Sustainability

The Impact of Recycled Materials on Infrastructure Performance and Sustainability

edited by

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled materials; infrastructure materials; sustainable infrastructure; life cycle analysis; economic and environmental impact analysis; circular economy; low carbon materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Water Management in a Changing Climate

edited by

Nezar Atalla Hammouri

, Muheeb Awawdeh and

Abdullah Al-Rawabdah

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; sustainable water management; climate change; hydrological modeling; watershed management; drought monitoring; flood monitoring; water quality assessment; water availability

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

Advancing Water and Soil Sustainability with Integrative Approaches

edited by

Xiaokai Zhang

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; water pollution; soil health; remediation techniques; pollution risk assessment; environmental degradation

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

Geoenvironmental Engineering and Water Pollution Control

edited by

Victor Cavaleiro

and Maria Eugenia Gimenez Boscov

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoenvironmental engineering; water pollution; remediation techniques; soil and groundwater contamination; new geomaterials; renewable energies

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

Sustainable Urban Designs to Enhance Human Health and Well-Being

edited by Yang Song,

Jessica Fernandez

and Pai Liu

submission deadline 12 May 2025 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; health and well-being; urban design and planning; landscape architecture

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

Sustainability Methodologies for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Highlights on the Most Relevant Standards

edited by Vasco Fassina,

Dario Camuffo

and

Antonio Sansonetti

submission deadline 13 May 2025 | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open

Keywords: microclimate for cultural heritage; built heritage: decay and conservation; CEN TC 346 conservation of cultural heritage; EN standards; collections of heritage objects; historic buildings consolidation and protection; waterlogged wood; case studies

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

Embracing Circular Economy Principles for Sustainable Capital Projects

edited by Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Diana Ominde, Tarila Zuofa and

Muhammad Waris Ali Khan

submission deadline 13 May 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: major capital projects; circular economy; sustainability; climate change; circularity

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

Sustainable Applications and Innovations in Energy Transfer Processes and Photovoltaic Performance

edited by

Jihoon Moon

, Byeongjoon Noh and

Fath U Min Ullah

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning; photovoltaic system performance; privacy-preserving energy data; artificial intelligence; machine learning; computer vision; image processing; predictive maintenance; energy transfer efficiency; sustainable energy technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Cutting-Edge Technologies Applied to Water Treatment and Sustainable Energy System

edited by Jorge Loy-Benitez and

Paulina Vilela-Govea

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: water scarcity; sustainable desalination; water reuse technologies; integrated energy– water systems; renewable energy systems; membrane-based water treatment; smart water treatment; water– energy nexus; wastewater treatment optimization

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

Data-Driven Sustainable Development: Techniques and Applications

edited by

Shuo Yu

, Tong Zhang, Yu Sun, Hayat Dino Bedru and

Chaofan Chen

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; data science; machine learning; artificial intelligence

Global Warming and Microbial Diversity, and the Challenge of Using Microbes to Go Carbon Neutral

edited by Masaharu Tsuji

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungi; bacteria; archaea; climate change; biotechnological potentialities; community analysis; bioprospecting

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

Innovative and Sustainable Pavement Materials and Technologies

edited by Valerio Carlos A. Andrés Valeri,

Miguel A. Franesqui

,

Diana Movilla-Quesada

and

Aitor C. Raposeiras

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: pavement materials; pavement technologies; sustainable pavements; asphalt; recycled materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Intelligent Systems for Infrastructure and Transport: Innovations in Prediction, Detection, and Optimization

edited by

Deqiang He

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; urban sustainable development; intelligent transportation system; green infrastructure and transport; green and intelligent operation and maintenance; structural health monitoring; prediction; detection; and optimization; emerging technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Strategies for the Circular Economy and Digitalization

edited by

Malcolm Brady

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular; economy; business; strategy; model; supply chain; restoring; regeneration; open loop; digitalization; Industry 4.0; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Translating the Concept of Sustainability into Tourism Practice—Destination Perspectives: 2nd Edition

edited by

Julia N. Albrecht

and Marco Haid

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism; sustainability; sustainability implementation; tourism destination; destination governance; tourism policy; destination management

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

Rural Economy and Sustainable Community Development

edited by

Ilias A. Makris

,

Apostolopoulos Sotirios

and

Vasileios Giannopoulos

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural development; rural entrepreneurship and innovation; sustainable community development; energy efficiency; rural tourism; cyclical economy

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

Wind Energy and Storage Systems as Factors in Energy Sustainability

edited by

Paulo Jorge Santos

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore wind power; wind farms; smart grids; renewable energies; energy storage; energy sustainability; photovoltaic systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Brand Management

edited by

Namhyun Um

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable consumer behavior; brand management; sustainable development goals; green marketing; NLP and machine learning; stakeholder engagement; ethical implications

