Sustainability

Energy Economics and Environmental Sustainability: The Development of Green Industry

edited by Ruipeng Tan and Mengmeng Xu

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 35064

Keywords: green industry development; energy economics; environmental policy; renewable energy viability; sustainable business models; resource management; social equity in green industries; regional case studies; technological innovation for sustainability; market dynamics in renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in Sustainability in Air Transport and Multimodality

edited by

Vittorio Di Vito

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19647

Keywords: air traffic management (ATM); door-to-door transport; urban air mobility (UAM); advanced air mobility (AAM); unmanned traffic management (UTM); U-space; multimodal transport concept of operations (ConOps); intermodal transport; passenger experience; journey optimization; air transport; surface transport; rail transport; water transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Biocontrol for Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production, Volume II

edited by

Nickolas G. Kavallieratos

and

Željko Tomanović

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6962

Keywords: biocontrol; sustainability; biological agents; pests; food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Ocean Engineering and Intelligent Control Systems

edited by Weihao Ma and

Dongfang Ma

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 402

Keywords: sustainable ocean engineering; intelligent control systems; maritime weather navigation; ship speed loss in rough seas; typhoon avoidance and route optimization; dynamic route planning and decision support; environmental risk assessment in maritime operations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Design and Planning for Urban Space

edited by

Zhenjiang Shen

and

Xiao Teng

submission deadline 11 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19883 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart habitat for humanity; smart planning technology; smart building; low-carbon construction technology; healthy cities; regional sustainable development; visualization technology; design and construction guidelines; smart and low-carbon construction technology; energy visualization management system

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

Sustainable Consumption and Production: Pathways to Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy

edited by

Tilemachos K. Koliopoulos

and

Fateh Mebarek-Oudina

submission deadline 11 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open

Keywords: green circular economy; environmental impacts; sustainable development; sustainable ecological friendly designs; green designs; growing consumer demand for sustainable products; sustainable green qualitative tourism; environmental health; monitoring schemes; knowledge economy; infrastructure for recycling

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

Building Materials for Sustainable Thermal and Acoustic Environments: Traditions, Innovations, and New Strategies

edited by Virginia Puyana-Romero and

Giuseppe Ciaburro

submission deadline 11 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal insulation; acoustic performance; innovative and traditional materials; thermal simulations; acoustic simulations; bio-based materials; sustainable materials; circular economy; energy saving; machine learning applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Accelerating Sustainable Innovation Through ESG Integration: Driving Value Creation and Social Impact in Firms

edited by

Young-Chan Lee

and

Runhui Lin

submission deadline 12 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 25592 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG integration; sustainable innovation; value creation; social impact; stakeholder engagement; innovation processes; sustainability reporting; institutional factors; comparative analysis

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

The Impact of ESG on Corporate Sustainable Operations

edited by

De-Chih Lee

and

Shou-Lin Yang

submission deadline 14 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11810 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG; consumer market; consumer; consumer behavior; sustainability

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

Sustainable Water Management in Rapid Urbanization

edited by

Nan Xu

,

Jiaqi Yao

and

Huanyu Chang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 26883 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water management; remote sensing; hydrological monitoring; flood; sustainable urbanization

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

Climate Adaptation, Sustainability, Ethics, and Well-Being

edited by

Elena Lioubimtseva

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19391 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– environmental interactions; vulnerability; resilience; transformation; environmental ethics; happiness; well-being; community; transdisciplinary; justice

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

Educational Research in the Era of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2nd Edition)

edited by

Athanasios Mogias

,

George Malandrakis

and

Panayota Koulouri

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18039 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental education; education for sustainable development; environmental literacies; agenda 2030 sustainable development goals; elementary education; secondary education; tertiary education; students; teachers; citizens

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

Supply Chain Management in a Sustainable Business Environment

edited by

Cristinel Vasiliu

,

Irina Albastroiu Nastase

and

Dan-Cristian Dabija

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6537 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain; circular economy; green logistics; environmental impact; ethical sourcing; social responsibility; resilient supply chains; waste reduction strategies; sustainable procurement; sustainable transportation

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

Physical, Chemical and Biological Treatment Technologies to Utilize Organic Waste in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Dharma Hagare

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3033 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater recycling: food waste recycling; agricultural waste recycling; pyrolysis; physical; chemical and biological treatment; greenhouse; protected cropping; broadacre agriculture; hydroponics; nutrients; circular economy; waste minimisation

