Environmental Protection and Sustainable Ecological Engineering Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental protection is usually defined as the practice of protecting the natural environment and is undertaken by individuals, groups and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where possible, to repair damage and reverse detrimental trends. In the past few decades, ecological engineering has proven to be a powerful tool for environmental protection. Ecological engineering is known to combine ecology and engineering to predict, design, construct or restore, and manage ecosystems in a manner which integrates human society with its natural environment for the benefit of both. In this respect, this Special Issue aims to bring together science, engineering, and socio-economics related to ecological engineering employed for environmental protection. A multi-disciplinary approach is needed to address the sustainability challenges which lie at the core of and define the scope of this journal.

Authors are invited to submit original research articles and reviews to this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: 

• Nature-based solutions for environmental protection.
• Green infrastructure.
• Soil and water bioengineering techniques for environmental protection.
• Efficiency of ecological engineering measures.
• Life-cycle analysis of environmental protection measures.
• Building information modeling for environmental protection.
• Geo-environmental engineering.
• Environmental science.
• Socio-economic analysis of environmental protection.
• Co-design and co-creation of environmental protection measures.
• Geo-hydrological ecoengineering design.
• Design for resilience.
• Use of vegetation for environmental protection.
• Aesthetics drivers for environmental protection.
• Mitigation of hydro-meteo hazards.
• Geotechnical engineering.
• Bio-stabilization and bio-reinforcement of soils.

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Prof. Dr. Slobodan B. Mickovski
Dr. Alejandro Gonzalez-Ollauri
Prof. Dr. Jovan Br. Papić
Guest Editors

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