Sustainability

Green Growth and Sustainable Development: Economic Pathways for a Low Carbon Future

edited by

Husam-Aldin Al-Malkawi

,

Walid Bakry

and

Rekha Pillai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: green growth; sustainable development; low-carbon economy; climate policy; renewable energy; circular economy; sustainable finance; carbon pricing; green innovation; environmental governance; net-zero transition; inclusive growth; policy integration; climate resilience; economic transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Advanced Control for Sustainable Renewable Energy and Power Systems

edited by

Jiuwu Hui

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy integration; advanced control systems; power system stability; sustainable grid management; energy storage optimization; digital twins; AI and machine learning in energy; resilient infrastructure; socio-economic sustainability; cyber– physical security

Biologically Based Green Technology for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment Management

edited by

Malwina Tytła

,

Olga Anne

,

Elif Yakamercan

and Ewa Miszczak

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: green technology; biological methods; water and wastewater treatment; sustainable water and wastewater management; pollutants; energy and nutrients recovery; environmental and health impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Toward Sustainable Energy Systems and Markets: Forecasting, Optimization, and Economic Decision-Making

edited by

Takuji Matsumoto

, Hikaru Hoshino and

Toru Hattori

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy forecasting; electricity market design; sustainable energy systems; risk management; optimization and control; economic decision-making; data-driven methods; techno-economic analysis; energy policy and regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Deep Integration of Sustainable Disaster Management and Community Resilience

edited by

Juan Fung

and Susu Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; disaster management; community resilience; machine learning; natural language processing; disaster risk reduction; emergency response; social science; technical advancements; interdisciplinary research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)

Advances in Sustainable Design for Advanced Manufacturing

edited by Wei Liu,

Xin Liu

and

Emelia Delaney

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable design approaches; advanced manufacturing technologies; AI; energy efficiency; carbon reduction

Sustainable Tourism Development: Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Protection

edited by

Manuela Rozalia Gabor

, Flavia Oltean and

Benedek Nagy

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism development; economic growth; environmental protection; circular economy; tourism competitiveness; green innovation; heritage management; sustainable destinations; responsible consumption; SDGs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Geospatial and Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Energy Efficiency

edited by

Reda Yaagoubi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial technologies; energy efficiency; geographic information systems; building information modelling; city information modelling; internet of things; building energy modelling; smart cities; energy simulation; sustainable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Management of Logistic and Supply Chain—2nd Edition

edited by

Mladen Krstić

and

Snežana Tadić

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable logistics; sustainable supply chain; circular economy; smart logistics; closed-loop supply chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Composting and Sustainable Organic Waste Recycling

edited by Elisabete Nascimento-Gonçalves and

Maria Cristina Morais

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: composting; organic waste recycling; circular economy; sustainable waste management; bio-based solutions; lifecycle assessment (LCA); nutrient recovery; greenhouse gas emissions; soil health; environmental sustainability

Advances in Soundscape Quality in the Built Environment

edited by

Jerónimo Vida Manzano

and

Rafael García-Quesada

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental noise; environmental acoustics; soundscape assessment; soundscape; health and accessibility; soundscape; inclusion and heritage; citizens’ sound perception; urban soundscape quality indices; urban soundscape perception indices; urban soundscape restorativeness indices; urban planning and soundscape design; ISO 12913

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Innovations in Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Engine of Transformative Economic Development

edited by

Byungchul Choi

,

Shufeng (Simon) Xiao

and

Woo Jin Lee

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: global entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial ecosystem; entrepreneurial background of startup; digital entrepreneurship; ESG entrepreneurship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Toward Net-Zero Futures: Innovations in Carbon Management and Sustainable Transitions

edited by

Wei-Ta Fang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: net-zero transition; carbon management; low-carbon development; renewable energy; blue and green carbon; climate policy; sustainability innovation; SDGs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainability Assessments of Energy Technologies and Transitions

edited by

Kamel Si Mohammed

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; energy transition; renewable energy; sustainable technologies; low-carbon economy; energy policy; green finance; resilience; circular economy; decarbonization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Interfacial Processes of Contaminants in Soil–Groundwater Systems: Transport Transformation, and Sustainable Remediation

edited by

Zhifei Ma

, Jinying Xu and Xiaodong Chu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; organic pollutants; environmental fate; biochar; soil; groundwater; environmental quality assessment; low-carbon environmental remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil Conservation and Sustainability)

