Sustainability

Approaching Sustainable Development: Innovative (Policy) Governance in Fostering Local Sustainability

edited by

and

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; innovative governance; innovative policy; local sustainable development; partnership; research action; innovative project

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

Sustainable and Smart City: Planning for Resilience

edited by

Yelena Popova

and Ravil Muhamedyev

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart infrastructure; smart technologies; sustainable urban planning and design; climate resilience and adaptation; energy efficiency and renewable resources; green spaces and biodiversity; social resilience and equity; risk management; policy and governance

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

The Interplay of Energy Consumption and the Digital Economy in the Pursuit of a Low-Carbon Transition

edited by Minzhe Du and

Guanglai Zhang

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2600 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy consumption; digital economy; carbon neutrality; energy transformation; low-carbon economy; sustainable development; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Sustainability of Businesses

edited by Abu Saleh

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1242 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI generative product innovation and development; data-driven business decisions; business sustainability

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

Research and Application of Sustainable Water Management to Agricultural Development

edited by Qiang Li,

Vinayak S. Shedekar

and

Chunhao Gu

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quantity and quality; agricultural sustainability; nutrient transport; BMPs

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

Net Zero Carbon Building and Sustainable Built Environment

edited by

Giovanni Ciampi

,

Yorgos Spanodimitriou

,

Rosa Francesca De Masi

,

Niko Gentile

and

Carol Monticelli

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: net-zero-carbon buildings; sustainable built environment; innovative solutions for buildings; life cycle analysis; human-centered living environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Environmental Behavior and Climate Change

edited by

Genovaitė Liobikienė

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16392 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change policy; climate-friendly behavior; greenhouse gas emissions; energy consumption; environmental programs; environmental education; renewable energy consumption

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

Enhanced Methane Extraction and Emission Reduction Technologies for the Full Cycle of Coal Production

edited by

Tong Liu

, Shiqi Liu, Chunshan Zheng and

Zheng Wang

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 885 | Submission Open

Keywords: coalbed methane (CBM); methane extraction efficiency; new permeability enhancement methods; abandoned mine gas; low concentration methane utilization; methane emission reduction; emission monitoring technologies; sustainable resource assessment

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

New Directions in Sustainable Organic Synthesis: The Role of Natural Raw Materials and Heterogeneous Catalysts

edited by

Agnieszka Wróblewska

and

Anna Fajdek-Bieda

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: raw materials of plant origin; minerals; heterogeneous catalysts; catalytic transformations of compounds of plant origin

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

Innovative and Sustainable Development of Transportation

edited by

Mohammad Miralinaghi

and

Wubeshet Woldemariam

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15227 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation electrification; sustainability; smart cities; connected and autonomous vehicles; travel demand modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Effects of CO₂ Emissions Control on Transportation and Its Energy Use

edited by

Márcio de Almeida D'Agosto

,

Renata Albergaria de Mello Bandeira

,

Carlos Eduardo Sanches de Andrade

and

Luciana Maria Baptista Ventura

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12877 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 emission control; sustainable mobility; greenhouse gases; atmospheric pollutants; environmental impacts

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

Sustainable Higher Education: From E-learning to Smart Education

edited by

Silvia Parusheva

,

Samo Bobek

and

Simona Sternad Zabukovsek

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10233 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart education; smart learning; mobile-based smart education; interactive education and technologies; virtual; augmented; and mixed realities; artificial intelligence

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

Urban Equality and Sustainability Studies

edited by

Keti Lelo

,

Salvatore Monni

and

Federico Tomassi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9846 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable cities; socio-spatial inequalities; fragmentation; mapping; spatial indicators

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

Sustainable Education: Innovations and Developments of Educational Technology

edited by

Gwo-Haur Hwang

,

Hsi-Hsun Yang

and Hsin-Yi Liang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9532 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational technologies; sustainable education; artificial intelligence (AI); augmented reality (AR); virtual reality (VR); robots; chatbots; digital games; interactive learning environments

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

Application of Remote Sensing to the Monitoring of Land Cover and Water Environment

edited by

Xiaoshuang Ma

,

Chen Wang

and

Zhixiang Yin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8421 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover monitoring; environmental monitoring; environmental remote sensing; remote sensing of water quality; soil and water conservation; geological hazard monitoring; water environments

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

Impact of Heavy Metals on the Sustainable Environment

edited by Mihone Kerolli Mustafa and

Lidija Ćurković

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7415 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; mobility; soil pollution; water contamination; air pollution; plant accumulation; health risk; environmental monitoring; risk assessment; heavy metals remediation; environmental sustainability; environmental modelling

