Sustainability

Sustainable Crop Production and Plant Science: Theories, Methods, Modeling and Applications

edited by

Agnieszka Szparaga

,

Gianluca Caruso

and

María Cecilia Pérez Pizá

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable crop production; modeling and optimization of sustainable systems; innovations and challenges for biostimulants and biopesticides production and application; low-input agriculture; novel natural resources for biostimulants and biopesticides; screening new agricultural products; efficient and sustainable methods for the extraction and isolation of natural products; naturally derived chemicals and potential applications to science; industry; and agriculture; novel experimental studies regarding plant products to reinforce sustainable agriculture; rational and sustainable management of agri-food waste: an innovative approach to waste conversion into high-quality and environmentally friendly products; plant extracts: chemical composition; biological activity; and applications within sustainable agriculture; plant extracts or naturally derived compounds; as botanical biostimulants or pesticides; to manage sustainable crop production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Upscaling Sustainable Technology

edited by

Bart A. G. Bossink

and Sandra Hasanefendic

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable technology; sustainability upscaling; sustainable technological innovation; sustainable technological transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings and Net-Zero Emissions

edited by

Shiyu Yang

,

Yunyang Ye

, Jintai Wang and

Yingdong He

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy-efficiency; net-zero building energy; intelligent building automation and control; sustainable building design; sustainable building materials; renewable energy integration; building electrification; grid-interactive efficient buildings; energy storage; thermal comfort

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Urban and Buildings Regeneration Strategy to Climatic Change Mitigation, Energy, and Social Poverty after a World Health and Economic Global Crisis: 2nd Edition

edited by

Pilar Mercader-Moyano

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic crisis; circular economy; decarbonization of the construction sector; refurbishment of buildings; neighborhood regeneration; eco-efficient construction solutions; construction and waste management; indoor environmental quality; resource efficiency; artificial intelligence; building and urbanism cost control; nanoparticles applied to the construction industry

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

Sustainable Application of Advanced Material Surface Engineering

edited by Zhenyang Cai,

Sainan Liu

and

Xiaojun Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; surface technology; surface engineering for sustainable applications

Soil Microorganisms, Plant Ecology and Sustainable Restoration

edited by

Marcela Pagano

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant microbiota; fungi; ecological restoration; soil quality

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

Sustainable Urban Planning: Management and Uses of Water from a Historical Perspective

edited by

Patricia Fernández-Aracil

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; water management; economy; heritage; history

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

Protecting Vulnerable Water Resources by Integrated Wastewater Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marc Breulmann

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; water scarcity; integrated wastewater management; reuse of treated wastewater; best management practices; treatment technologies; risk assessment; groundwater protection; hydrogeology; water politics; governance

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

Advanced Design and Control Solutions for Grid-Interactive Energy Efficient Buildings

edited by

Saleh N. J. Al-Saadi

,

Razzaqul Ahshan

and Riadh Zaier

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: building-to-grid (B2G) integration; vehicle-to-grid (V2G) integration; smart buildings; grid-interaction buildings; building automation and control; machine learning; artificial intelligence; building-integrated renewable energy; smart microgrids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Advancements and Modeling in Machinability of Difficult-to-Cut Composites and Alloys

edited by

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submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3190 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable manufacturing; sustainable coolants/lubricants; surface integrity; energy-efficient manufacturing; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); finite element analysis (FEM); mathematical modeling; cutting simulations; hybrid lubricooling; heat transfer; difficult-to-cut composites materials; aerospace alloys

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

Remote Sensing in Geologic Hazards and Risk Assessment

edited by

Danqing Song

and

Zhuo Chen

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2948 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geologic hazards; early identification; monitoring; stability analysis; risk assessment; warning technology; disaster mitigation

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

Marine Fisheries Management and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Neculaí Patriche

,

Victor Niţă

and

Elena Sîrbu

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1943 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries management; ecology; eco-biology; fish species; fishing gear and gear impact; fishing techniques; impact of diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Modeling, Control and Optimization for Smart Water Systems

edited by

Giacomo Galuppini

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1369 | Submission Open

Keywords: water systems; data analysis; machine learning; modeling; control; optimization; decision support systems; fault detection; leakage detection; water quality; energy recovery

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

Bioresource Technology and Energy Sustainable Development

edited by

Algirdas Jasinskas

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1080 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; bioresource technologies; biosystems engineering; pressed fertilizers; solid biofuels; energy plants; herbaceous plants; non-traditional plants; woody plants; fibrous plants; pellets; briquettes; chaff; biofuel properties; ash characteristics; calorific value; harmful emissions; energy evaluation; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Energy Storage Technologies for a Sustainable Future

edited by Isaac Dyner,

Dalia Patino-Echeverri

and Camila Ochoa

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: large-scale energy storage systems; distributed energy storage systems; energy storage operation; energy storage regulation; sustainability; renewable energy integration; flexibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

