Sustainability

Sustainable Development: Role of Geospatial Modeling, AI and Remote Sensing

edited by Minxuan Lan,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6436 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing (RS); spatial analysis; artificial intelligence (AI); environment; human society; sustainable development; climate change; public safety and health

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

Recent Research on UAM/AAM Aircraft and Systems: Modeling, Advanced Control, and Emerging Technologies

edited by

Shu-Guang Zhang

and

Mingkai Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5947 | Submission Open

Keywords: green air mobility; sustainable air transportation; urban air traffic; advanced air mobility; electric propulsion; vertical takeoff and landing; sustainable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainability of Urban Transformation in the Context of Next Generation EU

edited by

Lucia Saganeiti

and

Lorena Fiorini

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5717 | Submission Open

Keywords: indicator engineering; sustainability of transformation; decision support system; land take; Next Generation EU; Agenda 2030

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

Resilience of Critical Infrastructures: Risk Reduction and Maintenance

edited by

Foad Kiakojouri

and

Valerio De Biagi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5359 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical infrastructures; transportation infrastructure; bridge; tunnel; resilience; structural failure; maintenance; collapse; risk assessment; aging and degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

New Trends in Sustainable Tourism—2nd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Parra-López

,

Almudena Barrientos-Báez

and

David Caldevilla Domínguez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5345 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); critical thinking; new sustainable perspectives; governance; complexity; Agenda 2030; sustainability; education; economic growth; climate action

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

Concrete and Waste Management for Sustainable Construction: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Hilal El-Hassan

and

Jamal Khatib

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5138 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; concrete; waste; performance; environmental impact; construction; microstructure; circular economy

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

Sustainable Materials and Management in the Fashion Industry 2nd Edition

edited by

Ting Chi

and

Huantian Cao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5009 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; social sustainability; sustainable management; sustainable fashion; sustainable materials

Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater: Innovative Approaches for Remediation

edited by

Chongqing Wang

and Hongru Jiang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4441 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; remediation; advanced oxidation process; environmental heath; analytical methods; microplastics; antibiotics; persistent organic pollutants; endocrine disruptors

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

Biofiltration of Urban Air

edited by

Gabriela Soreanu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4150 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminated air biotreatment; microorganisms; (micro)algae; plants; air quality; sustainable development; environmental biotechnology

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

Advances in Waste Biomass and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Lucília Sousa Ribeiro

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3317 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; wastes; hydrothermal treatment; pyrolysis; catalysis; sustainability

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

Sustainable Forestry Management and Technologies

edited by

Francisco Rodríguez-Puerta

,

Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez

,

Juan Picos

and

Esteban Gómez-García

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2876 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; remote sensing; forest decision support systems; computing; artificial intelligence; forest sustainability; forest inventory; forest monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

Sustainable Development and Planning Optimization Related to the Energy Power Market

edited by Yiming Ke, Yaxian Wang, Fengtao Guang and Fangtong Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2772 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainability assessment; energy power market; planning optimization; sizing configuration; evaluation system; blueprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Energy Use, Storage and Emission Analysis for Industrial Decarbonization

edited by

Xingchao Wang

and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2671 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial decarbonization; industrial emission control; low- and zero-carbon fuel; renewable energy integration; system modeling and analysis; energy storage

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

Advances in Adsorption Processes for Sustainable Water Treatment

edited by Slavica S. Lazarević and Ivona Janković-Castvan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2661 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental remediation ; green chemistry in water treatment ; functionalization ; composite materials ; clay minerals ; adsorption mechanisms ; adsorption kinetics ; metal– organic frameworks (MOFs) ; renewable adsorbents

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

Restoring and Engineering Multifunctional Riparian Ecosystems to Mitigate Nutrient Pollution in Agricultural and Urban Landscapes

edited by Josef H. Görres

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2542 | Submission Open

Keywords: nitrogen and phosphorus pollution; restoration; mitigation; agricultural engineering; sustainability; ecosystem services; biodiversity; multifunctional riparian ecosystems; policy

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

Sustainability in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

edited by

Ali Jamshidi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2531 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable infrastructure material; sustainable construction; concrete pavements; asphalt pavements; heavy-duty pavements; infrastructure asset management

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

Energy Efficiency and Innovative Material Application in Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Víctor Yepes

and Lorena Yepes-Bellver

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2529 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; innovative materials; sustainable buildings; smart buildings; green construction; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Application of Environmental Material in Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Remediation

edited by

Orhan Yenigün

and

Merve Tunali

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2253 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; nanomaterials; material– energy nexus

