Sustainability

Ecological Transition in Economics

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4490 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological economics; sustainability transition; green policies; resource management; circular economy; environmental governance; socio-economic development; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

Advances in Photovoltaic Technologies and Sustainable Energy Solutions

edited by

Abdul Hai Al-Alami

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4486 | Submission Open

Keywords: third-generation photovoltaics; tandem solar cells; solar photovoltaic materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Natural Resource Economics and Environment Sustainable Development

edited by

Antonietta Varasano

,

Paola D'Antonio

, Costanza Fiorentino and

Meriame Mohajane

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4434 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; pollution; conservation agriculture; precision agriculture; resource curse; GIS; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning

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

Energy Transition and the Collaborative Governance for Reduction of Pollution and Carbon Emissions

edited by

Feng Wang

, Lingyun He and

Zhangqi Zhong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4403 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon abatement and pollution reduction; energy transition; collaborative governance; energy security; energy system; green and low-carbon development; climate change; environmental governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Materials Selection in Civil Engineering Projects

edited by

Narinder Singh

,

Ilenia Farina

and Gurminder Singh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3832 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; green building materials; life cycle assessment (LCA); circular economy in construction; low-carbon materials; recycled construction materials; bio-based building materials; multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM); eco-friendly infrastructure; material durability and sustainability

Advances in Composite Structures: Material Innovations and Sustainable Manufacturing Practices

edited by Hamid Daghigh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3177 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sustainable manufacturing; Natural and synthetic composite materials; Hybrid composites; Composite materials characterization; Machine learning and AI in composites; Data-driven materials design; Cost-effective fabrication; Application-specific composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Construction Through Utilization of Optimization Tools and Experimental Methods: 2nd Edition

edited by

Uroš Klanšek

and

Tomaž Žula

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3168 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building; construction management; project scheduling; production processes; site layout planning; structural design; materials research; environmental engineering; technology development; optimization; mathematical programming; heuristics; hybrid approaches; multi-criteria decision-making techniques; experimental methods

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

Sustainable Fisheries Management: Progress and Future Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Ben Drakeford

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3097 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries management; sustainable fisheries development; resource management; marine policy; environmental economics and policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Land Use and Sustainable Environment Management

edited by

Heera Lee

, Bora Lee and Byoung Ki Choi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2863 | Submission Open

Keywords: nexus approach; water management; multifunctional landscape; sustainable development goals (SDGs); socio-ecological systems

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

Digitalization and Its Application of Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jing Gao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2768 | Submission Open

Keywords: digitalization; sustainability; digital transformation

Sustainable Building Decarbonization

edited by Szymon Firląg and

Michał Piasecki

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2732 | Submission Open

Keywords: whole-life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions; zero-emission building; cost-optimal level; indoor environmental quality; deep renovation; adaptation to climate change; energy poverty; building renovation passport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Remote Sensing for Sustainable Environmental Ecology

edited by

George Melillos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2694 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; environmental sustainability; climate change monitoring; ecosystem resilience; biodiversity conservation; UAV and LiDAR applications; AI and geospatial analytics; land-use change detection; natural resource management; ecological monitoring

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

Green Transportation and Collaborative Logistics Management Driven by Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Yong Wang

and Muqing Du

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2567 | Submission Open

Keywords: green transportation; logistics network design; resource sharing; operations management; recycling logistics; vehicle routing problem; artificial intelligence; intelligent algorithm

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

Intelligent Transportation Systems and Sustainable Urban Traffic Management and Transportation Planning

edited by Giulio Erberto Cantarella and

Orlando Giannattasio

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2502 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban systems; ITS; traffic management; transportation planning; traffic and transportation theory; machine learning; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

The Nexus Between Environment, Economy, Policy and Sustainable Development—a Needed Global Systems Optimization to Stay Below 1.5 Degrees

edited by Giovanna Croxatto Vega

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2404 | Submission Open

Keywords: shared socioeconomic pathways; biofuels; land use change; burden shifting; LCA; sustainability

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

Strategic Management in Tourism Businesses: Pathways for Resilience, ESG Alignment, and Destination Sustainability

edited by

Irini Dimou

, Alexandros Apostolakis and

Ioannis Passas

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 2175 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; sustainability governance; smart tourism strategy; strategic risk management; strategic leadership

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

Recent Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Techniques

edited by

Fabio Salomone

and Emanuele Giglio

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2096 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon capture and storage; carbon capture and utilization; CO2 hydrogenation; synthetic fuels; CO2 absorption; solid sorbents; membrane technologies; CO2 valorization; environmental catalysis

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

Sustainable Design and Performance Analysis of Structure and Building Materials

edited by

Mengtao Wu

,

Fangcheng Liu

and

Tao Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2082 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable design; performance analysis; resilient infrastructure; low-carbon structures; building materials; resource efficiency; structural safety; artificial intelligence; data-driven solutions

