Sustainability

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

edited by

and

submission deadline 26 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4801

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

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

Green Infrastructures: Theoretical Aspects, Experimental Tests and Numerical Analyses

edited by

Marco Bovo

and

Enrica Santolini

submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2909 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; green roof; green wall; sustainability; resilient infrastructure; heat island mitigation; environmental adaptation; air pollution; CFD; LCA

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

Cycling towards Sustainable Transportation

edited by

Stefanos Tsigdinos

,

Efthimios Bakogiannis

, Luís Chias-Becerril and Ioannis Chatziioannou

submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: cycling; sustainable mobility; transportation systems; future mobility; equity; efficiency; accessibility; urban planning; sustainable freight transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Research on Large-Scale Renewable Energy Access to the Power Grid

edited by Shuxia Yang

submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; forecast; load off-grid; load carrying capacity; adaptability of power grid; mechanism of electricity market; energy storage

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

Sustainable and Low-Carbon Power System Planning in the Electricity Market

edited by

Minglei Bao

and Quan Sui

submission deadline 29 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3241 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable planning; low carbon; electricity markets; carbon markets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advanced Industrial Engineering: Innovation, Risk and Flexible Manufacturing 2nd Edition

edited by

Vladimíra Biňasová

and Branislav Micieta

submission deadline 29 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1501 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; Industry 4.0; innovation; management; industrial engineering; green knowledge; advanced industrial engineering; management; economics

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

Sustainable Consumer Behaviour and Food Choice

edited by Marina Tomić Maksan and

Francesca Gerini

submission deadline 29 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1134 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food consumption; food preferences; food choice; consumers; attitudes and behaviour; novel food; food marketing; behavioural models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Energy Technology and Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

M. Hasanuzzaman

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 29927 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy; energy demand; sustainable energy systems; clean technologies; energy efficiency; energy storage; energy economics; energy policies; renewable energy integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Innovative Approaches toward Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Air, Water, Food, and Waste Treatment

edited by

Shervin Hashemi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22860 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; circular economy; clean technologies; drinking water; food security; nature-based solutions; risk assessment; sustainable sanitation

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

Resilient Cultural Landscapes—Methods, Applications and Patterns

edited by

Katarzyna Hodor

,

Anna Staniewska

and

Albert Fekete

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 20015 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient heritage landscapes; landscape resilience; historic gardens and parks; impact of historical conditions on the modern city; biodiversity and authenticity in historic landscapes; choice of planting to create resilient landscapes; climate change adaptation of historic sites and landscapes; historic urban landscapes; urban vegetation history; urbanscape; urban ecology and ecosystems; structures of cultural heritage; conservation activities in urban and suburban zones; urban– suburban relations; regionalism; and biodiversity; spatial and urban planning of heritage landscapes and its relation to climate and heritage nexus

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

Physical Activity in Outdoor Context: from education to psycho-physical well-being

edited by

Francesca Latino

and

Valerio Bonavolontà

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16729 | Submission Open

Keywords: outdoor education; physical activity in natural environments; psycho-physical wellness

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

Tourism's Resilience in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

edited by

Lóránt Dénes Dávid

,

Ahmad Muhammad Ragab

and

Moaaz Kabil

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14707 | Submission Open

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

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability: Whether or How?

edited by

Valentín Molina-Moreno

,

Francisco Jesús Gálvez-Sánchez

and Juan Fernando Álvarez-Rodríguez

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14406 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainability; social sustainability; economic sustainability; corporate social responsibility; triple bottom; ESG criteria; strategic management of social responsibility; university social responsibility; public social responsibility; reporting; non-financial information; business ethics; shared value; negative externalities; social compromise; social return on investment; social value of investment; inclusive society; inclusive social entrepreneurship; corporate social responsibility; people with disabilities

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

Virtual Reality/Metaverse Applications in STEAM Education and Creativity: Towards Student Learning Sustainability

edited by

Yu-Shan Chang

and

Hung Yue Suen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14210 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); mixed reality (MR); metaverse; 3D virtual world; education; STEM/STEAM; creativity; innovation interactive technologies; human resources (HR)

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

Risk Assessment of Landslides Based on Multi-source Data and Machine Learning

edited by

,

, Yankun Wang,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13852 | Submission Open

Keywords: the evolution process of landslides; monitoring of landslides; numerical simulation of landslides; deformation of landslides; landslide susceptibility

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

Sustainable Healthcare: How to Assess and Improve Healthcare Structures' Sustainability

edited by

Francisco Ródenas Rigla

,

Jordi Garcés Ferrer

and

Ascensión Doñate-Martínez

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12352 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable healthcare; long-term care; chronic diseases; older population; ICT applied to healthcare

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

Sustainable Mining and Circular Economy

edited by

Alessandro Cavallo

and

Micol Bussolesi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11020 | Submission Open