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

Green Consumer Behavior and Green Brands in the Tourism/Hospitality Industry

edited by

Sangmook Lee

,

Hyo-Jin Kim

,

Seunghwan Lee

and Sangguk Kang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6853 | Submission Open

Keywords: green consumer behavior; green brand; green service; green product; green food; hospitality industry

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

Advances in Engineering Education and Sustainable Development

edited by Anderson Sunda-Meya

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6194 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering education; sustainable development; curriculum innovation; assessment methods; pedagogical innovation; sustainability integration; technology and sustainability; community engagement; global perspectives

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

Sustainable, Safe and Healthy Workplaces after COVID-19: Lessons Learned for the Future of Work in the Post-pandemic Era

edited by

Fabio Boccuni

and Bruna Rondinone

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6037 | Submission Open

Keywords: COVID-19; health and safety at work; sustainability; preventive measures

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

Challenges and Future Trends of Sustainable Environmental Education

edited by Pasquale Onorato and Marco Di Mauro

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5991 | Submission Open

Keywords: science education; scientific literacy; climate change; environmental education; climate psychology; climate action; environmental economy; sustainable development; environmental law

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

Energy and Cost-Effective Building Construction and Renovation Combining New Solutions, Renewables, and Waste Heat

edited by

Edyta Dudkiewicz

,

Łukasz Amanowicz

and

Tomasz Cholewa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5861 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy-saving equipment and technologies; thermal comfort; renewable sources; waste heat; thermo-modernization

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

Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology

edited by

Dorina Strieth

and Judith Stiefelmaier

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5710 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; CO2 sequestration; bioconversion; bioremediation; downstream processing; electro-fermentation; phototrophic micro-organisms; renewable raw materials; science communication

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

Sustainable Road Survey and Maintenance: New Tools, Technologies and Practices

edited by

Giuseppe Sollazzo

, Kelvin CP Wang and

Davide Lo Presti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5568 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; asset management; pavement management systems; BIM; LCA; modern road surveys; deep learning; smart roads; novel paving materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Architecture, Cities, and Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Ashraf M. Salama

and

Ruth Conroy Dalton

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5224 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusivity; social equity; sustainable design; sustainable cities; urban resilience; user-centred design

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

Renewable Energy Integration and Application in Buildings for Carbon Neutrality 2nd Edition

edited by

Lin Lu

and

Jianheng Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5184 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; building energy; energy efficiency; energy storage; green buildings; building envelope; energy flexibility and management; sustainable infrastructure; carbon neutrality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in Economic Development and Business Management

edited by

Răzvan Cătalin Dobrea

and

Nicoleta Cristache

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4569 | Submission Open

Keywords: business management; e-business; digital transformation; sustainable development; entrepreneurship; innovation

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

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management under Sustainable Development

edited by

Patricia P. Iglesias-Sánchez

and

Carmen Jambrino-Maldonado

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4543 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurship; sustainability; innovation; startups

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

Sustainable Land Use and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lu Zhang

,

Bing Kuang

and

Bohan Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3863 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning and management; land overexploitation; the harmony of the human– land system; sustainable development; big data; system simulation

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

New Trends in Organizational Psychology—2nd Edition

edited by

Delia Vîrgă

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3618 | Submission Open

Keywords: personal resources; strengths use; job crafting; proactive vitality management; well-being; innovative behavior; psychological capital; work engagement; engaging leadership; growth (mindset); gratitude; technology and well-being; creativity; self-leadership

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)

Education for Sustainable Development: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Juan Carlos Mosquera Feijoo

,

Marcos García Alberti

and

Fernando Suárez Guerra

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3608 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational innovation; transversal competences; socially oriented education; sustainability mind-shift; challenge-based learning; service learning; education for sustainable development (ESD); sustainable digitalization; sustainable development goals (SDGs); sustainability university rankings; circular economy; sustainable development indicators

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

Progress in Sustainable Smart Tourism: Planning, Developing, Management and Sustainability

edited by

Tsung Hung Lee

and

Fen-Hauh Jan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3358 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; augmented reality; mixed reality; smart tourism; smart tourism business; smart tourism destination; smart tourism experience; smart tourist; sustainable smart tourism; virtual reality

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

Advanced Control Strategies for Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainable Development

edited by

Youssef Errami

, Abdellatif Obbadi and Sahnoun Smail

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3095 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy conversion systems ; maximum power point tracking ; power electronic converter ; controllers of renewable energy systems ; control and optimization ; nonlinear controllers ; fault ride through ; artificial intelligence control ; fuzzy logic research ; deep learning ; sustainable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Net-Zero-Energy Building Solutions

edited by

Manuela Almeida

and

Jon Terés-Zubiaga

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3045 | Submission Open

Keywords: net zero energy building; building energy performance; carbon emissions; carbon neutrality; sustainable solutions; resource use; circularity in construction; renewable energy; climate change; energy poverty; co-benefits and trade-offs; policy and regulatory frameworks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Environmental Protection and Sustainable Ecological Engineering

edited by

Slobodan B. Mickovski

, Olavo F. Santos Jr.,

Alejandro Gonzalez-Ollauri

and Jovan Br. Papić

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2950 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental protection; sustainability; ecological engineering; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; resilience

