Advancing Sustainable Resources Management
A Special Issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) belonging to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 1451
Editors
Interests: hydrology; water resources management; environmental geography
Interests: geography; experimental hydrology; land degradation; water governance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable resources management has become a global governance priority, central to addressing transboundary environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, desertification, and resource scarcity. Over the last three decades, more and more studies have approached the topics of sustainable resources development, planning and management, including land, water, energy, forests, biodiversity, and minerals.
Advancing sustainable resources management means improving how we use, protect, and restore natural resources (such as land, water, forests, minerals, and energy) so that their benefits can continue to be enjoyed by present and future generations without degrading the environment. The existing literature emphasizes multi-level, polycentric governance (local, regional, national, international), and the role of institutions (laws, customary rules, and markets) in enabling sustainable resource use.
In this context, a better understanding of the sustainable resources management is very important in order to advance to the proposed next steps in academic research: expand public–private partnerships in green innovation; foster regional cooperation across shared ecosystems; encourage citizen science and local monitoring.
The aim of this Special Issue, titled “Advancing Sustainable Resources Management”, is to highlight new approaches for sustainable natural resources consumption and management. This Special Issue focuses on the planning, utilization, conservation, and restoration of natural resources to ensure their long-term availability and ecological integrity.
We invite theoretical, methodological, and empirical studies from various areas related to the topic of sustainable resources management. Sustainable resources management is inherently transdisciplinary (ecology, economics, political science, geography, and applied technology) and operates at multiple scales (from local to regional and global). Multidisciplinary approaches focus on using available resources efficiently, equitably, and responsibly to meet human needs while preserving ecological integrity for future generations.
For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Land and ecosystem management;
- Water resources management;
- Biodiversity and forests;
- Waste and pollution control;
- Sustainable territorial development;
- Case studies of sustainable natural resources consumption and management;
- New technologies that support sustainable resources management.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Oana Mititelu-Ionuș
Dr. Gabriel Minea
Dr. Daniel Simulescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable development
- sustainable resources consumption
- sustainable natural resources management
- sustainable agriculture
- climate and ecosystem resilience
- natural resources economics
- circular economy
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