Green Chemistry, Intelligent Systems and Computing in Environmental Sustainability, Safety, Pollution and Waste Control and Forecasting

Dear Colleagues,

The continuously increasing anthropogenic pressure on the environment, ensuing from accelerated industrial development, demographic factors, and other challenges, has resulted in high rates of pollution generation. Pollution, in turn, is harmful for human health and the environment. The awareness of these problems has led to the recognition of the need that development should be sustainable. Chemistry, as well as an environmental and geophysical mathematics and mechanics, plays a fundamental role in sustainable development because of its ability to investigate environmental issues and to design products and processes with the aim of minimizing their negative impacts and making them safer both for human health and for the environment. These are the objectives of green chemistry. Green chemistry (coined by Anastas, who formulated its 12 principles) is a relatively new area that aims at the achievement of environmental sustainability through the efficient design and use of (preferably renewable) chemical products, processes, systems, and technologies with the goal of controlling, modelling, forecasting, and reducing air, water, soil pollution, and waste in order to minimize risks to human health and the environment. To achieve these goals, specific innovative strategies are needed to implement the principles of green chemistry, detailed models, algorithms, and technologies, including the use of new high-precision methods of mathematical chemistry, geophysical mathematics and mechanics, intelligent systems and computing, data science, neural networks, and artificial intelligence.

This Special Issue aims to provide highly qualitative selected contributions on the following topics: advances in implementing green chemistry principles; applications of new geophysical mathematics methods, intelligent systems, and computing in environmental sustainability and safety; pollution, anthropogenies, and radioactive waste control, analysis, modelling, and forecasting; development of innovative technologies and management in overcoming air, water, and soil pollution systems; as well as carrying out optimal scientifically based strategies around environmental protection, safety, and sustainability.

Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Implementing green chemistry principles in environmental sustainability and safety;
• Application of geophysical mathematics methods in environmental sciences (protection);
• Intelligent systems and computing in environmental sustainability and protection;
• Air, water, and soil pollution system analysis, mathematical modelling, and forecasting;
• Anthropogenies and radioactive waste control, analysis, modelling, and forecasting;
• Innovative technologies in overcoming air, water, and soil pollution systems;
• Risk assessment tools analyzing environment safety and protection;
• Optimal strategies and management in environmental protection;
• Data science, neural networks, and artificial intelligence.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Sincerely Yours,

Prof. Dr. Alexander V. Glushkov
Prof. Dr. Olga Y. Khetselius
Guest Editors

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• green chemistry principles
• environmental sustainability and safety
• pollution and waste control and forecasting
• intelligence systems and computing
• system analysis, mathematical modelling, and data science