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

The Innovative Design of Service-Oriented Public Transport: Towards Sustainable Mobility and Travel Habits

edited by

Hing Yan Tong

, Simon Yuen and

Guilhermina Torrao

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advancing Sustainable Technologies: Eco-Friendly Innovations in Solar Energy Application

edited by Linyang Wei and Zhitian Niu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalytic; energy storage; thermal power; heat transfer; solar energy; smart energy; energy technology; fuel cell

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in Urban Transport and Vehicle Routing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Massimo Di Gangi

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; smart city; intelligent transportation systems; mobility as a service (Maas); city logistics; demand models; dynamic simulations; risk analysis; transit assessment; network design; intelligent transportation systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Engineering Safety Prevention and Sustainable Risk Management

edited by

Murat Gunduz

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10790 | Submission Open

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

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

Sustainable Land Management: Urban Planning and Land Use

edited by

Yupeng Fan

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3001 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land use efficiency; ecosystem preservation; climate adaptation; urbanization impacts; green infrastructure; urban sustainability; data-driven solutions; urban-rural integration; land use optimization

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

Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation

edited by

Fan Yang

and

Ying Zhao

submission deadline 17 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2918 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; soil protection; land management; agricultural practice; soil nutrient cycling; soil health; optima scheme

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Carbon Footprints: Consumption and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Li Chai

,

Aoyu Hou

and Pingping Wang

submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8980 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; sustainable consumption; carbon emissions; climate action; global climate governance; low-carbon economy

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

Advancing Regional Environmental Evolution: Integrating Sustainable Energy Resource Management and Green Consumption

edited by Qianwen Li and

Ruyin Long

submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1937 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy management; green consumption behaviors; renewable energy technologies; environmental sustainability; energy conservation measures; climate change mitigation; environmental degradation; consumer behavior and sustainability; policy interventions for energy efficiency; regional environmental evolution.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Economic Intelligent Information Processing

edited by

Lei Chen

submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1173 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; information processing; data analysis

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

Sustainable Seafood Production: Innovative Strategies for Resource Conservation

edited by Akbar Marvasti

submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; conservation; overfishing; fish habitat; aquaculture; seafood trade; seafood safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Environmental Change and Forest Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Kenneth Anyomi

submission deadline 19 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1898 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biodiversity; conservation; forest change analysis; disturbance ecology; environmental change

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

Advances in Ecosystem Services and Urban Sustainability, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yafei Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15533 | Submission Open

Keywords: drivers of land cover/land-use change; urban sustainability; urban ecosystem services; urban ecosystem; geographic information technologies; human– nature interactions; blue and green infrastructure planning; nature-based solutions

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

Advances in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics

edited by

Giulio Marcucci

and

Raquel Sanchis

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3751 | Submission Open

Keywords: green and circular supply chains; digitalization and sustainable supply chains; risk management and resilience in sustainable supply chain management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Smart Grid Technologies and Energy Sustainability

edited by

Mohammad Taufiqul Arif

and

Shama Islam

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3267 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grid design; modelling; distributed renewable energy sources; energy management; protection; cyber security; energy market; energy trading

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advanced Electric Energy Conversion and Storage for Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Morteza Nazari-Heris

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1805 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric energy conversion; energy storage technologies; sustainable energy systems; high-performance batteries; supercapacitors; fuel cells; energy management; grid stability; carbon emission reduction; energy storage density; lifecycle performance; technological innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Valorization of Renewable Resources for the Production of Biobased Products Through the Implementation of Circular Bioeconomy Principles: Second Edition

edited by

Erminda Tsouko

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1437 | Submission Open

Keywords: biobased production; renewable biomass; life cycle assessment; carbon neutral bioeconomy; pretreatment; waste management; environmental footprint; biofuels; genetic approaches; transition to biocircularity

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

Particle Matter Diminishing Solutions and Strategies for Air Polluted Cities

edited by

Henry Alonso Colorado Lopera

, Mauricio Correa-Ochoa and Jeiser Rendón

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1058 | Submission Open

Keywords: particle matter; pollution; contamination; polluted air; pollutants; PM10; PM2.5; public health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)

Sustainable Food Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Lifestyles—2nd Edition

edited by

Aspasia Vlachvei

and

Anastasios Panopoulos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food marketing; consumer behavior; sustainable food consumption; responsible lifestyle; sustainable food supply chain; communication of sustainability within the food supply chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Microplastics and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Wenfeng Wang,

Yueling Qi

and Wenke Yuan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; ecological impacts; terrestrial soil; functions

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

Renewable Energy Generation, Smart Grid and Sustainable Power System Development

edited by Michele Quercio and

Francesco Riganti Fulginei

submission deadline 21 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11173 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; smart grid; energy storage; artificial intelligence in energy; energy efficiency; sustainable infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Air Transport Management and Sustainable Mobility

edited by

Jin-Woo Park

submission deadline 21 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3739 | Submission Open

