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Smart Technologies Toward Sustainable Eco-Friendly Industry submission deadline 13 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25832
Keywords: machine learning; FMEA; LCA; prospective LCA; patent analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Sustainable Urban Designs to Enhance Human Health and Well-Being
edited by , and Pai Liu
submission deadline 13 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16501
Keywords: sustainability; health and well-being; urban design and planning; landscape architecture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
Driving Sustainability in Civil and Environmental Engineering Through Machine Learning Innovations submission deadline 13 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1728
Keywords: machine learning; sustainable materials; resilient infrastructure; environmental modeling; artificial intelligence; smart cities; climate change; big data analytics; life cycle assessment; predictive maintenance; environmental engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Sustainable Solar Energy: Thermal and Photovoltaic Uses
edited by , Salvador Gil and Víctor José Passamai
submission deadline 13 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1320
Keywords: sustainability; solar; thermal; photovoltaic; efficiency; hybrid; renewable; greenhouse gases; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Applications of Sustainable Materials in Structural Engineering for Built Environment Sustainability
edited by
submission deadline 13 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 660
Keywords: innovative materials; structural engineering; reinforced concrete; anti-corrosion systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Sustainable Risk Assessment and Remediation of Soil Pollution
edited by and Xiao Deng
submission deadline 14 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3076 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural soil contamination; agricultural sustainability; heavy metals; emerging contaminants; fate; ecotoxicological effects; green remediation technologies; health risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)
Digital Learning and Sustainable STEAM Education
edited by
submission deadline 14 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2090 | Submission Open
Keywords: digitial learning; digital competence; STEAM education; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
Heavy Metal Pollution and Remediation: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future
edited by
submission deadline 14 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1717 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal; sources, fate, and transport; ecotoxicology and risk assessment; green and sustainable remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil Conservation and Sustainability)
Advancing Sustainable Construction Through BIM Adoption: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
edited by
submission deadline 14 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 986 | Submission Open
Keywords: building information modeling (BIM); sustainable construction; construction management; life cycle assessment (LCA); digital innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)
Innovative Technologies and Management Practices for Sustainable Development
edited by Sandro Carvalho and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 23060 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation; technologies; product development; quality management; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Sustainable Management, Digital Technologies, and Data Analytics for Green Environmental Management
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6504 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable management; digital technologies; data analytics; sustainability (social and environmental) reporting; environmental management; compliance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
AI-Enhanced Sustainable Design and Planning for Housing and Indoor Environments submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4728 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable housing; indoor environmental quality (IEQ); artificial intelligence (AI); building performance optimization; occupant behavior modeling; smart energy systems; climate-responsive design; resilient built environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)
Cultural Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | 41 articles | Viewed by 151697 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation science; cultural heritage technologies; digital humanities; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
Rural Economy and Sustainable Community Development submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 23917 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural development; rural entrepreneurship and innovation; sustainable community development; energy efficiency; rural tourism; cyclical economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Artificial Intelligence and IoT for the Sustainable Development
edited by
submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-driven solutions; AI-driven sustainable development goals; IoT applications in sustainability
Green Agriculture: Sustainable Solutions for Crop Performance and Plant Growth
edited by , and Silvia Simón-Grao
submission deadline 17 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 712 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant physiology; sustainable agriculture; efficient water use; plant–environment interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
AI Innovations and Digital Transformation for Risk Assessment and Management in Sustainable Construction submission deadline 18 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4357 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-driven risk management; digital twins in engineering; building information modeling (BIM); real-time monitoring; sustainable development; automated safety management; digital transformation; AI-driven decision-making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)
Business Model Innovation, Circular Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development
edited by
submission deadline 18 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3464 | Submission Open
Keywords: business model innovation; circular bioeconomy; sustainable development; sustainability; circular economy; sustainable and circular business models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioeconomy of Sustainability)
Psychological Determinants of Sustainable Mobility Behaviors
