Sustainability

ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Strategies, Consumer Behaviour and Community Participation in the Digital Age

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23717

Keywords: sustainable development; ESG and consumer-oriented companies; driving consumer preference using ESG; modern digital consumer behaviour; community involvement

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

Value Co-Creation in Sustainable Project Society

edited by

Vladimir Obradović

and Ronggui Ding

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20396

Keywords: project value; society; co-creation

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

Sustainability in Agri-Food Supply Chain: From Farm to Fork

edited by

Roberto Ciccoritti

and

Tiziana Amoriello

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15581

Keywords: circular economy; food waste; waste reduction strategies; sustainable food supply chain technologies or management; environmental; social and economic benefits; sustainable bio-economy; sustainable agriculture; bio-energy; bio-refineries; bio-waste valorization; recovery and reuse; redesign of products; high-added-value products; bioactive compounds extraction; sustainable business model innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Rural Development Practices and Results: Learnings and Results from Policies and Initiatives—2nd Edition

edited by

Francisco Navarro Valverde

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Eugenio Cejudo García

and

Marilena Labianca

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7105

Keywords: rural depopulation; social innovation in rural areas; territorial quality marks of food; learnings from the implementation of the LEADER approach; multifunctionality of rural landscapes; successful and failed initiatives; rural governance; networks of actors in rural development; youth and gender perspectives; impacts and added value of rural development initiatives

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

Environmental Pollution Control and Treatment towards Soil Health and Sustainable Development

edited by

Yan Ma

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3274

Keywords: soil remediation; green and low-carbon technology; soil safety utilization; clean energy; sustainable development

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

Climate Change and Freshwater Sustainability

edited by

Rui Rivaes

and

Francisca C. Aguiar

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2423

Keywords: climate change; freshwater; aquatic ecosystem

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

Innovations in Economic Approaches to Sustainable Development Goals

edited by Zoltán Zéman

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2148

Keywords: sustainable management; internal control; business and management; green transition

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

Plants, Biodiversity and Sustainable Ecosystem

edited by

Luca Lombardo

and

Samanta Zelasco

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2108

Keywords: sustainability; biodiversity; plant ecosystems

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

Sustainable Smart Cities: From Technologies and Optimization Problems to Future Trends and Solutions

edited by

Abdellah Chehri

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1357

Keywords: sustainable smart cities; energy efficiency; intelligent transportation systems; green cloud computing; smart grid

Electromobility for Sustainable Transportation

edited by

Damian Mazur

and

Bogdan Kwiatkowski

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1140

Keywords: electric cars; energoelectronics; designing drives and control; smart grid— intelligent electrical grid; energy storage; EV Charging and Blockchain; electromobility in Poland; infrastructure for electromobility (E-car i E-bus)— plans and challenges; mathematical models of energoelectronic elements and systems; methods and tools for modeling and simulation of selected electrical engineering systems; the design of new technological and metrological solutions for electrotechnics; control of electric machines; lighting; optical fibers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Synergies and Applications between Blue Economy Markers and Marine Renewable Energy

edited by

Daniel Clemente

,

Paulo Jorge Rosa-Santos

and

Francisco Taveira Pinto

submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 339

Keywords: marine renewable energy powering offshore aquaculture; seawater desalination; IoWT and subsea mining; mapping and exploration; coastal/ocean engineering and monitoring; energy storage and supply to marine systems and infrastructure + green hydrogen; techno-economic assessment of blue economy markets; hybridization and co-located marine energy conversion devices; green energy at seaports and ship electrification; compatibility between marine energy converters and nearshore/offshore applications; synergies between wave + tidal + wind + solar energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Emerging Technologies and Research on the Heat Transfer and Energy System

edited by

Huaqiang Chu

and Dongdong Wang

submission deadline 17 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2233 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat transfer; phase change; energy storage; energy system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Co-creating the Future of Cities with Games: New Technologies and Methods for Sustainable and Smart City Planning

edited by

Alenka Poplin

submission deadline 17 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 662 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability and games; serious games; geogames; urban games; games for community engagement; playful public participation

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

Green Tourism Consumption and Sustainable Development

edited by

Lujun Su

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2096 | Submission Open

Keywords: green consumption; green preference; green innovation; sustainable tourism; sustainable development; pro-environmental behavior; environmentally responsibility behavior; ecological behavior; environmental management

