Sustainability

Applications of Remote Sensing Techniques and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Sustainable Hydrological Modelling and Watershed Management

edited by

Paschalis Koutalakis

and

George Zaimes

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1941 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems (GIS); geospatial data analysis; hydrological modeling; watershed management; sustainable water resources; climate change; floods and droughts; land-use/land-cover changes

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

Ecosystem Sustainability Through Biodiversity Protection and Conservation Strategies

edited by Nikolay D. Natchev

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1908 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological management; innovative conservation strategies; endangered species; deterioration of habitats; biological risk assessment; bioresources

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

Net-Zero Built Environments: Decarbonization via Digital Tools, Design & Landscape Sustainability

edited by

Yao-Ming Hong

and

Wenpei Sung

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1898 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building; digital design tools; net-zero architecture; building information modeling (BIM); low-carbon materials; landscape-based carbon sequestration; ISO 14064 and 14067 applications; smart building systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Toward Carbon Neutrality: The Low Carbon Transition Pathways

edited by

Pingjian Yang

and Yanru Fang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1851 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; low-carbon transition; decarbonization pathways; climate policy; renewable energy; carbon pricing; industrial decarbonization; CCUS; social equity; green finance; net-zero strategies

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

Citizenship Education, Interculturality and the Sustainability of Global Society

edited by

Pedro Miralles-Martínez

,

Raquel Sánchez-Ibáñez

and

Pedro Miralles-Sánchez

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1803 | Submission Open

Keywords: active citizenship; sustainability education; interculturality; citizenship education; historical thinking; disinformation; critical thinking; critical intersectionality; problem-based learning; project-based learning; service learning

The Sustainable Development of New Materials and Products from Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers

edited by

Borcǎnescu Silvana

and

Manuela Maria Iftime

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1798 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymers; biodegradable materials; sustainable development; circular economy; green manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 3rd Edition

edited by

Jianghang Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1789 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; innovative technologies; logistics; supply chain management; business models; mathematical modeling; case and empirical studies

Environmental Sustainability: Hydrology, Soil, and Vegetal Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by

Jose Ramon Barros Cantalice

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1777 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological behavior; soil resilience; environmental resilience; temparate and dry environments; plants resilience

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

Energy and Environmental Economics: Modelling Pathways for Green Transition and Sustainable Development

edited by

Marilen-Gabriel Pirtea

,

Alexandra-Mădălina Țăran

and

Georgiana-Raluca Lădaru

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1737 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy–environment nexus; energy transition; sustainable development; green economic transition; ESG integration; environmental performance; environmental externalities; climate–energy regulation; sustainable energy systems; green growth

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

Safe and Sustainable Built Environment: Education, Policy and Practice

edited by

David Christopher Oswald

and

Salman Shooshtarian

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1690 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; sustainability; health; safety; wellbeing; education; policy; practice

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

Agriculture Bioresource Utilization Technology

edited by

Sasa Zuo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1524 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioprocess; bioproducts; biotransformation; agricultural biomass; sustainable

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Latest Review Papers in Development Goals Towards Sustainability 2026

edited by

Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1491 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); 2030 agenda; development goals towards sustainability; SDG implementation and monitoring; policy frameworks for sustainable development; sustainability indicators and metrics; water–energy–food nexus; climate action and resilience; sustainable cities and communities; sustainable consumption and production; poverty and inequality reduction; education for sustainable development; governance and institutions for sustainability; sustainable finance and green investment; technology and innovation for SDGs; social inclusion; global partnerships for sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Development Goals towards Sustainability)

Energy Optimization and Waste Heat Recovery in Sustainable Industrial Process

edited by

Juan Carlos Ríos-Fernández

,

Pedro García Regodeseves

,

Guillermo Laine-Cuervo

and Victor Manuel Fernández-Pacheco

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1475 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial energy optimization; waste heat recovery; sustainable industrial processes; thermodynamic efficiency; renewable integration; life cycle assessment; circular economy; energy simulation; emission reduction; advanced thermal management

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

Sustainable Interactions of Ocean, Atmosphere, and Environment: Focusing on Climate Change

edited by

Humberto Pereira

,

Ana Picado

and Ines Alvarez

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1473 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ocean–atmosphere interaction; environmental sustainability; marine ecosystems; adaptation strategies; coastal resilience; extreme weather events

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

Sustainable Building Materials for Greener Future

edited by Jolanta Pranckevičienė and

Ina Pundienė

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1448 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; waste valorization; recycled aggregates; binder

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Energy in Building and Built Environment

edited by

Emanuele Ogliari

,

Minh Quan Duong

, Gabriela Sava,

Chowdhury Akram Hossain

and

Thang Trung Nguyen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1444 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; IoT; machine learning; optimization; renewable energy; smart grid; sustainable energy; storage system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