Keywords: air transport sustainable development; sustainable aviation; smart technology; green technologies; fuel efficiency; eco-friendly airports; eco-friendly operations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Management of Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emission Reduction

edited by

Denghui Wang

submission deadline 23 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7515 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel consumption; carbon emission; emission control; energy access; environmental remediation; catalytic material; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Towards Sustainable Energy Supply

edited by

Augusto Montisci

and

Aiman Rashid

submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 22873 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewables; distributed generation; direct conversion of energy; smart grids; social policies for sustainability; hidden costs of energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Inclusive Education as an Opportunity to Create More Sustainable Universities

edited by Rafael Carballo, Ana Doménech and Almudena Cotán

submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5260 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusive education; inclusive pedagogy; higher education; universities; students with disabilities; faculty development; educational technologies; sustainable education; universal design for learning

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

Power Systems Optimization and Sustainable Energy

edited by

Xichen Jiang

submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed energy resources; power system operation; reliability; integration; optimization; sustainable energy

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

Biorefining and Circularity Towards Absolute Sustainability: Design, Modelling, and Optimization of Emerging Technologies and Flagship Biorefineries

edited by

Carina L. Gargalo

and Andrew Milli Elias

submission deadline 27 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: biorefinery modelling and optimization; waste-to-energy; waste-to-chemicals; CO2 upgrade; CO2 capture and utilization; circular (bio)economy; sustainable biorefining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Consumer Behaviour and Food Choice

edited by Marina Tomić Maksan and

Francesca Gerini

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 34596 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food consumption; food preferences; food choice; consumers; attitudes and behaviour; novel food; food marketing; behavioural models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Geographic Information Engineering and Geoenvironmental Sustainability

edited by Kangjae Lee and Jeon-Young Kang

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8571 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical methods; machine learning; deep learning; explainable artificial intelligence; built environment; green space; physical health; mental health; environmental health

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

Demographic Change and Sustainable Development

edited by

Agnieszka Sompolska-Rzechuła

, Anna Oleńczuk-Paszel, Monika Śpiewak-Szyjka and Małgorzata Blaszke

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8223 | Submission Open

Keywords: demographic changes; fertility; migration processes; population ageing; demographic change and socio-economic development; demography and the property market; sustainable cities; sustainable communities; quality of education in the context of demographic change; senior citizenship policy; sustainable development; demographic change and achieving the sustainable development goals

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

Ecological Engineering and Circular Economy

edited by

Dina M.R. Mateus

,

Henrique J.O. Pinho

and

Petre Brețcan

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7209 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; ecological engineering; eco-efficiency; energy saving; environment protection; industrial symbiosis; resource efficiency; sustainability; waste valorization

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

Towards Sustainability: Advances in Renewable Energy Policy and Environmental Economics

edited by Chih-Chun Kung and

Tsung-Ju Lee

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7005 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; environmental assessment; lifecycle assessment; renewable energy; green finance market; ocean management; pollution control

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

Future Trends in Food Processing and Food Preservation Techniques

edited by

Hung-Ju Liao

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5412 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; green synthesis; starch nanoparticles; food packaging; clean label; minimal processing techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Wood Product Management and Forest Bioeconomy under Climate Change

edited by Antônio José Vinha Zanuncio,

Luciano Cavalcante de Jesus Franç

and Vicente Toledo Machado De Morais Júnior

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5377 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood quality assessment; value-added wood products; wood durability and preservation; wood waste utilization; certification and standards; energetic forest; forest management; forest-based thermoelectricity; forest resources and sustainability

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

Innovative Approaches and Sustainable Practices in Concrete: Integrating Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Sustainability

edited by

Mouhcine Benaicha

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5037 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable concrete; eco-friendly construction; recycled materials; waste utilization; material efficiency; artificial intelligence in construction; green building practices; environmental impact; intelligent mix design; sustainable construction techniques; quality control in concrete; resilient infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Next-Generation Roads: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality on the Planning, Design and Management of Sustainable Infrastructures

edited by

Salvatore Leonardi

and

Natalia Distefano

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3518 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-enhanced road design; virtual reality simulations; sustainable urban planning with VR; smart street furniture; driver training in VR; immersive simulations; sustainable practices in AI-driven road design; interactive signage systems; urban safety innovations; roadside assistance technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Economic Geography, Regional Development and Climate Policy in the AI and Innovation Era

edited by Ahoura Zandiatashbar

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2370 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation ecosystems; industry clusters; AI economy; climate policy and economic resilience; equitable growth

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

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