Water and Wastewater Treatment Futures: Sustainable Solutions for a Circular Economy

edited by Mirko Frappa and

Francesca Macedonio

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water treatment; wastewater reuse; circular economy in water management; advanced treatment technologies; techno-economic and life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Thermal Comfort in Buildings and Urban Spaces

edited by

Daniel Sánchez-García

,

Alberto Cerezo Narváez

,

MªCarmen Guerrero Delgado

and

Shady Attia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; climate change adaptation; nature-based solutions; urban heat island; passive cooling; building energy performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advance in Renewable Energy and Power Generation Technology

edited by

Zsolt Čonka

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; power generation technology; sustainability; energy storage; smart grid; technological innovation; life-cycle assessment; economic viability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Green Development, Digital Ecosystem and Sustainability in Industry 4.0

edited by

Zied Hajej

, Ayoub Tighazoui,

Laoucine Kerbache

and Ali Gharbi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: green development; Industry 4.0; digital ecosystems; smart manufacturing; sustainable innovation; energy management; environmental sustainability; circular economy; low-carbon technologies; digital transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Circular Systems, Buildings and Processes for a Sustainable Built Environment

edited by

Jacopo Gaspari

and

Lia Marchi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction workflow; construction and demolition waste; material bank; recycled materials; life-cycle assessment; life-cycle costing; circular business models; material cadasters; product as a service; building passports

Heritage Buildings and Environmental Change: The Conservation of Cultural Heritage Under Sustainable Development

edited by Fernanda Prestileo and Francesco Trovó

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: built heritage conservation; climate change adaptation; sustainable restoration; cultural heritage management; community engagement; historic buildings; environmental change; preventive conservation; urban regeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Sustainable Solutions for River Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation

edited by Luisa Sarmento-Soares

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological restoration; environmental sustainability; river restoration; biodiversity; conservation; freshwater fishes; syntropic agriculture; community engagement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Innovation of Sustainable Business Models in the Era of Industry 4.0: Digitalization, Servitization, Circularity and Resilience

edited by Zoltán Zéman and

Gergő Thalmeiner

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable business models; industry 4.0; digital transformation; servitization; circular economy; corporate resilience; sustainability performance; business model innovation; value creation

Sustainable Energy Storage, Conversion, and Utilization

edited by

Rahul R. Bhosale

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy; energy storage systems; renewable energy; smart grids; energy management; waste heat recovery and utilization

Sustainable Technology Management: Green Innovation and Strategic Development

edited by

YoungJun Kim

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable technology management; green innovation; strategic development; high-quality development (HQD); environmental; social; and governance (ESG) performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Treatment of Bottom Ash Deriving from Waste Incineration

edited by

Luciana Mantovani

,

Paola Stabile

and

Maximiliano Fastelli

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: incinerator bottom ash (IBA); circular waste management; metal recovery; carbonation and weathering; geopolymers and vitrification; construction and geotechnical applications; leaching and eco-toxicity; life cycle assessment (LCA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Nature-Based Tourism and Outdoor Recreation in the Context of Sustainability

edited by

Malgorzata Woznicka

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based tourism; outdoor recreation; sustainable development; ecotourism; environmental management; biodiversity conservation; community participation; sustainable destinations; pro-environmental behavior; environmental education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Futures: Digital Transformation, Collective Intelligence, and the New Logic of Urban Life

edited by

Joon-ho Kim

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; digital transformation; sustainability; artificial intelligence; human-centered innovation; urban governance; digital twin; responsible AI; resilience; mobility; meta-theoretical frameworks; interdisciplinary urban studies; future city design; climate adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Sustainable Pathways in Geotourism and Environmental Protection

edited by

Mário Molokáč

and

Dana Tometzová

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: management plans to protect geologically sensitive sites; impacts of climate change on geosites; rehabilitation of degraded areas; interpretation of geological phenomena; identity of place through heritage conservation; high-quality and sustainable services; accessible to all visitor groups; goods and services from local producers; reduce pressure on the most popular sites; geotourism product offerings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Plastic Biodegradation and Sustainable Environmental Management

edited by

Marta Elisabetta Eleonora Temporiti

,

Simone Buratti

and

Daniele Dondi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic; biodegradation; ecotoxicology; environmental pollution; plastisphere; interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Corporate Strategies for Advancing a Sustainable Energy Transition and Low-Carbon Economy

edited by

Fortune Ganda

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate sustainability; energy transition; low-carbon economy; sustainable business strategy; decarbonization; renewable energy innovation; environmental; social and governance (ESG); green finance; climate change mitigation; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Cropping Systems

edited by

Rosa Guilherme

and

José Manuel Gonçalves

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; water management; soil conservation; climate resilience; precision agriculture; agroforestry; agricultural digitisation; food security; public policies; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Resource and Waste Management for Environmental Protection

edited by

Kazutoshi Haga

,

Altansukh Batnasan

and Burmaa Gunchin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural resources; secondary resources; resource utilization; mine tailing; sustainable development; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Thermodynamic, Environmental, and Socio-Political Determinants of the Development of Ecological Economics

edited by

Aleksander Jakimowicz

and Daniel Rzeczkowski

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural capital; ecosystem services; throughput; embedded economy; degrowth; weak and strong sustainability; laws of thermodynamics; limits to growth; circular economy; energy versus; EMERGY

