Sustainability

Tropical Rivers and Wetlands: Impacts, Hazards, Conservation, and Management

edited by

Edgardo M. Latrubesse

,

Karla M. Silva de Farias

,

Maximiliano Bayer

and

Manuel Eduardo Ferreira

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11224 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical rivers; tropical wetlands; hydro-geomorphology; human impacts; land use changes; land cover changes; mining; waterway; riparian ecology; water management; water resources; flood hazards; dams; aquatic ecology; environmental policies; modelling; restoration; monitoring

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

Regulation and Control of Flexible Resources in Resilient and Sustainable Power Systems

edited by

Bowen Zhou

,

Matilde Santos

, Timothy Littler and Jun Cao

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3605 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient power systems; sustainable power systems; regulation and control; flexible resources; virtual power plant; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Geoheritage and Sustainable Development of Geotourism

edited by

Nemanja Tomić

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3458 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotourism; sustainable geotourism; geoconservation; geoethics; visitor motivation; geosite interpretation; geosite education; geosite management

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

Sustainable Cultural Tourism: Balancing Preservation, Development and Visitor Experience

edited by

Lucrezia Lopez

and

Antonietta Ivona

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3383 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable cultural tourism; tourism development; overtourism/undertourism; visitor experience and management; tourism policies and strategies in cultural tourism; climate changes scenarios; UN sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

Sustainable Strategies for Resilience

edited by Pietro De Giovanni,

Maria Alice Trindade

and

Behzad Maleki Vishkaei

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2353 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable strategies; comparative case study; urban resilience; organizational resilience; ecosystem resilience; community resilience; resilience in critical infrastructure; resilience in value chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Climate Adaptation, Sustainability, Ethics, and Well-Being

edited by

Elena Lioubimtseva

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1960 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– environmental interactions; vulnerability; resilience; transformation; environmental ethics; happiness; well-being; community; transdisciplinary; justice

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

Study and Research of Sustainable Development Goals and Cultural Heritage

edited by

Paula Triviño-Tarradas

and

Rafael E. Hidalgo Fernández

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1652 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual archaeology; photogrammetry; graphic expression; 3D models; cultural heritage; laser scanning

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

Advanced Research on Soil Pollution and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Zhihui Bai

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1635 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; saline alkali soil; biodegradation; bioremediation; biofertilizer; greenhouse gas mitigation; soil carbon sink; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Energy Efficiency and Life Quality in Indoor Environment

edited by

Yigang Sun

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; energy efficiency; indoor environment quality; comfort; health; and wellbeing; life quality; building performance; sustainable homes; smart buildings; innovative building technology; energy impact; heating and cooling; ventilation; energy-efficient retrofitting; weatherization; resilient construction and retrofit; decarbonizing buildings; ecological building

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

Sustainable Synergies: Integrating Energy, Environmental and Economic Systems

edited by

Mousa S. Mohsen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability integration; energy– environmental– economic nexus; holistic sustainability; synergistic approaches; integrated sustainable solutions; eco-economic dynamics; renewable energy strategies; policy frameworks for sustainability; cross-disciplinary collaboration; global sustainable development

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

Sustainable Water Quality Management in the Changing Environment—2nd Edition

edited by

Subhasis Giri

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: harmful algal blooms; eutrophication; climate change; variable source area hydrology; best management practices; stream integrity; non-point source pollution; drought; flooding

Low-Temperature Chemistry and Sustainable Energy: New Paths to Reducing Carbon Emissions

edited by

Gianmaria Pio

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy production; low temperatures; kinetic mechanism; sustainability; material science; storage and transportation systems; alternative fuels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Emergency Management and Disaster Perceptions: Revisiting Attitudes and Behaviors in an Era of New Hazard Agents and Profiles

edited by

Ashley D. Ross

, Laura K. Siebeneck and Haoche Wu

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8636 | Submission Open

Keywords: emergency management; risk perceptions; public attitudes; disaster policy; evacuation; re-entry processes; protective action decision making; risk communication

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

Sustainable Resilience Planning for Natural Hazard Events

edited by

James Kevin Summers

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3306 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; natural hazards; climate adaptation; flooding; hurricanes; tornadoes

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

Urban Vulnerability, Risk Production and Disaster Prevention: Towards More Inclusive and Sustainable Cities

edited by

Fred Krüger

and Axel Drescher

submission deadline 16 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban risk; disasters; urban citizenship; social connectedness; just city; urban ecosystems; food security; urban livelihoods; urban transformation; transformative research; social theory

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

Sustainable Composites, Construction, and Artificial Intelligence Optimization

edited by

Md. Saiful Islam

and

Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz

submission deadline 17 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17800 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; biodegradable composite; green composites; natural fiber; biopolymer; nanocomposites; biocomposites; construction management; building sustainability; RC structural response; green building technology; cementitious materials; fiber-reinforced concrete; recycled aggregate concrete; structural health monitoring; artificial intelligence (AI); microstructure; 3D printing technology; building information modelling (BIM); SDGs; IoT; digital twins

