Sustainability

Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Pollution Prevention and Control Technologies

edited by

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2042 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; agricultural pollution reduction; pollutant transmission process; pollutant interception; nutrient recovery; transformation; biodegradation; new pollutant; smart agriculture; agricultural policy; agricultural management; environmental risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Digitalization and Transformation of Regions and Cities

edited by

Karina Pallagst

and

Sascha Henninger

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 736 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; urban and regional planning practices and policies; smart aging; sustainable urban and regional development; transformation for climate and/or ecosystem protection; comparative urban and regional development; transformation; artificial intelligence in spatial solutions

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

Sustainable Mobility and Automated Vehicle: Challenges for a Desirable Future

edited by

Isabelle Nicolaï

, Julie Bulteau and Guy Fournier

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

Keywords: automated vehicle; inclusive mobility; transportation governance; MaaS; affordability; behavioral acceptance; local territory; social innovation; intermodal transport; active modes; environmental efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

New Tools for Assessing Sustainable Products

edited by

Sara Sousa

,

Clara Viseu

and Carla Oliveira Henriques

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; society; environment; sustainable products; environmental protection

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

Porous Materials for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Applications

edited by Dinesh Mullangi and Satyanarayana Talam

submission deadline 2 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1156 | Submission Open

Keywords: porous materials; MOFs; COFs; Zeolites; and porous polymers; organic– inorganic hybrid materials; characterization and analytical techniques of advanced materials; functional materials; nanomaterials; electrocatalysis; and metal catalysts; gas capture; storage; and small molecules separation; energy harvesting and storage; sustainable energy and environmental remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Control of Traffic-Related Emissions to Improve Air Quality

edited by Hefeng Zhang, Yunjing Wang and

Xinping Yang

submission deadline 2 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: traffic-related emissions; exhaust and non-exhaust emissions; emerging pollutants; emissions characteristics; emissions inventory; environmental implications; control techniques; mobile source management policy

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

Marine Industry and Environmental Sustainability under the Belt and Road Initiative

edited by

Jian Li

, Bao Jiang, Wei Wang and Lili Ding

submission deadline 3 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 651 | Submission Open

Keywords: one-belt-one-road (OBOR); sustainable marine development; coastal environmental sustainability

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

Gender Inequality and Sustainable Development: Women’s Empowerment and Effective Participation

edited by

Enrico Ivaldi

submission deadline 3 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 431 | Submission Open

Keywords: gender awareness; gender equity; sustainability; effective participation; women’ s empowerment; gender-equitable sustainable development

Sustainable Energy Storage Materials and Devices

edited by

Yunjun Ruan

submission deadline 3 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials synthesis; battery technologies; supercapacitors; nanomaterials; energy storage mechanism; applications; electrocatalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Smart City Building and Sustainable Governance

edited by

Milan Kubina

, Gabriel Koman and

Zdeněk Dvořák

submission deadline 4 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1363 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city; smart sustainable city; information and communication technology; management; mobility

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

Advances in Carbon Neutrality and Renewable Energy Integration in Architecture

edited by

Abel Tablada

and

Vesna Kosorić

submission deadline 4 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 856 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon-neutral buildings; net-zero energy buildings; BIPV; renewable energy; sustainable architecture; building design; architectural education; BIM; building performance simulation; passive design strategies; LCA; green building rating tools; building standards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Digital Solutions for Promoting a Circular Economy and Sustainability

edited by

António Miguel Rosado da Cruz

and

Estrela Ferreira Cruz

submission deadline 4 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; process traceability and transparency; circular business models; extending products’ lifespan; sharing economy; sustainable intra- and inter-organizational business processes; engaging business partners in a circular economy; engaging the end customer in a circular economy; emerging technologies (e.g.; IoT or blockchain) for sustainability

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

Immigrants, Social Integration and Sustainable Rural Development

edited by

Apostolos G. Papadopoulos

and

Loukia-Maria Fratsea

submission deadline 5 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4985 | Submission Open

Keywords: immigration; international migrants; internal migrants; refugees; lifestyle migration; social integration; precarity; rural development; rural transformation; sustainable development; well-being; social conditionality; farming; intensive agriculture; transnationalism

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

Paving the Way for Sustainability through the Use of Cork-Based Materials

edited by

Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa

submission deadline 5 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3847 | Submission Open

Keywords: cork; composites; sustainable materials; carbon footprint; eco-friendly

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

Environmental Economics in Sustainable Social Policy Development

edited by

Yuping Shang

,

Xin Zhao

and Xihui Haviour Chen

submission deadline 5 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1741 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; institutional arrangement; environmental protection; low-carbon transition; environmental economics; social policy; economic activity; climate change; resource utilization; interdisciplinary research

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

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional and Firm Sustainable Development

edited by Heng Liu and Zelong Wei

submission deadline 5 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1300 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; emerging contexts; policy; entrepreneurship; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Consumption in the Digital Economy

edited by

Bożena Gajdzik

,

Magdalena Jaciow

and

Robert Wolny

submission deadline 5 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1280 | Submission Open