From the Field to the Factory: The Dynamics of Sustainable Urban Agriculture

edited by

Neil Ravenscroft

and

Dilfuza Egamberdieva

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban agriculture; community-supported agriculture; urban agriculture; vertical agriculture; Agriculture 4.0; food security; food justice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Resource Recovery and Management for Sustainable Urban Development

edited by

Carlos A. Teixeira

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; waste management; sustainable urban infrastructure; resource optimization; industrial symbiosis

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

From Concept to Reality: The Role of Micromobility in Enabling the 15-Minute City Vision

edited by

Paraskevas Nikolaou

,

Socrates Basbas

and

Byron Ioannou

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: 15-minute city; micromobility; electric bikes; shared mobility systems; sustainable mobility; urban development; policymaking for promoting sustainable mobility; sprawl cities; inclusive spaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Research on Pollutant Monitoring and Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Soil

edited by

Maria Cristina C. Vila

,

Valentina Pidlisnyuk

and

Karim Suhail Al Souki

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; remediation; nature-based remediation solutions; monitoring; soil contamination; soil pollution; urban soils; coastal soils; soil vulnerability; sustainability assessment

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

Sustainable Supply Chain from the Perspective of International Strategy

edited by Alessandro Antimiani and Ilaria Fusacchia

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain; supply chain 4.0; AI in supply chain; procurement; sourcing; business strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Mitigation and Resilience of Coastal Hazard

edited by

Americo S. Ribeiro

and

Carina Lurdes Lopes

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal hazard; climate change; vulnerability and risk assessment

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

Renovation of Buildings and Revitalization of Urban and Rural Areas towards Sustainability

edited by

Beata Nowogońska

and Artur Juszczyk

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: renovation of buildings; revitalization of degraded areas; repair investments; adaptations; modernization; diagnostics; maintenance of facilities; technical condition

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

Environmental Impact Assessment and Green Energy Economy: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhijie Jia

submission deadline 2 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3080 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; INDCs; environmental policies; carbon emission trading; post-COVID-19 era

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

Risk Management Challenges for Sustainability and Wellbeing—2nd Edition

edited by

Simon Grima

,

Eleftherios I. Thalassinos

and

Inna Romānova

submission deadline 2 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2339 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; climate change; water pollution and sanitation; pandemics; finance and the economy; industrial development; energy crisis; toxic chemicals and hazardous and radioactive wastes; population explosion and urbanization; impact of globalization; degradation of ecosystems and species; education; health

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

Human Exposure to Air Pollution and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Joana Lage

submission deadline 2 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1201 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor and outdoor air pollution; integrated human exposure; air pollution assessment methodologies; environmental performance; sustainable transportation; renewable energy; green technology; sustainable development; low-carbon economy; environmental policy

Urban Green Space and Sustainable Forest Management

edited by

Jitka Fialova

and

Jan Łukaszkiewicz

submission deadline 3 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6362 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; bioeconomy; urban forests; visitors; citizens

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

Spatial Analysis and Land Use Planning for Sustainable Ecosystem

edited by

Xinchang Zhang

,

Ying Sun

and

Yongjian Ruan

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17309 | Submission Open

Keywords: terrestrial ecosystem; land surface monitoring; land use/cover; machine/deep learning based ecological application; net primary productivity of vegetation; vegetation phenology and vegetation dynamics

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

Sustainable Rural Development and Agricultural Economic Transformation

edited by Peter Bielik, Natália Turčeková and

Henrietta Nagy

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2328 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural economics; regional development; CSR; climate change mitigation; green economy; natural resources; environmental integrity; carbon neutrality

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

New Science and Management Approaches to Support Coral Reefs in a Time of Rapid Climate Change

edited by Adam Smith, John 'Charlie' Veron, Peter Harrison and Katharina Fabricius

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 638 | Submission Open

Keywords: coral; reef; marine; carbon; climate; leadership; action

Ecosystem Services, Green Innovation and Sustainable Development

edited by

Ronnie Figueiredo

and

Eleonora Santos

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 567 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; green innovation; sustainable development; climate change; renewable energy; biodiversity conservation; circular economy; urban resilience; policy instruments; socioeconomic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Bioeconomy, Circular Economy and Sustainability: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jitka Fialova

and

Petra Hlavackova

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; forest-based bioeconomy; environmental management; eco-innovation; integrated value chain; agroforestry; nonwood forest products

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

Sustainable Transportation: Human–Computer Interaction and Intelligent Transportation

edited by Amir Hossein Ghasemi, Srinivas Pulugurtha, Baisravan HomChaudhuri and Lei Zhu

submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; intelligent infrastructure; human-centered design; smart mobility solutions; augmented reality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Organic Waste Valorization and Risk Control of Emerging Pollutants during This Process

edited by Xiaowei Li, Zhipu Wang and Yahong Yang

submission deadline 6 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1078 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic waste; emerging pollutants; treatment; pretreatment; valorization; conversion; biofuels; bioproducts; potential risk; pollution control

