Sustainability

Integrating AI into Sustainable Land Use/Land Cover Studies

edited by

submission deadline 1 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/land cover change; urban growth; artificial intelligence; urban sustainability; scenario-based simulation; prediction; modeling; GIS; remote sensing

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

Innovative and Sustainable Planning, Control and Optimization Methods for Urban Transportation System

edited by Yiming Bie, Hu Zhang and Shidong Liang

submission deadline 2 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6782 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation; transportation planning; traffic signal control; operation optimization; sustainable transportation; urban transit; artificial intelligence; big data; traffic safety; connected and automated vehicle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Build It Green—Sustainable Structural and Environmental Studies

edited by

Theodoros Chrysanidis

,

Elpiniki I. Papageorgiou

and

Nikolaos Alamanis

submission deadline 4 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1193 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; engineering structures; energy saving; machine learning; seismic design; seismic evaluation / retrofit / resilience; geoengineering; high-performance materials; outdoor and indoor air pollution; water pollution; soil dynamics; environmental impact of energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Integrating Sustainability Management in the Social Economy Sector—Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Ana Fonseca

and João Casqueira Cardoso

submission deadline 4 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability management; sustainability integration; third sector; non-profit organizations; social economy; NGOs; SDGs; innovation; partnerships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Landslides in Urban Environments: Monitoring, Impact Mitigation and Resilient Enhancement

edited by

Roberto Sarro

and

Ignacio Pérez-Rey

submission deadline 5 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9755 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; urban sprawl; impact assessment; disaster risk reduction; emergency management

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

Research on Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Economic Development

edited by

Leo-Paul Dana

and

Aidin Salamzadeh

submission deadline 5 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1170 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable entrepreneurship; sustainability; sustainable economic development; entrepreneurship

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

Innovations in Cementitious Materials towards Carbon Emissions Reduction

edited by Regina Kalpokaitė-Dičkuvienė

submission deadline 5 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement; binder; hydration; microstructure; supplementary cementitious materials; nano additives; self-healing mechanisms; crack propagation; pore refinement; pore structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Urbanization and Environmental Sustainability—2nd Edition

edited by

Enrico Ivaldi

,

Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo

and

Alfonso Piscitelli

submission deadline 6 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3147 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable cities; urban futures; urban greening; land system; energy consumption; food habits; travel habits

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

Sustainable Environmental Engineering in Water Resource Recovery Facility Design with AI Tools

edited by Walter Z. Tang

submission deadline 6 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs); micro-sieving; anammox; moving bed biological reactor; thermal hydrolysis of biosolids; recover nutrients through struvite precipitation; desalination of brackish water; resource mining from desalination brine

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

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Public Policies and Sustainability in a Challenging World

edited by

Nikolaos Apostolopoulos

,

Panagiotis Liargovas

and

Alexandros Kakouris

submission deadline 7 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: small and medium enterprises (SMEs); sustainable entrepreneurship; social and environmental sustainability; sustainable education; crisis

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

Sustainable Biotechnology Approaches: Bioprospecting Nature for a Thriving Bioeconomy

edited by

Sérgio Luiz Alves

and Helen Treichel

submission deadline 8 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1417 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; biodiversity; bioeconomy; bioprospection; biorefinery; biotechnology; indigenous microorganisms; natural environment; natural products; sustainability

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

Towards Safe Horizons: Redefining Mobility in Future Transport

edited by

Miroslava Mikušová

,

Jacek Oskarbski

and

Kyandoghere Kyamakya

submission deadline 8 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport and mobility management; road safety; infrastructure; evaluation; sustainability; trends; innovations; safety measures; ITS; autonomous vehicles; e-mobility; development; planning; forecasting; behaviour; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Urban Social Space and Sustainable Development

edited by

Jian Feng

and

Ming Tian

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 17 articles | Viewed by 34423 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban social space; urban sustainable development; urban spatial structure; urban social geography; urban growth

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

Advances in Application of Geographic Information Science for SDG 11 "Sustainable Cities and Communities"

edited by

Jinyao Lin

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15540 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban expansion; cellular automata; land use planning; land management; artificial intelligence; sustainable cities; nighttime light; spatial optimization

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

Digital Transformation and Innovation for a Sustainable Future

edited by

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submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13558 | Submission Open

Keywords: digitization; digital transformation; digital innovation; digital innovation processes; digital sustainability