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

Transformative Pedagogies for Sustainability Competence Development

edited by Xiangyun Du and

Aida Guerra

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2137 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability competence; GreenComp; education for sustainability (ESD); pedagogy development; assessment; professional learning; active learning; curriculum change; educational policy; transformative learning; holistic education; problem-oriented pedagogies (e.g.; PBL; CBL); sustainability mindset

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

Circular Economy Strategies Applied to Vehicles

edited by

Abel Ortego-Bielsa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2090 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-design; disassemblability; recyclability; resource efficiency; circular economy; sustainability; critical raw materials; vehicle manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Logistics in the New Era

edited by

Hao Yu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2059 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging challenges of sustainable logistics; innovative solutions of sustainable logistics; new technologies and sustainable logistics; sustainable supply chain management; sustainable logistics models; sustainable logistics practices; sustainable purchasing; sustainable distribution; green logistics; reverse logistics; closed-loop supply chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Contemporary Paradigms for a 'Sustainable' Construction: Development of Design Strategies and Building Materials for Restoration, Reuse and Civil Engineering

edited by

Stefano Galassi

and

Riccardo Liberotti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2028 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage architectures; inclusivity; sustainable design; composite materials; numerical modelling; strengthening strategies; restoration and retrofitting; museal accessibility

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

Sustainable Artificial Intelligence in Mobile Environment Sensing and Localization

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1933 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncertainty prediction; multi-source integration; LiDAR/visual SLAM; sustainable data-driven; sustainable AI-driven; cooperative navigation; inertial navigation system; mobile sensing and localization; sustainable environment sensing; autonomous driving; sustainable crowdsourced data acquisition

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

Small and Medium Enterprises: Green Orientations and Sustainable Business Models

edited by Stephen Oduro and Alessandro De Nisco

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1891 | Submission Open

Keywords: small and medium enterprises; green procurement and supply chains; green manufacturing; green business models; green marketing; sustainable performance; competitiveness; sustainability management; stakeholder pressure; green capabilities

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

Seismic Resilience of Urban Environments

edited by

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

and

Diego López-García

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1642 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic resilience; structural sustainability; earthquake-induced downtime; earthquake-induced loss estimation; urban recovery; life-cycle analysis; cost-based optimization

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

Sustainable Development of Land Cover Change and Landscape Ecology

edited by

Peter Szilassi

and

Nándor Csikós

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1573 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; pattern and process paradigm; sustainable land use; landscape metrics; land use modelling; ecosystem services; urbanisation

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

Sustainable Electric Power Systems: Design, Analysis and Control (2nd Edition)

edited by

Boyu Qin

, Ke Ma and Qianjun Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1351 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric power system; low-carbon operation; cooperated planning; renewable energy; carbon markets; optimal control; stability analysis; energy storage system; equivalent circuit

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

Contaminants in Irrigation Water Impacting the Safety of Fresh Produce

edited by

Achyut Adhikari

and Eduardo Gutiérrez-Rodríguez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1276 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture water; water treatment; produce safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Integrated Regional Energy Planning towards Sustainable Development

edited by

Yongli Wang

and

Ling Ji

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1060 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy planning; renewable energy utilization; low carbon; multi-energy coupling; sustainable development; integrated energy system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Alternative Fuels for Advanced Internal Combustion Engine Technologies, Thermodynamic and Emission Assessment

edited by

Rafał Ślefarski

,

Radosław Jankowski

and Jaroslaw Markowski

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 871 | Submission Open

Keywords: green fuels; hydrogen; ammonia; methanol; fuel flexibility; sustainable development of advanced combustion technologies; gas turbine; internal combustion engine; toxic pollutant formation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Business Innovation and Organizational Performance

edited by

George Saridakis

, Yanqing Lai, Rebeca I. Muñoz Torres and Jay Mitra

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable entrepreneurial activity; sustainable SMEs; sustainable entrepreneurship in public sector; sustainable technological innovation; ethical leadership; inclusive and green growth; sustainable economic development; sustainable micro/macro models; heterodox environmental economics; sustainable regional development; firm strategic priorities; long-term public policy

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

Renewable Energy Policies and Ecological Economics: Pathways to Sustainability

edited by

Chia-Hsing Huang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; ecological economics; technology innovation; eco innovation; ESG; institution; green finance; international trade; foreign direct investment; corporate strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Urban Ecology and Sustainability: The Status of Research and Future Directions

edited by

Sang-Don Lee

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 380 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban restoration; green networking; amenity; sustainability; NBS

