Sustainability

Designing Chemical Processes for a Sustainable Future

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

Keywords: catalyst preparation; chemical processes; radiation chemistry; digital modelling; computational fluid dynamics; CO2 utilization; hydrogen economy; biomass; technoeconomic study; life-cycle analysis

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

Sustainable Development of Air Transport Management and Airport Operations

edited by Jose M. Sallan and Oriol Lordan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability in air transport; sustainable airport operations; environmental impact of air transport; air traffic management; flight delays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

edited by

Sebastiano Vasi

and Salvatore Vincenzo Giofrè

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; 2D materials; biomaterials; mechanisms and synthesis; characterization; energy application; biomedical application; miscellaneous application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Selected Papers from the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in Transportation Section of the World Transport Convention (WTC)

edited by

Meng Guo

, Jiangfeng Wang and Xiaowei Hu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation infrastructure; life cycle assessment; low-carbon materials and structure; environmentally friendly design and construction; multiscale and multiphase; numerical simulation ; layout of sustainable transportation infrastructure; data-driven modelling; climate resilience; resource efficiency; alternative materials for carbon neutral infrastructure; recycled materials in infrastructure; cold mix asphalt materials; green and sustainable infrastructure materials; energy harvesting and green conversion technologies for road infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Architecture: Energy Efficiency in Buildings

edited by

Zhengxuan Liu

and

Yuekuan Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable architecture; energy efficiency; innovative design; renewable energy; smart building technologies; sustainable materials; urban planning; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Logistics Optimization and Sustainable Operations Management

edited by Guanghui Zhou and Dongning Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: logistics optimization with the sustainable goals; sustainable OM; circular economy and reverse logistics; humanitarian logistics; sustainable transportation system; closed-loop supply chains management; social responsibility in supply chain; sustainable manufacturing; green innovation; environmental management and performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Natural Products and Phytochemicals for Sustainability

edited by

Claudia Sánchez-Lara

and

Maria Paula Duarte

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural organic substances; phenolic compounds; biological activity; biofungicides; antioxidants; functional ingredients; functional foods; healthy and sustainable food

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

Sustainable Lighting: Design for Human Wellbeing and Technological Development

edited by

Chiara Burattini

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: lighting design; human-centric lighting; lighting quality; energy efficiency; lighting sources; lighting management; lamp innovation; sustainable design for lighting systems; energy conservation

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

Sustainable Crop Production and Plant Science: Theories, Methods, Modeling and Applications

edited by

Agnieszka Szparaga

,

Gianluca Caruso

and

María Cecilia Pérez Pizá

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable crop production; modeling and optimization of sustainable systems; innovations and challenges for biostimulants and biopesticides production and application; low-input agriculture; novel natural resources for biostimulants and biopesticides; screening new agricultural products; efficient and sustainable methods for the extraction and isolation of natural products; naturally derived chemicals and potential applications to science; industry; and agriculture; novel experimental studies regarding plant products to reinforce sustainable agriculture; rational and sustainable management of agri-food waste: an innovative approach to waste conversion into high-quality and environmentally friendly products; plant extracts: chemical composition; biological activity; and applications within sustainable agriculture; plant extracts or naturally derived compounds; as botanical biostimulants or pesticides; to manage sustainable crop production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings and Net-Zero Emissions

edited by

Shiyu Yang

,

Yunyang Ye

, Jintai Wang and

Yingdong He

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy-efficiency; net-zero building energy; intelligent building automation and control; sustainable building design; sustainable building materials; renewable energy integration; building electrification; grid-interactive efficient buildings; energy storage; thermal comfort

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advancing Sustainability in Humanitarian Action and Post-disaster Settlements

edited by

Rui Cunha Marques

and Mai Wardeh

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable development goals; resilience; disaster; humanitarian settlements; refugees; internal displaced person; development

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

Upscaling Sustainable Technology

edited by

Bart A. G. Bossink

and Sandra Hasanefendic

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable technology; sustainability upscaling; sustainable technological innovation; sustainable technological transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Urban and Buildings Regeneration Strategy to Climatic Change Mitigation, Energy, and Social Poverty after a World Health and Economic Global Crisis: 2nd Edition

edited by

Pilar Mercader-Moyano

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic crisis; circular economy; decarbonization of the construction sector; refurbishment of buildings; neighborhood regeneration; eco-efficient construction solutions; construction and waste management; indoor environmental quality; resource efficiency; artificial intelligence; building and urbanism cost control; nanoparticles applied to the construction industry

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

Soil Microorganisms, Plant Ecology and Sustainable Restoration

edited by

Marcela Pagano

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant microbiota; fungi; ecological restoration; soil quality

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

Sustainable Application of Advanced Material Surface Engineering

edited by Zhenyang Cai,

Sainan Liu

and

Xiaojun Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; surface technology; surface engineering for sustainable applications

