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:
- Optimizing Filter System for Nutrients' Removal from Domestic Wastewater (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Digital Economy in Sustainable Resource Risk Management (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Sustainable Energy System: Efficiency and Cost of Renewable Energy (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Sustainable Solutions for Land Reclamation and Post-mining Land Uses (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Innovative Approaches in Greenhouses and Biosystems Engineering for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances in Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Aquatic Ecosystems under Changing Environmental Conditions: What Have We Learned? (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Evaluation of Geological Model for Sustainable Utilization and Management of Groundwater Resources (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- The Role of Hydrogen in Future Renewable Power Systems (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Resources and Sustainable Utilization (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Sustainable Fisheries Resources Management and Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Resource Price Fluctuations and Sustainable Growth (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- New Horizons: The Future of Sustainable Islands (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Innovative Pathways to Sustainable Procurement and Enhanced Resource Efficiency in Manufacturing Enterprises (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Circular Economy: Driving Sustainable Innovations in the Bioeconomy (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Evaluation of Landscape Ecology and Urban Ecosystems (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Sustainability Challenges in Community-Based Natural Resource Conservation, Regeneration, and Management (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- The Synergistic Interaction of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin in the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Climate Change Solutions (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Carbon Footprints: Consumption and Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 18 October 2025)
- Valorization of Renewable Resources for the Production of Biobased Products Through the Implementation of Circular Bioeconomy Principles: Second Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Pathway to an Environmental Economy: The Role of Sustainable Natural Resources (Deadline: 26 October 2025)
- Towards Sustainability: Advances in Renewable Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (Deadline: 28 October 2025)
- Advanced Air Mobility and Aviation: Energy Efficiency, Climate Change Mitigation, and Societal Impact (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Resource Management and Circular Economy Sustainability (Deadline: 22 November 2025)
- Scientific Disposal and Utilization of Coal-Based Solid Waste (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Nature-Based Solutions to Address Climate Change for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Sustainability Challenges of Marine Ecosystem Conservation and Resources Management (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Advances in Interdisciplinary Sustainable Electrified Transport Systems (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Sustainable Exploitation and Utilization of Hydrocarbon Resources (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Research on Heat Transfer and Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 6 March 2026)
- Economic Geography, Mineral Resources, and the Pursuit of Sustainability (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Pollution Control and Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy Solid Waste (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Sustainable Ecosystem Protection: Pollution Stress in the Ecosystem and Potential Solutions (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Sustainable Climate Change Adaptations: Enhancing Resilience Against Natural Hazards (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Sustainable Management of Georesources: From Mining and Mine Tailings to Waste Recycling (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