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

Sustainable Technology and Systems for the Integration of Renewables in the Energy Islands

edited by

Joey D. Ocon

and

Louis Angelo Danao

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 13045 | Submission Open

Keywords: islands; renewable energy; smart grids; batteries; hydrogen; off-grid systems; hybrid systems; energy– water– agriculture nexus; electrification; negative emission technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Transition to Net Zero Supply Chains through Digitalization, Renewable Energy, Circular Economy and Green Finance

edited by Ying Xie,

Liz Breen

,

Jiachen Hou

, Ying Wang and Ozlem Bak

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11944 | Submission Open

Keywords: net-zero carbon; digitalisation; circular economy; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advanced Studies in Economic Growth, Environment and Sustainability

edited by

Roberto Cervelló-Royo

, Marta García-Mollá and Rosa Puertas

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9022 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic growth; environmental degradation; climate change; sustainable development; water management; governance; resilience

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

Biodiversity, Biologic Conservation and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Francisco Guerrero

,

Juan Diego Gilbert

and

Andreas Reul

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8880 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropocene; biodiversity; climate change; conservation; global change; management plans; restoration; sustainability

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

Innovation Management, Competition Strategies and Corporate Sustainability

edited by

Lawrence Loh

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5850 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; entrepreneurship; competition; strategy; sustainability; environmental; social and governance (ESG)

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

Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Atour Taghipour

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5045 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable operations management; sustainable supply chain management

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

Analytical Technologies and Processes for Environmental Protection and Food Safety

edited by

Vasiliki Boti

and

Triantafyllos Albanis

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4501 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; micropollutants; transformation products (TPs); analytical techniques and methods; HRMS; pollution control; environmental compartments; aquatic ecosystems; processes and techniques for environmental protection; risk assessment; food safety; human health

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

Sustainability Analysis of Novel Approaches to Organic Waste Valorisation in a Circular Bioeconomy

edited by

G. Venkatesh

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4235 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; biorefinery; economic feasibility; environmental sustainability; forestry; municipal solid waste management; social acceptance; sustainability; valorisation

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

Business Digital Transformation Processes toward Circular Economy and Sustainability: 2nd Edition

edited by

Estrela Ferreira Cruz

and

António Miguel Rosado da Cruz

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3757 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; value and supply chains; traceability; transparency; business models; business processes; environmental sustainability; social sustainability; enterprise architecture for sustainability; sustainable organizations; sustainable businesses; sustainable business models; sustainable intra- and interorganizational business process; gamification for sustainability; IoT for sustainability; blockchain for sustainability

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

Developing Sustainable Global Value Chain (GVC) in an Era of Digital Transformation and Crises

edited by

Muhammad Mohiuddin

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2759 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0 and sustainable global value chain; advanced technology; efficiency; manufacturing; sustainable global supply chain; resilience

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

Nexus and Challenges in Environment and Health toward SDGs

edited by

Leandro Luiz Giatti

and Lira Luz Benites Lazaro

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2657 | Submission Open

Keywords: nexus research on trade-offs in pursuit of the SDGs; knowledge democracy and transformations towards sustainability; intersectoral actions and flows in pursuit of sustainability; conflict relations between different social actors in achieving the SDGs

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

Advancing Carbon Reduction Technology Innovation: Pathways to Global Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development

edited by

Jintao Li

,

Jianhua Zhu

and

Feng Liu

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1767 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon reduction technology innovation; global carbon neutrality; low-carbon economic transformation; green finance mechanisms; carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies

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

Sustainable Urban Mobility Management and Road Behavior of Vulnerable Users

edited by

Mireia Faus

, Francisco Alonso and

Cristina Esteban

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1534 | Submission Open

Keywords: road safety; urban planning; pedestrian; cyclist; vulnerable users; sustainable transportation; safety measures; user behavior; infrastructures; road traffic campaigns; road safety education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Towards Sustainable Urban Transport System

edited by

Ammar O. Abulibdeh

and Mohamed Kharbeche

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1382 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable mobility; electric vehicles; smart cities; public transit systems; carbon emission reduction; shared mobility; mobility as a service; non-motorized transport; green infrastructure; transportation policy; climate resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Global Energy Economics and Implications of Energy-Related Policies: 2nd Edition

edited by

Kentaka Aruga

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1363 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy economics; resource economics; energy policy; fossil fuel; renewable energy; climate change; energy security; energy poverty; energy transition; energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

New Trends and Patterns in Consumer Behavior and Sustainable Marketing Strategies

edited by

Concepción Varela-Neira

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1212 | Submission Open

Keywords: marketing strategy; customer behavior; digital technologies; sustainable strategies