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

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

Innovative Materials for Sustainability: From Laboratory to Applications

edited by

Marina Clausi

,

Daniela Pinto

and Roberta Occhipinti

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10920 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative materials; sustainable manufacturing; green technologies; renewable resources; energy safeguard; geopolymers; alkaline activation; waste; building materials; technology transfer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Bringing Ecosystem Services into Decision-Making

edited by

Zhe Feng

and

Huafu Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10856 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; decision making; spatial planning; ecological management; conservation of natural capital; effectiveness assessment; human well-being; sustainable development

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

Assessing Ecosystem Services Applying Local Perspectives

edited by

Kamaljit Kaur Sangha

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10685 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC); natural resources; monetary and non-monetary approaches; well-being

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

Sustainable Materials, Manufacturing and Design

edited by

Adil Saeed

and

Shagufta Khan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9625 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials; design; sustainable engineering; eco-friendly; life cycle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Financial Market Regulation and Sustainable Development

edited by

Erdinç Akyildirim

and

Ahmet Faruk Aysan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9341 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable devolopment; financial markets; environmental sustainability; corporate social responsibility; fintech; blockchain; greenfunds; political economy; macroeconomics; alternative financing

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

Environmental Footprint and Sustainable Development

edited by

Xiawei Liao

,

Li Chai

and

Xi Hu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9216 | Submission Open

Keywords: water footprint; carbon footprint; ecological footprint; sustainable development goals; planetary boundary; sustainable consumption; sustainable production

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

Sustainable Mineral-Based Materials in Construction

edited by

Yury Villagrán Zaccardi

and

Natalia Mariel Alderete

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8803 | Submission Open

Keywords: circularity; construction materials; mineral carbonation; low carbon; recycling; re-use; waste valorization; novel binders; supplementary cementitious materials; recycled aggregates

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Advances in Solar Thermal Collectors and Systems: Technological, Efficiency, Energy Storage and Applications

edited by

Dimitrios N. Korres

and

Christos Tzivanidis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7981 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar thermal systems; energy storage; cogeneration; concentrating solar collectors; asymmetric reflector; PV thermal; thermal analysis; optical analysis; performance enhancement; computational fluid dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality: Destination Decision Making and Digitization

edited by

Chung-Hsien Lin

and

Wei-Ching Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7950 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; tourist behavior; destination choice; digitalization; hospitality experience

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

Green Deal Strategies towards Sustainability of Water, Raw Materials and Energy

edited by

Marzena Smol

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7247 | Submission Open

Keywords: Green Deal Strategies (GDSs); green transition; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Circular Economy (CE) in water; raw materials and energy; climate change and strategies toward climate neutrality; toxic-free environment (water – soil – air); bioeconomy; ecosystems and biodiversity; sustainable agriculture and nutrients recovery; waste-free and environmentally friendly food system

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

Fates, Transports, Interactions and Monitoring of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Kuok Ho Daniel Tang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6570 | Submission Open

Keywords: fate; transport; interactions; monitoring; emerging pollutants; persistent organic pollutants; ecotoxicity; environmental impacts; health impacts

Advances in Active Travel and Transportation Planning in Smart Cities: Past, Present and Future

edited by

Sunghoon Kim

and

Sehyun Tak

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6310 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart mobility; shred mobility services; intelligent transportation systems; data science; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Innovative Technologies and Strategies in Disaster Management

edited by Sasha Zhijie Dong and

Erick Mas

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6262 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster management; emerging technologies; data exchange; policy implications

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

Towards Sustainable Development: Cleaner Production and Reduced Carbon Emissions

edited by

Zhipeng Tang

, Jialing Zou and Hongguang Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6106 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon emission; clean production; sustainable development; carbon-neutral

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

Innovation Management and Sustainability

edited by Antonio Lerro,

Giovanni Schiuma

and

Francesco Santarsiero

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6084 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; sustainability; business modelling; techno-human factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Current Advances in Offshore Wind Energy for Sustainability

edited by

Ju Feng

, Wu Chen and

Muk Chen Ong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5356 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore wind; sustainability; life cycle analysis; recycling; environmental impacts; social acceptance; planning and regulations; siting and design; operation and maintenance; integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Urban Planning: Complex Risk and Urban Security Resilience

edited by Guijun Li and

Daohan Huang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4773 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban planning; risk prevention and management; critical infrastructure system; urban resilience; coupling mechanism; optimal management; safety resilience; urban risk; human behavior

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

Employees, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

edited by

Naoki Watanabel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4419 | Submission Open

Keywords: CSR; ESG; corporate governance; employees; sustainability

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

Towards the Supply Chain Sustainability and Urban Sustainable Development: Risk, Assessment and Technological Advance in Digital Age

edited by

Bo Li

and

Qian Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3919 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain sustainability; urban sustainable development; digital economics; risk; assessment and technological advances; coupling coordination; digital economy and rural labor supply; urban industry agglomeration; assessment of measures and policies