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

Emerging Trends in Waste Management and Sustainable Practices

edited by Abdelhadi Makan

submission deadline 18 May 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable waste management; recycling technologies; circular economy; resource recovery; zero waste strategies; waste treatment innovations; environmental impact assessment; waste policy and regulation; public engagement in waste management; life cycle analysis

Exploration and Application of Advanced Technology in Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

edited by Khairuddin Sanaullah

submission deadline 18 May 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: two-phase flow; steam– water mixtures; hydrodynamics; critical flow; mixing effects; swirling flow; crossflow stability; flow resistance; heat transfer; sustainable resource management

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

Sustainable Management: Plant, Biodiversity and Ecosystem

edited by

Ferenc Pál-Fám

and

Roman Rolbiecki

submission deadline 19 May 2025 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant and fungi adaptation; biodiversity change; community structure; forest management; plant production and protection; fungi-plant interaction; water management; grassland management; habitat maintenance and restoration

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

Circular Economy and Mining Ecology Management

edited by

Oksana Marinina

and

Anna Tsvetkova

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 21614 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; environmental management; mineral resource management; resource efficiency; life cycle; green mining; natural capital; resource value; industrial ecology; environmental quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainability Education across the Lifespan

edited by Naomi T. Krogman and Susan A. O’Neill

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2099 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; lifelong education; resilience; intergenerational learning; climate change crisis; transformative education; lifelong learning; ecological systems; environmental education; relational geographies; human flourishing; social justice education

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

Soil, Plant and Human Health in Sustainable Environment

edited by

Barbara Breza-Boruta

, Justyna Bauza-Kaszewska and Anna Ligocka

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable environment; human health; soil health; soil– microorganisms-plant interaction; soil-plant-human system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Data Science Innovative Techniques and Applications for a Sustainable Environment

edited by

Domenico Rossi

,

Claudio Guarnaccia

and Daljeet Singh

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; machine learning; artificial intelligence; environmental data; sustainable environment

Smart Infrastructure Management and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by Sungjoo Hwang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart infrastructure; sustainable society and community; resilience; urban development; monitoring and control; ICTs; safety and health; quality of life; urban population

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

Groundwater, Soil and Sustainability (2nd Edition)

edited by

Christiana Mystrioti

and

Aikaterini Toli

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater sustainability; groundwater management; groundwater and soil contamination

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

Sustainable Urban Water Management—Progress in the 21st Century

edited by

Stewart Dallas

, Biji Kurup and

Martin Anda

submission deadline 22 May 2025 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban water management; cost– benefit analysis; life cycle analysis; stormwater reuse; wastewater reuse and recycling; fit-for-purpose water sources

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

Ecology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Conservation

edited by

Nengwen Xiao

and Xun Du

submission deadline 23 May 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity monitoring and assessment; monitoring technology and methods; ecosystem functions and services; species conservation strategies; sustainable resource management; species endangerment and extinction; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem stability; ecosystem health; protected areas

Sustainable Tourism Marketing: Towards Transparent Communication to Empower Informed Decisions

edited by Arthur F. De Araújo and Maria Isabel Andrés Marques

submission deadline 24 May 2025 | Viewed by 531 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; marketing; sustainable practices; tourism product design; sustainability communication; sustainable hotel; sustainable destination; alternative tourism; greenwashing; willingness to pay

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

Extrusion Technology and Engineering for Sustainability and Circular Economy

edited by Ali Ayoub

submission deadline 24 May 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: reactive extrusion; sustainability; circular economy; modelisation; rheology and functionalization; byproduct and waste management

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnical and Underground Infrastructures

edited by

Qiujing Pan

, Dalong Jin,

Yutao Pan

and

Hui Xu

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1508 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-centric geotechnics; geotechnical risk assessments and management; computer vision in geotechnical engineering; building information modeling and digital twin; integration of data-driven and physics-based methods

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

Sustainable Fuel for Green Shipping

edited by

Phan Anh Duong

and

Ran Yan

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative fuels; sustainable development; fuel cells; dual-fuel technologies; risk assessment; risk management; green ship management; life cycle assessment; LNG and LPG; hydrogen; ammonia; methanol; ethanol; electric propulsion; air pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Consumer Behaviour and Sustainable Decision-Making: Bridging the Gap Between Awareness and Action

edited by

Elisabetta Savelli

submission deadline 26 May 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable consumption; pro-environmental behaviour; consumer decision-making; value-action gap; behavioural interventions; sustainability marketing; environmental psychology; eco-conscious choices; sustainability transitions; policy interventions

