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Value Co-Creation in Sustainable Project Society
edited by and Ronggui Ding
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22971 | Submission Open
Keywords: project value; society; co-creation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)
Design for Sustainability in the Minerals Sector
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18870 | Submission Open
Keywords: design for sustainability; mining and metals; community engagement; circular economy; social license to operate; mine design and planning; project evaluation; permitting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Sustainable Mining and Circular Economy submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14664 | 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)
Recent Advances in Biomass Conversion, Renewable Energy, and Biomaterials
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10628 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural and forestry waste processing; bioactive materials; biomass degradation; biomass refinery; biofuels processes; biomaterials; bioresource technology; biotechnologies applied for renewable energies; biotransformation; chemical and biological conversions; renewable energy; sustainable processing; biomaterials for sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Resource Price Fluctuations and Sustainable Growth submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10008 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural resource economics; resource price fluctuations; resource curse; environmental impacts; sustainable growth; environmental economics; resource policy; green economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Energy Systems
edited by and Yongming Yao
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9825 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; sustainable energy; energy storage; energy system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
Innovation and Sustainable Development of Seamless Education and Teaching Methods
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9565 | Submission Open
Keywords: education systems; new social contract; new normal; OER; OER recommendation; open education; open pedagogy; sustainability; quality; teaching methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
Sustainable Education for All: Latest Enhancements and Prospects
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8949 | Submission Open
Keywords: active learning; assessment; education leadership; education policy; gender parity; inclusive education; innovative education; quality education; sustainable development; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
Green Microbiology: Advancing Sustainability through Microbial Innovations
edited by , Adenike A. Akinsemolu and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8247 | Submission Open
Keywords: green microbiology; microbes; sustainability; bioremediation; biofertilizers; innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
Research Advances in Sustainable Materials and Structural Engineering submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7672 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable materials; design of sustainable structures; resilient structural engineering; structural retrofitting and rehabilitation; energy-efficient building; building materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
Sustainable Approaches for Developing Concrete and Mortar
edited by , and Amin Abrishambaf
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7519 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable cementitious materials; recycled aggregate concrete/mortar; recycled fiber reinforced cementitious composites; life cycle assessment (LCA); LCA inventory data; pozzolanic materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
Sustainable Waste Management and Recycling for Achieving a Circular Economy
edited by , Kazuaki Okubo and Xiaoyue Liu
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7230 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste management; circular economy; recycling; carbon-neutral; SDGs; eco-design; sharing; reuse; data science; international cooperation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)
Green Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Development
edited by Adolf Acquaye and Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6570 | Submission Open
Keywords: green supply chain management; sustainable development; circular economy; lifecycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Sustainable, Resilient and Smart Manufacturing Systems submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6526 | Submission Open
Keywords: process modeling; optimization; performance; optimization; transformation; intelligent technologies; human-centric; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Smart Cities and Smart Villages and the Global Digital Transformation: Strategy and Community Engagement—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5290 | Submission Open
Keywords: global digital transformation and smart cities research; global digital transformation and smart villages research; “ AI for good” and smart city/smart village development; smart city/villages and the UN’ s SDGs; ICT and community engagement in smart city/village development; ICT and the digital transition of cities/villages into smart city/smart village; challenges; caveats and problems relating to smart cities/villages development and functioning; smart cities/villages in the era of platform economy; smart cities/villages; competitiveness and economic growth; ICT and the provision services in smart cities/villages; e.g. healthcare; education; etc.; energy communities and smart cities/villages; data cooperatives and smart cities/villages; smart city strategy and community enegagement; smart village and community engagement; services provision and community engagement in smart city/village context; smart cities/villages in the global south/north contexts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Urban Green Areas: Benefits, Design and Management Strategies submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4637 | 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)
Energy Efficiency and Management in Sustainable Food Industry submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4235 | Submission Open