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

Sustainable Water Resources Management and Water Supply

edited by

Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha

and

Vijay P. Singh

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12095 | Submission Open

Keywords: water balance; water resources development; water supply management; water demand management; water recycling; water reuse; water saving

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

Sustainable Smart Manufacturing and Enterprise Digital Transformation

edited by

Xianyu Zhang

and

Xinguo Ming

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5634 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; digital manufacturing; green manufacturing; sustainable manufacturing; sustainable value network; smart product severs systems; industrial artificial intelligence

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

Sustainability in Mineral Potential Mapping of Key Mineral Resources

edited by

Li Sun

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1170 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable geology; environment sustainability; key metal resources; mineral potential mapping; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data mining

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

Smart Manufacturing and Lean Sustainability in the Era of Industry 4.0

edited by

Ching-Chow Yang

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; smart manufacturing; sustainability; lean production; smart quality control; critical success factors; Toyota production system (TPS); artificial intelligence (AI)

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

Theory and Practice of Sustainable Economic Development

edited by

Giedrė Lapinskienė

,

Dainora Gedvilaitė

and

Tadas Gudaitis

submission deadline 19 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13626 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable economic development; green economy; ESG; green finance; sustainability reporting; sustainable strategies

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

Sustainability in Water Resources, Water Quality, and Architecture

edited by

Wen-Ping Tsai

,

Yen-Ming Chiang

and Yu-Jia Chiu

submission deadline 19 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9668 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; sustainability of water resource utilization; water sustainability

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

Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization and Risk Management

edited by Tadeusz Sawik and

Bartosz Sawik

submission deadline 19 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2043 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain optimization; supply chain risk management; supply chain resilience and viability; sustainable supply portfolio; blockchain technology; AI and data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Analysis on Real-Estate Marketing and Sustainable Civil Engineering

edited by

Natalija Lepkova

and

Laura Tupėnaitė

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15190 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-estate marketing; real-estate marketing strategy; real-estate industry; sustainability; sustainable civil engineering; natural resources; green design

Application of Biotechnology in Waste Treatment and Valorization for Energy Recovery

edited by

Ioanna Ntaikou

,

Yi Zhang

and

Mohamed Hashem

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9668 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; wastewaters; resource recovery; biohydrogen; biogas; bioethanol; biolelectricity; biodiesel; biogas upgrade; methanation

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

Human–Animal Interactions and Sustainable Local Governance

edited by

Itai Beeri

,

Ofira Ayalon

and Orit Hirsch-Matsioulas

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2024 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable local governance; local sustainability; human– animal interactions; human– wildlife conflicts; urban conflict management; local environmental strategies; local environmental policy; local environmental governance; quality of local governance

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

Advanced Research on Bioenergy and Biofuel Production from Anaerobic Digestion Processes

edited by Lisandra Rocha-Meneses,

Kaja Orupõld

and Mario Alberto Luna Del Risco

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass valorization; zero-waste; circular economy; bioresource recovery; process integration; biochemicals; biofuels; second-generation; third-generation; fourth-generation

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

Urban Land Use, Urban Vitality and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by

Teresa Santos

and

Raquel Faria de Deus

submission deadline 21 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5115 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban development; land use and land cover dynamics; environment quality; social cohesion; resilient and inclusive cities; urban sustainability challenges and innovative planning practices and solutions

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

Urban Resilience and Sustainable Construction under Disaster Risk

edited by Mónica Amaral Ferreira and Carlos Sousa Oliveira

submission deadline 21 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2599 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; sustainability; mitigation; prevention; awareness; green building; nature-based solutions; resilient infrastructure; strategic disaster planning; disaster risk insurance; new technologies; cascading effects

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

Integrating Sustainability Management into Operations Management Strategies

edited by Yahel Giat

submission deadline 21 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1277 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable manufacturing; ethical consumerism; resource optimization; carbon footprint; social justice in operations; stakeholder engagement; supply chain transparency; triple bottom line

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Technology and Energy Transition for Sustainable Cities

edited by

Esmat Zaidan

submission deadline 21 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable cities; energy transition; smart grid; renewable energy; urban planning; environmental impact; technology; policy frameworks; energy efficiency; urban resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Regional Climate Change and Application of Remote Sensing

edited by

Jun Qin

and

Hou Jiang

submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16339 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; sustainable development; remote sensing big data; biodiversity; renewable energy; extreme weather events; human health

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

Strategic Sustainability and Strategic CSR

edited by

Mark Wickham

submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8971 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic sustainability; strategic CSR

