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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 134 | 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)

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 58 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Deqiang He

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 45 | 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 35 | 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 20 | 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)

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 6 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Rural Economy and Sustainable Community Development

edited by

Ilias A. Makris

Apostolopoulos Sotirios

and

Vasileios Giannopoulos

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | Viewed by 40 | 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)

Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Brand Management

edited by

Namhyun Um

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | Viewed by 3 | 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)

Wind Energy and Storage Systems as Factors in Energy Sustainability

edited by

Paulo Jorge Santos

submission deadline 16 May 2025 | 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)

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 153 | 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)

Smart Infrastructure Management and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by Sungjoo Hwang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 85 | 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 37 | Submission Open

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

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

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 11 | Submission Open

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

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 70 | 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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 488 | 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)

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 79 | 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)

Industry 4.0, Digitization and Opportunities for Sustainability

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 22 articles | Viewed by 42433 | 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)

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 7677 | Submission Open

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

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

Sustainable Development and Land Use Change in Tropical Ecosystems

edited by Elisa Grieco

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 919 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change agroforestry sustainable development land use change rural communities adaptation mitigation tropical ecosystems nature-based solutions forest management

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

Sustainable Energy and Climate: Net Zero Strategies and Rapid Decarbonisation Pathways

edited by Bertug Ozarisoy,

Issa Chaer

and Haşim Altan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 823 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and mitigation; passive solar design; sustainable building design; environmental monitoring; testing; and modelling; outdoor thermal comfort; thermal comfort and adaptation; net zero energy buildings and communities; climate modelling and forecasting; environmental sustainability; climate resilience and adaptation; urban environment; urban heat island effect; sustainable development goals; indoor air quality; healthy building design; modelling energy performance of buildings; building energy performance assessment methods; energy efficiency; energy policy and economics; energy; energy policy; built environment; net zero energy; retrofitting; life-cycle cost assessment; building occupancy survey; in situ measurements; decarbonisation strategies; socio-technical systems approach; climate change projections; occupant behaviour; benchmarking and standardisation; renewable energy systems; sustainable technologies; multi-objective optimisation; energy conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Novel Technologies and Digital Design in Smart Construction

edited by

Long Chen

and Zhihe Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 617 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology innovation; digital technologies; AI techniques; data-driven approaches; novel materials; sustainable development; climate change socio-technical system

Sustainable Supply Chain Management for Remanufacturing

edited by

Aijun Liu

, Yingxue Zhao,

Mingbao Cheng

and Jianjun Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain management; remanufacturing; circular economy; reverse logistics; corporate social responsibility; eco-design; supply chain optimization; environmental impact reduction; strategic management; technological integration

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

Extremophilic Plants and Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Aleksandra Koźmińska

and Mohamad Al Hassan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; metallophytes; soil desalinization; halophytes; carbon sequestration; bioremediation; bioinoculants; biofuels; bioenergy

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

Sustainable Development of the Digital Economy and Digital Innovation in the Web2.0 Environment

edited by

Yi Su

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open

Keywords: Web2.0 and sustainable economy; digital economy; digital innovation; big data; internet of things; green innovation; sustainable development; sharing economy

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

Exploring the Innovative Approaches and Advanced Practices to Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

edited by

Waleed Al-Marzooqi

and

Hani El-Zaiat

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 456 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; precision farming; animal welfare; climate change mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Digital Transformation and Open Innovation for Business Ecosystems

edited by

Yuki Inoue

and Naoshi Uchihira

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: business ecosystems; platform ecosystems; innovation ecosystems; digital transformation; open innovation

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

Innovation and Sustainability in Urban Planning and Governance

edited by

Charles Chang-Yu Hong

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban governance; arts and humanities in city governance; tourism governance; urban theory; urban sociology; urban network; water governance; resident perceptions

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

Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications for Sustainability and Safety

edited by Dongdong Wang,

Amjad Pervez

, Chenzhu Wang and Liqiang Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation system; traffic safety; machine learning; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Poultry Farming Practices: Innovations and Challenges

edited by Irenilza De Alencar Nääs and

Nilsa Duarte Da Silva Lima

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable poultry production; sustainable poultry housing; livestock

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Remote Sensing in Landscape Quality Assessment

edited by

Peng Wang

, Ying Zhang and Xiaoyi Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; landscape quality assessment; landscape monitoring; change detection

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

The Latest Studies on Natural Hazards and Sustainable Civil Engineering

edited by

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic resilience; sustainability; earthquake-induced demands; flooding; tsunami loadings; flooding loadings; hydrological hazards; resilience of built environment