Keywords: consumer; digitalization; sustainability; digital economy; sustainable consumption; e-consumer behavior; digitization of the economy; sustainable quality of life; consumer environmental behavior; e-services

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

Advancing Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Circular Economy through Industry 4.0 Technologies

edited by Reza Akbari, Huy Truong Quang, An Duong Thi Binh and Tho Pham

submission deadline 6 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8834 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; climate change; closed-loop supply chains; digital twins; Industry 4.0; resilience; sustainable development; transparency and traceability; urban and rural logistics; waste management

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

Sustainable Development in Different Fields of Tourism

edited by

José Luís Abrantes

and Natália de Lima Figueiredo

submission deadline 6 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5393 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism; sustainable development; responsible tourism; sustainable tourism practices; sustainable development goals

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

Sustainable Development of Underground Engineering and Tunnel Construction Technology

edited by Junling Qiu and Jinxing Lai

submission deadline 6 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3087 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground space; sustainable development; ecological environment; tunnel engineering; intelligent control

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

Sustainable Agriculture: Plant Physiology, Nutrition and Crop Production

edited by Qunfeng Zhang and

Jianhui Hu

submission deadline 6 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1514 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiology; metabolism; plant; nutrition; quality; environmental adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Assessment of Highway Network Performance and Sustainable Traffic Control

edited by

Sadko Mandzuka

and Marko Šoštarić

submission deadline 6 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transport systems; cooperative systems; highway traffic management; traffic demand management; expert systems; assessment of highway network performance; sustainability; new technologies for intelligent transport planning; big data in traffic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Digital Twin and AI-Driven Sustainability Excellence

edited by

Sheng Yang

, Julia Zhao,

Dahai Qi

and Jingchao Jiang

submission deadline 6 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; artificial intelligence; sustainability; machine learning; lifecycle assessment; smart manufacturing; smart cities; digital transformation

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

Sustainable Development and Application of Biochar

edited by

Rosa Rodriguez

,

Germán Mazza

and

María Fabani

submission deadline 7 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4245 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; sustainable; emerging technologies; agriculture applications; energy vector; wastewater treatment; gas cleaning; soil decontamination; composite materials

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

Measurement Systems, Models, Tools, and Innovative Techniques for Sustainable Urban Planning and Regeneration

edited by

Simona Tondelli

, Mauro Francini,

Gabriele Bitelli

,

Francesco Lamonaca

and Elisa Conticelli

submission deadline 7 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial analysis; measurement methods; decision support systems; resilience; urban regeneration

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

Sustainable Transportation: Logistics and Route Network Aspects

edited by

Kristina Čižiūnienė

and

Jonas Matijosius

submission deadline 8 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5139 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain management; optimization; routing; modelling; challenges and problems in intermodal transport; new technologies; transport corridors; passenger transportation; environmental pollution management; green logistic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Geographic Information Science for the Sustainable Development, 2nd Edition

edited by

Shi Shen

,

Peichao Gao

and

Shaohua Wang

submission deadline 8 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographical information science; sustainability; sustainable development goals; GeoAI; high-quality development; complex geosystem

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

Modeling of Traffic Flow and Sustainable Safety Management for Automated Driving

edited by

Tomas Tichy

,

Jiri Broz

and Jiri Ruzicka

submission deadline 8 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; traffic flow analysis; traffic safety; telematics systems; technological approaches; traffic management and efficiency; detection methods and devices; newly adapted technologies (C-ITS; navigation systems) that are limited in autonomous operation; its fire prevention measures; extraordinary events— floods; incident detection; cybersecurity applications for autonomous operation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Remediation Geology and Technologies: Geology-Focused Approach and Chemical–Physical and Biological Processes for Sustainable Remediation

edited by

Paolo Ciampi

,

Marco Petrangeli Papini

and

Carlo Esposito

submission deadline 9 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | Submission Open

Keywords: geology; remediation; hydrogeology; groundwater; contaminant; in situ technologies; chemical– physical and biological processes; transport and fate of contaminants; conceptual site model; 3D geomodelling

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

Air Pollution Management and Environment Research

edited by

Sudhir Kumar Pandey

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19423 | Submission Open

Keywords: particulate matter; aerosol; trace gases; environmental research; green remediation; air pollution management; environmental policies; biogeochemical processes; biochar; sustainable approaches; sustainable goals; soil– plant– atmosphere exchange; biogenic volatile organic compounds; trace metals; hazardous air pollutants; greenhouse gases; climate change; global warming; ozone; secondary organic aerosols; global carbon balance; carbon sequestration; secondary air pollutants; environmental tobacco smoke; emerging air contaminants; air pollution and respiratory ailments; air pollution and cardiovascular diseases

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

Sustainability in the Mechanism and Prevention of Coal–Rock Dynamic Disaster and Rock Engineering

edited by

Yubing Liu

,

Dongming Zhang

and Shan Yin

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4461 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal and rock dynamic disaster; coal and rock disaster prevention and control; coal and rock instability mechanism; coal and rock fluid– solid interaction; coal and rock fluid flow characteristics; experimental coal and rock testing; disaster evolution process and mechanism; risk identification and evaluation; monitoring and early warning