Keywords: food industry; industrial energy uses; energy performance benchmarking; energy efficiency; sustainable food production; waste heat recovery and valorization; industrial symbiosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)
Advances in Stability Control, Optimal Operation and Modeling Analysis of Power System with High-Level Renewable Energy
edited by Bo Zhang, Jiaoxin Jia and Sen Cui
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4191 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; active distribution network; distributed energy; smart grid; energy storage; optimal operation; stability control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
Environmental Pollution and Impacts on Human Health
edited by and Hui Zhi
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4096 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental pollutants; emerging contaminants; traditional pollutants; fate and transport; degradation mechanisms; degradation pathway; ecological risk assessment; human health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
Sustainable Transportation and Traffic Psychology
edited by and Pierluigi Cordellieri
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3543 | 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)
Sustainable Perspective on Power Systems and Renewable Energy
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3418 | 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 Transport Research and Railway Network Performance submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3155 | Submission Open
Keywords: railway network performance; railway corridors performance; sustainable railway transportation; sustainable railway system; railway traffic; railway management; railway passenger transport; railway freight transport; timetabling; intermodal transport; multimodal transport; urban rail transport; metro systems; connectivity; mobility; risk assessment; mathematical modelling and optimization; MCDM
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
State of the Art of Assessment for Sustainable Development Goals—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2570 | Submission Open
Keywords: SDG localization theory; urban sustainable development; sustainable cities and communities; SDG progress assessment; policies to mobilize financial resources; policy implementation capacity; policy performance evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Development Goals towards Sustainability)
Intelligent Systems and Consciousness Society: Sustainable Transportation and Decision Making
edited by Yorgos Stephanedes and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2496 | Submission Open
Keywords: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)  ; C-ITS • Artificial Intelligence  ; Machine Learning (ML)  ; Natural Language Processing (NLP); decision/policy making; dynamic transport; traffic systems; traffic management; safety and security; logistics; digital data management; sustainability; smart cities; impact
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Global Sustainability: Good Governance, Dynamism in Ecosystems, and International Business
edited by , , Robert Ebo Hinson and Charles Blankson
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2234 | Submission Open
Keywords: good governance; ecosystems; emerging markets; dynamism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
Sustainability of Future Satellite Communications: Opportunities and Challenges for 6G and Beyond submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2020 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite communication; communication engineering; technical sustainability; network management; resource allocation; artificial intelligence; big data; 6G communication
Municipal Solid Waste Management (2nd Edition)—Innovative Solutions and Sustainable Strategies
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1746 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular economy; waste management; sustainable urban infrastructure; resource optimization; industrial symbiosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)
Marine Biomass as the Basis for a Bio-Based, Circular Economy
edited by Adam Hughes, Hui Liu and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1593 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine biomass; marine bio-based circular economy; blue economy; sustainable use of the marine environment; sustainable aquaculture; marine ecosystem-based management; marine biomass stabilisation and conversion; social/environmental or economic impacts of biomass production; stabilisation or conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioeconomy of Sustainability)
Geological Resources and Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
edited by , Shahram Danaei and Seyed Mahmood Mousavi
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1549 | Submission Open
Keywords: geological resources; climate change impacts; mineral resources; fossil fuels; groundwater resources; resource exploration; resource extraction; adaptation strategies; sustainable resource management; climate change mitigation; environmental impacts; low-carbon transition; resource policies; resource economics; carbon capture; utilization and storage (CCUS)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)
Waste Valorization and Management to Increase the Resources Sustainability submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1549 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste management; waste recycling; circular economy; sustainability; life cycle; carbon footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
Sustainability Challenges: Recovery and Valorization of Food Wastes and New Ingredients and Foods Development submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1468 | Submission Open
Keywords: food waste; sustainable management of food waste; valorisation of food waste; new foods; food waste recycling; technologies for food waste recovery; food sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) for Clean Energy
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1374 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon dioxide storage; carbon dioxide utilization; carbon dioxide capture; advancements; carbon dioxide; modelling; tecno-economic assessment; LCA; experimental research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