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

Sustainable Brand Management and Consumer Perceptions

edited by

Irene Gil-Saura

and

María Eugenia Ruíz-Molina

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; brand management; consumer perceptions; services marketing; consumer behavior

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

Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Sustainable Transport Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhiheng Li

,

Jiyuan Tan

,

Kai Zhang

and Yang Zhou

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic traffic assignment; sustainable transport systems; advanced technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainability of Water Resources Engineering and Management

edited by

Antonio Ruiz-Canales

and

Antonio Madueño Luna

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource engineering; sustainable water management; technology in water resource management; water efficiency; energy and water resources

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

Research and Application in Sustainable Asphalt Pavements and Road Construction

edited by

Miguel Sol-Sánchez

and

Fernando Moreno-Navarro

submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt; pavement; road; recycled materials; low carbon emissions; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Management of Green Infrastructure and Water Resources

edited by

Faisal Ahammed

and Jeff Connor

submission deadline 19 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5161 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; water sensitive urban design; low impact development; water resources management; sustainability

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

Green Chemistry and Sustainable Biomass Conversion

edited by

Yuming Wen

, Yuhao Fu and

Na Duan

submission deadline 19 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 811 | Submission Open

Keywords: pyrolysis; gasification; hydrothermal conversion; biological conversion; sustainable energy and materials; green chemistry; biofuel; biochar; biomass; agricultural and forestry waste

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

Sustainability in Bioeconomy and Bioenergy

edited by

Alberto Bezama

and

Nora Szarka

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13729 | Submission Open

Keywords: system integration; bioeconomy; bioenergy; scenario development and assessment; monitoring; life cycle assessment; indicators; technology assessment; life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Green Building and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by

Mahdi Shariati

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12572 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building; construction industry; conserving energy; waste material; green concrete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Energy Economics and Environmental Sustainability: The Development of Green Industry

edited by Ruipeng Tan and Mengmeng Xu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2058 | Submission Open

Keywords: green industry development; energy economics; environmental policy; renewable energy viability; sustainable business models; resource management; social equity in green industries; regional case studies; technological innovation for sustainability; market dynamics in renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Plastic Recycling and Biopolymer Synthesis for Industrial Application

edited by

Chenyu Du

and

Diannan Lu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic recycling; biopolymers; PET; waste valorisation; textiles; packaging; microplastics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Production of Solid Biofuels from Agricultural Waste

edited by

Marija Ercegović

submission deadline 20 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; agricultural waste; solid biofuels; conversion; biorefinery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advancing Sustainability in Rock Mechanics and Underground Engineering

edited by

Martina Inmaculada Álvarez Fernández

and

Víctor Martínez-Ibáñez

submission deadline 21 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2871 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tunnelling and mining; reused and recycled materials; efficient drilling; sustainable blasting techniques; innovative laboratory techniques; aquifer preservation; innovative sensors; big data analytics; Building Information Modelling (BIM); digital twin; electric equipment; risk analysis; clean energy storage; geothermal energy

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

Ecological Risk Assessment for Aquatic Toxic Effects

edited by

Sandy Raimondo

and Adriana C. Bejarano

submission deadline 22 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological risk assessment; aquatic toxicology; new approach methodologies; chemical safety; multiple stressors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Circular Economy and Technological Innovation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ting Chi

and

Xingqiu Lou

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4288 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; technological innovation; sustainable supply chain; sustainable materials; collaborative consumption; sustainable consumption; recycling; upcycling; waste management; LCA

Fisheries Biology, Ecology, and Sustainable Management

edited by

Hiroyuki Matsuda

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1956 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive management; fish-fishery coevolution; maximum sustainable ecosystem services; blue Economy; the tragedy of the commons

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Public Procurement: Practices and Policies

edited by

Paul Davis

, David McKevitt and Clifford McCue

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1505 | Submission Open

Keywords: public procurement; sustainability; innovation; policy frameworks

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

Land, Water, Food, Energy (LWFE) Security NEXUS for Sustainable Ecosystems and Natural Resource Management

edited by

Guiying Cao

,

Gang Wang

and

Tatiana Ermolieva

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 562 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; water; food; energy (LWFE) nexus; land and water preservation; low-carbon economy; lowpcarbon energy; human– natura lsystems; integrated assesment and models; risk and uncertainty

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

Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management

edited by Suresh P. Sethi and

Marija Bogataj

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable operations; supply chain management; aging; carbon footprint; silver economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models: New Knowledge, New Rules

edited by

Rubén Garrido-Yserte

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; circular business models; business model innovation; circular accounting; capabilities; skills

