Sustainability

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

edited by

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8746 | 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)

Environment and Sustainable Economic Growth, 2nd Edition

edited by

Usama Al-Mulali

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8473 | Submission Open

Keywords: globalization aspects; digitalization; environmental and energy economics; energy production and consumption; regulation and taxation; sustainable tourism; carbon emission reduction; clean energy; environmental and energy policy; green production and consumption policy; econometric models; grey system models; machine learning; artificial neural networks; environmental and energy forecast and analysis; sustainable development

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

Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Soil Environment Monitoring 2nd Edition

edited by

Antonio Ganga

,

Blaž Repe

and

Mario Elia

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8452 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; soil science; spatial analysis; soil properties detection; geostatistics; remote sensing

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

Towards Sustainability: Advanced Research on Environmental Analysis and Air Pollution

edited by Ling Huang, Jiani Tan, Kun Zhang and Qing Mu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7950 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution monitoring; emission inventory; air quality modeling; air pollution management; climate change; secondary air pollutants; machine learning; remote sensing; atmospheric deposition

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

Sustainability in Cities and Campuses

edited by

Raffaele Zinno

, Gianfranco Franz,

Giuseppe Guido

and Pierfrancesco Celani

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7700 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; education for sustainable development in higher education; sustainability governance; transfer for sustainable development; implementing the sustainable development goals on campus; implementing best available technology on campus building stock; developing sustainable mobility in campus; campus as living lab— education; research and collaboration in campus projects; measuring and monitoring sustainability on our campuses and in our cities; challenges of post-COVID-19 world

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

Green Construction Materials and Sustainability

edited by

Ana Jiménez del Barco Carrión

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6859 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; green materials; green construction; life cycle assessment; biomaterials; sustainable materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Geoheritage and Sustainable Development of Geotourism

edited by

Nemanja Tomić

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6710 | 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)

New Insights in Organizational Well-Being and Sustainable Behavior

edited by

Hyo Sun Jung

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6683 | 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)

Sustainable Organizational Adaptation: Nurturing Ecosystems for Innovation and Resilience

edited by Okechukwu Lawerence Emeagwali

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6640 | 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)

Food Waste and Circular Economy: Challenges and Opportunities—Second Edition

edited by

Taghi Miri

and

Helen Onyeaka

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6522 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; food waste; circular economy; innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Technology and Engineering Education in the Digital Era: Towards Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Zoe Kanetaki

,

Sébastien Jacques

,

Christos Troussas

and Constantinos Stergiou

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6480 | Submission Open

Keywords: online learning; sustainable learning strategies; engineering education; social media; project-based learning; design thinking; innovative learning approaches; virtual learning environments; sustainable development

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

Regional and Local Economic Development and Policies in Sustainable Economy

edited by

Jason Jolley

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6373 | Submission Open

Keywords: regional economic development; local economic development; economic impact analysis

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

Sustainable Energy System: Efficiency and Cost of Renewable Energy

edited by

Quetzalcoatl Hernández-Escobedo

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6107 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind energy; photovoltaic energy; thermal energy; hydro energy; hydrogen; techno-economic analysis

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

High-Value and Resource-Based Utilization of Coal-Based Solid Waste

edited by Yongzhen Wang, Rui Zhou and Liang Wang

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

Keywords: coal-based solid waste; coal gangue; fly ash; lignite; wave absorbing and stealth; sound absorption and noise reduction; soil manure and conditioner; wastewater treatment; foamed ceramic

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

Challenges and Future Trends in Renewable Energy and Grid-Connected Generation Technologies: Towards the Energy Transition

edited by

Reza Eslamipoor

and Manoj Dora

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5867 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; grid integration; energy transition; smart grids; energy storage; distributed generation; power system flexibility; decarbonization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Development and Land Use Change in Tropical Ecosystems

edited by Elisa Grieco

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5806 | 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 Supply Chain Management and Green Product Development

edited by

Yuyan Wang

,

T. C. Edwin Cheng

and Wei Li

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5661 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain management; e-commerce; sustainable supply chain; closed-loop supply chain; low-carbon supply chain; eco-friendly product design; innovation for green products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Smart Manufacturing and Autonomous Systems for Sustainable Development

edited by

Jian Wan

,

Yuchun Xu

and

Ming Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5642 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; smart manufacturing; autonomous systems; machine learning

