Environmental and Economic Sustainability in the Context of Industry 4.0
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 12086
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental sustainability; energy; neural networks; deep learning; nonlinear econometrics
Interests: environmental sustainability; renewable energy; economic thought; energy
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Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability in the economic development and in the environment are three vital and interrelated research fields which has found a new direction of research as the production structures of the societies have been subject to a 4th transition, the Industry 4.0. The relationship amid environmental sustainability, economic concepts is complex and due to Industry 4.0 practices and investments towards Industry 4.0 related technologies, the relationship between the sustaibility in production and environment has been subject to new challenges. To maintain economic growth, countries are rapidly depleting the limited natural resources of the nature and unless measures are taken soon, the ongoing problem faced today by the environmental sustainability will become even more serious. Another issue is the excessive use of natural resources and the treat faced by the amount of demand derived from industries to maintain production. Further, the necessity and dependence to energy plays another constraint which puts significant pressures on global warming and environmental degradation. Given the fact that the extend of energy demand is especially at significant amounts by the Industry 4.0 related technologies, the investigation of the sustainability challenges from the concepts of environmental sustainability, Industry 4.0 and sustainable economic development deserves special attendance. With this respect, this special issue aims at providing research which contribute to the sustainability literature with respect to Industry 4.0 and sustainable development.
The above mentioned sustainability concerns contributed to a growing field of sustainability science which investigates the relations between society, nature and economic development. Further, the investigation also necessitates further analysis of sustainability with respect to sustainable economic prosperity, social justice and environmental quality. Lastly, sustainability requires simultaneous discussion of sustainability of economic development as well as the sustainability of life on the planet.
With the above mentioned discussion, the topics of interest include but not limited to the following:
- Environmental sustainability and Industry 4.0;
- Sustainable economic development and Industry 4.0;
- Circular economy;
- Sustainability and energy efficiency;
- Renewable energies and environment;
- Green production and green innovation;
- Human capital, education and health in the context of Industry 4.0;
- Transportation and sustainability;
- Industry 4.0 innovations and environment;
- Sustainable economic development and society;
- Net zero emission;
- International trade and environmental sustainability;
- Globalization and sustainability;
- Industrial activities of multinational corporations and sustainability;
- IoT, Blockchain, Big Data, Cyber-physical systems in the context of sustainability.
Prof. Dr. Melike Bildrici
Dr. Sema Yılmaz Genç
Prof. Dr. Özgür Ömer Ersin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Industry 4.0
- sustainability
- environmental degradation
- climate change
- green innovation
- energy consumption
- renewable energy
- sustainable economic growth
- circular economy
- net-zero emissions
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