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5568 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable mobility; psychological determinants; transportation behavior; mobility behavior change; psychological barriers; behavioral interventions; psychological interventions; sustainable behavior promotion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Digital Technologies in the Strategic Management and Sustainable Development of Agribusiness
edited by and Carlos Alberto Oliveira de Oliveira
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5268 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital transformation; precision agriculture; blockchain in agribusiness; artificial intelligence in farming; big data analytics in agriculture; sustainable agribusiness; IoT in agriculture; agri-food supply chain management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
Low Carbon and Sustainable Green Economy
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5230 | Submission Open
Keywords: low carbon; ESG; SDGs; sustainable green economy; green HRM; green employee behavior
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
Soil and Water in the Age of Climate Change: Implications for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4415 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil; climate change; soil water; water; agriculture; crops; irrigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
Applications of Chemical Engineering in Environmental Protection and Remediation
edited by Patricia Balderas Hernández
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1367 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical engineering; cathodic protection; corrosion inhibitors; green chemistry; theoretical modeling; water, air and soil treatment; historical heritage; environmental chemistry; environmental remediation; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology)
Next-Generation Wind Energy: Sustainable Design, Assessment, and Deployment submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 964 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind resource assessment; wind farm optimization; wind turbine and blade design; techno-economic analysis of wind energy; levelized cost of energy (LCOE); sustainable energy systems; renewable energy financing; life-cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA); offshore and onshore wind power; smart grids and integration of wind energy
Indoor Comfort, Energy Efficiency and Solutions to Sustainable Built Environment
edited by António José Candeias Curado
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 596 | Submission Open
Keywords: indoor comfort; energy efficiency; sustainable building design; building envelopes and façades; passive and active strategies; renewable energy integration; life-cycle assessment (LCA); zero-energy and zero-emission buildings
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Financial Determinants of Investment Decisions in Sustainable Energy Systems Adoption
edited by , Danuta Zawadzka and Ewa Szafraniec-Siluta
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable energy systems; energy investment; investment decision-making; cost structures; financing constraints; investment profitability; financial risk; sustainable energy systems adoption; microeconomic analysis; firm-, household-, and farm-level decisions
Do Businesses Increase Their Value by Adopting Innovative Sustainability Practices?
edited by and Arion Cheong
submission deadline 21 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11188 | Submission Open
Keywords: ESG; AI; big data; sustainability; transparency; technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
Sustainable Urban Planning: A Gender Perspective
edited by Inés Sánchez de Madariaga
submission deadline 22 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4384 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender mainstreaming; care infrastructure; gender equality; redistribution; recognition; urban planning; transportation; housing; implementation; public space; feminist planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Sustainable Risk Assessment and Coastal Vulnerability
edited by , and José Leandro Barros
submission deadline 22 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1084 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal vulnerability; sustainable risk assessment; sea-level rise; coastal resilience and adaptation; geospatial technologies; integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)
Sustainable Industries and Circular Economy
edited by
submission deadline 22 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 861 | Submission Open
Keywords: circularity; sustainability; remanufacturing; information traceability; RUL; reuse; repurpose; lifecyle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)
Sustainable Nature-Based Tourism submission deadline 23 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1897 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecotourism; heritage; governance; marketing; interdisciplinarity; visitor experience; tourist policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Urban Rail Transit
edited by
submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6589 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban rail transit; sustainability; passenger–freight mixed transportation; intelligent dispatching; energy-efficient train operation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Advanced Developments on Biomass, Bio-Based Materials and Biorefinery Towards Sustainable Bioeconomy submission deadline 26 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3603 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; bioproducts; bioeconomy; biorefineries; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioeconomy of Sustainability)
Alternative and Sustainable Marine Fuels for Air and Water Pollution Prevention and Mitigation submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5078 | Submission Open
Keywords: alternative fuels; hydrogen; ammonia; carbon capture; emission reduction; sustainable energy systems; cross-disciplinary sustainability/applications; pollution mitigation/prevention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
Waste Management and Recycling for Sustainability (2nd Edition) submission deadline 29 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 713 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; metallurgy processes; urban minerals; phase diagram; thermodynamics; CCUS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Sustainability Challenges: Recovery and Valorization of Food Wastes and New Ingredients and Foods Development submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 49112 | Submission Open
