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Consideration of Critical and Strategic Raw Materials in Life Cycle Management
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submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14013 | Submission Open
Keywords: critical raw materials; decoupling; SDG; LCA; recycling; substitution; mineral policy; raw materials management; circular economy
Sustainable Water Management for Agriculture
edited by Laura Smuleac, Florin Imbrea, and Raul Pascalau
submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3080 | Submission Open
Keywords: water conservation; water efficiency; sustainable agriculture; efficient irrigation; digital technologies; climate change; integrated management; smart monitoring; agricultural resilience; artificial intelligence; sustainability
Mine Ecological Restoration: 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 887 | Submission Open
Keywords: abandoned mines; environmental pollution; ecological damage; heavy metal pollution; site restoration; ecological restoration; phytoremediation; collaborative restoration; stabilization technology; resource utilization
Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Water Resources—2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean water and sanitation; wastewater treatment; water reuse; resource recovery; water-to-energy nexus; energy saving; energy recovery; circular economy; machine learning (AI); digital twins
Mineral Resource Management 2025: Assessment, Mining and Processing
edited by , Wanjia Zhang and Zhitao Feng
submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9815 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral resource management; mineral assessment; geological engineering; mining engineering, mine safety science and technology; mine environmental protection and sustainable development; mineral processing; extractive metallurgy
Assessment and Optimization of Energy Efficiency: 2nd Edition submission deadline 21 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2753 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural resources management; energy resources management; rational use of resources; sustainability; decision support systems; expert systems; data analysis; advanced process control; optimization; artificial intelligence
New Technologies in Promotion and Conservation of Geoheritage submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open
Keywords: geoheritage; geoconservation; digital technologies; GIS and spatial analysis; remote sensing; 3D modeling; virtual and augmented reality; geotourism; geoscience communication
Critical Resources and Innovation for a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition
edited by , and Zhili Zuo
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1855 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation; critical minerals; mining; just transition; energy; supply chain
Alternative Use of Biological Resources: 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1493 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable economy; green transition; resource use; supplementary materials; resource innovations
Soil Contamination and Ecosystem Health: Mechanisms, Impacts, and Remediation Strategies
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submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil contamination; emerging contaminants; biogeochemical processes; climate change; ecosystem health; biodiversity and resilience; sustainable remediation; nature-based solutions; machine learning
Climate, Resources and Circular Economy (KLIREC)—Interdependencies, Synergies and Tradeoffs submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1200 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular economy; circular society; resource efficiency; energy system modeling; raw material requirements; climate change; life cycle assessment
Breaking Barriers to Wastewater Reuse as a Resource for Irrigation Sustainability: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions
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submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural water reuse; circular economy; wastewater recycling barriers; water security; emerging contaminants; public acceptance; sustainable irrigation; water governance; arid and semi-arid regions
Cultivated Land Resources: Protection, Transformation and Sustainable Governance
edited by Jian Zhou, Zhen Xie and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1452 | Submission Open
Keywords: cultivated land; monitoring and assessment; protection and ecological restoration; transformation and sustainable management; policy and institutional innovation
Thermodynamic Approaches for Sustainable Uses of Resources and Their Role in Economic Models submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermodynamic: energy and exergy analysis; ecological and economic approaches; life cycle assessment (LCA) of resources cycles; open systems evolution perspectives; material flow analysis (MFA); (bio)energetics; life cycle costing (LCC); EROI; socio-metabolic modelling (SMM)
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