Selected Papers from the 1st International Online Conference on Environments—Environmental Understanding, Managing, Restoring and Policy-Making
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editor
2. School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
Interests: life cycle assessment; energy–exergy–emergy; environmental impact assessment; circular economy; urban metabolism and sustainability; food and water security; disparity in access to energy sources; large efforts invested in energy and resource efficiency, prosperous way down, and environmental integrity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is related to “the 1st International Online Conference on Environments (IOCE 2026)—Environmental understanding, managing, restoring and policy-making”, which will be held online on 2–3 March, 2026 ( https://sciforum.net/event/IOCE2026).
We invite researchers from different environmental sectors to contribute original findings, novel ideas, and scientific concepts, as well as new technologies, experiences, and policy-making strategies to help understand, monitor, restore, and protect environmental systems and their biodiversity. The main topics of the conference include the following:
- Environmental assessment methods and management technologies;
- Environmental impact and risk assessment;
- Terrestrial and marine biodiversity and habitat loss prevention;
- Urban systems and ecosystems: dynamics and functioning;
- Shared responsibility in resource use and impact generation;
- Ecological, environmental, and circular Economy.
Conference participants, as well as researchers working in this field, are invited to contribute original research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Environments.
Prof. Dr. Sergio Ulgiati
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ecosystem services
- biodiversity and habitats
- circular economy
- urban sustainability
- environmental policy-making
- environmental management
- environmental assessment
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