Life Cycle Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems and Infrastructure: Assessing Sustainability and Environmental Performance

edited by

Richard Blanchard

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: lifecycle assessment; renewable energy systems; environmental impact assessment; environmental mitigation; climate mitigation; circular economy; resource efficiency; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Urban Planning: Management and Uses of Water from a Historical Perspective

edited by

Patricia Fernández-Aracil

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; water management; economy; heritage; history

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

Protecting Vulnerable Water Resources by Integrated Wastewater Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marc Breulmann

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; water scarcity; integrated wastewater management; reuse of treated wastewater; best management practices; treatment technologies; risk assessment; groundwater protection; hydrogeology; water politics; governance

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

Advanced Design and Control Solutions for Grid-Interactive Energy Efficient Buildings

edited by

Saleh N. J. Al-Saadi

,

Razzaqul Ahshan

and Riadh Zaier

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: building-to-grid (B2G) integration; vehicle-to-grid (V2G) integration; smart buildings; grid-interaction buildings; building automation and control; machine learning; artificial intelligence; building-integrated renewable energy; smart microgrids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Advancements and Modeling in Machinability of Difficult-to-Cut Composites and Alloys

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submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2989 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable manufacturing; sustainable coolants/lubricants; surface integrity; energy-efficient manufacturing; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); finite element analysis (FEM); mathematical modeling; cutting simulations; hybrid lubricooling; heat transfer; difficult-to-cut composites materials; aerospace alloys

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

Remote Sensing in Geologic Hazards and Risk Assessment

edited by

Danqing Song

and

Zhuo Chen

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1283 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geologic hazards; early identification; monitoring; stability analysis; risk assessment; warning technology; disaster mitigation

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

Marine Fisheries Management and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Neculaí Patriche

,

Victor Niţă

and

Elena Sîrbu

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1212 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries management; ecology; eco-biology; fish species; fishing gear and gear impact; fishing techniques; impact of diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Modeling, Control and Optimization for Smart Water Systems

edited by

Giacomo Galuppini

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1125 | Submission Open

Keywords: water systems; data analysis; machine learning; modeling; control; optimization; decision support systems; fault detection; leakage detection; water quality; energy recovery

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

Bioresource Technology and Energy Sustainable Development

edited by

Algirdas Jasinskas

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 752 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; bioresource technologies; biosystems engineering; pressed fertilizers; solid biofuels; energy plants; herbaceous plants; non-traditional plants; woody plants; fibrous plants; pellets; briquettes; chaff; biofuel properties; ash characteristics; calorific value; harmful emissions; energy evaluation; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

From the Field to the Factory: The Dynamics of Sustainable Urban Agriculture

edited by

Neil Ravenscroft

and

Dilfuza Egamberdieva

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 540 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban agriculture; community-supported agriculture; urban agriculture; vertical agriculture; Agriculture 4.0; food security; food justice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Resource Recovery and Management for Sustainable Urban Development

edited by

Carlos A. Teixeira

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; waste management; sustainable urban infrastructure; resource optimization; industrial symbiosis

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

From Concept to Reality: The Role of Micromobility in Enabling the 15-Minute City Vision

edited by

Paraskevas Nikolaou

,

Socrates Basbas

and

Byron Ioannou

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: 15-minute city; micromobility; electric bikes; shared mobility systems; sustainable mobility; urban development; policymaking for promoting sustainable mobility; sprawl cities; inclusive spaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Research on Pollutant Monitoring and Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Soil

edited by

Maria Cristina C. Vila

,

Valentina Pidlisnyuk

and

Karim Suhail Al Souki

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; remediation; nature-based remediation solutions; monitoring; soil contamination; soil pollution; urban soils; coastal soils; soil vulnerability; sustainability assessment

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

Sustainable Supply Chain from the Perspective of International Strategy

edited by Alessandro Antimiani and Ilaria Fusacchia

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain; supply chain 4.0; AI in supply chain; procurement; sourcing; business strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Energy Storage Technologies for a Sustainable Future

edited by Isaac Dyner,

Dalia Patino-Echeverri

and Camila Ochoa

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: large-scale energy storage systems; distributed energy storage systems; energy storage operation; energy storage regulation; sustainability; renewable energy integration; flexibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Mitigation and Resilience of Coastal Hazard

edited by

Americo S. Ribeiro

and

Carina Lurdes Lopes

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

Keywords: coastal hazard; climate change; vulnerability and risk assessment

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

Renovation of Buildings and Revitalization of Urban and Rural Areas towards Sustainability

edited by

Beata Nowogońska

and Artur Juszczyk

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: renovation of buildings; revitalization of degraded areas; repair investments; adaptations; modernization; diagnostics; maintenance of facilities; technical condition

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

Dual Pathways: Sustainable Tourism Employment at the Crossroads of Green Growth and Degrowth/Post-growth

edited by

Dani Blasco

and Natàlia Ferrer-Roca

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sustainable tourism employment; green growth; degrowth; post-growth

