Sustainability

Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Towards Sustainable Energy Supply, Second Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 18 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 308 | 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)

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

edited by

Aspasia Vlachvei

and

Anastasios Panopoulos

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11598 | 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)

From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 in Sustainable Operations Management: AI-Driven, Human-Centric and Resilient Pathways

edited by Marco Mosca,

Flavio Tonelli

,

Federico Briatore

and

Paulo Peças

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4056 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 5.0; sustainable operations management; human–AI collaboration; relational intelligence; digital twin; resilience; adaptive socio-technical networks; circular economy; supply chain transformation; ethical AI; cognitive partnership; hybrid decision-making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Digital Transformation for Supply Chain Resilience and ESG Performance

edited by

Constantin Aurelian Ionescu

, Marian Ilie Siminică,

Maria Cristina Ștefan

and

Valentin Radu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1773 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainable supply chains; esg performance; digital accounting; sustainability reporting; management control systems; corporate sustainability; environmental cost accounting; data transparency; risk management

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

Greening the Future: Business Innovations for Sustainable Growth

edited by

Fadi Abdelfattah

and Hisham Madi

submission deadline 21 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3175 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable business models; green innovation; ESG frameworks; circular economy; responsible leadership; digital sustainability; strategic management; sustainable entrepreneurship; climate resilience and adaptation

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

AI-Enabled Food Supply Chain Management: Advancing Efficiency, Resilience, and Sustainability

edited by

Xue-Ming Yuan

and

Dikky Indrawan

submission deadline 21 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI in agriculture; food supply chain; demand forecasting; shelf-life prediction; reinforcement learning; optimization; life cycle assessment; dynamic pricing; network design

Advanced Agricultural Economy: Challenges and Opportunities—2nd Edition

edited by

Edson Talamini

and Antonio Domingos Padula

submission deadline 24 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1977 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural systems; biodiversity; bioenergy; sustainable agriculture; dematerialization; bioeconomy; ecological economics; agricultural economics; economic indicators; economic impact; poverty alleviation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Urban Informatics and Sustainable Design for Smart Cities

edited by Gabriel Koman and Oliver Bubelíny

submission deadline 24 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: information technology; smart cities; data-driven organizations; smart mobility; artificial intelligence; management; sustainable cities

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

Advanced Nanomaterials for Sustainable Construction and Infrastructure

edited by

Mahmoud H. Akeed

submission deadline 24 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; nanotechnology; sustainable infrastructure; built environment; eco-efficient materials; nano-engineered cementitious systems; ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); smart and self-sensing structures; durability and service life; circular economy; life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Geo-Spatial and AI Techniques: Advancements in Earth and Environmental Resource Applications

edited by

Sankaran Rajendran

,

J. Aravinth

,

Geetha Srikanth

and

Sathishkumar Samiappan

submission deadline 24 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information system; global positioning system; geo-spatial analysis; artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; mapping; monitoring; earth and environmental resources

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

Sustainable Urban Design and Resilient Communities

edited by

Farzaneh Soflaei

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5004 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban design and planning; socially inclusive and multicultural environments; urban heat island mitigation and microclimate adaptation; outdoor thermal comfort; urban canyon and morphology studies; environmental justice and community equity in underserved urban areas; democratic and inclusive public spaces; nature-based and green–blue infrastructure solutions; digital simulation, modeling, and computational workflows; participatory and community-led urban design and planning

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

Innovative Approaches and Strategies for Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning

edited by

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submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1255 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land planning; urban and peri-urban areas; machine learning techniques; greening; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services

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

Sustainability Perspectives in Earth and Marine Sciences: From Hydrogeochemistry and Sedimentology to Marine Geology

edited by

Mara Cipriani

and

Giovanni Vespasiano

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater and surface water resources; coastal and marine systems; environmental sustainability

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

Research on Sustainable Biological Control of Plant Diseases

edited by

Danai Gkizi

and

Stefanos Testempasis

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; plant diseases; crop protection; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Climate Change, Energy Policy and Sustainability

edited by

Seung-Hoon Yoo

and

Sung-Yoon Huh

submission deadline 26 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1381 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; energy policy; carbon neutrality; energy transition; sustainable development; green economy; energy security; environmental regulation

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

Emerging Sustainable Technologies for Environmental Remediation and Management

edited by

Miryan Cassanello

and Maria Alejandra Ayude

submission deadline 26 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1117 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean technologies; process intensification; solid wastes; wastewater treatments; advanced oxidation processes; environmental remediation; lignocellulosic residues

