Towards Sustainability: Achieving Environmental Protection from a Safety Engineering Perspective
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 5118
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the acceleration of industrialization and the sustainable development of the global economy, environmental problems have become increasingly prominent, which has become a major challenge restricting sustainable development. Safety engineering plays a key role in achieving long-term environmental protection and sustainability, primarily aimed at effectively mitigating the adverse impacts of natural disasters and industrial accidents. As the world moves toward more sustainable practices, safety engineering must adapt to the challenges posed by emerging industries and the risks they present to ecosystems and society. Notable accidents, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, underscore the devastating environmental consequences of safety system failures, while the Tianjin chemical explosions highlight the urgent need for robust safety measures amid rapid industrialization.In light of these challenges, we are launching a Special Issue titled “Towards Sustainability: Achieving Environmental Protection from a Safety Engineering Perspective” to explore how advanced safety practices can integrate with environmental goals. We invite submissions that propose innovative safety management frameworks, sustainable hazard mitigation technologies, and effective emergency response mechanisms. Studies that analyze how safety engineering successfully minimizes environmental damage while promoting sustainability are encouraged.By emphasizing the connection between safety engineering and sustainability, this Special Issue aimed to foster interdisciplinary research that supports the creation of safer, more resilient societies, ensuring that human progress aligns with ecological integrity.In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Safety engineering for environmental sustainability;
- Environmental safety and resilience;
- Disaster risk mitigation;
- Emerging industry safety challenges;
- Human health and environmental safety;
- Hazard prevention technologies;
- Sustainable safety management systems;
- Emergency response;
- Climate change adaptation in safety engineering;
- Biotechnology and safety;
- Case studies on safety engineering;
- Resilient infrastructure safety;
- Safety regulations for environmental protection;
- Safety culture and environmental protection;
- Safety and environmental protection education;
- Safety-related cleaner production technologies;
- Intelligent safety promoting environmental protection.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Hui Liu
Dr. Chang Xu
Prof. Dr. Bo You
Dr. Yu Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- safety engineering
- environmental protection
- sustainability
- emergency response
- hazard mitigation
- sustainable risk management
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