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Urban Cooling Under Extreme Heat: The Role of Blue-Green Spaces as Nature-Based Solutions in Delhi

  • Priyanka Jha,
  • Pawan Kumar Yadav,
  • Md Saharik Joy,
  • Ajit Narayan Jha,
  • Taruna Bansal,
  • Wafa Saleh Alkhuraiji and
  • Mohamed Zhran
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2378;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052378 
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1 March 2026

Rapid urbanisation and increasing heat extremes pose significant challenges for megacities in the Global South. This study develops a configuration-sensitive assessment of blue-green space (BGS) cooling in Delhi, a Global South megacity facing intens...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2376;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052376 
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1 March 2026

This research proposes a novel framework for assessing circularity in sustainable tourism by aligning Circular Economy principles with the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria. Despite the growing importance of sustainability, the absence of a standar...

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Meat Substitutes, or Plant-Based Meat Alternatives (PBMAs), as an Opportunity for Sustainable Food Production

  • Małgorzata Bąkowska,
  • Renata Pilarczyk,
  • Ewa Kwita,
  • Agnieszka Tomza-Marciniak,
  • Jan Udała and
  • Bogumiła Pilarczyk
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2375;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052375 
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1 March 2026

While many consumers regard meat as an important part of the diet, thanks to its complete protein and nutrient content and its sensory qualities, others choose to forego it for various reasons and replace it with plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs)...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2374;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052374 
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28 February 2026

The digitisation of urban governance requires a context-sensitive method that balances operational efficiency, data security and transparency. This study proposes a context-sensitive QR code system as a conceptual framework for smart urban governance...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2372;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052372 
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28 February 2026

The present study investigates the influence of artificial intelligence, financial technology, economic performance, monetary policy, financial development, and governance quality on the growth of G7 countries during the study period (2000–2024...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2373;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052373 
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28 February 2026

This study examines intelligent judgment formation in blockchain-based public digital wallet systems within smart city environments. Drawing on an integrated framework that combines cognitive evaluation, social influence, and trust–risk apprais...

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Soil and Water Bioengineering for Riparian Restoration: Species Performance, Establishment Dynamics and Ecosystem Responses in Tropical River Systems

  • Paula Letícia Wolff Kettenhuber,
  • Sebastião Venâncio Martins,
  • Fagner Darlan Dias Corrêa,
  • Maria da Costa Cardoso,
  • Diego Aniceto dos Santos Oliveira and
  • Enzo Mauro Fioresi
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2371;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052371 
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28 February 2026

Soil and water bioengineering (SWBE) is increasingly used as a nature-based solution for riverbank stabilization and riparian restoration, yet its effectiveness in tropical environments remains constrained by limited field-based evidence of species p...

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Aqueous Phase Recycling in Hydrothermal Liquefaction: Mechanisms, Feedstock Interactions, and Sustainable Biorefinery Integration

  • Ayaz Ali Shah,
  • Altaf Alam Noonari,
  • Iftikhar Ahmed Channa,
  • Muhammad Ashraf,
  • Aamir Raza,
  • Asif Shah,
  • Nabi Bakhsh Mallah,
  • Muhammad Azam Usto and
  • Muhammad Ilyas Khan
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2370;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052370 
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28 February 2026

The aqueous phase (AP) produced during hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) contains high organic loads and a chemically complex mixture of dissolved intermediates, posing significant environmental management challenges. Aqueous phase recycling (APR) has...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2368;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052368 
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28 February 2026

Soil–steel interface shear governs load transfer and long-term serviceability in piles, retaining systems, and buried infrastructure; yet the large-displacement interface mechanics of fibre-reinforced sands remain poorly resolved, limiting sust...

