Sustainability

Recent Advances in Soil Remediation, Sustainable Management, and Soil Health

edited by

and

submission deadline 21 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; adsorption; immmovilization; soil monitoring; pollutant dynamics; soil indicators; soil functioning; circular economy

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

AI- and IoT-Enabled Smart Grids for Climate Resilience: Toward Adaptive and Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Huda Dawood

and

Geetika Aggarwal

submission deadline 25 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; digitalization; Internet of Things; smart grid; climate resilience; energy security; extreme weather; adaptive infrastructure; predictive maintenance; sustainable energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Advancing Sustainable Wellbeing Through Education and Psychology

edited by

Jesús N. García

,

Judit García-Martín

and

María Lourdes Álvarez Fernández

submission deadline 28 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: education and psychology; artificial intelligence; sustainable wellbeing; digital applications; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)

Intelligent Equipment for Sustainable Farming

edited by Ioan Țenu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agricultural machinery; sustainable agriculture; precision agriculture; agricultural robotics; artificial intelligence; autonomous agricultural systems; smart farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advancing Sustainable Technologies for Metals Recovery from Waste

edited by Violeta-Monica Radu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste; metals; technology; innovation; environment; sustainability

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

Data-Driven Sustainability for Redefining Global Economic Value

edited by

Jaime Ortiz

and

Haibo Wang

submission deadline 29 Sep 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals analytics; global economic systems; sustainable transformation

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

Digital Technology-Enabled Sustainable Supply Chain Management

edited by Pengwen Hou, Liangjie Xia,

Lei Xie

and

Jun Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3586 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain; circular economy; carbon emissions; ESG; reversed logistics; green manufacturing; digital technology; blockchain; IoT; AI and big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Applications of Sustainable Energy and Advanced Air Conditioning Technologies in Building Energy Efficiency

edited by

Yabin Guo

,

Ruixin Li

and Jiayin Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1609 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy; air conditioning; refrigeration systems; data-driven methods; machine learning; energy saving; building environment; smart building; energy conservation; solar photovoltaic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Innovative Materials for Sustainable Water Remediation Technologies

edited by

Raúl Cortés-Martínez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 865 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water treatment; advanced functional materials; surface modification; nanostructured adsorbents; contaminant removal; circular economy; water treatment technologies; life cycle assessment

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

Intelligent Control and Robotic Systems for Sustainable Development

edited by

Shaoxin Sun

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 579 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent control; robotic systems; sustainable development; intelligent navigation; reinforcement learning; adaptive dynamic programming; energy efficiency; smart manufacturing; autonomous systems; multi-robot coordination; distributed control; digital twins; sustainable robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Digital Transformation and Smart Villages: A Way to Promote Sustainable Growth in Rural Areas

edited by

Cristina Bianca Pocol

,

Ioana-Delia Pop

and

Tudor Salagean

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 477 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; smart villages; sustainable rural development; smart agriculture; IoT; artificial intelligence; rural innovation; teleworking; rural development policies

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

Marine Carbon Capture and Storage for Sustainable Climate Mitigation

edited by

George Mallouppas

,

Ashok Kumar Swaminathan

,

Elias Yfantis

and Nikolaos P. Ventikos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 453 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine carbon capture; marine mineralization; blue carbon ecosystems; Life cycle assessment; CO2 transportation; offshore infrastructure; sustainable development

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

Bio-Based Functional Materials for Low-Carbon Building Design and Sustainable Construction

edited by Hongwu Guo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-based materials; low-carbon construction; sustainable building design; biomass-derived composites; green building materials; energy-efficient buildings; circular economy; functional materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable and Resilient Urban Communities: Adapting to Climate Change and Extreme Events

edited by Farzaneh Soflaei and

Mehdi Shokouhian

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and global warming; extreme weather and climate-related events; climate adaptation strategies; sustainable built environments; climate-responsive design; urban resilience; urban heat mitigation; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; environmental justice; flood and sea-level rise adaptation; coastal community resilience

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

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Invasive Alien Species: Ecosystem Disservices Assessment and Intelligent Risk Identification

edited by Enpu Ma

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive alien species; ecosystem disservices; metacoupling framework; geographical detector; machine learning; risk identification; ecological geography

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

Circular Systems, Digital Innovation and Green Skills for Sustainable Transformation

edited by

Saeid Lotfian

and

Sharareh Shahidi Hamedani

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; recycled composites; sustainable manufacturing; offshore renewable energy; digital transformation; sustainability education and ESG