Keywords: food waste; sustainable management of food waste; valorisation of food waste; new foods; food waste recycling; technologies for food waste recovery; food sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)
Sustainable Organizational Adaptation: Nurturing Ecosystems for Innovation and Resilience
edited by Okechukwu Lawerence Emeagwali
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 41415 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation ecosystems; ecosystem innovation; ecosystem management; business ecosystems; innovation ecosystem management; strategic adaptability; sustainable adaptation; complex adaptive systems; organizational resilience; open innovation; value networks; absorptive capacity; co-innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
Socially Sustainable Urban and Architectural Design
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 35976 | Submission Open
Keywords: socially sustainable built environment; social interaction in public spaces; urban morphology; space syntax; socio-spatial inequality; pedestrian behavior; wayfinding and spatial cognition; mental well-being; social sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)
Circularity, Innovation, and Optimisation in Sustainable Supply Chains
edited by , Esther Oluwadamilola Olufemi Rotimi and Olamide Shittu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 35245 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation; optimization; supply chain; sustainability; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
AI Solutions for Improving Sustainability in Water Resource Management submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 18 articles | Viewed by 34336 | Submission Open
Keywords: time series; watershed; artificial intelligence; stochastic methods; hydrology; sustainability; hydrological processes; real-time prediction; optimization algorithms; predictive modelling; water balance; environmental sustainability; water demand; meteorological variables; water quantity and quality; watershed variables
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)
Application of Data-Driven in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 25910 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable logistic; sustainable inventory management; logistics route optimization; data-driven technology; operation management and optimization; sustainable supply chain; supply chain coordination; sustainable supply chain network design; supply chain visualization; carbon emission reduction strategy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Interdisciplinary Explorations in Health and Healthcare: Addressing Complex Challenges for Sustainable Futures
edited by , Delores Springs and Kevin Richardson
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 23182 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable health systems; sustainable design and health; biotechnologies and sustainability; food security and health; environmental health; environmental racism; environmental justice; pandemic preparedness; patient voice in public health; healthcare access; health policy development; United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); interdisciplinary health approaches; global health security; public health research; health equity; resilient health infrastructures; sustainable healthcare practices; global health disparities; community health development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Technologies for Sustainable Development of Smart Regions submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20713 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart cities and regions; ecosystems for sustainable development; artificial intelligence and AI systems; UAV as a service; mobile smart technologies; safety and security informed sustainability; wellness engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Geoenvironmental Engineering and Water Pollution Control
edited by and Maria Eugenia Gimenez Boscov
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20443 | Submission Open
Keywords: geoenvironmental engineering; water pollution; remediation techniques; soil and groundwater contamination; new geomaterials; renewable energies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)
Sustainable Development of Regional Tourism
edited by Krzysztof Widawski and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 18250 | Submission Open
Keywords: nature tourism; rural tourism; heritage tourism; tourism management in a region; protected areas; active tourism; sustainable tourism product; sustainable development; case studies; tourist resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
Geological Engineering and Sustainable Environment
edited by Francisco Javier Torrijo, and Julio Garzón-Roca
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16862 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable engineering; geological engineering; resilience; geomaterials; climate change; applied AI; environmental impact; natural hazards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)
Economic and Environmental Concerns Regarding Agri-Food Products Within the Context of Sustainability submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14953 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; agri-food products; circular economy; food supply chain; innovation in agri-food; environmental impact; emerging technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Sustainable Agriculture with Innovative Technology and Equipment: Towards a Low-Carbon Era
edited by and Wei Ma
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14840 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent agronomic equipment; low-carbon and smart agriculture; carbon footprint; scenarios modelling; sustainable agriculture; agriculture/farming system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)
Employee-Centric Approaches to Sustainable Tourism Development, Hospitality, and Tourist Satisfaction
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14727 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance work systems (HPWS); employee service quality; sustainable tourism development; tourism and hospitality industry; human resource management (HRM); employee motivation; destination competitiveness; sustainable HR practices; tourism destination sustainability; employee engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
Tackling Energy Poverty and Vulnerability Through Energy Efficiency submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14394 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy poverty; vulnerability; energy efficiency; heating decarbonization; inclusivity; energy access; affordability; household energy demand; transport poverty; micro-enterprises
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
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