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

New Indicators for Noise Management of Sustainable Urban Environments

edited by

Luca Fredianelli

,

Gaetano Licitra

and

André Fiebig

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 855 | Submission Open

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

Advanced Railway Infrastructures Engineering: Toward Sustainable Transport

edited by

Stjepan Lakušić

, Ivo Haladin and

Katarina Vranešić

submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: railway infrastructure; sustainable transport; climate resilience; track monitoring; environmental performance; noise and vibration; corrosion; stray current

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Irrigation Technologies for Saving Water

edited by

Zhenhua Wang

submission deadline 12 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1847 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-saving irrigation technologies; sustainable development; yield improvement; water use efficiency; efficient utilization of water resources

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

Challenges and Future Trends in Integrating Adaptation to Climate Change and Green Infrastructure in Planning Practice

edited by

Antonio Ledda

,

Andrea De Montis

and

Vittorio Serra

submission deadline 12 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; green infrastructures; landscape and spatial planning; environmental assessment; adaptation to climate change; rural landscapes and buildings; regional and sub-regional planning; marginal areas; inner areas

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

Well-Being and Urban Green Spaces: Advantages for Sustainable Cities

edited by

Rui Leandro Maia

and

Nelson Barros

submission deadline 13 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4615 | Submission Open

Keywords: building environment and urban green spaces planning and design; outdoor activities and healthy lifestyles; green spaces; cities metabolism and resource efficiency; urban integrating of natural and semi-natural elements; urban resilience to the harmful effects of climate change

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

The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises in Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Luis Velazquez

and

Nora Munguia

submission deadline 13 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3803 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; climate change; higher education institutions and partnership with SMEs; sustainability reporting; Industry 4.0 and SMEs; sustainable finance; innovation and SMEs; sustainable development goals; circular economy; corporate social responsibility

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

BRICS+: Sustainable Development of Air Transport and Tourism

edited by Fernandes Elton and Fulufhelo Netswera

submission deadline 13 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1858 | Submission Open

Keywords: air transport; BRICS+ and Global South; case study; Global North tourism; emerging countries; economic causality between air transport and tourism; inbound and outbound tourism; geopolitical bottlenecks; middle class growth; tourism market forecast

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advancing Sustainable Building Practices: State of the Art in Thermal Insulation Materials, Energy Efficiency, and Technological Innovations

edited by

Mariano Pierantozzi

and

Camilla Lops

submission deadline 13 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building insulation; energy-efficient construction materials; thermal insulation innovations; building energy performance; CO2 emission reduction in buildings; numerical modeling in material science; climate change resilience in architecture; renewable insulation materials; state-of-the-art insulation technologies; the environmental impact of thermal materials; artificial intelligence used for sustainable buildings; deep learning used for climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Energy Sources, Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth

edited by

Luigi Grossi

and

Marina Bertolini

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9347 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy transition; carbon emissions; climate change; economic growth; renewable energy; sustainable development; energy efficiency; low-carbon economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Urban Pavement Design and Road Sustainability

edited by

Laura Moretti

and

Paolo Peluso

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9306 | Submission Open

Keywords: pavements; sustainable materials; maintenance strategies; alternative materials; cool pavements; energy; environment; climate

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

Thoughts on Food—Consumer Food Waste from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

edited by

Efrat Elimelech

,

Ofira Ayalon

and

Claudia Giordano

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8258 | Submission Open

Keywords: consumer food waste; food service; hotels; household food waste; food management; food practices; behaviour change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Efficient Renewable Energy Integration Technology in Low Voltage Networks

edited by Wenfa Kang,

Yajuan Guan

and

Juan C. Vasquez

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4585 | Submission Open

Keywords: low voltage distribution network; renewable energy resources; distributed energy storage systems; electrical vehicles; voltage regulation; power quality enhancement; home microgrids/mini-microgrids; Intelligent algorithms; Power forecasting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Environmental Education and Sustainable Development: Practice and Challenges

edited by

Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Tonis

, Orzan Gheorghre and

Oliva M. D. Martins

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2236 | Submission Open

Keywords: agenda of sustainable development goals; environmental education; sustainable behaviour; sustainable development; social marketing; neuromarketing

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

Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Do Guen Yoo

and

Seungyub Lee

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2040 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution system analysis; sustainable development; planning and management; big data; artificial intelligence; drinking water infrastructure; smart water system

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

Building a Sustainable Future: Sustainability and Innovation in BIM

edited by

Ahmad Jrade

,

Jieying Jane Zhang

and

Farzad Jalaei

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability in construction; building information modeling (BIM); open BIM; life cycle assessment (LCA); construction 4.0; digital twins; circular economy; interoperability and data exchange; innovation; green construction; sustainable retrofitting and energy efficiency; life cycle cost analysis (LCCA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Biorefineries for the Valorization of Agricultural By-Products and Waste Streams

edited by