Sustainable Marine Energy Systems and Advanced Technologies: AI, Digitalization, Climate Resilience, and Low-Carbon Solutions

edited by

Ahmed G. Elkafas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable marine energy systems; maritime decarbonization; alternative marine fuels; fuel cells and hybrid propulsion; renewable marine energy; wind-assisted propulsion; onboard carbon capture; artificial intelligence; digitalization and digital twins; climate resilience and sustainability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Agricultural and Forest Biodiversity Conservation for Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Management

edited by

Theodoros I. Stathakis

and

Myrto Barda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity conservation; agroecosystems; forest ecosystems; ecosystem services; sustainable resource management; land-use planning; agroforestry; integrated pest management; landscape ecology; ecological restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Digital Twins, Structural Monitoring and Decision Support for Sustainable Infrastructure Resilience

edited by

Felice Carlo Ponzo

,

Alfredo Restuccia Garofalo

and

Massimiliano Pepe

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge digital twins; bridge information modelling (BrIM); multi-source monitoring; structural health monitoring; satellite remote sensing; InSAR; FEM-SHM data integration; Python-based decision support; FEM model updating; life-cycle bridge management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

AI-Driven Optimization and Control for Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Eduardo Mojica-Nava

and

Juan Manuel Rey

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven optimization; intelligent control; microgrids; sustainable energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Artificial Intelligence and Digital Infrastructures for Sustainable Innovation

edited by Fernando Ferri, Arianna D’Ulizia and

Maria Chiara Caschera

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: green AI; energy-efficient AI; carbon-aware AI computing; AI-enabled digital twins; edge AI for sustainability; smart energy grids; sustainable digital infrastructures; circular digital infrastructures; AI for social good; socio-technical sustainability; responsible AI governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

ESG Frameworks and Corporate Behavior for Sustainable Economic Systems

edited by

Christian Espinosa-Méndez

and Carlos Maquieira

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG frameworks; corporate behavior; sustainable finance; corporate governance; ESG disclosure; greenwashing; environmental performance; sustainable economic systems

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

Sustainable Food Biotechnologies: Biopreservation for Green Food Systems

edited by

Emma Elizabeth E. Tymczyszyn

and

Bárbara Mercedes Bravo-Ferrada

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: biopreservation; sustainable food biotechnology; food safety; lactic acid bacteria; protective cultures; fermentation; natural antimicrobial compounds; circular bioeconomy; clean-label foods; food preservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Rural Development and Agricultural Policy: 2nd Edition

edited by

Changbin Yin

,

Qiang Wang

and

Shu Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; green development; green consumption; rural development; agricultural policy; environmental sustainability; climate change adaptation; sustainable technologies; socio-economic; farm planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Advanced Technologies in Digital and Sustainable Transformation of Teaching and Learning: 2nd Edition

edited by

Chih-Chao Chung

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainable education; artificial intelligence; augmented reality; virtual reality; meta reality; STEAM pedagogies; curriculum design; technology integration; immersive learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Energy Transition: A Pathway or Roadblock to Genuine Sustainability?

edited by

Edward Halawa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; climate change; cost blowouts; energy systems; energy technologies; energy transition; energy poverty; energy injustice; energy storage; genuine sustainability; sustainable mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Integrating Disaster Early Warning, Emergency Management, and Environmental Sustainability: A Sustainability Perspective of Deep Mining

edited by

Yubing Liu

,

Wensong Wang

and

Beichen Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep mining; disaster early warning; emergency management; environmental sustainability; high in-situ stress; dynamic disasters; sustainable mining; gas seepage; gas extrction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Ecology, Environment, and Watershed Management—2nd Edition

edited by Lixin Wang, Lu Wen, Zhiyong Pei and Jifei Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; water cycle; environmental sustainability; forest ecosystem; wetland ecosystem; ecosystem management strategy; pollution reduction; interaction; ecological balance

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

Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Infrastructure Management

edited by

Jilu Li

, Guannan Li, Yuting Chen and

Shuai Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering structures; infrastructure; sustainability; service life; service performance; materials; structure; management; carbon emissions; economic and social analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Digital Economy, Labour Markets and Global Value Chains for Sustainable Development

edited by

Athanasios Anastasiou

and Zacharias Dermatis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital economy; labour markets; global value chains; sustainable development; digital transformation; employment; skills; productivity; international trade; inclusive growth

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Data Management in Marketing of Sustainable Agri-Food Businesses

edited by

Marzia Ingrassia

and

Amparo Baviera-Puig

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: farm sustainability; marketing and digital communication; AI for marketing; agri-food entreprises; sustainable development; quality certifications; AI driven processes

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

Human Comfort and Well-Being in Low Energy Buildings

edited by Alejandro Prieto and

Claudio Vásquez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centered design; low-energy buildings; comfort and well-being; indoor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Environmental & Health Risk Assessment of Chemicals: Traditional, Emerging and Sustainable Perspectives

edited by

Javier Terán Baamonde

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; emerging contaminants; micro-nanomaterials; sustainable; fate and transport; chemical hazards; risks assessment; ecotoxicology; human health

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

Advances in the Relationship Between Human Health, Well-Being and the Urban Environment

edited by

Raymond A. Tutu

,

Jones Kwaku Adjei

and

Henry N. N. Bulley

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban health; health literacy; spatial epidemiology; green infrastructure; active mobility; health equity; urban exposomes; climate resilience; mental wellbeing; Health in All Policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Transforming Energy Economics for a Sustainable, Resilient and Intelligent Future

edited by Zhilun Jiao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy; energy resilience; intelligent energy systems; energy security; energy equity; artificial intelligence; carbon markets; corporate energy strategy; sustainable supply chains