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

Towards a Better Future for Urban Acoustics Environments: Insights into Noise Pollution and Mitigation Measures

edited by

Juan Miguel Navarro

and

Massimiliano Masullo

submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban noise pollution; soundscape design; noise mitigation; internet of things (IoT); big data analytics; artificial intelligence (AI); acoustic environments; health impacts; sustainable urban development; real-time noise monitoring

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

Air Quality Management: Strategy to Reduce Air Pollution and Health Risks

edited by

Silvia Coelho

submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality management; air pollution reduction; public health; environmental policy; emissions control; technological interventions; community health; risk mitigation

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

Innovations in Water Distribution Networks: Sustainability, Resilience, and Risk Assessment

edited by

Md Mortula

and

Mohammad Shahedur Rahman

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution system; water leak detection; condition assessment; resilience; risk assessment; vulnerability assessment; water quality monitoring; maintenance management; optimal network design; rehabilitation and renewal of water distribution network

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

Sustainable, Intelligent, Resilient, and Connected Mobility and Transport Services

edited by

Yongxiang Zhang

, Qingwei Zhong,

Zhihong Yao

and Jingwei Guo

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected vehicles; Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS); urban mobility innovation; transport electrification; smart infrastructure; autonomous vehicles; sustainable and shared mobility; intelligent transport systems; resilient transportation; transport policy and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Industry 4.0, Digitization and Opportunities for Sustainability

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,

and

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 23 articles | Viewed by 50992 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; digital economy; sustainability of digitization; Industry 4.0/5.0

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

Breakthroughs in Green Technology Innovations: Paving the Way to Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency

edited by

José Alberto Fuinhas

,

Nuno Miguel Barateiro Gonçalves Silva

and

Matheus Koengkan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11314 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; green technology; eco-innovation; environmental sustainability; energy efficiency; circular economy; sustainable agriculture; sustainable materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainability Assessments and Implementations in Transport Pavement Infrastructure

edited by

Fusong Wang

, Wenxiu Jiao, Zhilong Cao and Anqi Chen

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11083 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable pavement; pollution controlling; low-carbon construction path; waste materials utilization; advanced pavement implementation; energy consumption; GHG emission; environmental assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Urban Planning Models and Effective Management Tools in Resilient Low-Carbon Cities: Issues, Methods and Innovations

edited by

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submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10791 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; smart cities; low-carbon resilience; decarbonization; sustainable development goals; decision support methods; urban regeneration; built environment; soil saving; evaluation tools

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

Optimizing Filter System for Nutrients' Removal from Domestic Wastewater

edited by

Mohammad Reza Mahmoudi

and

Mohammad Javad Amiri

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8613 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimizing; domestic wastewater; computer simulation; filter system; nutrients removal

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

Smart Product-Service Design for Sustainability

edited by Dun Liu, Decui Liang and

Yinfeng Du

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7886 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart product– service systems; sustainability; online reviews; data-driven; customer needs analysis; feature analysis; performance analysis; quality evaluation and improvement; multiple-attribute decision making

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

Porous Materials for Sustainable Futures

edited by

Ning Yuan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7716 | Submission Open

Keywords: porous materials; zeolites; metal-organic materials; adsorption; catalysis; environmental remediation; energy storage; buildings; solid waste; wastewater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Transportation: Logistics and Route Network Aspects

edited by

Kristina Čižiūnienė

and

Jonas Matijosius

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7315 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain management; optimization; routing; modelling; challenges and problems in intermodal transport; new technologies; transport corridors; passenger transportation; environmental pollution management; green logistic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Increasing the Energy and Indoor Environmental Resilience of Buildings and Systems into the Future

edited by

Paul D. O’Sullivan

and

Michael D. Murphy

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7084 | Submission Open

Keywords: Resilience; Indoor thermal comfort; Heating and cooling systems; Ventilation systems; Low-energy performance; Low carbon; Adaptive capacity; Resistive capacity; Building retrofit; Future climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Digital Transformation, Servitization, and Ecosystem Innovation for Sustainable Transition

edited by

Silvana Trimi

and Hui Han

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5971 | Submission Open

Keywords: disruptions in the global economy; sustainable transition strategies; digital transformation; servitization; ecosystem innovation; living innovation for the greater good; generative AI and metaverse

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

Analytical Research on Consumer Behavior and Digital Marketing Connection for Facilitating Sustainable Marketing Effectiveness

edited by

Gheorghe Epuran

and

Radu Constantin Lixǎndroiu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5155 | Submission Open

Keywords: consumer behaviour; digital marketing; loyalty; electronic engagement; neuromarketing; AI and Chat GPT; value co-creation; marketing efficiency; marketing ethics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Renewable Energy, Smart Grid Technologies and Sustainable Energy Management: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Ehsan Naderi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4920 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy resources; energy storage systems; cyber– physical energy systems; smart grid; microgrid; cyberattacks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

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