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Smart and Sustainable Universities

edited by

Giulio Mario Cappelletti

Giuseppe Ioppolo

and

Carlo Russo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and universities; university rankings; environmental and social reporting; environmental education; sustainable mobility

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

Urban Land Use and Urban Sustainability

edited by Chen Zeng,

Danling Chen

, Li Dai and Weicong Luo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural land use; sustainable cities; sustainable land use; urban big data; urban sustainability

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

Environmental Sustainability and Design Strategies of Future Smart Energy Systems

edited by

Lorenzo Mario Pastore

Costanza Vittoria Fiorini

and Livio De Santoli

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart energy systems; life cycle assessment; energy planning; renewable energy communities; positive energy districts; system flexibility; hydrogen; hard-to-abate sectors; energy storage; sustainable buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Public Policies and Sustainable Urban Planning in the Metropolises of Southern Europe

edited by

Francesca Poggi

and João Seixas

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: metropolitan governance; urban politics; urban sustainability; urban regeneration; proximity; sustainable mobility; nature-based solutions; inclusive housing; gentrification

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

Sustainable Maritime Logistics and Low-Carbon Transportation

edited by Chunhui Zhou,

Hongxiang Feng

, Fan Zhang and Zhongyi Sui

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable maritime logistics through complex systems; carbon peaking and carbon neutralization in maritime logistics; assessment methods; modeling; and simulation for sustainability in maritime logistics; advancements in low-carbon fuels and energy sources; emission control of air pollutants from ships; treatment of water pollutants in ships; ship emission monitoring; maritime carbon footprint reduction; pollution simulation; prevention of shipping pollution and green navigation; carbon emission reduction in the maritime sector; low-carbon transportation for shipping; data analytics and digital twin technique for port development; port cooperation and competition; port integration; port scheduling and resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advanced Technologies and Management Systems for Resource Reuse, Recycling and Recovery

edited by

Chun-hsu Lin

and Hsuan-Yu Chang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: reuse; resource recycling; circular economy; net-zero emissions; cost– benefit analysis

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

AI for Sustainable Development: Applications and Impacts across Industries

edited by Ahreum Hong and Yannan Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI applications; economics in AI; ethics in AI; educational AI; transportation AI; machine learning; domain-specific AI; interdisciplinary research

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

Application of Remote Sensing Technology for Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis Volume II

edited by

Yang Zhang

Yiyun Chen

and

Zeying Lan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover change; ecological security; food security; ecosystem service value; urbanization; Anthropocene

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

Sustainable Thermal Comfort: Heat Pump Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings

edited by

Murat Aydin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; heat pumps; energy efficiency of buildings; long-term analysis; ground-/water-/air-source heat pumps; ground/borehole heat exchangers; thermal response otests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Administration in Sustainability

edited by

Frank Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: CSR; ESG; sustainability; corporate governance; agency problem

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

Effects of Soil and Water Conservation on Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Christos Tsadilas

and

Eleftherios Evangelou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil management; water use efficiency; soil erosion; soil fertility; soil conservation; agricultural production systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Solid Waste Treatment, Disposal, and Recycling Potential

edited by Alejandra Vidales Barriguete and

Eva Barreira

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste treatment; recycling possibilities; waste management; new market niche; benefits to society

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

Future Directions in Energy Transition and Sustainable Management

edited by

Danish Mir Sayed Shah

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in energy; machine learning for energy systems; energy optimization; power system analysis; renewable energy integration; sustainable energy management; environmental mitigation in grids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Driving Sustainable Development and Economic Growth Through Renewable Energy

edited by

Adriana Grigorescu

, Cristina Lincaru and Hasan DINCER

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology development and adoption; smart business models with energy solutions; energy market accessibility and affordability; regional time– space perspectives; environmental and natural resources; climate change implications; education; social; and welfare implications; energy security; energy poverty; energy policies; energy economics; eegulatory measures; financial and fiscal instruments

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

Industrial Digital Transformation and Sustainable Innovation Development

edited by

Francesco Bellini

, Yannis Charalabidis and Irina Gorelova

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainable development; industrial development; innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

How Do Digital Transformations and Innovations Shape Sustainable Education Practices?

edited by

Mirjana Ivanović

Aleksandra Klašnja-Milićević

Stelios Xinogalos

and Boban Vesin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital education and future education; digital transformations and their influences on teaching; learning; and assessment; potential of digital twins; metaverse; virtual reality; augmented reality in education; gamification; social learning; self-directed learning; personalization and recommendations in sustainable education; influences of contemporary trends in digital transformations on modern and future e-learning platforms; mobile learning; blended learning; role of blockchain technology in education