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

Modeling, Design, and Application of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

edited by

Carlos Vargas-Salgado

and David Alfonso-Solar

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3721 | Submission Open

Keywords: PV systems; wind systems; storage systems; microgrids; smartgrids; biomass gasification systems; hydropower systems; power control; greenhouse gas emissions; emissions; reliability of the grid; lithium-ion batteries; lead-acid batteries in microgrids; demand response; SCADA; control algorithms; energy management systems; microgrid simulation; power electronics; losses in power systems; hybrid energy systems; virtual power plants; prosumer; distributed energy resources (DER); hybrid renewable energy System economic analysis; hybrid renewable energy systems for developing countries; metaheuristic algorithms; fuzzy logic; bio-inspired optimization; optimization algorithms; grey wolf optimizer (GWO) algorithm; particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm; genetic algorithms.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Bioinspired Functional Materials

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3457 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; natural materials; bioinspired design; additive manufacturing; fatigue; damage tolerance; built environment; durability; LCA; climate conditions; environmental adaptive

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Road Safety and Road Infrastructure Design

edited by

Sanja Šurdonja

,

Marko Rencelj

and

Chiara Gruden

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3276 | Submission Open

Keywords: road design; road infrastructure; road safety; mobility; driving simulator; safety solutions; road safety measures; microsimulation; autonomous vehicles

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

Advances in Sustainable Rural Tourism: Methods, Strategies and Practice

edited by

Ramona Mariana Ciolac

,

Tiberiu Iancu

,

Gabriela Popescu

and

Tabita Cornelia Adamov

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2939 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural tourism; smart development strategies; sustainability; rural resources and community development; branding methods for rural environments

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

The Impact of Landslides on Terrain, Environment, and Ecosystem

edited by

Haijun Qiu

and

Wen Nie

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2513 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide; landform evolution; regional ecology; changing effect; sustainable development; digital terrain analysis; InSAR; big data analysis

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

Urban Green Areas: Benefits, Design and Management Strategies

edited by

Andreea-Loreta Cercleux

,

Alexandru Bănică

,

Elena Bogan

and

Marinela Istrate

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2465 | Submission Open

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

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

Sustainable Remediation for Immobilization, Removal or Detoxification of Emerging Contaminants in Soil

edited by

Mariusz Gusiatin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2309 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; degraded soils; phytoremediation and phytomanagement; bioremediation and nanoremediation; stabilization/solidification; soil washing; electrokinetic remediation; waste-based materials; carbon-based materials; including biochars; engineered biochars; and nanomaterials; natural minerals; novel chelating agents; biosurfactants; and humic substances; properties and monitoring of contaminated/remediated soils; functionality of remediated soils; management of solid and liquid post-remediation waste; environmental risk assessment

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

Sustainable Construction Materials and Technology—2nd Edition

edited by

Sayanthan Ramakrishnan

,

Sathees Nava

and

Kirubajiny Pasupathy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2291 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; supplementary cementitious materials; low-carbon construction technology; digital construction; life cycle assessment; recycled construction materials; sustainable waste management

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

Seismic Vulnerability and Sustainable Building Materials for Risk Reduction Strategies in Urban Areas

edited by

Nicola Chieffo

and

Antonio Formisano

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2207 | Submission Open

Keywords: large-scale vulnerability assessment; mechanical stimulation; consolidation and retrofit techniques; building materials; sustainability; unconventional and sustainable materials; risk-mitigation measures

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

The Urgency of Decarbonizing the Mobility and Transport System

edited by

Paulo Ribeiro

,

José F.G. Mendes

and

Paulo António Alves Pereira

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1922 | Submission Open

Keywords: decarbonization; sustainable development goals (SDG); urban mobility; public transport; walking; cycling; sustainable mobility; sharing mobility; electric mobility; hydrogen vehicles; GHG emissions; carbon footprint; air quality; transport planning; mobility management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Perspective on Power Systems and Renewable Energy

edited by

Zhixiong Tan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1868 | Submission Open

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

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

Sustainable Transportation and Traffic Psychology

edited by

Giulia Lausi

and Pierluigi Cordellieri

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1672 | Submission Open

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

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

Air Quality-Related Sustainable Transportation Planning and Optimization in Smart Cities

edited by

Pedro José Pérez-Martínez

and

Regina Maura De Miranda

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1573 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable mobility; transport geography; human health and exposure; urban air pollution; universal accessibility; climate change; transport planning; smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Artificial Intelligence Applications for Sustainable Environment

edited by

Mahmoud Nasr

submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1500 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality; artificial neural network; early-warning; intelligent control; modeling and forecasting; noise pollution; soft measurement; solid waste

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

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