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Sustainable Travel Development

edited by

Patrick Bouchet

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9687 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; sustainable travel; impacts of global change or crisis; innovations; new strategies or behaviors

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

Sustainable Forestry for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Ronald C. Estoque

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7021 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management; sustainable harvesting; SDGs; forest certification; community engagement; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystem services; forest conservation; forest restoration; deforestation; forest degradation; tree canopy cover; forest monitoring; GIS; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

New Trends and Technologies for Safe, Green, Low-Carbon and Sustainable Traffic Systems

edited by

Ciyun Lin

Bowen Gong

and

Hui Liu

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3614 | Submission Open

Keywords: traffic management and control; traffic modeling and simulation; mobility as a service; data-driven methodologies; big data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Changes in Atmospheric Environment

edited by

Baozhu Ge

Xuejun Liu

and

Syuichi Itahashi

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3321 | Submission Open

Keywords: changes; atmospheric environment; prediction; human beings; air pollution; Asia; long-term measurement; modeling and simulation; deposition

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

Pollution in Freshwater Systems and Water Quality Assessment

edited by Taotao Lu, Hao Peng and

Sven Frei

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2428 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater system; contaminant transport; adsorption; numerical simulation; groundwater quality evolution; hydrochemistry; health risk assessment

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

Sustainable Study and Application of Large-Scale Renewable Energy System

edited by Yiyi Zhang, Bo Li and

Sen Guo

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1199 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources; smart grid; demand response; market mechanisms; environmental impact; power system dynamics and control; power system planning; hydrogen production; vehicle to grid; energy storage system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Green Energy Economic Management

edited by Jinliang Zhang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1101 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; system analysis; low-carbon economy; energy conversion; energy economy management; climate and environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management within the Context of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy

edited by Zhixiang Zhou and Min Yang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 477 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply; circular economy; resource use efficiency; carbon neutrality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Intelligent and Innovative Solutions for Sustainable and Healthy Built Environment

edited by

Zufen Wang

Wei Zhang

and

Wentao Wu

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16955 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; human health; sustainability; energy-efficient operation; smart monitoring; data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainability in Higher Education: Curriculum Design and Materials Development

edited by

Ajda Fošner

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8638 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; higher education; curriculum design; materials development; cross-disciplinary collaboration; impact assessment; student engagement

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

Green Supply Chain and Sustainable Economic Development

edited by Jiang Wu and

Peiwen Zhang

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5357 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain; sustainable economic development; comprehensive evaluation; green logistics; supply chain finance

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

Sustainable Strategies for Green Ports and Maritime Logistics: Innovations, Challenges, and Best Practices

edited by

Nicoletta González-Cancelas

Alberto Camarero Orive

, Francisco Soler Flores,

Rodrigo Pérez Fernández

and David Díaz Gutiérrez

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3047 | Submission Open

Keywords: logistics system planning; port operations; maritime system planning; optimization models; emerging technologies; sustainability; risk management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Geodiversity, Geoheritage and Sustainability

edited by

Melinda McHenry

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1565 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoheritage; geoconservation; geodiversity; geotourism; geoparks; sustainable development; sustainable land use; systems thinking

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

Recent Advances in Climate Change and Water Resources

edited by

Sandra Mourato

and

Cristina Andrade

submission deadline 3 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5387 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme events; water resources; water governance; mitigation; and adaptation measures; reusing wastewater; harvesting rainwater; nature-based solutions; transboundary cooperation; water– energy nexus; groundwater recharge

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

Renewable Energy, Electric Power Systems and Sustainability

edited by

Fernando Lessa Tofoli

submission deadline 5 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2735 | Submission Open

Keywords: power systems; renewable energy; smart grids; solar energy; sustainability; wind energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Building Materials in Construction Engineering

edited by Aydin Shishegaran and Mohsen Saeedi

submission deadline 5 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 558 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability evaluation; sustainable building material; sustainability evaluation for optimized structures; new social and technical indicators; recycled building materials; reuse waste in the creation of building materials; environmental evaluation of building materials; optimization of the use of raw materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

A Systems Approach to Urban Greenspace System and Climate Change

edited by Yizhao Yang and

Yawei Chen

submission deadline 5 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 485 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces (urban greenspaces); urban greenspace system; climate change; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; livability; urban resilience

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

Sustainable Railway Construction, Operation and Transportation

edited by

Jozef Gasparik

and Libor Ižvolt

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4361 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transport; railway construction; railway operation and capacity; railway transportation; innovation and ecology in railway transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Digital Wellbeing and Sustainability

edited by Gretta Mohan

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3633 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital wellbeing; digital technologies; electronic communications networks; sustainability; environmental sustainability; economic sustainability; social sustainability; sustainable behaviors