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

Sustainable Steel Construction

edited by Emanuele Maiorana

submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel; construction; infrastructure; metallurgy; natural action; performance; durability; recycling; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Geographic Information Engineering and Geoenvironmental Sustainability

edited by Kangjae Lee and Jeon-Young Kang

submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2363 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical methods; machine learning; deep learning; explainable artificial intelligence; built environment; green space; physical health; mental health; environmental health

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

Sustainable Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Hadi Bordbar

submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1413 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; sustainable engineering applications; energy engineering; sustainable energy; machine learning; classification; computer vision; fire protection engineering; CFD; thermal control and design; HVAC; combustion; energy efficiency; environmental technology; remote sensing; spectral radiation; air quality; automation and control; power generation; clean energy

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

Sustainable Value Creation and Service Quality Management

edited by

Yoshiki Shimomura

and

Shigeru Hosono

submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge management; value creation; digital transformation (DX); service quality; organization management for sustainability; knowledge for SDGs; well-being and social system design

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

The Application of Heritage Building Information Modelling in Sustainable Heritage Protection

edited by Letizia Martinelli,

Filippo Calcerano

and Elena Gigliarelli

submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: HBIM; built heritage; sustainability; conservation; building performance simulation; environmental design; restoration; climate change; ecological transition; energy improvement

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

Sustainable Development of Thermal Comfort and Energy-Savings and Storage of Green Buildings

edited by

Xin Xiao

, Yousef Golizadeh Akhlaghi and Guoqing Yu

submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy-savings; thermal energy storage; thermal comfort; green building; thermal management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Waste Utilization in Agriculture and Sustainable Development (Second Edition)

edited by

Igor Palčić

submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural residues; sustainable agriculture; circular economy; biomass; organic matter; composting; pyrolysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Promoting Sustainable Geoenvironment

edited by

Hariklia D. Skilodimou

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George D. Bathrellos

and

Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos

submission deadline 27 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2071 | Submission Open

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

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

Optimization and Evaluation of Climate Responsive Design Solutions for Buildings and Cities: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jacopo Gaspari

,

Lia Marchi

and

Laura Aelenei

submission deadline 28 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2314 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate responsive design; energy efficiency; energy poverty; climate change; adaptation; mitigation; optimized design; sustainability; sustainable buildings; resilient cities; NBS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advanced Polymer Manufacturing Technologies and Sustainable Materials

edited by

Cristina Martín-Doñate

and

Jorge Manuel Mercado-Colmenero

submission deadline 28 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: injection molding technologies; additive manufacturing; MEX; sustainability in polymer/composite manufacturing technology; industrial design for polymer/composite components; eco-design; sustainable polymer materials; mold design and tooling; conformal cooling; CAE simulation; polymer material characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Development in Sustainable Water Management: Processes, Barriers, Protection and Future Perspectives

edited by

Agnieszka Operacz

,

Karolina Migdał

and

Piotr Bugajski

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7480 | Submission Open

Keywords: water cycle; potable water resources (surface water and groundwater); wastewater; protection; natural attenuation; sustainable water management

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

Sustainable Water Resources and Stormwater Management

edited by

Jolanta Dąbrowska

and

Jolanta Kanclerz

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5062 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-cycling analyses; water quantity and quality; adaptive water management; integrated water resources management; water smart cities; water smart agriculture; sustainable water use; SDGs; anthropocene

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

Green Business Transformation: ESG, Sustainable and Impact Investments and New Sustainable Business Models

edited by

Stanislav Shmelev

submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4947 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG; impact investment; sustainable investment; sustainability reporting; business model; sustainability KPIs; sustainable business; sustainability regulation; IFRS; ISSB; TCFD

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

Human Geography: Interrelationships between People, Place, and the Environment

edited by

Giuseppe T. Cirella

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 22 articles | Viewed by 45116 | Submission Open

Keywords: Human Geography and all its subdisciplines Cultural geography; Development geography; Economic geography; Health or medical geography; Historical geography; Industrial geography; Political geography; Population geography or demography; Regional development and planning; Rural geography; Social geography; Transport geography; Urban geography