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Airports in SUMP: Multi-Criteria Sustainability Assessment

  • Marcin Jacek Kłos,
  • Grzegorz Sierpiński,
  • Grażyna Rosa,
  • Leszek Mindur and
  • Maciej Mindur
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2369;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052369 
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28 February 2026

Modern urban transport systems face the critical challenge of fully integrating regional and international hubs into local mobility strategies. This article addresses the role of airports in shaping sustainable urban mobility, with a specific focus o...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2365;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052365 
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28 February 2026

Urban green space (UGS) constitutes critical ecological infrastructure for climate adaptation and sustainable urban transitions. This review synthesizes the conceptual evolution of UGS, elucidating the coupled dynamics driven by anthropogenic interve...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2367;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052367 
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28 February 2026

The rapid expansion of offshore renewable energy and fisheries has intensified competition for limited marine space, posing challenges for sustainable marine resource management. Offshore wind–fishery integration, as a typical form of multi-use...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2354;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052354 
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28 February 2026

In order to maximize passenger travel satisfaction and enhance the sustainability of the intercity multimodal transportation system, this paper proposes a two-stage model for intercity multimodal timetable coordination optimization under uncertainty....

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2364;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052364 
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28 February 2026

There has been an increasing need to manage the water, energy, and food (WEF) Nexus in an integrated and sustainable way using Industry 4.0 (4IR) technologies. While 4IR technologies can significantly improve resource management and sustainability in...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2366;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052366 
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28 February 2026

Drought is a significant climate-driven hazard that poses major challenges to water security and sustainable development, especially in coastal urban regions where both climate variability and human activities intersect. This study explores the spati...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2363;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052363 
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28 February 2026

Within the hospitality sector, restaurants face growing pressure to integrate sustainable practices while maintaining economic viability. Two fundamental questions remain: do sustainability practices command price premiums, and does this relationship...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2362;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052362 
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28 February 2026

Climate change poses increasing challenges to cities, requiring integrated governance and planning approaches to promote sustainable, resilient, and equitable urban development. In this context, this study aims to systematically review scientific lit...

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Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Mediterranean and Western Diets Through Life Cycle Assessment

  • Gökhan Ekrem Üstün,
  • Tuğba Can,
  • Çağla Erdoğan Demir and
  • Metin Güldaş
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2356;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052356 
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28 February 2026

In this study, menus created by considering different food categories by the Mediterranean diet (MD) and Western diet (WD) were evaluated in terms of healthy nutrition, and their environmental footprints were comprehensively compared with life cycle...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2361;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052361 
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28 February 2026

Digital twin technology (DTT) creates a virtual replica of a physical object, system, or process and uses real-time data to support monitoring, analysis, and control. Although DTT is increasingly discussed as a means to enhance supply-chain resilienc...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2360;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052360 
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28 February 2026

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), higher education is undergoing a significant transformation. AI offers unprecedented opportunities to enhance this field’s sustainability through pedagogical and curricular innovations...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2358;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052358 
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28 February 2026

The confluence of the climate crisis and the technological revolution have precipitated a resurgence in discourse concerning the future of human settlements and the urban planning paradigm. The present study defines a “crisis belt” based...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2357;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052357 
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28 February 2026

Fresh agricultural products are highly perishable, and inadequate preservation leads to food loss and supply chain inefficiency, undermining sustainability. This study develops a continuous-time differential game model to analyze dynamic pricing and...

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Groundwater Use as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Six Prioritized Regions of Colombia: An Integrated Assessment Using Remote Sensing and Hydrogeological Characterization

  • David Zamora,
  • Jesús Leal,
  • Sebastián Aedo-Quililongo,
  • Albeiro Figueroa-Ortiz,
  • Camilo Sanabria-Morera,
  • Camila García-Echeverri,
  • Tania Fernanda Santos,
  • Leonardo David Donado and
  • César Garay-Bohórquez
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2359;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052359 
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28 February 2026

Climate change poses increasing threats to water security in Colombia, particularly in regions where groundwater monitoring remains limited. This study evaluated groundwater potential as an adaptation measure across six strategic regions covering 16....

