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The Future of Water, Energy and Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate

edited by

Saeedeh Babaee

and Hamed Hashemi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy sustainability; CO< sub> 2< /sub> capture and conversion; water treatment; climate change; greenhouse gas emissions

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

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 147 | 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 Application of Advanced Material Surface Engineering

edited by Zhenyang Cai,

Sainan Liu

and

Xiaojun Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

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

Soil Microorganisms, Plant Ecology and Sustainable Restoration

edited by

Marcela Pagano

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Patricia Fernández-Aracil

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 104 | 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 102 | 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 91 | 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

edited by

and

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2922 | 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 1225 | 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)

Modeling, Control and Optimization for Smart Water Systems

edited by

Giacomo Galuppini

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1065 | 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)

Marine Fisheries Management and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Neculaí Patriche

Victor Niţă

and

Elena Sîrbu

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 669 | 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)

Bioresource Technology and Energy Sustainable Development

edited by

Algirdas Jasinskas

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 604 | 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 521 | 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 385 | 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 245 | 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 201 | 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 197 | 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 146 | 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 122 | 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 109 | 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)

Environmental Impact Assessment and Green Energy Economy 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhijie Jia

submission deadline 2 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2570 | 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 1249 | 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 136 | 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 5117 | 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 15550 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 700 | 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 579 | 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 496 | 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 307 | 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 213 | 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 595 | 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)

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 175 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Jean-Éric Pelet

submission deadline 6 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 152 | 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)

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

edited by

and

submission deadline 7 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3017 | 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 385 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1802 | 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 755 | 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)

Sustainable Tourism: The Impacts of Tourism Development on Destination Communities

edited by

Maksim Godovykh

submission deadline 9 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 1730 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism; tourism impacts; sustainable tourism; destination management

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

Rural Policies, Farmers’ Perceptions and Planning: Enhancing Collaborative Sustainability

edited by

Alexa Lamm

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2063 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural communities; farmer; perceptions; policy; regulation; incentive; agriculture

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

Sustainable Water Resources Management in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Dexter Hunt

and Soroosh Sharifi

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 639 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; infrastructure; planning; sustainable indicators

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

Sustainable Biomass Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for a Green Future

edited by

Jorge Aburto

and Arick Castillo-Landero

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 596 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; bioenergy; sustainability; decarbonization; circular and bioenergy economy; biofuels; life cycle assessment; social impact; techno-economic assessment; green industry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Solutions for Land Reclamation and Post-mining Land Uses

edited by

Francis F. Pavloudakis

Christos Roumpos

and

Philip-Mark Spanidis

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable environment and land management; land uses; eco-restoration; land reclamation– rehabilitation– repurposing; soil remediation; circular economy; sustainability in surface mines

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

Sustainable Energy Use: Innovative Research into Solar Thermal Systems

edited by

Jesús Ignacio Prieto García

and

David García

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conversion; energy storage; solar architecture; solar process heat; solar thermal electricity; modelling; energy markets; energy policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Optimization

edited by

Jie Ma

Jingxu Chen

and

Xinlian Yu

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: shared mobility; public transportation; sustainable logistics; electrification transportation and logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Innovation in Sustainable Manufacturing: Supporting Approaches for Driving and Assessment

edited by

Christian Spreafico

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-design; sustainable innovation; design for sustainable manufacturing; prospective LCA; patent analysis

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

Protection and Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources

edited by Barbara Radwanek-Bąk and

Ewa Lewicka

submission deadline 11 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: tools for mineral deposits safeguarding; new techniques of mineral exploration; new technologies of mineral extraction; growth of demand for new mineral raw materials; mineral resources in inaccessible areas; optimization of raw materials production; sustainability in the development of green energy and digitization

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

The Role of Management Science in Supporting Sustainable Energy Systems and a Carbon-Neutral Society

edited by

Linwei Ma

, Chin Hao Chong and

Xiaoyong Zhou

submission deadline 12 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3161 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon peaking; carbon neutrality; CO2 emissions; energy; management science; sustainable energy systems; low-carbon; economy development; energy systems

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

Biodiversity Conservation, Management and Sustainability for Fisheries in Protected Areas

edited by

Vera P. Nikolić

and

Vesna Djikanović

submission deadline 12 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries; management; protected area; threats; challenges; sustainability

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

Public Health Challenges and Sustainable Responses in an Era of Disasters, Conflict, and Climate Change

edited by

Krzysztof Goniewicz

submission deadline 13 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9712 | Submission Open

Keywords: public health; sustainability; climate change; conflict resolution; disaster response; health equity; resilience; interdisciplinary research; health infrastructure; social determinants of health

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

Sustainable Approaches for Developing Concrete and Mortar

edited by

Ali Edalat Behbahani

Fatemeh Soltanzadeh

and Amin Abrishambaf

submission deadline 13 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6604 | 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)

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