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

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

edited by

Shih-Chih Chen

and

Chih-Chun Kung

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 39031 | Submission Open

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

Sustainable Development Goals: A Pragmatic Approach

edited by

Idiano D'Adamo

,

Massimo Gastaldi

and

Manoj Kumar Nallapaneni

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 18 articles | Viewed by 38628 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; economic analysis; environmental analysis; green economy; innovation; social analysis; stakeholder engagement; sustainable development goals; sustainable education

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

Advances in Sustainable Agricultural Crop Production

edited by

James W. Muthomi

,

Alex M. Fulano

and

Nancy Karimi Njeru

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 25980 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrobiodiversity; agro-ecological intensification; climate-smart agriculture; diversified cropping systems; ecological pest management; food secure world; safe food; food supply chain; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Use and Management of Nonconventional Water Resources for Agricultural Development

edited by

Abdelazim Negm

,

Martina Zeleňáková

,

Mahmoud Nasr

,

Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka

and Mahmoud F. Mubarak

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19371 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonconventional water resources; groundwater; treated wastewater for irrigation; rainfall harvesting; storage and use flash floods water; reuse of treated wastewater; agricultural drainage water; industrial wastewater; environment; human health; health safety; desalination; sustainable use of water; irrigation

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

Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Future Challenges and Challenging Futures

edited by Federico Solari,

Eleonora Bottani

and Giovanni Romagnoli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16827 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain; logistics; sustainability; circular economy; closed-loop SC; digitisation; green SC; post-COVID-19 strategies; enabling technologies; I4.0 and I5.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Supply Chain and Operation Management

edited by

Greys Sošić

and

Hailong Cui

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14436 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain; operations; sustainability; modeling; empirical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Management of Logistic and Supply Chain

edited by

Mladen Krstić

,

Željko Stević

and

Snežana Tadić

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11112 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable logistics; sustainable supply chain; circular economy; smart logistics; closed-loop supply chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Exploration of Marine Geological Resources and Geological Technology

edited by

Yang Wu

,

Norimasa Yoshimoto

and Rongtao Yan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11094 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine and offshore renewable energy; mechanical behavior of marine sediment; gas hydrate production; wind turbine; marine resource exploitation; marine hazard; new marine geological technology; ocean mining; offshore foundation engineering; coastal disasters reduction technology

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

Digital Transformation and Corporate ESG

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submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10154 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; ESG; Industry 4.0; digital economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Methods and Technologies towards a Sustainable Future in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction

edited by

Rayan Assaad

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10031 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable systems; life-cycle modeling; climate change and global warming; green technology; sustainable development; urban systems; mobility; air; water; energy; and food; sustainable practices; green infrastructure and building; low-carbon solutions; resource management; sustainable architectural; engineering; construction

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

Recent Advances in Biomass Conversion, Renewable Energy, and Biomaterials

edited by

Jun Wang

and

Lei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9370 | Submission Open

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

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

Sustainability in Architecture and Engineering

edited by

Manfredi Saeli

,

Tiziana Campisi

and Montserrat Bosch

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8943 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainability in Geospatial Analysis and Geographic Information Science Application

edited by

Hui Wang

and

Xiang Que

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8114 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; geospatial analysis; climate change; hydrology; sustainable land use and land cover; health geography and sustainability; machine learning

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

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Tianyu Li

and Yongming Yao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7583 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Urban Equality and Sustainability Studies

edited by

Keti Lelo

,

Salvatore Monni

and

Federico Tomassi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7357 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable cities; socio-spatial inequalities; fragmentation; mapping; spatial indicators

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

Sustainable Design, Evaluation and Optimization of Eco-Friendly Construction Materials

edited by

Shaopeng Wu

,

Chuanming Sun

, Hanqi Liu and Anqi Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6764 | Submission Open

Keywords: material characteristics; environmental impact assessments; urban infrastructure optimization; eco-friendly material assessments; advanced pavement construction materials; material visual optimization; sustainable culture development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Education for All: Latest Enhancements and Prospects

edited by

Dian-Fu Chang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6016 | Submission Open

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

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

Increasing the Energy and Indoor Environmental Resilience of Buildings and Systems into the Future

edited by

Paul D. O’Sullivan

and

Michael D. Murphy

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5774 | Submission Open

Keywords: Resilience; Indoor thermal comfort; Heating and cooling systems; Ventilation systems; Low-energy performance; Low carbon; Adaptive capacity; Resistive capacity; Building retrofit; Future climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Educating for Environmental, Social and Economic Health: The Role of Education for Sustainable Development

edited by

Alberto Ferriz-Valero

and

Salvador Baena-Morales

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4759 | Submission Open

Keywords: education for sustainable development; health; sustainable development goals; environment; public health; competencies for sustainable development; economic development; higher education; curriculum; active methodology; teaching innovation