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

Sustainable Transportation and Road Safety during Highway Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Processes

edited by

Qiang Zeng

and Xiaofei Wang

submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1890 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; road safety; highway maintenance; highway rehabilitation; highway reconstruction; work zone; crash analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Towards Sustainable Energy Supply

edited by

Augusto Montisci

and

Aiman Rashid

submission deadline 24 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7680 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewables; distributed generation; direct conversion of energy; smart grids; social policies for sustainability; hidden costs of energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Underground Space Planning and Design for Sustainable Development

edited by

Deyu Qian

and

Zhiyi Zhang

submission deadline 24 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7448 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep underground space and urban sustainability; pipe-jacking method for underground space construction； large deformation mechanism and countermeasures for roadways under high stress and mining disturbance; theory and technology of intelligent and rapid excavation for underground space and roadways; planning and design of underground space for sustainable cities and underground mines; utilization of underground space resources in abandoned underground mines; policy; economic; safety; and environmental aspects of urban underground space and mines

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

Inclusive Education as an Opportunity to Create More Sustainable Universities

edited by Rafael Carballo, Ana Doménech and Almudena Cotán

submission deadline 24 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1169 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusive education; inclusive pedagogy; higher education; universities; students with disabilities; faculty development; educational technologies; sustainable education; universal design for learning

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

Sustaining Agri-Food Systems with Advanced Life Cycle Assessment

edited by

Ogueri Nwaiwu

submission deadline 24 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle assessment; energy efficiency; cost analysis; modelling; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Application of Advanced Technology in Cultural Heritage Preservation

edited by

Antonio Alvarez Fernandez-Balbuena

and

Berta García Fernández

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5050 | Submission Open

Keywords: light damage; cultural heritage; curator; optical analysis; lighting and color

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

Green Supply Chain and Sustainable Development

edited by

Qiang Patrick Qiang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4600 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain; blockchain; big data analytics; sustainable development; circular economy

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

Sustainable Coastal and Estuary Management

edited by Rhoda Ballinger

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4319 | Submission Open

Keywords: Coastal management; Estuary management; Governance; Sustainability; Socioecological systems; Community engagement; Blue energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Indoor/Outdoor Environment Quality: Simulation, Measurement and Evaluation

edited by

Weiwei Liu

and

Jiayu Li

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3219 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal environment; air quality; thermal comfort; cognitive performance; urban heat island; mitigation strategies

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

Sustainable Agroecosystem: Interactions between Plants and Microorganisms

edited by

María José Gómez-Bellot

and Beatriz Lorente Pagán

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2662 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycorrhizae; bacteria; abiotic stress; biotic stress; plant physiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable E-Learning and Educational Technology

edited by

Salvador Otón Tortosa

,

Sergio Luján-Mora

,

Ricardo Mendoza-González

and

Abdelhamid Tayebi Tayebi

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1735 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-learning; educational technology; accessibility; inclusion; sustainable education; AI; STEM and STEAM education; gamification

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

Future Trends of Sustainable Electricity Supply and Power System Decarbonization

edited by

Xiaoyu Cao

and Lun Yang

submission deadline 26 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5907 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable electricity supply; carbon-power coordination; renewable energy sources; power system planning; power system operation; power system resilience; energy market; multi-energy synergy; data analytics and machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture: Soil, Water and Crops

edited by

Nektarios N. Kourgialas

submission deadline 26 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4858 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil-water and crop management approaches for a sustainable agriculture; geoinformatics & decision support systems; precision agriculture and irrigation technologies; climate; environmental and agronomic adaptive practices; hydrological extremes and water/soil erosion in agroecosystems; water/soil pollution and reuse of treated water

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Data-Driven Approaches for Identifying Environmental Sustainability Challenges and Benefits

edited by Ljupco Kocarev, Aleksandra Dedinec and

Jana Prodanova

submission deadline 26 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1084 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantitative data analyses; machine learning; big data; natural language processing; air quality; waste management; consumer behaviour; circular economy; environmental sustainability

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

Soil Quality and Innovation in Agriculture: Dynamics, Indicators, and Sustainability

edited by

Eleftherios Evangelou

submission deadline 27 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4317 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality indicators; sustainable soil management; soil quality monitoring; innovation in agriculture; soil functions

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

Sustainable Entrepreneurship during Economic Uncertainty

edited by

Yang Liu

and

Huatao Peng

submission deadline 27 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2483 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; entrepreneurship; economic uncertainty; risk and financial management

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

Sustainable Cultural Tourism in the Digital Age

edited by

Paula Triviño-Tarradas

submission deadline 27 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1083 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable cultural tourism; cultural heritage; tangible and intangible cultural heritage; cultural heritage tourism; virtual reconstruction and restoration; virtual reality; sustainable preservation

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

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