Environmental Impact Assessment and Green Energy Economy: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhijie Jia

submission deadline 2 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2678 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; INDCs; environmental policies; carbon emission trading; post-COVID-19 era

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

Risk Management Challenges for Sustainability and Wellbeing—2nd Edition

edited by

Simon Grima

,

Eleftherios I. Thalassinos

and

Inna Romānova

submission deadline 2 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 1281 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; climate change; water pollution and sanitation; pandemics; finance and the economy; industrial development; energy crisis; toxic chemicals and hazardous and radioactive wastes; population explosion and urbanization; impact of globalization; degradation of ecosystems and species; education; health

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

Human Exposure to Air Pollution and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Joana Lage

submission deadline 2 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor and outdoor air pollution; integrated human exposure; air pollution assessment methodologies; environmental performance; sustainable transportation; renewable energy; green technology; sustainable development; low-carbon economy; environmental policy

Urban Green Space and Sustainable Forest Management

edited by

Jitka Fialova

and

Jan Łukaszkiewicz

submission deadline 3 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5349 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; bioeconomy; urban forests; visitors; citizens

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

Spatial Analysis and Land Use Planning for Sustainable Ecosystem

edited by

Xinchang Zhang

,

Ying Sun

and

Yongjian Ruan

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15949 | Submission Open

Keywords: terrestrial ecosystem; land surface monitoring; land use/cover; machine/deep learning based ecological application; net primary productivity of vegetation; vegetation phenology and vegetation dynamics

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

Sustainable Rural Development and Agricultural Economic Transformation

edited by Peter Bielik, Natália Turčeková and

Henrietta Nagy

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1342 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural economics; regional development; CSR; climate change mitigation; green economy; natural resources; environmental integrity; carbon neutrality

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

New Science and Management Approaches to Support Coral Reefs in a Time of Rapid Climate Change

edited by Adam Smith, John 'Charlie' Veron, Peter Harrison and Katharina Fabricius

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 587 | Submission Open

Keywords: coral; reef; marine; carbon; climate; leadership; action

Ecosystem Services, Green Innovation and Sustainable Development

edited by Ronnie Figueiredo and

Eleonora Santos

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 507 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; green innovation; sustainable development; climate change; renewable energy; biodiversity conservation; circular economy; urban resilience; policy instruments; socioeconomic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Bioeconomy, Circular Economy and Sustainability 2nd Edition

edited by

Jitka Fialova

and

Petra Hlavackova

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; forest-based bioeconomy; environmental management; eco-innovation; integrated value chain; agroforestry; nonwood forest products

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

Sustainable Transportation: Human–Computer Interaction and Intelligent Transportation

edited by Amir Hossein Ghasemi, Srinivas Pulugurtha, Baisravan HomChaudhuri and Lei Zhu

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; intelligent infrastructure; human-centered design; smart mobility solutions; augmented reality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Organic Waste Valorization and Risk Control of Emerging Pollutants during This Process

edited by Xiaowei Li, Zhipu Wang and Yahong Yang

submission deadline 6 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 713 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic waste; emerging pollutants; treatment; pretreatment; valorization; conversion; biofuels; bioproducts; potential risk; pollution control

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

Beyond Profit: Exploring the Role of Digital Management in Sustainable Business Development

edited by

Jean-Éric Pelet

submission deadline 6 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital sobriety; digital transformation; environmental impact; carbon footprint; technological decline; reduction in the use of technologies; sustainable society; use of information technology

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

Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Based on Chemical and Biochemical Technology

edited by

Florentina Laura Chiriac

and

Daniela Simina Ştefan

submission deadline 6 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; wastewater treatment; chemical technology; biochemical technology; environmental impact

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

Corporate Environmental Strategy and Stakeholder Management from a Green Economy Perspective —2nd Edition

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submission deadline 7 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3204 | Submission Open

Keywords: green economy; corporate environmental strategy; sustainable innovation; sustainable business; stakeholder management; green innovation

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

New Technology of Food Engineering, Processing and Safety Control

edited by

Luis Puente

submission deadline 7 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 402 | Submission Open

Keywords: green technologies; non-thermal processes; sustainability; advanced processing technologies; extraction; environmental impact; food industry; combined technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Energy Planning and Environmental Assessment

edited by Qi Zhang, Ge Wang, Siyuan Chen and Yan Li

submission deadline 8 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3766 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental management; clean; sustainable energy; sustainable technology application; reuse and management of waste; techno-economic analysis; energy environment optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Exploring the Social, Economic, and Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Food Systems

edited by

Flavio Boccia

and

Nadia Palmieri

submission deadline 8 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 775 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; economic; environmental and social aspects of firms; sustainable production; green models; green economy; circular economy; behaviour change; sustainable marketing; sustainable consumption; sustainable behaviour

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

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