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

Digital Transformation for a Sustainable World: Trends and Challenges

edited by

Leonor Teixeira

,

João Reis

and

Pedro Fonseca

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5057 | Submission Open

Keywords: digitalization; sustainability; green footprint; green computing; inclusion; participatory; circular economy; carbon footprint; green technology; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Agriculture: Plant Physiology, Nutrition and Crop Production

edited by Qunfeng Zhang and

Jianhui Hu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4963 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiology; metabolism; plant; nutrition; quality; environmental adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Management and Remediation of Contaminated Sites 2nd Edition

edited by

Iason Verginelli

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4801 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminated sites; innovative monitoring techniques; risk assessment; mathematical modeling; sustainable remediation of contaminated sites

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

Marine Industry and Environmental Sustainability Under the Belt and Road Initiative

edited by

Jian Li

, Bao Jiang, Wei Wang and Lili Ding

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4719 | Submission Open

Keywords: one-belt-one-road (OBOR); sustainable marine development; coastal environmental sustainability

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

Environmental Economics and Ecological Transformations from a Sustainability Perspective

edited by Wanhai You, Shijing Nan and Yawei Guo

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4641 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental economics; ecological transformations; structure transition; sustainable development; energy transition; climate change; climate risk

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

Sustainable Strategies for Food Waste Utilization

edited by Philip Soladoye

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4635 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; food waste utilization; environmental sustainability; greenhouse gas emission; food security; food waste recycling; food waste reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Development of Biomass Energy under the Trend of Carbon Neutrality

edited by Jian Li and

Beibei Yan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4279 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass gasification; biomass energy; pretreatment of biomass; multifield collaboration; microwave-assisted process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Production and Supply Chain Management

edited by

Eirini Aivazidou

and

Naoum Tsolakis

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4215 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable production; sustainable consumption; sustainable supply chains; sustainable operations management; sustainable business models; circular economy; circular supply chains; social sustainability; digital sustainability; digital supply chains

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

Sustainable Crop Productivity under Climate Change: Resilience, Nutritional Quality and Implications for Future Management

edited by

Jūratė Žaltauskaitė

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4166 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate extremes; food security; nutritional value; sustainable forage crop management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Development of Architectural, Structural and Material Sustainability Solutions

edited by

Maciej Dutkiewicz

and

Hasan Erhan Yücel

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4145 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural; structural and material sustainability solutions; high-performance wood; metal and concrete structures; durability properties; development of materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

The Future of Water, Energy and Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate

edited by

Saeedeh Babaee

and Hamed Hashemi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4037 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy sustainability; CO< sub> 2< /sub> capture and conversion; water treatment; climate change; greenhouse gas emissions

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

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

edited by

Yi Su

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3998 | 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)

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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3966 | Submission Open

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

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

Green Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for the Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals

edited by Tirath Raj

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3895 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioenergy; green processing; biofuels production

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

Innovation Management and Organizational Performance for Sustainable Future—2nd Edition

edited by

Alina Badulescu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3875 | Submission Open

Keywords: green innovation; sustainable innovation; sustainable performance; innovation management; economic; social; and envionmental performance; sustainable development; challenges in sustainable development; technologies for innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

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

edited by

Leandro Bacci

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3875 | 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)