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

Sustainable Development of Textile Engineering Materials

edited by

Radostina A. Angelova

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable textiles; eco-friendly textiles; circular design; recycling technologies; green manufacturing; biodegradable materials; smart textiles; low-impact finishing; circular economy; materials science; environmental impact; human– textiles interaction; social responsibility; innovation in textile engineering; circular design principles; textile recycling; ethical manufacturing; life cycle assessment; renewable materials; sustainable fashion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

New Developments in Renewable Energy Sources and Sustainable Manufacturing

edited by

Jorge Gabitto

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; novel technologies; combined processes; sustainable manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Cultivating Ecology-Conscious Engineers: Learning for Thriving Together on Planet Earth

edited by Linda Vanasupa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering education; sustainability; transdisciplinary; holism; transformative; just transition; social justice; equity; curriculum

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

Sustainable Freshwater Ecosystems: Diversity, Assessment and Management

edited by

Maria Spoljar

,

Natalia Kuczyńska-Kippen

,

Tea Tomljanović

and Tvrtko Drazina

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality of aquatic ecosystems; restoration of hydrosystems; biomanipulation; agricultural leaching; urban vs. pristine catchment area; human efforts in the freshwater sustainability

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

Energy Economic Transition and Environmental Sustainability for Resilient and Inclusive Markets and Cities

edited by

Grazia Napoli

and

Simona Barbaro

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy transition; economic feasibility; evaluation models; real estate market; financial tools; multicriteria decision aid; energy retrofit model; energy affordability; energy prosumers; renewable energy models

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

Sustainable Seismic Design Approaches, Structural Systems, and Retrofit Measures of Civil Engineering Structures

edited by Aman Mwafy and Asas Issa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; resilience; loss assessment; fragility analysis; buildings; infrastructure; risk mitigation; seismic design

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

Advanced Sustainable Warehouse Management

edited by

Bernardo Nicoletti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: warehouse management; sustainability; artificial intelligence; sustainable logistics; supply chain 5.0

Sorption and Biosorption: Applications and Advances in Sustainable Technologies for Removing Contaminants from Water and Wastewater

edited by

Dorota Papciak

and

Andżelika Domoń

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; sewage treatment; sorption; biosorption; biochars; biodegradation; natural sorbents; biofiltration

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

Environmental Functional Materials for Sustainable Development

edited by Wei Zuo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental pollution control; environmental remediation; adsorption materials; catalytic materials; migration and transformation; water/air/soil remediation; clean air; nanostructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Inputs of Engineering Education towards Sustainability—2nd Edition

edited by

Clara Viegas

and

Natércia Lima

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability education; engineering education; sustainability development goals; inner transformation; sustainability challenges; innovative engineering solutions; societal challenges

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

Smart Cities, Eco-Cities, Green Transport and Sustainability

edited by

Atour Taghipour

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22969 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-city; smart cities; green transport city of future; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Recent Advances in Sustainable Food Systems—Local and Alternative Solutions for Global Challenges

edited by

Áron Török

and

Zsófia Benedek

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14667 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food chains; short food supply chains; food systems; food trade; agricultural trade; alternative food networks; local food; food quality schemes; fair trade; food labeling; resilience; food security; food sovereignty; social-ecological systems; agrobiodiversity; farmers' market; community-supported agriculture; box schemes; solidarity purchasing groups; food hubs; food cooperatives; organic production; agroecology; sustainable pest management; sustainable food waste management; sustainable food consumption; agri-food transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Benefits of Green Infrastructures on Air Quality in Urban Spaces

edited by

Vera Rodrigues

and

Sandra Rafael

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13948 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; urban environment; air quality; CFD modelling; wind tunnel; mesoscale models; thermal comfort; pedestrian comfort; future climate scenarios

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

Sustainable Development Goals and Circular Economic

edited by

Gheorghita Dinca

and Mirela Camelia Baba

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8414 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable economic growth; recyclable and renewable resources; circular economy; green economy; blue economy; sustainable development goals

Sustainable Environmental Analysis of Soil and Water

edited by

Solmaz Fathololoumi

and

Asim Biswas

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5526 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil water; sustainability agricultural; erosion environment; remote sensing

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

Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Pollution Prevention and Control Technologies

edited by

Liandong Zhu

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4079 | 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)

New Tools for Assessing Sustainable Products

edited by