Urban Resilience and Sustainability—Assessment Tools submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1350 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban resilience; sustainability; land consumption reduction; urban regeneration; existing building stock; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Achieving Sustainability in the Workplace: Presenteeism and Occupational Health and Safety submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1350 | Submission Open
Keywords: occupational health; healthy workplaces; presenteeism; safety; psychosocial factors; sustainable employability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)
Climate Change and Sustainability: Health Risks and Policies to Address Them—Special Focus on Urban Settings
edited by , Donald Brown and David Satterthwaite
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 1250 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban sustainability; climate change; urban health; climate justice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Advances in STEAM Education Research and Practice: Towards Sustainable Development
edited by Theodosia Prodromou and Filiz Kuşkaya Mumcu
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1171 | Submission Open
Keywords: STEM; teaching; learning; interdisciplinary; transdisciplinary; sustainable; development; practice; practices; partnerships; futures; emerging technologies
New Advances in Biomass Conversion and the Environmental Implications-2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1164 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass conversion; energy production; pollution control; environmental implications; biomass biochemical conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
Towards Sustainability: Advanced Research on Renewable Energy Policy and Smart City
edited by , Yayun Ren and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1140 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; smart cities; sustainable development; urban planning; energy policy; technological innovation; energy efficiency; socio-economic impacts; digital technologies; urban resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
Emerging IoT and Blockchain Technologies for Sustainability
edited by Abdelaziz Bouras and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1138 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT; blockchain; AI; decentralized applications; efficient security; supply chain sustainability; energy-efficient IoT/computing; smart transportation; smart agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
Digital Technology for Circular Economy Towards Sustainable Development submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1133 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular economy; digital innovation; sustainable development; resource efficiency; environmental sustainability; internet of things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); blockchain technology; data analytics; policy and regulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
The Road to Sustainable Resources and Environmental Economics—2nd Volume
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1086 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; resources and environmental economics; carbon constraints
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Nanomaterials for Sustainable Applications: Current Development and Future Trends
edited by and Jamal Eldin F. M. Ibrahim
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1020 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; sustainable technology; thin-film deposition; eco-friendly nanomanufacturing; gas sensing nanocomposites; nanoscale photodetectors; thermochromic nanostructures; negative photoconductivity; nanoplasmonics; nanophotovoltaics; green photocatalysts; renewable energy nanosystems; environmental nanosensors; sustainable nanoelectronics; energy saving nanomaterials; smart nano-enabled coatings; advanced nanomaterials for sustainability; nanotechnology in pollution control; future of nanomaterials in energy applications; sustainable nanoscience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
Sustainability Assessment and Risk Management of Engineering Construction Project—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability assessment; risk management; construction projects; project management; decision support; sustainable development; digital transformation; built environment; policy support
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Sustainable Fuel Spray, Fuel Film Formation and Combustion Applied in Low-Carbon Powertrains—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 965 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable fuels; spray and atomization; heat and mass transfer; fuel film formation; low-carbon combustion; thermodynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
Recent Advances in Modern Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 960 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital technologies; sustainable manufacturing; sustainability 4.0; sustainable workplace; sustainable life cycle assessment; sustainable logistics processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Sustainable Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 947 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable stormwater management; green infrastructure; urban catchment; water balance; green roofs; low-impact development; surface runoff; economic feasibility; cost-efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)
Integrated River Basin Management and Sustainable Water Resources Management Using Innovative Approaches
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 884 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated river basin management; flood forecasting; deep learning; water resources management; flood routing; meta-heuristic optimization algorithm
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)
Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) toward Sustainability
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 832 | Submission Open
Keywords: CCAM; AI; 5G automotives; software; cybersecurity; statistical analysis; environmental footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Challenges and Prospects of Sustainability in the Context of Global Health: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 812 | Submission Open
Keywords: global health; global burden of disease; pandemics; universal health coverage; peace and solidarity; inclusive health governance; bottom-up initiatives; gender equity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
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