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

Sustainable Scenarios of Energy and Ecological Footprint

edited by

James Hopeward

,

Paul C. Sutton

and

Keri Hopeward

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2892 | Submission Open

Keywords: future scenarios; sustainable systems; regenerative; footprint; energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Electrical Engineering and Sustainable Power Systems

edited by

Najib El Ouanjli

and

Said Mahfoud

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2789 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy systems; power electronics; electric generators; sustainable power systems; smart grids; power system control; standard and new topologies; modeling; control and optimization; artificial intelligence; fault diagnosis; electric vehicles

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

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation—Organic Farming Systems

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2784 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic agriculture; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Education for Environmental Citizenship—2nd Edition

edited by

Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis

and

Pedro Guilherme Rocha dos Reis

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2535 | Submission Open

Keywords: education for environmental citizenship; environmental citizenship; sustainability education; justice-oriented education; transformative education; change-oriented education; sustainable citizenship education; global citizenship education; civic participation; civic engagement; agents of change; environmental behavior; collective action; sustainable development goals; citizenship education

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

Environmental and Economic Sustainability in Agri-Food System

edited by

Behnaz Saboori

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2177 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; food security; economic resilience; environmental protection; agri-food policies; circular economy; resource efficiency; sustainable food production; climate-smart agriculture; agri-food system innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Water Management in Rapid Urbanization

edited by

Nan Xu

,

Jiaqi Yao

and

Huanyu Chang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2017 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water management; remote sensing; hydrological monitoring; flood; sustainable urbanization

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

Integrated Geographies of Risk, Natural Hazards and Sustainability—2nd Edition

edited by

Francesco De Pascale

and

Leonardo Mercatanti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1998 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; climate change; disasters; human geography; geography of risk; natural hazards; physical geography; social perception; sustainability; vulnerability

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

Advanced Agricultural Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Edson Talamini

and Antonio Domingos Padula

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1876 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural systems; biodiversity; bioenergy; sustainable agriculture; dematerialization; bioeconomy; ecological economics; agricultural economics; economic indicators; economic impact; poverty alleviation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Green Integration and Supply Chain Governance: A Circular Economy Perspective

edited by

Aurelija Burinskienė

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1839 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain; green concept; best practices; circular economy; management

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

Towards Energy Sustainability: Thermal Analysis and Renewable Energy Studies

edited by

Rahul R. Bhosale

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1778 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal analysis; thermal science and energy; thermal properties of materials; thermogravimetric analysis; differential scanning calorimetry; material science; thermochemical processes; heat capacity; thermal conductivity; renewable energy; solar energy; wind energy; hydrothermal energy; bioenergy; biofuels; geothermal energy; energy storage; energy efficiency; energy economics; alternative fuels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering and Reliability of Condition Assessment

edited by

Armin Mehrabi

and

Carlos M. Chang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1602 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable engineering; infrastructure; resiliency; risk and reliability; condition assessment; future infrastructure trends; decision-making systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Flexible Resources Investment in New-Type Electric Power Systems for Sustainable Development

edited by

Sen Guo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1555 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible resources investment; flexible resources evaluation; market mechanism; new-type electric power system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Nature-Based Solutions to Address Climate Change for Sustainable Development

edited by

Michael Loupis

and

Christos Spyrou

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1539 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; hydro-meteorological hazards; risk mitigation and adaptation; NbS policies; green infrastructure; ecosystem-based management; stakeholder participation; co-creation; ecological engineering

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

Digital Ecosystem and Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by

Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes De Moraes

, Bruno Brandão Fischer and

Angélica Pigola

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1510 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital ecosystem; sustainable entrepreneurship; technological innovation; information security; sustainable development goals

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

Evolving Indigenous Nations and Communities: Sustainable Territories and Socio-Ecology in a Changing Geopolitical Context

edited by Aoife Bennett and Deborah Delgado Pugley

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1497 | Submission Open

Keywords: indigenous territories; geopolitics; external finance of indigenous economies; nature protection; recovery and restoration; land and forest management practices; new indigenous movements

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

Geoheritage and Cultural Landscape for Sustainable Tourism

edited by

Mário Molokáč

and

Dana Tometzová

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1461 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoheritage; geotourism; geoparks; geoconservation; cultural landscape

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

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