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2355;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052355 
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28 February 2026

The olive oil sector is one of the most important agri-food chains, but it is also characterised by the production of large volumes of solid and liquid by-products which, if improperly managed, have a significant environmental impact. In this context...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2348;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052348 
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28 February 2026

As Thailand advances regional economic revitalization through the Southern Thailand Special Economic Corridor (SSEC), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have become pivotal to sustainable economic transformation. However, limited empirical evi...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2353;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052353 
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28 February 2026

The characteristics of green spaces might play a role in shaping the Sense of Place. However, few studies have investigated the relations between the design characteristics of green space and the SoP, and even fewer have accounted for the multi-senso...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2352;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052352 
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28 February 2026

To enhance access to efficient and low-carbon public transportation, the city of Alexandria, Egypt, has introduced a fleet of electric buses. Additionally, an ongoing project aims to upgrade and electrify the existing urban railway system, which is e...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2349;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052349 
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28 February 2026

Against the backdrop of a booming digital economy, manufacturing faces a conflict between its high energy consumption and sustainable development goals, positioning digital transformation as a key solution. Enterprise digital transformation is often...

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Modelling Corporate Transition Dynamics Using Markov Chains, Hidden Markov Models and CatBoost: Evidence from High-Emission Sectors

  • Tamara Maria Nae,
  • Mihaela Gruiescu,
  • Elena Șusnea,
  • Eduard Mihai Manta,
  • Ioana Bîrlan,
  • Alexandra-Carmen Bran and
  • Florin Stelian Grosu
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2351;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052351 
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28 February 2026

This study investigates how firms in high-emission sectors progress along the low-carbon transition by analysing the joint dynamics of Management Quality (MQ) and Carbon Performance (CP) using probabilistic modelling and explainable machine-learning...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2350;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052350 
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28 February 2026

As in schools worldwide, climate change (CC) is addressed in curricula and environmental programs in Portugal. Grounded in Bandura’s human agency theory, effective CC mitigation requires the capacity to intentionally initiate, sustain, and refl...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2347;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052347 
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28 February 2026

Winter cities face the dual pressures of climate change and population aging, urgently requiring a shift from a singular focus on winter protection toward a development model adaptable to both winter and summer conditions. This shift is essential to...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2345;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052345 
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28 February 2026

Given China’s increasingly severe population ageing, urban comprehensive parks are important places for older adults’ daily activities. Improving their quality directly affects the physical and mental health of older adults. Most previous...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2346;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052346 
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28 February 2026

Coastal societies face increasing health risks from climate change, such as weather-related extreme conditions, environmental destruction, and the occurrence of epidemics, posing significant challenges to sustainable development. There is a need to a...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2339;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052339 
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28 February 2026

As a pivotal hub for the northward advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative and a strategic outpost for national security, the spatial patterns of towns in the border regions of northern Inner Mongolia exert a direct impact on the region’s s...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2344;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052344 
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28 February 2026

Nowadays, the building sector is responsible for 30% of the global final energy demand and 37% of global energy and process emissions. In this context, industrial buildings account for 33% of global final energy consumption, representing one of the m...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2342;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052342 
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28 February 2026

The treatment and management of waste in industrial processes remain a challenge, especially in material-intensive industries. In an attempt to mitigate this issue, sustainable architectural solutions focus extensively on the reuse of post-consumer w...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2343;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052343 
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28 February 2026

Achieving green development demands simultaneously balancing between economic growth and pollutant emission reduction, which can have complex impacts on regional disparities. This study measures the green development efficiency (GDE) for 266 Chinese...

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Optimizing Building Sustainability: A Systematic Review of BIM-Based Decision Support Systems

  • Shervin Rahnama,
  • Eva Heinlein,
  • Sven Mackenbach and
  • Katharina Klemt-Albert
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2341;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052341 
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28 February 2026

In light of the climate protection goals of the Paris Agreement, optimizing the sustainability of planning processes is becoming increasingly important. Building Information Modeling (BIM) centralizes planning information for interdisciplinary evalua...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2340;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052340 
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28 February 2026

Controlled drainage technology in farmland not only raises groundwater levels to provide additional water directly to crops but also improves rainfall utilization efficiency, thereby helping to alleviate agricultural water scarcity. In 2002, a large-...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2338;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052338 
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28 February 2026