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

Innovation Management, Competition Strategies and Corporate Sustainability

edited by

Lawrence Loh

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4266 | 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)

Opportunities and Challenges of Utilizing Metal Additive Manufacturing Approaches for Sustainable Engineering

edited by

Jinoop Arackal Narayanan

, Farzaneh Kaji,

Sunil Pathak

and

Ehsan Toyserkani

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3353 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal additive manufacturing; sustainable additive manufacturing; 3D printing; waste reduction; recycling; reuse

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

Tourism Destination Marketing: The Power of Cultural and Creative Industries

edited by

Hak-Seon Kim

and

Jue Wang

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2469 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural industry; creative industry; sustainability; sustainable development; cultural practices; creative practices; interdisciplinary; sustainable societies

Cultivating Diverse Perspectives on Cultural and Heritage in Sustainable Tourism

edited by

Young-joo Ahn

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1425 | Submission Open

Keywords: culture and heritage; sustainable tourism; regional tourism; destination management; world heritage sites (WHSs); sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

Sustainable Operation and Control of Renewable Energy Resources

edited by Feng Wu

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 917 | Submission Open

Keywords: new energy dominated power systems; renewable energy; hydropower; operation optimization; hybrid energy system; design and sizing; power electronics; economic analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Energy Storage and Sustainable Power Supply

edited by

Moonyong Lee

and

Ahmad Naquash

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 686 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrical energy storage systems; energy storage; power-to-X; energy conversion; power supply; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Waste Management and Recovery

edited by Marcelo Henrique Otênio, Juliana Alves Resende and

Alberto Delgado Dos Reis

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 508 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; bioprocesses; new biomass; environmental impact; emerging pollutants; micropollutants; circular economy; one health concept

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

The Influence of Transport on Global Warming and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Slobodan B. Marković

and Jasmina Đorđević

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport emissions; global warming; environmental sustainability; greenhouse gas emissions; sustainable transportation; fossil fuel consumption; climate change; alternative fuels; public transportation; eco-friendly transportation; transport planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advances in Urban Wastewater Treatment Using Membrane Processes

edited by

Agata Zdarta

and Katarzyna Anna Jankowska

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane processes; urban wastewater; membrane reactors; valuable compound separation and recovery; membrane technology

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

Digital Transformation and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (2nd Edition)

edited by

Mingu Kang

and

Taewon Kang

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; digitalization; digital technology; sustainable supply chain management; sustainable performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Energy System: Efficiency and Cost of Renewable Energy

edited by

Quetzalcoatl Hernández-Escobedo

submission deadline 11 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1529 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind energy; photovoltaic energy; thermal energy; hydro energy; hydrogen; techno-economic analysis

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

Nutritional Choices and Consumer Behavior: Steering towards Sustainable Health Outcomes

edited by

Rajshri Roy

and

Virginia Chan

submission deadline 11 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable nutrition; consumer food behavior; health and diet outcomes; food system sustainability; dietary policy and education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Biomaterials: Innovations and Applications in Environmental Engineering

edited by

Jalal Isaad

submission deadline 11 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; eco-materials; environment; energy; lifecycle analysis; wastewater treatment; colorimetric probes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Entrepreneurship and Open Innovation from the Perspective of Sustainable Business Models

edited by

Peng Zhou

and

Bo Zhang

submission deadline 12 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5556 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurship; innovation; knowledge sharing; sustainable business model; circular economy; sustainable finance; social equity; policy framework

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

Advancing Sustainable Development through Environmental, Behavioral, and Foresight Economics

edited by

Panagiotis Petrakis

and Kyriaki I. Kafka

submission deadline 12 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 1192 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; environmental economics; economic policy and sustainability; green technologies; degrowth strategies; economic growth in developing countries; environmental policy; circular economy; global environmental challenges; ecological economic models; futures studies; sustainability; circular business models

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

Innovation and Sustainability in Inclusive Education

edited by

Luis Ortiz Jiménez

submission deadline 12 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 752 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusion; educational innovation; technologies applied to education; universal design for learning (UDL); educational evaluation in inclusive contexts; educational response to students with disabilities; collaborative networks (OBJ 17); education sustainability

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

Innovation for Sustainability, Circular Economy, System Transitions and Societal Transformations

edited by Serdar Türkeli‬ and René Kemp

submission deadline 13 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; sustainability; circular economy; multiple value creation; new business models; transformative change; social economy; alternative economy; public policy; governance

Green Development: Rural Communities, Resilience and Sustainability—Second Edition

edited by

Xin Deng

submission deadline 13 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: green development; rural community; resilient countryside; rural vulnerability; rural development risk; ecological restoration; sustainable land use; digital village; climate change and response; ecological agriculture

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

Effects of CO₂ Emissions Control on Transportation and Its Energy Use

edited by

Márcio de Almeida D'Agosto

,

Renata Albergaria de Mello Bandeira

,

Carlos Eduardo Sanches de Andrade

and

Luciana Maria Baptista Ventura

submission deadline 14 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11285 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 emission control; sustainable mobility; greenhouse gases; atmospheric pollutants; environmental impacts

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

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