Resources and Sustainable Utilization
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Sustainable utilization of resources has been central to the sustainability agenda since the beginning. Oral traditions in rural societies have recognized the need to sustain renewable resources since ancient times, and a written tradition exploring the conditions that would ensure sustainable harvest from forests and fisheries goes back more than two centuries. Theories of optimal depletion of exhaustible resources appeared more recently and led to speculation that human welfare could be sustained if renewable resources were substituted for depleted exhaustibles. The value of environmental quality and the concept of waste assimilation capacity as a resource to be managed have been taken seriously since the mid-twentieth century. Resources and sustainable utilization remain a core component of a coherent sustainability agenda, with relevance at the macro level—how do the essential concepts of sustainability fit together and move us forward?—and the micro level, where the details and particulars of sustainable utilization are studied theoretically and empirically.
As a Section of the Sustainability journal, “Resources and Sustainable Utilization” aims to encourage and publish excellent research on topics ranging from the macro to the micro, using concepts and methods from the sciences and engineering to ethics and aesthetics, with a vast set of disciples in between—for example. geography, social sciences, economics, planning, and management. The organizing principle is that contributions to this Section should have implications, of one kind or another, for sustainable use.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Research and Application of Renewable Energy: Novel Fuel Cells (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- The Role of Wastewater Management and Treatment Technologies for Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Plastic Pollution Inventories and Impact Assessments for Science-Based Policy (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Biorefinery Promotes Bio-Circular Economy of Urban and Rural Areas (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Sustainable Aquaculture Paradigms: Ecosystems, Resources, Environments, and Management (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Land, Water, Food, Energy (LWFE) Security NEXUS for Sustainable Ecosystems and Natural Resource Management (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Application of Data Mining and GIS in Integrated Energy-Economy-Environment Analysis (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- The Energy–Ecosystem Nexus: Balancing Energy Exploitation and Ecosystem Conservation (Deadline: 6 October 2023)
- Interaction between Climate Change and Land Use/Cover of a Watershed (Deadline: 11 October 2023)
- Sustainable Development and Utilization of Coal Measures Resources (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Geomorphological Mapping for the Geoheritage Resources Sustainability (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- The Sustainable Development of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources (Deadline: 17 October 2023)
- Sustainable Development and Economy: Mineral Resources, Energy Consumption and Economic Growth (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Photovoltaic Solar Energy Utilization (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Achieve a Low Carbon Powertrain System: Future Design and Sustainability (Deadline: 23 October 2023)
- Application of Remote Sensing to the Monitoring of Land Cover and Water Environment (Deadline: 23 October 2023)
- Sustainable Resources and Environmental Management for Regional High-Quality Development (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Raising Power Energy from Distributed Renewable Sources (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Sustainable Resource Utilization: Energy-Based Approaches in Recycling Materials (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Sustainable Development of Materials Recycling and Green Technology (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Development and Optimization of Sustainable Metal Recovery Processes (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Sustainable Biomass and Waste Energy (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Regional Resources and Environment Management and Urban–Rural Green Development (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Recycling Biomass for Agriculture and Bioenergy Production (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Renewable Energy Utilization and Natural Resource Management in the Era of Big Data (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Bioeconomy, Biorefineries, Biobased Products and Energy (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Evaluation of Geological Model for Sustainable Utilization and Management of Groundwater Resources (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Advances in Mineral Processing for Sustainable Economy (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Cleaner Production and Resource Recovery (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Hydrometallurgy of Metals from Primary and Secondary Resources in Sustainable Methods and Processes (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Biochar Role in Environmental Sustainability and Circular Economy (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Value-Added Utilization of Organic Waste for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 21 November 2023)
- Applications and Strategies of Using Seaweed and Other Resources for Environmental Protection and Resource Sustainability (Deadline: 24 November 2023)
- Green Technology for Metallurgy and Secondary Efficient Utilization of Polymetallic Mineral Resources (Deadline: 28 November 2023)
- Exploration of Marine Geological Resources and Geological Technology (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Renewable Energy Industry Development and Policies in China (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Resource Recovery via Sustainable Approaches (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Sustainable Development of Power Systems and Renewable Energy (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Minimizing Resource Input to Increase Sustainability in Production Horticulture (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Advances in Sewage Sludge Treatment and Recycling Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Application of Biotechnology in Waste Treatment and Valorization for Energy Recovery (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Sustainable Wastewater Recovery Based on Advanced Oxidation and Biological Treatment Technologies (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Soil Erosion and Water and Soil Conservation (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Intelligent and Sustainable Mining (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Circular Economy, Environmental Monitoring, and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Microbial Resources and Sustainable Remediation (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Sustainable Technology and Policy: Energy Transformation under Decarbonization (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Resources and Sustainable Utilization (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Optimizing Filter System for Nutrients' Removal from Domestic Wastewater (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Clean Resources: The Role of Renewable Energy in Economic Growth and Mitigating Climate Change (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- The Environmental Footprint Family: Methodological Advancements, Synergies, and Case Studies (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Sustainable Reprocessing, Repurposing and Reclamation of Mining Wastes, Industrial Wastes, and Anthropogenic Ores (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Managing Forest and Plant Resources for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 1 January 2024)
- Frontier Research: Waste Management for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- Production Efficiency and Environmental Research for Sustainable Mining (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Sustainable Use and Management of Nonconventional Water Resources for Agricultural Development (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Sustainable Applications for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Agriculture (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Energy and Cost-Effective Building Construction and Renovation Combining New Solutions, Renewables, and Waste Heat (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Innovative and Sustainable Infrastructure Materials for Construction Resilience and Improved Productivity (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Energy Sustainability: Advanced Technology of Thermoelectric Generation (Deadline: 23 February 2024)
- Sustainable Electrochemical Materials and Processes (Deadline: 1 March 2024)
- Advanced Chemical Technologies for Organic Pollutant Treatment (Deadline: 4 March 2024)
- Waste Recycling and Low-Carbon Circular Economy (Deadline: 5 March 2024)
- Sustainable Wastewater Management and Environmental Protection (Deadline: 8 March 2024)
- Sustainability Management Strategies and Practices for Zero-Carbon Datacenters (Deadline: 12 March 2024)
- Nature-Based Solutions to Address Climate Change for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 18 March 2024)
- Sustainability Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 19 March 2024)
- Energy Policy and Sustainable Development of the Global Energy Markets (Deadline: 23 March 2024)
- Aquatic Ecosystems under Changing Environmental Conditions: What Have We Learned? (Deadline: 29 March 2024)
- Energy Efficiency and Management in Sustainable Food Industry (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Energy Transition Amidst Anthropogenic Activities: Implications for Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Sustainable Energy System: Efficiency and Cost of Renewable Energy (Deadline: 11 May 2024)
- Advanced Technologies and Sustainable Innovation in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Current Research in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Circular Economy (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Protection and Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources (Deadline: 11 June 2024)
- Research on Large-Scale Renewable Energy Access to the Power Grid (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- New Horizons: The Future of Sustainable Islands (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Resource Price Fluctuations and Sustainable Growth (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Nature-Based Solutions and Ecosystem-Based Adaptations to Climate Change and Natural Disasters (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