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

Towards Sustainable Mining and Mineral Processing of Metals: Assessment to Implementation

edited by Allan Trench and Geoffrey E. Batt

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3503 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining sustainability; cleaner mineral production; future of mining; minerals demand; critical minerals; emissions reduction; reusing mining waste; circular economy; mining value-chains; metals recycling; mining rehabilitation; socioeconomic impacts of mining; sustainable supply chains

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

Inter-urban Zero-Emission Rail Technology: Analyses of Emerging Passenger and Freight Transportation System Retrofits

edited by

Gord Lovegrove

, Holger Busche and Mohamed Hegazi

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3195 | Submission Open

Keywords: rail transport; retrofit; de-carbonized; zero emissions; hydrogen fuel cell; hydrail; battery electric; passenger rail; freight rail; low-density; inter-urban; affordable

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Waste Treatment, Disposal, and Pollution Control

edited by

Mostafa Ghasemi Baboli

and Ehsan Naderi Kalali

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2387 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; sustainable; renewable energy; solid wastes; biomass; water treatment

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

Sustainability in Resources Recovery Research and Environmental Chemical Engineering

edited by

Feng Lin

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2166 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; sustainable resources recovery; minerals processing; oil sands extraction; nutrient recovery; tailings management; wastewater treatment; carbon capture and utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Solar Energy for Sustainable Maritime Systems

edited by

Yun Zhang

, Xiangyu Li and

Jun Qiu

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; sustainability; maritime system; photovoltaics; battery; thermal energy storage; desalination; water harvesting; design innovation; optimization; case study; carbon regulation; LCA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Urban Planning: Biodiversity, Greening, and Forestry

edited by

Flavia Bartoli

, Seyedh Zohreh Hosseini and

Emanuela Cicinelli

submission deadline 7 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12377 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructures; climate change; historical gardens; archaeological sites; street trees; ecological network; nature-based solution; urban forestry; ecosystem services; urban ecosystem

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

Advances in Sustainable Hydraulic and Water Resource Engineering

edited by

Ying-Tien Lin

submission deadline 7 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1159 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic engineering; water resource engineering; fluid mechanics; sustainable development; disaster prevention; early warning system; urban flooding; artificial intelligence; environmental and economic issues

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

Progress in Bioproducts and Food Processing toward a Sustainable Future

edited by

Sajad Shokri

and Mohammad H. Eskandari

submission deadline 7 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioproducts; food; sustainability; valorization; fermentation; emerging technologies; processing; agricultural/food wastes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Green Finance, Economics and SDGs

edited by

Roberto Cervelló-Royo

, Inmaculada Marqués Pérez, Inmaculada Guaita and

Javier Oliver-Muncharaz

submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22504 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable finance; green bonds; Sustainable Development Goals; ESG; sustainable development; financial performance; green initiative; CSR

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

Digital Innovation and Technology Transfer in Emerging Markets and/or from Emerging Markets

edited by

Byung Il Park

and

Min-jae Lee

submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9353 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital innovation as part of organizational strategy; digital innovation as a conduit for sustainable growth; digital innovation as a means to reinvent new products and services; digital innovation to develop sustainable business models; digital technology transfers to compete against rivals in emerging markets; digital technology transfers to promote innovative practices in emerging markets; digital technology transfers to drive sustainable development in emerging markets; digital technology transfers to make the supply chain and value chain more efficient and long-lived firms (i.e.; proxy for sustainability)

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

Organic Matter Degradation, Biomass Conversion and CO₂ Reduction

edited by

Qiang Wang

and

Cheng-Chao Jin

submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8334 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy conversion; photocatalytic degradation; CO2 photoreduction; electrocatalytic CO2 reduction; biomass conversion; HMF; FDCA; persistent organic pollutants; volatile organic compounds; dyes; antibiotics; solar fuel production; heterojunction; nanocomposites; porous nanomaterials; single-atom catalysts; DFT calculation; in situ/operando characterizations

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

Urban Forests, Plant Systematics and Germplasm Innovation

edited by

Huafeng Wang

Zhitai Wang

Liqun Sun

and Yuejun He

submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2301 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forests; plant systematics; germplasm innovation; urban greenspace; plant ecology