The Interplay of Energy Consumption and the Digital Economy in the Pursuit of a Low-Carbon Transition—2nd Edition

edited by

Minzhe Du

and

Guanglai Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1395 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy consumption; digital economy; carbon neutrality; energy transformation; low-carbon economy; sustainable development; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Strategic Orientation and Product Innovation for Sustainable Development

edited by

Nicholas Theodorakopoulos

,

Sotiris Apostolopoulos

and Andreas Masouras

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1391 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic sustainability; circular economy; low-carbon transition; eco-innovation; dynamic green capabilities; sustainable product design; sustainable value creation; green technologies; sustainability-driven innovation; policy drivers for sustainability

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

Key Relay Protection Technologies Applicable to Modern Sustainable Power Systems

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1374 | Submission Open

Keywords: modern sustainable power system; fault mechanism; AC/DC Protection; fault control; fault recovery; fault localization; control and protection integration; modern sustainable power system equipment

Sustainable Modelling Approaches for Groundwater and Hydrogeologic Systems

edited by

Muhammad Hasan

,

Yanjun Shang

and

Mohammad Younis Khan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1374 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater sustainability; hydrogeologic modeling; groundwater–surface water interaction; geophysical and numerical approaches; uncertainty and risk assessment; managed aquifer recharge; climate change adaptation; groundwater contamination and remediation; data-driven and machine learning models; integrated water resources management

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

Advancing Awareness in Sustainability and Integrated Waste Management

edited by

Gigel Paraschiv

,

Georgiana Moiceanu

and

Mirela Nicoleta Dincǎ

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable development; integrated waste management; waste conversion technologies; sustainable waste practices; green technologies for waste reduction; waste biorefinery; circular economy; life cycle assessment; environmental awareness; environmental impact assessment

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

Space Sustainability Research on Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering

edited by Andrew Wilson and

Massimiliano Vasile

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1347 | Submission Open

Keywords: space sustainability; space environmentalism; circular space economy; sustainable engineering; aerospace manufacturing

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

Advances in Sustainable Agroecosystems: The Integrated Management of Crop, Livestock, and Environment

edited by

Aaron Norris

,

Brandon Smith

and Whitney Crossland

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1311 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystems; cover crops; crop residue; cropping systems; integrated crop and livestock; soil health; sustainable production

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

Sustainable Coastal and Estuary Management—2nd Edition

edited by Rhoda Ballinger

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1301 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal management; estuary management; governance; sustainability; socioecological systems; community engagement; blue energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Agriculture, Land and Farm Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Kęstutis Venslauskas

,

Mantas Rubežius

and

Antonio Comparetti

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1265 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural biomass; biomass; soil management; farm energy balance; life cycle assessment; techno-economic assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Transportation Systems and Infrastructures Planning, Optimization, and Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Pompigna

and

Giulia Del Serrone

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1260 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation system and infrastructure optimization; transport planning; traffic and infrastructure management; sustainable mobility; intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); traffic simulation; congestion mitigation; multimodal integration; big data in transportation; road safety and risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Innovation in Sustainable Building and Smart Construction Projects

edited by

Sanjeev Adhikari

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1231 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building; smart construction; building information modeling (BIM); augmented reality (AR); virtual reality (VR); artificial intelligence (AI) in construction; digital twin; circular construction; construction automation; robotics in construction; construction education; construction innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Ecohydrological Research Toward Sustainable and Resilient Watershed Management

edited by

Henrique Marinho Leite Chaves

and

Maria Rita S. Fonseca

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1167 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; environmental flows; freshwater integrity & restoration; nature-based solutions; watershed resilience

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

Sustainable Development of Urban Planning, Urban Design and Land Use

edited by Hadas Shadar

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1161 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable planning; sustainable urban design; sustainable land use; adaptive long-term planning; socially sustainable planning; sustainable mobility-oriented planning; resource-preserving planning

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

Towards Net-Zero Industry X.0: Sustainable Governance, Smart Operations and Digital Twins

edited by

Jones Luis Schaefer

and

Osiris Canciglieri Junior

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1126 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart operations; digital twins; sustainable governance; net-zero industrial systems; Industry X.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Forest Services: Bioeconomy, Ecological Management, and Resource Development

edited by

Dalia Perkumienė

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1057 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest services; bioeconomy; ecological management; resource development; legal issues; renewable natural resources; recreational and ecological needs of society

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

Intelligent Maritime Systems: Data-Driven Solutions for Sustainable Shipping and Ocean Governance

edited by

Hongchu Yu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 956 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent maritime systems; maritime big data; shipping network modeling; spatiotemporal analysis and forecasting; marine geoinformatics; navigation safety; sustainable shipping; ocean governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advanced Materials and Systems for Sustainable Energy Solutions

edited by

Eskilla Venkata Ramana

and

Manuel Almeida Valente

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 888 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conversion; energy storage; environmental; photocatalysis; processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Data-Driven Approaches for Sustainable Water Management and Flood Resilience in River Basins

edited by

Eui Hoon Lee

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 880 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven approaches; sustainable water management; flood resilience; deep learning; nature-based solutions; meta-heuristic optimization algorithm