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

Precision Agriculture Techniques for Sustainable Water and Soil Management

edited by Iulian Voicea,

Florin Nenciu

and

Atanas Atanasov

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: IOT and sensor-based technologies; artificial intelligence in agriculture; highly efficient biofertilizers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment: Closing the Loop for Sustainable Resource Management

edited by Andrea Di Maria

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); sustainable resource management; carbon sequestration; policy decision making

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

Sustainable Tourism and Green Destination Management

edited by Yim King Penny Wan, Weng Hang Kong and Joey Pek U Sou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; green destination management; impacts and benefits; host communities

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

Recent Advances in Environmental Geotechnics and Transportation Geotechnics for Sustainable Engineering Solutions

edited by

Sanjay Nimbalkar

and

Ivan Sakhno

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental geotechnics; rock and soil mechanics; geotechnical engineering; tunnels; roadway; underground structures; underground construction; numerical analysis; monitoring techniques

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

Sustainability Assessment: Techno-Economic Analysis, Life-Cycle Assessment and Social Impact Analysis of Net-Zero Strategies

edited by Aditya Putranto, Kannuchamy Vasanth Kumar and

Sharif Zein

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; net zero; decarbonization; life cycle assessment; technoeconomic analysis; social impact analysis; process design; circular economy; simulation; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioeconomy of Sustainability)

Innovative Approaches for Monitoring Water Quality and Environmental Health

edited by

Mohamed Hamouda

Mohammad Reza Nikoo

Bassem Mokhtar

and Gilbert Hinge

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality sensors; field monitoring of emerging contaminants; reservoir; groundwater; and river water quality monitoring; remote sensing of water quality; hybrid approaches for better accuracy; environmental water monitoring; advanced machine learning; deep learning; and federated learning models for environmental monitoring; physics-informed machine learning and deep learning models for water quality modeling; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for environmental monitoring; edge and edge-of-things computing architectures for water quality monitoring-related data analysis and prompt actions

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

Research on Sustainable Forest Management in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Andreja Đuka

, Jelena Kolić and Mario Ančić

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest operations; remote sensing; silviculture; forest fires; phytopathology; entomology; stress physiology; dendrology; paedology; phytocoenology; wood technology; bioeconomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

Utilization of Biomass: Energy, Catalysts, and Applications

edited by

Everaldo Silvino dos Santos

, Carlos Eduardo De Araújo Padilha and Nathália Saraiva Rios

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocatalysis applied to biofuels; biomass pretreatment; biorefinery; lignocellulosic ethanol; thermochemical processes

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

Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) for Sustainable Development

edited by Chen Zhou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: reuse; recycle; waste reduction; circular economy; life cycle assessment; conservation; efficiency; fairness; equity

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

Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: Emerging Pollutants Behaviour and Removal

edited by

Daniel M. González-Pérez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatments; wastewater reclamation and reuse; emerging pollutants; reuse water and emerging pollutants; personal care and pharmaceutical products; pesticides; microplastics; water reuse for agricultural irrigation and emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment in developing countries; regulations & policy

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

Advances in Digital Technologies Used in Architecture/Building Engineering and Construction Management

edited by

Quddus Tushar

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM); life cycle assessment (LCA); virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR); artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML); 3D printing; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainability Education: Innovative Teaching

edited by Evangelia Mavrikaki and Apostolia Galani

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative teaching methods; curriculum; teachers; SDGs

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

Sustainable Development and Planning of Supply Chain and Logistics

edited by Abderahman Rejeb and

Suhaiza Zailani

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain management; logistics; transportation; business and management; technology applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Educational Psychology for Student Well-Being and Sustainable Development

edited by

Larry J. Grabau

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: student belonging; student well-being; school bonding

Sustainable Development in Food Quality and Safety

edited by

Giuliana Vinci

and

Marco Ruggeri

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: food quality; food safety; sustainable food production; life-cycle analysis; responsible consumption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Circular Economy and Sustainable Technological Innovation

edited by

Joosung Lee

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable technological innovation; sustainable business model

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

Sustaining Growth: Balancing Economic, Social, and Environmental Concerns in Rural and Agricultural Development

edited by

Michael Blakeney

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; sustainable agriculture; orphan crops; geographical indications