Advances in Management of Hydrology, Water Resources and Ecosystem

edited by

Shimin Tian

and

Jia Jia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1969 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; hydrological modelling; ecological conservation; ecosystem restoration; water quality; sediment– flow regulation; water security

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

Data-Driven Approaches and Decision Support Tools for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems

edited by

Weiwei Mo

and

Fei Han

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1768 | Submission Open

Keywords: systems thinking; sustainable and resilient infrastructure systems; decision support systems; interdisciplinary approaches; data analytics; scenario analysis; digital twinning; artificial intelligence; machine learning; uncertainty and risk assessment; participatory modeling

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

Sustainable Urban Transport Planning: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Sergio Maria Patella

and Filippo Carrese

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1759 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable mobility; urban transport planning; urban mobility; shared mobility; transport equity; smart transport technologies; city logistics; multimodal transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Enhancing Soil Fertility Through Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Organic Amendments

edited by

Victor Kavvadias

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1733 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; sustainable agriculture; organic amendments; soil degradation; climate change; agroecological practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Eco-Innovation and the Economics of Innovation in Environmental Policy and Practice

edited by

Ryan M. Yonk

and

Ravi Roy

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1448 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; sustainable systems; free market environmentalism; evaluation; environmental economics; regulatory reform; sustainability; markets; voluntary environmentalism

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

Sustainable Mobility Planning Under the Power of Emotion: Affective Influences on Pro-Environmental Behaviors

edited by

Mirko Duradoni

and

Luca Simione

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1393 | Submission Open

Keywords: pro-environmental behavior (PEB); sustainable transportation; climate change and emotions; readiness to change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Corporate Social Performance: Pathways to Sustainable Growth

edited by Yaffa Moskovich,

Esther Hertzog

and Yuval Achouch

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1287 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate organization; corporate community; corporate industry; kibbutz community; cooperatives; alternative organizations

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

Strategic Management and Innovation Dynamics: Pathways to Economic Sustainability

edited by

Omar Durrah

, Samir Hammami and Taher Alkhalaf

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1250 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic sustainability; leadership dynamics; innovation strategies; sustainable; business models; sustainability leadership; innovation ecosystems; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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

Sustainable Monitoring of Soil Pollutants and Land Management Assessment

edited by

Laura Martín-Pozo

,

Carmen Mejías

and

Julia Martín

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1146 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; emerging and priority pollutants; analytical methods; sustainable land management; environmental monitoring; pollutant fate and transport; soil quality assessment

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

Circular Economy and Sustainable Transition Under the Dual Carbon Target

edited by

Kuo Jui Wu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1075 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; dual carbon targets; sustainable transition; carbon neutrality; resource efficiency; decarbonization strategies; policy integration; lifecycle assessment; industrial symbiosis; green finance

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

Unlocking Sustainable Value: Challenges and Innovations in Green Marketing

edited by

Theodore Tarnanidis

and

Bruno Barbosa Sousa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1027 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenwashing; green branding; green marketing; digital platforms; artificial intelligence; eco-literacy; consumer trust; behavioral shifts; policy innovations; regulatory frameworks; circular economy; sustainable value chains; green product innovation; sustainability messaging; cross-cultural perspectives; transparency; ethical dilemmas; environmental claims

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

The Driving Force behind Sustainable Green Development & Technology Innovation

edited by

Xiaodan Guo

and Fangqiu Xu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1022 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; green finance; renewable energy; green development; technological innovation

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

Creativity, Innovation, and Organizational Performance in the Environment of Creative City

edited by

Tomas Kačerauskas

,

Kristina Kovaitė

and

Paulius Šūmakaris

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 982 | Submission Open

Keywords: creativity; innovation; creative city; organization; performance; environment

Integrating Data Envelopment Analysis with AI and Digital Tools for Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Patricia Acosta-Vargas

and

Mario González-Rodríguez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 966 | Submission Open

Keywords: data envelopment analysis (DEA); artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; digital tools for sustainability; efficiency and optimization; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); decision support systems; predictive modeling; big data analytics; renewable energy and resource management

Sustainable Development: Integrating Economy, Energy and Environment

edited by Huaping Sun, Wei Wei and Bless Kofi Edziah

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 956 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; energy transition; environment; economic development

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

The Future of Sustainable Architecture: Engineering and Green Building Materials

edited by

Anja Terzić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable engineering and architecture; zero waste; circular economy; biophilic design; heritage buildings; construction materials (cement; concrete; mortar; and composites); recycling; alternative raw materials; bio-waste: advanced green materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Environmental Technology in Sustainable Biological Wastewater and Biowaste Management

edited by

Francesco Pasciucco

, Renato Iannelli and

Isabella Pecorini

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater; biowaste; treatment; management; resource recovery; circular economy; biological processes; sustainable development

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

Sustainable Construction Management and Building Information Modelling Implementation

edited by Behzad Abbasnejad,

Sahar Soltani

and

Alireza Ahankoob

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 780 | Submission Open

Keywords: Building Information Modelling (BIM); sustainable construction; digital twins; lifecycle assessment; green building; circular economy; construction waste management; energy efficiency; climate resilience; digital transformation