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

Aquatic Biodiversity under the Impact of Climate Change

edited by

Takaomi Arai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4106 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; global warming; genomic responses; recruitment; migration; dispersion; habitat; species richness; fisheries and aquaculture

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

Monitoring, Early Warning and Mitigation Measures of Mountain Hazards and Environmental Degradation

edited by

Shuang Liu

and Pu Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3683 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountain hazards; environment change; geological disasters; flood; drought; monitoring and early warning; mitigation; ecological restoration; climate change

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

Renewable Energy and Cooling Systems: Technologies, Market and Sustainable Development

edited by

Simon Pezzutto

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3601 | Submission Open

Keywords: space cooling consumption; planning; comfort; lifestyle and user behaviour; residential sector

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainability, Circularity, Urban Metabolism and Resilience in the Transformation of Urban Spaces and Land Management

edited by

Carlo Pisano

and

Fabrizio Battisti

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3574 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban transformations and metabolism; urban metabolism on energy; water and waste; circular economy applied to production process and real estate development; preservation and protection of natural resources; enhancement and utilization of historical architectural heritage; resilient urban models; inclusive governance models in spatial planning choices; assessment methods and techniques for sustainable and metabolic transformations

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

The Impact of AI on Sustainable Development of Smart Tourism and Destination Marketing

edited by Chulmo Koo and Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3387 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart tourism; smart destination marketing; ChatGPT; AI; sustainable tourism

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

Karst Groundwater Sustainability

edited by

Vianney Sivelle

,

Joanna Doummar

and

David Labat

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2812 | Submission Open

Keywords: karst; groundwater; sustainability; climate change; water resource management; impact studies

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

Management Control Systems to Sustainability

edited by

Helena Costa Oliveira

and

Gualter Couto

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2767 | Submission Open

Keywords: accounting; corporate governance; environment accounting; management control systems; measurement; sustainable organization; sustainable Development Goals; social accounting; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Energy Efficiency and Circular Economy: Strategies towards Sustainability

edited by

Florinda Martins

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2565 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; circular economy; sustainability; renewables; resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

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

edited by

Chaofeng Shao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1803 | Submission Open

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

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

Green Logistics and Sustainable Supply Chain Strategies

edited by

Nidhal Rezg

and Nadia Ndhaief

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1465 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; reuse; supply chain and reverse logistics management; circular economy; Industry 4.0 to supply reused products; multi-criteria decision-making; optimization techniques and applications; big data and data mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Information Technology Development, Privacy Security and Digital Ecosystem

edited by

Ruben Pereira

and Isaias Bianchi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1351 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable IT development; digital ecosystem; privacy security; environmental sustainability; social and economic development; data privacy; cultural sustainability; cybersecurity IT ethics and regulation; future trends in IT

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

Educational Assessment: A Powerful Tool for Sustainable Education

edited by Shaljan Areepattamannil

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1239 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational assessment; educational measurement; educational statistics; educational psychology

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

Sustainable Food Supply Chains and Service Operations

edited by

Jian Li

, Hao Hu, Libin Guo and

Feifei Yang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 1120 | Submission Open

Keywords: food supply chain; sustainability; service operations; food safety; social and environmental responsibility

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

Innovative Approaches in Construction: Between Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis

edited by

Manfredi Saeli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 908 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; methods; processes; waste management and circular economy; adaptable; intelligent and smart materials; responsive environments; interactive structures and building skins; energy and performance modelling; structural analysis; maintenance and management strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Decarbonizing Transport by 2035: The Triple Challenge of Meeting Mobility Demand, Reducing Emissions and Adapting to a Changing Climate

edited by

Justin Bishop

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 800 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable development; externalities; urban planning; natural environment; vehicles; public transport; freight

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Research on Biomass and the Gasification Process

edited by

M. M. Cledera-Castro

and

Carlos Morales-Polo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; agricultural residues; biowaste; bioenergy potential; conversion technologies; gasification; anaerobic digestion; biofuels; energy recovery; circular bioeconomy