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in the European Union Sustainable Transformation: Economics, Management and Environment

edited by

Athanasios Anastasiou

and

Zacharias Dermatis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic sustainability; governance efficiency; fiscal policy; digital transformation; quality of life; public administration; EU cohesion policy; energy poverty; panel data econometrics; tax administration

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

Advanced Waste Valorization for Renewable Energy and Resource Recovery

edited by

Xiaoyu Zuo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste valorization; resource recovery; waste-to-energy; biomass waste; organic solid waste; anaerobic digestion; biohydrogen; biomethane; thermochemical conversion; catalytic upgrading; renewable fuels; biorefinery; circular bioeconomy; carbon recycling; life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Risk-Informed and Sustainable Civil Infrastructure: Assessment, Digital Technologies and Lifecycle Performance

edited by

Romulus Costache

and

Costel Plescan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk-informed infrastructure; sustainable civil infrastructure; infrastructure assessment; infrastructure resilience; digital technologies; artificial intelligence; digital twins; lifecycle performance; infrastructure asset management; sustainable maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Research on Green Supply Chain Network Optimization and Its Impacts on Sustainable Development of Circular Economy

edited by

Pyoungsoo Lee

, Donghyun Choi and

Jiho Yoon

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain management; circular economy; supply chain network design; sustainable operations; closed-loop supply chains; reverse logistics; supply chain resilience; multi-tier supply chains; interorganizational collaboration; sustainable performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Environment Sustainability: From Environmental Strategy to Environmental Impact

edited by Rongkui Su and

Yiting Luo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental strategy; dual carbon targets; policy implementation; ecological benefit quantification; environmental pollution control; environmental impact assessment; sustainable governance

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

Innovations and Sustainable Practices to Ensure a Preventive, Holistic and Systematic Risk Management in the Context of Global Economy Change

edited by

Doru Costin Darabont

, Oana-Roxana Chivu and

Costica Bejinariu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk; risk management; risk assessment; new and emerging risks; mental health; occupational health and safety management; quality management systems; environment management systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Framing Education to Sustainability in the Context of STEM Education

edited by

Massimiliano Malgieri

and

Luca Zatti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: STEM education; physics education; chemistry education; engineering education; science education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Biomass Energy Technologies and Sustainable Agricultural Waste Utilization—2nd Edition

edited by

Juan F. Saldarriaga

and Julián E. López

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; energy; agriculture; technologies; waste utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Development of Airport Engineering and Aviation Management

edited by

Marta Maciejewska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable airport; decarbonization for airports; emission accounting of airports; sustainable airport energy management; net-zero strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Circular Economy 4.0: Systems Thinking, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge for Sustainable Growth in SMEs and Value Chains

edited by Vasiliki Kremastioti, Evangelos Siokas, Nikolaos T. Giannakopoulos and Petros Dimas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; circular business models; sustainable entrepreneurship; small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); systems thinking; Industry 4.0 and intelligent systems; knowledge management; sustainable marketing and consumer acceptance; circular supply chains; economic growth and resource productivity

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

Nanomaterials for Water Remediation: From Intelligent Design to Environmental Applications

edited by

Xiaorong Gan

submission deadline 1 Oct 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2768 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials for water treatment; machine learning for nanomaterials design; MXenes, MOFs, COFs, and porous organic polymers; two-dimensional nanomaterials; emerging pollutants removal; adsorption and catalytic degradation; photocatalysis and electrocatalysis; heavy metal ion recovery; environmental sensors and detection; environmental toxicity of nanomaterials; data-driven materials screening; carbon-based nanomaterials for remediation

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

Building an Inclusive and Sustainable Educational Ecosystem—Defining the Pathways for Transformative Education

edited by

Diana Marin Suelves

submission deadline 15 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational ecosystem; inclusive education; equity and diversity; education for sustainable development (ESD); digital inclusion; artificial intelligence in education; teacher development; educational leadership; transformative pedagogy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Geoparks and Geoheritage: Sustainable Development and Community Resilience

edited by

Carlos Neto De Carvalho

and

Chenggong Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: UNESCO global geoparks; geoheritage sustainability; sustainable development goals (SDGs); geodiversity conservation; community resilience; sustainable geotourism; sustainability indicators and assessment framework; participatory governance; climate change adaptation; geoconservation policies and management strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)

Sustainable Water Supply: Water Quality Evolution, Demand Modeling and Intelligent Regulation

edited by

Xizhi Nong

submission deadline 15 Oct 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water supply; water quality simulation; water demand modeling; intelligent regulation; water environment risk; data-driven model; hydrological response; water resources sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Sustainable Assessment and Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Amir Alani

, Kevin Munisami and

Lilong Zou

submission deadline 15 Oct 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable infrastructure; structural health monitoring (SHM); non-destructive evaluation (NDE); artificial intelligence (AI); ground-penetrating radar (GPR); digital twins; remote sensing and InSAR; smart infrastructure systems; infrastructure resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

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