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

Hybrid Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage: Solar Cells, Batteries and Fuel Cells

edited by

Tingzhou Yang

Shengwen Liu

and

Jie Liu

submission deadline 8 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage and conversion; advanced hybrid materials; solar cell; fuel cells; lithium-ion battery; sustainable energy storage devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Tourism Sustainability on Islands and the 2030 UN Goals

edited by Maria Anunciação Mateus Ventura and Andrea Zita Costa Botelho

submission deadline 9 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2306 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism development; tourism planning; protected areas; sustainable tourism; tourism certification; tourism management; tourism impacts; recreational activities; conservation; circular economy; 2030 UN agenda

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

Emerging Transportation in Sustainable Development Environment: Multi-Modal Transportation and Connected Automated Vehicle (CAV) Technology

edited by

Wuhong Wang

and

Lisheng Jin

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 19691 | Submission Open

Keywords: green intelligent transportation; sustainable development of transportation; traffic safety and management; emerging transportation and multi-modal transportation; CAV technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Upcycling Biowaste into Biobased Products

edited by

Elli Maria Barampouti

and

Sofia Th. Mai

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11061 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal feed biobased products; biofuels; biopolymers; biorefinery; biowaste valorisation

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

Sustainability and Resilience in Carbon Neutral Mobility and Resilient Transport Infrastructures

edited by

Eva Kassens-Noor

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2441 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobility; resilience; sustainability; carbon neutral; transport; traffic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Cities: Urban Form, Spatial Structure and Ecological Integration

edited by Athanasios Votsis

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1109 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial design; complex adaptive spatial systems; human– environment integration; urban habitats; digitalization; hybridization; posthuman cities; semiotics of space and cities

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

Sustainable Solution for Water: Wastewater Treatment and Advanced Water Purification Technologies

edited by

Belisa Alcantara Marinho

and Luciana Prazeres Mazur

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1016 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; membrane processes; advanced oxidation/reduction processes; ozonation; sonolysis; electrochemical treatment; anaerobic digestion; aerobic process; membrane bioreactor; process intensification; nanotechnology; nanomaterials; water reuse

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

Tracking Sustainability through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Synergies and Trade-Offs

edited by Anil Markandya and

Laura Onofri

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 905 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; synergies and trade-offs; UN three pillars of sustainability; economic sustainability; social sustainability; environmental sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Development Goals towards Sustainability)

Sustainability in Industrial Engineering and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Tin-Chih Toly Chen

submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable artificial intelligence; industrial engineering sustainability; sustainable social and economic development

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

Sustainable Waste Management in the Context of Circular Economy

edited by

Namil Um

and

JungKeun Oh

submission deadline 11 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15235 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste; sustainable management; circular economy; recycling; reuse; minimization; environmental assessment; waste policy; regulation

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

Waste Management Policy for Sustainable (Peri-)Urban Development and the Circular Economy

edited by

Ioannis Vardopoulos

submission deadline 11 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12971 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular and bio-based economy; cross-disciplinary sustainable development; social assessment; solid waste; food waste; urban resilience

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

Sustainable Operations: Advancing Industry Practices for a Greener Future

edited by

Nuno Costa

and Pedro Alexandre Marques

submission deadline 11 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1072 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; excellence; automation; digitization; optimization; production; quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Bioremediation and Bioprocess for Waste and Wastewater Treatment

edited by Loubna El Fels and Bouchra El Hayany

submission deadline 11 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; circular economy; sustainable reuse; organic waste; biomass recycling; bioremediation; biofertlizer

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

Education for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities of Transformative Learning and Teaching

edited by Gökmen Dağlı,

Fahriye Altınay

and

Zehra Altınay

submission deadline 12 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10943 | Submission Open

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

Educational Psychological Perspectives on Sustainable Education

edited by

Abílio Afonso Lourenço

submission deadline 12 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3990 | Submission Open

Keywords: development of environmental awareness; education for sustainable citizenship; sustainable pedagogical approaches; socioemotional well-being and sustainability; resilience and behavioral change; assessment of sustainable educational programs; sustainability through artificial intelligence

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

Resilient Supply Networks and Sustainable Supply Chains

edited by Zhijie Sasha Dong

submission deadline 14 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: green logistics; circular economy; sustainable practices

Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Techniques in Sustainable Supply Chains and Logistics Management

edited by

and

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 29161 | Submission Open

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

Advances in Transportation Planning and Management

edited by Hongfei Jia and Anning Ni

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 16 articles | Viewed by 21094 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation planning; smart transportation management; green travel behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Development: Consumer Behavior and Circular Economy

edited by

Régis Y. Chenavaz

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17287 | Submission Open

Keywords: circularity; sustainability; CSR; consumer behavior; recycling; triple bottom line; entrepreneurship; economic modeling; pollution management; waste management; green economics; green tourism; green finance; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

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