Sustainable Materials for Construction Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 830
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable principles
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Interests: construction materials and environmental engineering; ground improvement; soil–structure interaction; transportation geotechnics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pollution and land and wetland degradation issues are posing serious global risks to environmental health, infrastructural stability, and agricultural output. Innovative and sustainable solutions for environmental remediation and soil stabilization are urgently needed as the global quest for useful land and environmental decontamination advances. This Special Issue will publish critical review papers, research papers, and scientific reports highlighting sustainable and innovative techniques, strategies, and solutions that could provide long-term answers for environmental recovery and soil stabilization, including the application of eco-friendly and innovative materials to minimize environmental impact and enhance infrastructural system resilience. Another topic of interest includes sustainable and novel solutions for environmental restoration and stabilization while emphasizing green recovery principles, reducing carbon footprints, and promoting sustainable biodiversity restoration. By integrating insights from engineering, science, sustainability, and other related fields, this Special Issue provides a critical overview of emerging, sustainable strategies for the stabilization and green recovery of degraded land, with a particular interest in research with the potential to revolutionize the field of soil stabilization and remediation. This Special Issue will serve as an invaluable tool for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers looking for creative and sustainable solutions for environmental recovery and ground stabilization for sustainable infrastructural development.
Prof. Dr. Colin Booth
Prof. Dr. Samuel Abbey
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable materials
- waste ash streams
- geopolymers
- supplementary cementitious materials
- ground remediation
- contaminant monitoring
- ground stabilization
- durability
- resilient modulus
- permeability
- swelling potential
- California bearing ratio
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