Sustainable Use of Water and Energy Resources in Infrastructure

Dear Colleagues,

The recovery and saving of water and energy in infrastructures involves various engineering sectors (hydraulic and hydrological, geotechnical, transport, etc.). Furthermore, it affects all stages of the infrastructure life: from planning and design, to management and decommissioning and monitoring. Engineering oriented to sustainability is a recent and promising research area. Interest is growing in adopting a sustainable perspective in these fields. This Special Issue welcomes research papers that discuss the possibility of integrating sustainability principles inside engineering, dealing with specific and general methods (monitoring and assessment techniques) and approaches (models, decision support tools, management actions, policy insights, and governance) that provide insight into the status, design, management, and restoration to optimize infrastructures from a water and energy point of view. We also welcome literature reviews and empirical papers. Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Freni
Dr. Mariacrocetta Sambito
Guest Editors

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