Revolutionizing Road Infrastructure: A Nexus of Bioengineering, Waste Valorization, and Intelligent Systems

edited by

Nader Nciri

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3823 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable road infrastructure; innovative construction materials; bio-asphalt and bio-additives; waste material recycling in construction; smart technologies in road construction; artificial intelligence and the internet of things in infrastructure; energy efficiency and conservation; greenhouse gas reduction; zero waste construction; analytical and simulation techniques in roadway design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainability Teaching in the Face of the Global Challenges of the 21st Century

edited by

Álvaro-Francisco Morote

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3585 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); climate change and natural hazards; water resources and landscape; end-purposes of sustainability teaching; relevant social problems; education for democratic citizenship

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

Circularity, Innovation, and Optimisation in Sustainable Supply Chains

edited by

James O. B. Rotimi

, Esther Oluwadamilola Olufemi Rotimi and Olamide Shittu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3460 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; optimization; supply chain; sustainability; circular economy

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

Perspectives and Challenges: New Energy Power Generation and Power System Sustainability

edited by Giovanni Brumana and Elisa Ghirardi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3453 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; power generation; energy storage; energy conversion; renewable energy; energy management; smart grids’ testing and modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

The Latest Studies on Natural Hazards and Sustainable Civil Engineering

edited by

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3437 | 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)

Information Systems in E-business: Digital Transformation and Sustainable Management

edited by

Alex Zarifis

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3299 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainability; information systems; e-business; artificial intelligence; fintech; trust; privacy

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

Renewable Energy and Power System Transformation: Striving Towards Carbon Neutrality

edited by Changzheng Shao and

Yizhou Zhou

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3269 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; power system; integrated energy system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Recent Technological Advancements Driving Sustainable Development in Flexible and Resilient Power and Energy Systems

edited by

Marcelo Gustavo Molina

and Maximiliano Martinez

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3224 | Submission Open

Keywords: integration and operation of renewable energy sources (rES); solar energy; wind power; hydropower; geothermal energy; biomass; wave and tidal energy; microgrids and smart grids; distributed generation; advanced infrastructure and power electronics facilities; flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS); energy storage; electric vehicles (EVs); modeling and simulation of power systems; demand-side management; power system planning; reliability and resilience; electricity markets; application of artificial intelligence (AI) in power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Biodiversity, Conservation Biology and Sustainability

edited by

Francesco Sottile

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3092 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystems; conservation; valorization; ecology

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

Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Technologies for Sustainable Development of Smart Regions

edited by

Vyacheslav Kharchenko

, Nikos Bardis,

Andrzej Rucinski

and

Anatoliy Sachenko

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2997 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities and regions; ecosystems for sustainable development; artificial intelligence and AI systems; UAV as a service; mobile smart technologies; safety and security informed sustainability; wellness engineering

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

Sustainable Organization Management and Entrepreneurial Leadership

edited by

Saeed Nosratabadi

and Thabit Qasem Awad Atobishi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2979 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable organization management; entrepreneurial leadership; sustainable innovation; corporate sustainability; social entrepreneurship; sustainable business models; organizational culture; sustainability performance; circular economy; sustainable value creation

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

Digital Solutions for Promoting a Circular Economy and Sustainability

edited by

António Miguel Rosado da Cruz

and

Estrela Ferreira Cruz

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2962 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; process traceability and transparency; circular business models; extending products’ lifespan; sharing economy; sustainable intra- and inter-organizational business processes; engaging business partners in a circular economy; engaging the end customer in a circular economy; emerging technologies (e.g.; IoT or blockchain) for sustainability

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

Enhancing Decision-Making Processes for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

edited by

Yuan-Wei Du

and Ye-Cheng Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2961 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); sustainable development; ecological safety; systematic thinking; group decision making; multiple-criteria decision making; decision making under uncertainty; risk management; emergency management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Recent Advances in Smart Grids for a Sustainable Energy System

edited by

Bowen Zhou

,

Guangdi Li

and

Peng Gu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2947 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management for Remanufacturing

edited by

Aijun Liu

, Yingxue Zhao,

Mingbao Cheng

and Jianjun Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2924 | 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)

Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications for Sustainability and Safety

edited by Dongdong Wang,

Amjad Pervez

, Chenzhu Wang and Liqiang Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2876 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

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