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

Designing Transformative Urban Systems for Climate-Resilient, Circular and Community-Centred Cities

edited by

Luigi Fusco Girard

,

Martina Bosone

and

Francesca Nocca

submission deadline 26 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 964 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; circular city; climate-resilient city; cultural heritage; community-centred development; integrated urban planning; multidimensional evaluation processes

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

AI for Sustainable Development: Applications and Impacts across Industries

edited by Ahreum Hong and Yannan Li

submission deadline 28 Dec 2026 | 19 articles | Viewed by 76898 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI applications; economics in AI; ethics in AI; educational AI; transportation AI; machine learning; domain-specific AI; interdisciplinary research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Products and Services)

Sustainable Treatment of Agricultural Wastewater and Solid Waste

edited by Zhongzhe Liu,

Gyeong Sung Kim

and

Jizhi Zhou

submission deadline 28 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural wastewater; agricultural solid waste; sustainable treatment; sustainable management; resource recovery; energy recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Industrial Digital Transformation: Sustainable Challenges for SMEs

edited by

Huwei Wen

and

Xuan-Hoa Nghiem

submission deadline 29 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7237 | Submission Open

Keywords: enterprise innovation; digitalization; low-carbon innovation; ESG; green behavior; energy performance; SMEs; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advancing Sustainable Energy Transitions: Economic, Environmental, and Policy Perspectives

edited by

Suzanna El Massah

, Leonard Chirenje and Mohammad Alalaween

submission deadline 29 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2802 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; energy transitions; energy economics; environmental economics; climate change; carbon pricing; digital transformation; environmental policy; localization; just transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Enhancing Decision-Making Processes for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

edited by

Yuan-Wei Du

and Ye-Cheng Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15396 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); sustainable development; ecological safety; systematic thinking; group decision making; multiple-criteria decision making; decision making under uncertainty; risk management; emergency management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Geographical Information Technology and Urban Sustainable Development

edited by

Jianbo Tang

,

Xuexi Yang

and

Wentao Yang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9074 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial data analysis; social sensing; sustainable cities; urban land use patterns; simulation and forecasting of urban development; GeoAI

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

Strategies for Improving the Sustainability of Asphalt Pavements

edited by

Mena I. Souliman

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3080 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt pavements; sustainability; green technologies; recyclable materials; life-cycle assessment; climate resilience; pavement maintenance strategies; low-carbon construction; circular economy; sustainable infrastructure

Sustainable Innovation and Organizational Transformation: Strategies, Mechanisms, and Impacts

edited by

Naveed Yasin

,

Khalid Hafeez

and Farooq Haq

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1331 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance); sustainable strategic management; innovation and organisational transformation; responsible leadership; sustainable business models; circular economy; digital transformation; UN SDGs; sustainable ecosystem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advancing the Social Dimensions of Sustainability Frameworks and Indicators for Resilient Organizations and Communities

edited by

Gabriele Giorgi

,

Stefano Ruggieri

and

Rubinia Celeste Bonfanti

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 575 | Submission Open

Keywords: social sustainability; organizational resilience; psychological safety; employee well-being; technostress; hybrid work; gamification; artificial intelligence in organizations; ethical leadership

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

From Support to Sustainability: How Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Drive Environmental Impact

edited by

Varun Gupta

and

Chetna Gupta

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurship support; environmental sustainability; sustainable development goals (SDGs); university incubators; academic libraries; public libraries; green innovation; monitoring and evaluation; impact measurement; responsible innovation; support ecosystems; sustainability assessment; technology for good

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

Sustainable Forestry for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Ronald C. Estoque

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 62279 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management; sustainable harvesting; SDGs; forest certification; community engagement; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystem services; forest conservation; forest restoration; deforestation; forest degradation; tree canopy cover; forest monitoring; GIS; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

Sustainable Tourism Management and Marketing

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 59741 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism marketing; sustainable tourism management; sustainable tourism development; protected natural areas; community-based tourism; prism of sustainability in tourism; digital engagement strategies

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

Sustainability of the Agricultural System and Agro-Ecological Environment

edited by

Elena Brunori

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 21 articles | Viewed by 57708 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural ecosystem services; ecological functional areas; agroecological indicators; natural capital; Sustainable farming system; Agricultural ecological environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Development of Regions and Cities: Improvements in Planning and the Inhabitants’ Quality of Life

edited by

František Petrovič

and

Peter Mederly

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 56664 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; quality of life; well-being; happiness; satisfaction with life; good life; sustainable development; urban development; regional development; sustainable consumption; sustainable quality of life; sustainable well-bein; sustainable happiness; sustainable life satisfaction; sustainable good life; sustainability of social processes