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

Digital Technology for Circular Economy Towards Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Abderahman Rejeb

,

Steve Simske

and

Suhaiza Zailani

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 833 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; digital innovation; sustainable development; resource efficiency; environmental sustainability; Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); blockchain technology; data analytics; policy and regulation

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

Digital and Data-Driven Approaches to Sustainable Urban and Land Use Management

edited by

Ammar Abulibdeh

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 731 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; land-use and land cover (LULC) change; GIS and remote sensing; smart cities and digital governance; spatial data analytics; climate-resilient planning; big data and artificial intelligence (AI); urban sustainability assessment; data-driven decision-making; environmental monitoring and modelling

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

Information Systems for Sustainable Development: SDG/ESG Metrics, Data-Driven Governance, and Responsible Digital Innovation

edited by

Younghee Noh

and M. P. Satija

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 699 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development (SDGs); information systems; data-driven governance; responsible digital innovation; digital sustainability; sustainability analytics; ESG data and reporting; responsible AI/AI governance; privacy and ethics; smart cities & public services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Community Resilience Through Nature-Based Solutions: A Sustainable Response to Disasters

edited by

Faisal Ahammed

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 692 | Submission Open

Keywords: community engagement; community resilience; disaster risk management; climate change; sustainability

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

Ocean Sustainability: Fisheries Science and Its Sustainable Management

edited by Mustapha Aksissou, Mghili Bilal and

Hesham Awadh

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries science; sustainable fisheries management; fisheries governance; pollution; conversation; biodiversity; fisheries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Circular Economy, Green Built Environment and Sustainable Construction

edited by

Lovelin Obi

,

Nnedinma Umeokafor

and

Riza Yosia Sunindijo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 645 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy activities with health, safety, and wellbeing implications; technologies and digital tools enabling both safety and circularity; offsite construction as a circular economy strategy; safety–cost interdependencies in circular construction; policy, standards, and regulatory perspectives; integrating circular economy and green health in construction; emerging risks and hazard profiles in circularity; case studies and demonstrations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Research on Water Quality and Organic Micropollutants

edited by

Mirela J. Wolf-Baca

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 553 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; organic micropollutants; sustainable development; environmental monitoring; green chemistry; ecological risk assessment

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

Intelligent Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Sustainable Futures

edited by

Jian Liu

, Shuli Yan and

Na Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 549 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-criteria decision making (MCDM); sustainable decision-making; artificial intelligence and decision support; uncertainty and robustness group decision making; sustainability assessment; resilient systems

Engineering the Future of Sustainable Construction: Self-Healing and Bio-Based Material Technologies

edited by

Olja Šovljanski

, Tiana Milović and Vesna Bulatović

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; self-healing concrete; bio-based building technologies; microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP); bacterial-based self-healing effect; green building materials; smart materials for infrastructure; low-carbon construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Promote Sustainable Development Through Enhanced Building Energy Performance

edited by

Papadaki Dimitra

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy performance; circular economy; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); sustainable construction; building materials; energy efficiency; material recycling; embodied carbon; green building policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Tourism Planning in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Kaitano Dube

and

Precious Ezeh

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart tourism; tourism aviation; tourism resilience; sustainability; climate policy; adaption; tourism just energy transitions; sustainable destination planning; tourism disaster management

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

Sustainable Water Resources Management: Strategies for Hydrology and the River Systems

edited by Fares Howari

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 395 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management; river hydrology; hydrochemistry; water resource planning; climate change adaptation; remote sensing applications; transboundary water governance; water quality assessment; arid regions hydrology; integrated water management

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

Sustainable Seismic Design, Assessment and Retrofit of Buildings

edited by Elisa Saler and

Ciro Del Vecchio

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated seismic and energy retrofit; performance-based seismic design; energy-efficient buildings seismic risk; sustainable design; life-cycle assessment (LCA); low-carbon retrofit solutions

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

Food Management: Effective Strategies for a Sustainable Environment

edited by

Beata Bilska

, Marzena Tomaszewska and Agnieszka Tul-Krzyszczuk

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: food management; food waste reduction; sustainable food consumption; sustainable food production; environmental sustainability; educational programs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Advances in the Urban and Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development

edited by

Xiaofang Dong

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban economics; urban climate adaptation; spatial econometrics; environmental economics; green innovation and industrial transformation; land-use planning

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

Environmental Economics in Sustainable Social Policy Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yuping Shang

,

Xin Zhao

and Xihui Haviour Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; institutional arrangement; environmental protection; low-carbon transition; environmental economics; social policy; economic activity; climate change; resource utilization; interdisciplinary research

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

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