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

Smart Cities Challenges, Trends, and Technologies

edited by

Ki Pyung Kim

and

Shawn S. C. Kim

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart technology; digital twin; industry 4.0; internet of things; big data; machine learning/deep learning; building information modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Exploring the Effect of Multi-Method Approaches in Socio-Ecological Systems

edited by

Rita Lopes

and

Selma B. Pena

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-ecological systems; rural fires; tacit knowledge; stakeholder engagement; multi-method approaches; co-planning and co-management

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

Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management in Industry 4.0

edited by

Péter Tamás

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart logistics; sustainable supply chain management; digitalization; Industry 4.0; intelligent solutions; circular economy

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

Storage and Catalytic Conversion of Sustainable Energy

edited by

Yifan Zhang

, Wen Luo and Yang Wu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 reduction; heterogeneous catalysis; renewable energy conversion; Photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; hydrogen production; porous organic polymers; energy storage and conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Driving Sustainability: Converting Lignocellulosic Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Energies for Decarbonisation and a Circular Economy

edited by Chenxi Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: lignocellulosic biomass; lignin; plastic wastes; bioenergies

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

Solar Thermal Power Systems

edited by

Kumar Patchigolla

,

Chris Sansom

and Peter Turner

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22969 | Submission Open

Keywords: Solar thermal power; Heat transfer fluids; Solar field innovations; Cooling technologies; Cleaning solutions; Solar applications; Energy storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Planning and Management of Urban Water Systems

edited by

José-Luis Molina

,

Fernando Espejo

and

Santiago Zazo

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10372 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water systems; sustainability; circularity; innovation; integration; digitalization

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

Sustainable Rural Development through Tourism, Events, and Recreation

edited by

Nicholas Wise

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10058 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural studies; rural tourism; rural destination development; sustainability in recreation; rural events; placemaking; community; regeneration; rural image; place attachment; nature; touristification

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

Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Management

edited by

Qing Lu

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5183 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation infrastructure; management; sustainability; performance modeling; maintenance and rehabilitation; optimization; decision-making; catastrophic failure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Intelligent Transport Systems and Sustainable Transportation

edited by

Rong-Chang Jou

, Wen-Hsiu Huang and

Chung-Wei Kuo

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transport systems; connected autonomous vehicles in sustainable mobility; electric vehicles in sustainable mobility; shared mobility; ride sharing; multi- and intermodal mobility; demand-responsive transport (DRT); spatial– temporal travel pattern modeling; environmental evaluations of new mobility concepts; Mobility as a Service (MaaS); sustainable traffic management; airline industry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Biodiversity, Conservation Biology and Sustainability

edited by

Francesco Sottile

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystems; conservation; valorization; ecology

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

Fostering Sustainable Coastal Development under Climate Change: Balancing Ecology and Human Needs in Pacific Rim Countries

edited by Robert Paterson and

Juchul Jung

submission deadline 1 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal development; sustainable development; climate resilience; climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation; social justice; ecological resilience; circular economy; hazard mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Advances in Nonconventional Pollutants and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Combustion Process

edited by

Jiajia Gao

and Bo Jiang

submission deadline 4 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3774 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal combustion; nonconventional pollutants; heavy metals; VOCs; CO2; emission characteristics; migration mechanism; environmental risk; synergistic emission reduction

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

Sustainability Assessments and Implementations in Transport Pavement Infrastructure

edited by

Fusong Wang

, Wenxiu Jiao, Zhilong Cao and Anqi Chen

submission deadline 5 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8497 | 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)

Sustainable Education: Innovations and Developments of Educational Technology

edited by

Gwo-Haur Hwang

,

Hsi-Hsun Yang

and Hsin-Yi Liang

submission deadline 5 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6904 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational technologies; sustainable education; artificial intelligence (AI); augmented reality (AR); virtual reality (VR); robots; chatbots; digital games; interactive learning environments

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

Aquatic Biodiversity and Marine Ecosystem Sustainability

edited by Yakup Kaska,

Imed Jribi

, Abdulmaula Hamza and Doğan Sözbilen

submission deadline 6 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5016 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable marine ecology; sea turtles; bycatch; genetic diversity; conservation; aquatic biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by

Renata Dondajewska-Pielka

and

Ryszard Gołdyn

submission deadline 7 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5880 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; lake management; nature-based solutions; lake restoration; lake protection; external nutrient loading; internal nutrient loading

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

Sustainable Management and Economic Development of Natural Resources

edited by Farhed A. Shah and Yuan Niu

submission deadline 7 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; fisheries; forests; climate change; sustainable management; economic efficiency; intergenerational equity; watershed management; natural resource economics

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

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