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

Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Based on Chemical and Biochemical Technology

edited by

Florentina Laura Chiriac

and

Daniela Simina Ştefan

submission deadline 6 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 804 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; wastewater treatment; chemical technology; biochemical technology; environmental impact

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

Beyond Profit: Exploring the Role of Digital Management in Sustainable Business Development

edited by

Jean-Éric Pelet

submission deadline 6 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital sobriety; digital transformation; environmental impact; carbon footprint; technological decline; reduction in the use of technologies; sustainable society; use of information technology

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

Corporate Environmental Strategy and Stakeholder Management from a Green Economy Perspective —2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 7 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4666 | Submission Open

Keywords: green economy; corporate environmental strategy; sustainable innovation; sustainable business; stakeholder management; green innovation

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

New Technology of Food Engineering, Processing and Safety Control

edited by

Luis Puente

submission deadline 7 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open

Keywords: green technologies; non-thermal processes; sustainability; advanced processing technologies; extraction; environmental impact; food industry; combined technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Energy Planning and Environmental Assessment

edited by Qi Zhang, Ge Wang, Siyuan Chen and Yan Li

submission deadline 8 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5370 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental management; clean; sustainable energy; sustainable technology application; reuse and management of waste; techno-economic analysis; energy environment optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Paving the Way for Sustainability through the Use of Cork-Based Materials

edited by

Ricardo J. Alves de Sousa

submission deadline 8 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4508 | Submission Open

Keywords: cork; composites; sustainable materials; carbon footprint; eco-friendly

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

Exploring the Social, Economic, and Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Food Systems

edited by

Flavio Boccia

and

Nadia Palmieri

submission deadline 8 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2222 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; economic; environmental and social aspects of firms; sustainable production; green models; green economy; circular economy; behaviour change; sustainable marketing; sustainable consumption; sustainable behaviour

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Tourism: The Impacts of Tourism Development on Destination Communities

edited by

Maksim Godovykh

submission deadline 9 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3376 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism; tourism impacts; sustainable tourism; destination management

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

Remediation Geology and Technologies: Geology-Focused Approach and Chemical–Physical and Biological Processes for Sustainable Remediation

edited by

Paolo Ciampi

,

Marco Petrangeli Papini

and

Carlo Esposito

submission deadline 9 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1311 | Submission Open

Keywords: geology; remediation; hydrogeology; groundwater; contaminant; in situ technologies; chemical– physical and biological processes; transport and fate of contaminants; conceptual site model; 3D geomodelling

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

Rural Policies, Farmers’ Perceptions and Planning: Enhancing Collaborative Sustainability

edited by

Alexa Lamm

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4980 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural communities; farmer; perceptions; policy; regulation; incentive; agriculture

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

Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Optimization

edited by

Jie Ma

,

Jingxu Chen

and

Xinlian Yu

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1352 | Submission Open

Keywords: shared mobility; public transportation; sustainable logistics; electrification transportation and logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Water Resources Management in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Dexter Hunt

and Soroosh Sharifi

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1073 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; infrastructure; planning; sustainable indicators

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

Sustainable Solutions for Land Reclamation and Post-mining Land Uses

edited by

Francis F. Pavloudakis

,

Christos Roumpos

and

Philip-Mark Spanidis

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable environment and land management; land uses; eco-restoration; land reclamation– rehabilitation– repurposing; soil remediation; circular economy; sustainability in surface mines

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

Sustainable Energy Use: Innovative Research into Solar Thermal Systems

edited by

Jesús Ignacio Prieto García

and

David García

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conversion; energy storage; solar architecture; solar process heat; solar thermal electricity; modelling; energy markets; energy policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Innovation in Sustainable Manufacturing: Supporting Approaches for Driving and Assessment

edited by

Christian Spreafico

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-design; sustainable innovation; design for sustainable manufacturing; prospective LCA; patent analysis

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

Protection and Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources

edited by Barbara Radwanek-Bąk and

Ewa Lewicka

submission deadline 11 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: tools for mineral deposits safeguarding; new techniques of mineral exploration; new technologies of mineral extraction; growth of demand for new mineral raw materials; mineral resources in inaccessible areas; optimization of raw materials production; sustainability in the development of green energy and digitization

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

The Role of Management Science in Supporting Sustainable Energy Systems and a Carbon-Neutral Society

edited by

Linwei Ma

, Chin Hao Chong and

Xiaoyong Zhou

submission deadline 12 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5846 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon peaking; carbon neutrality; CO2 emissions; energy; management science; sustainable energy systems; low-carbon; economy development; energy systems

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

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