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)

Engineering Safety Prevention and Sustainable Risk Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Murat Gunduz

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety management; risk management; occupational health and safety; sustainability; hazards; risks

Strategies for Advancing Sustainability in Food Systems

edited by

Philip Soladoye

and Tawanda Tayengwa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: food systems; food loss and waste; circular economy; environmental sustainability; climate change; food security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Ecohydrological Research: The Pathways to Sustainable and Resilient Watershed Management

edited by

Guangliang Zhang

and Yue Dong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; watershed resilience; biogeochemical fluxes; water quality; emerging contaminants; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Circular Economy Strategies for a Sustainable Agri-Food System

edited by

Roxana Nicoleta Rațu

and

Florin Daniel Lipsa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; agri-food systems; by-product valorisation; food-waste upcycling; biorefinery pathways; life-cycle assessment (LCA); techno-economic analysis (tea); sustainable supply chains; food quality and safety; policy and governance for sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Multidimensional Drivers of Corporate Sustainability: From Governance Innovation to Digital-Environmental Synergy

edited by Jing Jia and Zhongtian Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate sustainability; corporate social responsibility; developing countries; ESG; climate change; corporate governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Natural Fibers for Sustainable Products and Systems: Applications, Properties, and Circularity

edited by

Guillermo Guerrero-Vacas

and

Óscar Rodríguez-Alabanda

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural fibers; biocomposites; sustainable product design; circular economy; low-carbon manufacturing; life cycle assessment (LCA); techno-economic analysis; fiber– matrix compatibilization; nonwoven technology; additive manufacturing (3D printing)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Advance in Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing Towards Sustainability

edited by

Apostolos Korlos

and Maria Zoumaki

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; smart manufacturing; sustainability metrics; circular economy; IoT sensing & traceability; regional lens; policy– practice gap; socio-economic challenges; additive manufacturing (3D printing); CNC machining; life cycle assessment (LCA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Building Sustainable and Diversified Food Systems Through Organic Practices and Consumer Participation

edited by Véronique Chable and Pedro M. R. Mendes-Moreira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversity; seed; plant breeding; organic practices; agroecology; food quality; society; consumers; microorganisms; policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Promoting Sustainable Urban Water: Advanced Treatment, Reuse, and Tackling Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Mingrui He

and Bo Han

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban water management; membrane-based water treatment; antifouling and catalytic membranes; novel membrane materials; water reuse and resource recovery; emerging contaminant control; advanced treatment technologies; urban water sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Improving Soil Quality and Sustainable Agriculture: The New Tools, Technologies and Practices

edited by Éder de Souza Martins

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; regenerative agriculture; regional solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Innovative Monitoring and Modeling of Pollutants: Studies on Water, Sediments and Suspended Solids in Impaired Waterbodies

edited by

John M. Johnston

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; remote sensing; model-based assessments; impaired waterbodies; AI/ML; watersheds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Renewable Resource Management and Sustainable Energy Research

edited by

Elżbieta Szymańska

and

Sławomir Stec

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources (RES); resource management; sustainable energy; energy storage; smart grids; green hydrogen; circular economy; just transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Soil Management for Climate, Ecosystem, and Development Resilience

edited by Bo Jiang, Chen Hong and

Juejie Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; climate resilience; ecosystem services; sustainable development; soil carbon sequestration; soil biodiversity; green remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil Conservation and Sustainability)

Sustainable Intelligent Public Transportation Systems: Green Transit Promoting Urban Sustainable Development

edited by Jingxu Chen,

Jie Ma

and

Xinlian Yu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable public transportation; intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); bus rapid transit (BRT) and rail systems; transit-based passenger– parcel sharing delivery; demand-responsive and flexible transit; green transit and decarbonization; multimodal integration and first– last mile; electric and alternative-fuel buses; Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) and integrated ticketing; shared micro-mobility and active travel; data-driven and AI-enabled transit operations; transit-oriented development (TOD) and land-use planning; resilience of urban public transport systems; performance evaluation of sustainable transit systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management and the Circular Economy in the Digital Revolution

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: information management; sustainable supply chain; circular economy; industrial digitalization; digital transformation; digital entrepreneurship; blockchain; AI-enabled innovation; privacy-preserving data sharing; life cycle assessment; supply chain resilience; ecosystem governance

Cities and Resource Governance in the Age of Sustainability

edited by

Giuseppe T. Cirella

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; city governance; climate adaptation; energy transitions; environmental policy; green infrastructure; participatory decision-making; resource efficiency; resource management; smart cities; social equity; sustainability transitions; sustainable development; urban resilience; water and waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

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