Accurate crop yield prediction is paramount for food security amid climate volatility but struggles with complex, nonlinear, and spatially heterogeneous weather–crop interactions. This study develops a novel Spatially Heterogeneous Functional A...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2336;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052336 
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28 February 2026

Multi-motor electric heavy-duty vehicles face significant energy efficiency challenges due to the complex coordination of discrete gear selection and continuous energy flow allocation in the powertrains. This study aims to address this coordination d...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2335;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052335 
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28 February 2026

This study analyzed how both environmental sustainability and energy efficiency influence economic growth in Romania. The analysis in the research is based on sustainable development goals such as SDG8, SDG11 and SDG13, and several key indicators in...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2337;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052337 
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28 February 2026

International shipping contributes approximately 3% of global carbon dioxide emissions while serving as the circulatory system of global commerce. The International Maritime Organization’s 2023 GHG Strategy mandates net-zero emissions by or aro...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2334;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052334 
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28 February 2026

Intelligent vehicles represent a frontier in technological innovation. Effectively identifying their key core technologies and primary competitors is a crucial prerequisite for overcoming industrial technological bottlenecks, playing a pivotal role i...

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Spatiotemporal Synergy and Dislocation Coupling Between Immovable Cultural Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Grand Canal Basin: Associations and Driving Factors

  • Xinyi Ding,
  • Ge Shi,
  • Ziying Feng,
  • Jiantao Shi,
  • Xiaoyu Tao,
  • Xinyi Sun,
  • Jingran Zhang,
  • Chenxin Ji,
  • Jizhou Han and
  • Chuang Chen
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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2333;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052333 
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28 February 2026

The Grand Canal Basin contains exceptionally rich historical and cultural heritage, and understanding the spatial distribution patterns and determinants of this heritage can provide a scientific basis for conservation and sustainable development. Thi...

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Paleoclimate and Depositional Controls on Organic Carbon Storage and Sustainable Unconventional Resource Potential of Late Cretaceous–Paleocene Black Shales, Dakhla Basin, Egypt

  • Samar R. Soliman,
  • Yasser F. Salama,
  • Ibrahim M. Abd-ElGaied,
  • Mohamed I. El-Sayed,
  • Gebely A. Abu El-Kheir and
  • Zakaria M. Abd-allah
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2332;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052332 
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28 February 2026

The Dakhla Formation in the Western Desert of Egypt comprises a thick Cretaceous–Paleocene, ranging from light gray to dark gray, that represents an underexplored geological resource relevant to sustainable energy and environmental conditions....

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Exposure to Powdered Construction Materials: A Qualitative Analysis of Hazards and Sustainability Characteristics Based on the Identified Use

  • Riccardo Mastrantonio,
  • Diletta Cannavò,
  • Eleonora Cimino,
  • Loreta Tobia,
  • Camilla Lombardo and
  • Leila Fabiani
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2331;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052331 
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28 February 2026

This study aimed to qualitatively analyze the identified use of dusty construction products in relation to hazard characteristics, occupational exposure limits, Safety Data Sheet features, and material composition. The secondary aim of the study was...

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Synthetic Nature: The Emotional Ecology of AI-Generated Landscapes in Sustainable Tourism

  • Darjan Karabašević,
  • Aleksandra Vujko,
  • Vuk Mirčetić,
  • Drago Cvijanović and
  • Dragiša Stanujkić
Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2330;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052330 
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28 February 2026

This study examines how individuals experience AI-generated natural landscapes and whether visually simulated, non-immersive environments activate perceptual, emotional, and restorative mechanisms typically associated with real or immersive nature. G...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2329;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052329 
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28 February 2026

Taking the rail transit transfer stations in Qingyang, Wuhou, and Chenghua Districts of Chengdu as the research objects, this study constructs a static-dynamic coupled analytical framework by integrating the input-oriented three-stage super-efficienc...

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Sustainability2026, 18(5), 2328;https://doi.org/10.3390/su18052328 
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28 February 2026

This paper explores the role of blockchain technology in reducing information asymmetry and improving trust in the context of circular construction. In the construction industry, especially when applying circular economy principles, many stakeholders...

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