewable Energy, Electric Power Systems and Sustainability

edited by

Fernando Lessa Tofoli

submission deadline 5 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 678 | Submission Open

Keywords: power systems; renewable energy; smart grids; solar energy; sustainability; wind energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Building Materials in Construction Engineering

edited by Aydin Shishegaran and Mohsen Saeedi

submission deadline 5 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 500 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability evaluation; sustainable building material; sustainability evaluation for optimized structures; new social and technical indicators; recycled building materials; reuse waste in the creation of building materials; environmental evaluation of building materials; optimization of the use of raw materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

A Systems Approach to Urban Greenspace System and Climate Change

edited by Yizhao Yang and

Yawei Chen

submission deadline 5 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces (urban greenspaces); urban greenspace system; climate change; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; livability; urban resilience

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

Sustainable Railway Construction, Operation and Transportation

edited by

Jozef Gasparik

and Libor Ižvolt

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3171 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transport; railway construction; railway operation and capacity; railway transportation; innovation and ecology in railway transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Inter-urban Zero-Emission Rail Technology: Analyses of Emerging Passenger and Freight Transportation System Retrofits

edited by

Gord Lovegrove

, Holger Busche and Mohamed Hegazi

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2405 | Submission Open

Keywords: rail transport; retrofit; de-carbonized; zero emissions; hydrogen fuel cell; hydrail; battery electric; passenger rail; freight rail; low-density; inter-urban; affordable

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Towards Sustainable Mining and Mineral Processing of Metals: Assessment to Implementation

edited by Allan Trench and Geoffrey E. Batt

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2247 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining sustainability; cleaner mineral production; future of mining; minerals demand; critical minerals; emissions reduction; reusing mining waste; circular economy; mining value-chains; metals recycling; mining rehabilitation; socioeconomic impacts of mining; sustainable supply chains

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

Sustainability in Resources Recovery Research and Environmental Chemical Engineering

edited by

Feng Lin

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1864 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; sustainable resources recovery; minerals processing; oil sands extraction; nutrient recovery; tailings management; wastewater treatment; carbon capture and utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Digital Wellbeing and Sustainability

edited by Gretta Mohan

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital wellbeing; digital technologies; electronic communications networks; sustainability; environmental sustainability; economic sustainability; social sustainability; sustainable behaviors

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

Solar Energy for Sustainable Maritime Systems

edited by

Yun Zhang

, Xiangyu Li and

Jun Qiu

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; sustainability; maritime system; photovoltaics; battery; thermal energy storage; desalination; water harvesting; design innovation; optimization; case study; carbon regulation; LCA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Waste Treatment, Disposal, and Pollution Control

edited by

Mostafa Ghasemi Baboli

and Ehsan Naderi Kalali

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; sustainable; renewable energy; solid wastes; biomass; water treatment

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

Sustainable and Green Economy Transformation

edited by Tien Sing, Yang (Zoe) Yang and Zhenyu Gao

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; renewable energy transition; smart cities; ESG (environmental; social; and corporate governance); climate change

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

Sustainable Urban Planning: Biodiversity, Greening, and Forestry

edited by

Flavia Bartoli

, Seyedh Zohreh Hosseini and

Emanuela Cicinelli

submission deadline 7 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8393 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructures; climate change; historical gardens; archaeological sites; street trees; ecological network; nature-based solution; urban forestry; ecosystem services; urban ecosystem

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

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