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

Application of Data-Driven in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain

edited by

Wen Jiang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable logistic; sustainable inventory management; logistics route optimization; data-driven technology; operation management and optimization; sustainable supply chain; supply chain coordination; sustainable supply chain network design; supply chain visualization; carbon emission reduction strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Environmental Monitoring, Ecological Remediation and the Sustainable Future of Humanity

edited by

Xianze Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; ecological remediation; emerging pollutants; environmental impacts; pollution control; sustainability; environmental assessment; wastewater treatment; soil remediation

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

New Insights in Organizational Well-Being and Sustainable Behavior

edited by

Hyo Sun Jung

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate social sustainability; green washing; employee well-being; employees’ sustainable behaviour; hospitality industry

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

Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Governance Development and Strategy

edited by Yong Qi, Yangao Xiao and Yuting Deng

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable governance; intellectual property; corporate sustainability strategies; digital economy; sustainable industrialization

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

Sustainable Organizational Adaptation: Nurturing Ecosystems for Innovation and Resilience

edited by Okechukwu Lawerence Emeagwali

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation ecosystems; ecosystem innovation; ecosystem management; business ecosystems; innovation ecosystem management; strategic adaptability; sustainable adaptation; complex adaptive systems; organizational resilience; open innovation; value networks; absorptive capacity; co-innovation

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

Challenges and Future Trends of Sustainable Urban Development and Transition

edited by Xuepeng Qian,

Ji Han

and

Liang Peng

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability goals; urban planning; transport innovation; resource management; urban ecosystems; urban governance

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

Sustainability of Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils

edited by

Jorge Costa

and

Ana Luisa Fernando

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; ecosystem services; contaminated soils; ecological management; sustainable soil management; valorisation of contaminated biomass; environmental impact assessment; socio-economic impacts; contaminants

Photovoltaics for Buildings: New Applications and Perspectives

edited by Rafaela Agathokleous and

Constantinos Vassiliades

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy systems; BIPV; BIPVT; BIPV-PCM; photovoltaics; integrated; energy; building; faç ade; roof

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Recent Advances in Smart Grids for a Sustainable Energy System

edited by

Bowen Zhou

Guangdi Li

and Peng Gu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual power plant; renewable energy; power system; planning and operation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainability Issues in Plant Growth and Development: Environmentally Friendly Alternatives for Pest Management

edited by

Leandro Bacci

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; integrated pest management; biological pest control; natural enemies; pheromone; chemical ecology; biopesticide; ecotoxicology; plant extract; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Education for Sustainable Development and Contributions from Education to Sustainable Development

edited by

Francisco Javier Robles Moral

Enrique Ayuso Fernández

and

Marina Martínez-Carmona

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; biodiversity; sustainable development goals (SDGs); science education; education; artificial intelligence (AI); climate change; scientific-critical thinking; scientific creativity

Advances in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment: Emerging Technologies and Solutions

edited by Wei Li, Sicheng Shao and

Junfeng Su

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; solid waste treatment; biological metabolism; carbon reduction; refractory wastewater

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

Sustainable Solutions For Wastewater Treatment and Recycling

edited by

Cristina-Gabriela Grigoraș

and Andrei Ionut Simion

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging persistent water pollutants; wastewater decontamination; sustainable water management; industrial waste revalorization; added value products; process optimization; sustainable environmental applications

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

Waste Recycling and Circular Economy: From Trash to Treasure—2nd Edition

edited by

Harshit Mahandra

, Farzaneh Sadri and

Monu Malik

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; net-zero carbon emission; critical metals; waste recycling; end-of-life product; sustainability; waste degradation; hazardous materials; biotechnology

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

Sustainable Risk and Safety Management of Complex Industrial Systems

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex industrial systems; risk management; safety management; complex science and engineering; models; methods; and technologies of risk and safety management

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

Protection and Utilization of Black Soil for Sustainable Highway Engineering

edited by

Chuang Lin

, Jinzhi Wang, Zhongshi Pei and

Miao Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: black soil; highway engineering; sustainable development; carbon peak and neutrality; resource conservation; and environmental protection

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

Sustainable Quality Education: Innovations, Challenges, and Practices

edited by

Amador Jesús Lara Sánchez

and

Celia Marcen

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality; innovation; inequalities; future; training; knowledge; technology; learning; teaching

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

Sustainable Governance: ESG Practices in the Modern Corporation

edited by

Ioannis Passas

Christos Floros

and Dimitrios Vortelinos

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable governance; ESG practices; corporate sustainability; ethical stewardship; ESG reporting; stakeholder engagement; corporate social responsibility (CSR); regulatory compliance; financial performance; technological innovation in ESG

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

Low Carbon Economy in Sustainable Supply Chain Development

edited by Vipul Jain, Amirhossein Mostofi and Pankaj Sharma

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain; carbon foot print; carbon management; green technology; sustainable supply chains; green economy; economic growth

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

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