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

Sustainable Production and Consumption in Global Food Systems: Innovations and Socioeconomic Implications

edited by

Gabriele Scozzafava

and

Francesca Gerini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; food systems; agricultural economics; food marketing; economic impacts; consumer behaviour; supply chain management; policy; artificial intelligence; market dynamics; innovations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Construction: Innovations in Concrete and Materials

edited by

Ahmed Godat

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; eco-friendly concrete; low-carbon concrete; recycled materials; alternative binders; smart materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Achievements in the Agri-Food Supply Chain Leading to Sustainable Foods IV

edited by

Dimitris Skalkos

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2446 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food supply chain (AFSC); global economy; food products; technologies and innovation; consumers’ attitudes and perceptions towards foods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Waste Utilisation and Biomass Energy Production

edited by

Cristina Trois

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1658 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofuels; bioenergy; waste-to-energy roadmaps; biohydrogen; biomethane; agrobiomass; forest biomass; biorefineries; decision support tools

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

Lakes and Rivers Ecological Protection and Water Quality

edited by

Eduardo Cyrino Oliveira-Filho

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 727 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; water resources; aquatic ecology; environmental analysis; aquatic monitoring

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

Sustainable Analysis and Application of Solar Thermal Systems

edited by

Krzysztof Sornek

Francesco Liberato Cappiello

Wojciech Goryl

and

Aleksandra Komorowska

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; solar thermal energy; active solar energy systems; passive solar energy systems; thermal energy storage; solar space heating; solar-driven cooling; solar desalination; hybrid solar systems; green hydrogen

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainability in Smart Factory and Industry 4.0

edited by

João Miguel Lourenço

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; smart manufacturing; smart factory; intelligent technologies; sustainability; industrial internet of things; cloud manufacturing; additive manufacturing; simulation and augmented reality

The Sustainable Performance of Power Supply Chain Systems

edited by

Harsha Vardhana Padullaparti

and Sambuddha Chakrabarti

submission deadline 2 May 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: power supply chains; renewable energy; energy efficiency; sustainability; energy systems; buildings; electric vehicles (EVs); ADMS; DERMS; virtual power plants (VPPs); cybersecurity; energy storage; artificial intelligence; digital twins; microgrids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Innovative Sustainable Technology for Irrigation and Water Management

edited by

Daniel Liberacki

and

Joanna Kocięcka

submission deadline 2 May 2025 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; drainage; plant water needs; water retention; sustainable water management; precision irrigation; agriculture; water deficits; soil and water relationship; evapotranspiration

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

Sustainable Civil Engineering: Innovative Methods for Structures, Elements and Materials

edited by

Marijana Hadzima-Nyarko

Dorin Radu

Borko Đ. Bulajić

and

Emmanuel Karlo Nyarko

submission deadline 4 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1067 | Submission Open

Keywords: finite element analysis; structural integrity; durability and sustainability; infrastructure systems; waste materials

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

Sustainable Management Practices - Key to Innovation

edited by

Hafeezullah Memon

submission deadline 5 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16040 | Submission Open

Keywords: business innovation; corporate social responsibility; green marketing; sustainable material management; sustainable practice

Green Building: CO₂ Emissions in the Construction Industry

edited by Jindao Chen,

Hongping Yuan

and Qian Shi

submission deadline 5 May 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building; carbon emissions; construction industry; sustainable construction; low carbon construction; green building materials; lean construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Networks

edited by

Michael Short

Huda Dawood

and

Sean Williams

submission deadline 7 May 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; sustainable energy systems; renewable energy; grid infrastructure; environmental sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Building: Renewable and Green Energy Efficiency

edited by

Reihaneh Aghamolaei

and

Mohammad Reza Ghaani

submission deadline 7 May 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: net zero building; renewable/green energy resources; smart grid; hydrogen energy solutions; AI-driven energy analytics; green retrofitting; building information modelling (BIM); smart buildings; building carbon emissions; building energy management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Development of Regional Tourism

edited by Krzysztof Widawski and

Federica Burini

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 475 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature tourism; rural tourism; heritage tourism; tourism management in a region; protected areas; active tourism; sustainable tourism product; sustainable development; case studies; tourist resources

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

Optimization and Application of Sustainable Distributed Power Generation

edited by

Jian Zhang

and

Yonghong Xu

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable distributed power generation; renewable energy sources; design and performance optimization; energy storage; techno-economic analysis; smart building and smart city

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Food Processing and Food Packaging Technologies

edited by