Energy Optimization and Waste Heat Recovery in Sustainable Industrial Process

edited by

Juan Carlos Ríos-Fernández

,

Pedro García Regodeseves

,

Guillermo Laine-Cuervo

and Victor Manuel Fernández-Pacheco

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 778 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial energy optimization; waste heat recovery; sustainable industrial processes; thermodynamic efficiency; renewable integration; life cycle assessment; circular economy; energy simulation; emission reduction; advanced thermal management

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

Just Transitions in Urban Space: Geospatial Insights for Equitable and Sustainable Spatial Planning

edited by

Dong Liu

, Jeon-Young Kang, Fangzheng Lyu and Kangjae Lee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 751 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable spatial planning; urban accessibility; geospatial big data; GeoAI; health equity; climate resilience; 15-minute city; environmental justice; mobility equity; spatial modelling

Sustainable Crop Production: The Interaction on Soil Microorganisms and Soil Health in Arable Land

edited by Jing Huang, Kailou Liu and Tianfu Han

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 707 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable crop production; arable land; soil microorganism; soil health; fertilization management for sustainable agriculture; planting technology; microbial community structure; meta-genomics; microbial activities; microbial abundance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Power System Security: Automation, Monitoring, and Intelligent Defense Technology

edited by

Guizao Huang

and

Guolin Yang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system security; high-speed railway; UHV transmission lines; extreme weather; icing and wind hazards; automation; intelligent monitoring; resilient defense; artificial intelligence; sustainable infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Innovative Fluid Dynamics Applications for Sustainable Renewable Energy Development

edited by

Mohammad-Reza Pendar

,

Esmaeil Esmaeilifar

and

Frederico Miguel Freire Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 668 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; sustainable energy systems; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); wind turbine aerodynamics; wave and tidal energy converters; aerodynamic and hydrodynamic modelling and optimization; sustainable solar thermal energy; hybrid renewable energy systems; fluid– structure interactions; experimental fluid dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Digital Transformation and Green Technology for Sustainable Building and Construction Management

edited by

Eul-Bum Lee

and

So-Won Choi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering and construction projects; digital convergence; green technology; smart construction technology; sustainable building and construction management; artificial intelligence (AI); big data; construction automation; building information modeling (BIM); advanced work packaging (AWP)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Key Relay Protection Technologies Applicable to Modern Sustainable Power Systems

edited by

Junjie Hou

,

Xincui Tian

,

Zongbo Li

and Fang Peng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 633 | Submission Open

Keywords: modern sustainable power system; fault mechanism; AC/DC Protection; fault control; fault recovery; fault localization; control and protection integration; modern sustainable power system equipment

Integrated Systems for Elemental Geochemical Cycling and Sustainable Development

edited by

Xu Liu

,

Chenning Deng

and Tao Yu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open

Keywords: elements flux quantification (core measurement focus aligned with journal's "quantify sustainability" aim); multi-media pollution tracing (emphasizes cross-media "water– soil– air" innovation); source apportionment modeling (advanced methodology for pollution origin identification); smart remediation governance (links technical solutions to policy frameworks); soil contamination resilience (directly addresses SDG 15 "Life on Land"); sustainable industrial regulation (connects to journal's "policies relating to sustainability" scope); predictive risk assessment (key tool for "monitor sustainability" as per journal aims); circular resource management (ties pollution control to resource efficiency/SDG 12)

Sustainable Solutions for Wastewater Treatment: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Peng Tang

and

Wancen Xie

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 600 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable wastewater treatment low-carbon treatment technologies solar interfacial evaporation resource recovery life cycle assessment (LCA) carbon footprint analysis advanced materials for water treatment decentralized water treatment systems pilot-scale and field applications circular economy in water management

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

Sustainable Water Management: Pollution Control and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Lhoussaine Bouchaou

and

Mohammed Hssaisoune

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource management; water quality; pollution sources; anthropogenic activities; emerging pollutants; microplastics

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

Towards Industry 5.0: Sustainable, Resilient Production and Human-Centric Manufacturing

edited by

Paulo Peças

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 565 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 5.0; sustainability; human-centric manufacturing; resilient production; sustainable business models; green manufacturing; circular economy; twin transition

Advances in Sustainable Smart Manufacturing and Industrial Intelligence

edited by

Xianyu Zhang

and

Xinguo Ming

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 524 | Submission Open

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

Toward Carbon Neutrality: The Low Carbon Transition Pathways

edited by

Pingjian Yang

and Yanru Fang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; low-carbon transition; decarbonization pathways; climate policy; renewable energy; carbon pricing; industrial decarbonization; CCUS; social equity; green finance; net-zero strategies

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

Between Bits and Biodiversity: The AI Dilemma in the Era of Sustainability

edited by Micaela Moreira Pinho,

Fernando Moreira

and Fátima Leal

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; sustainable development; sustainable development goals; data centres; environmental impact; water footprint; energy footprint; resource management

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