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

Carbon Neutrality and Green Development

edited by

Shihong Zeng

and

Qiao Peng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 13 articles | Viewed by 41326 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality goals; green development; carbon finance; economic transformation; energy structure; carbon information disclosure

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

Resource Sustainability: Sustainable Materials and Green Engineering

edited by

Romualdo Rodrigues Menezes

,

Gelmires de Araujo Neves

and

Alisson Mendes Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 40389 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; bio-based materials; energy-efficient materials; innovative materials; green route

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Current Challenges in Sustainable Urban, Rural and Regional Development

edited by

Radu-Dănuț Săgeată

and

Remus Creţan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 24 articles | Viewed by 39719 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban and rural development; territorial planning; land use sustainability; political and administrative decisions; development policies

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

Circular Economy and Sustainability

edited by

Viktor Koval

,

Jairo González-Bueno

and Rima Tamošiūnienė

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 32956 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; circular business models; circular economy; eco-design; eco-friendly technologies; environmental economics; green economy; green finance; green human resource management; lifecycle assessment; liveable cities; policy innovation; renewable resources; resource management; sustainable development; waste reduction

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

Sustainable Transitions in Transport Energy Consumption: Self-Contained Transport Energy Systems Using Renewable Energy

edited by

Ruifeng Shi

, Fang Fu and Xingtang Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 28952 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; self-contained transport energy systems; transport energy systems; new energy vehicles; electric vehicles; electric vehicle charging/discharging station; decarbonization in transport systems; low-carbon-based transport operation systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Transport, Environment and Sustainability

edited by

Eckard Helmers

and

Dimitris Potoglou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 26828 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric vehicles; transport decarbonization; transport digitalization; impact assessment; carbon footprinting; sustainable mobility management

Heavy Metal Contamination and Phytoremediation of Soil and Water: From an Ecological and Sustainable Perspective

edited by

Robson Andreazza

and

Filipe Selau Carlos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 26101 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; bioremediation; heavy metals; pollutants; remediation; contaminated soil; contaminated watercourse

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

Future Trends in Sustainable Buildings: Materials, Technologies, and Computational Approaches

edited by

Antonella Sarcinella

and Sandra Cunha

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23572 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building materials; sustainable building technology; life cycle assessment (LCA); digital construction technologies; building information modeling (BIM); energy simulation in buildings; computational building design; waste management in construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Development of Construction Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 20420 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction engineering; green buildings; low-carbon buildings; construction industry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) in Hospitality and Tourism Sector—2nd Edition

edited by

Hyeon-Mo Jeon

and

Hyung-Min Choi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18598 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices and disclosure; ESG and corporate performance; ESG and corporate value; corporate social responsibility; sustainable marketing; sustainable human resource management; eco-friendly practices; green marketing and consumer behavior

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

Sustainable Future: Circular Economy and Green Industry

edited by

Irina Georgescu

,

Ionut Nica

and

Jani Kinnunen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18131 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; green industry; sustainable development; renewable energy; eco-innovation; resource efficiency; waste management; climate adaption; artificial intelligence in sustainability; cybernetics in circular systems

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

Green Landscape and Ecosystem Services for a Sustainable Urban System

edited by

Luisa Sturiale

and

Maria Rosa Trovato

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17445 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; urban green system; green urban landscapes; resilient and inclusive city; sustainable development goals; urban planning processes; evaluation of ecosystem services; ecosystem service economic evaluation; social multi-criteria evaluation; multi-criteria decision aid

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

Towards Sustainability: Applications of Machine Learning in Water Management and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Soufiane Haddout

and

Mariusz Ptak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17307 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; water management; environmental monitoring; sustainability; predictive analytics; hydrology; water quality assessment; data-driven decision making; sustainable development; environmental stewardship

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

Harnessing Technology for Sustainable Tourism: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future in Travel

edited by Seunghun Shin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16809 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology; environmental sustainability; economic sustainability; social sustainability

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

Sustainability and Innovation in Engineering Education and Management

edited by

Pawel Nowak

,

Jerzy Rosłon

,

Mariola Książek-Nowak

,

Aleksander Nicał

and Janusz Sobieraj

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14765 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; building design; technological innovation; green construction; project management; optimization; Industry 4.0; ICT in construction; BIM; soft skills in construction; educational aspects of sustainable construction

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

Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Hybrid Energy Systems

edited by

Ayman Al-Quraan

, Ala'aldeen Al-Halhouli and

Ahmad M. A. Malkawi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14169 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; solar energy; wind energy systems; biomass and biofuels; geothermal energy; tidal power; wave energy; photosynthetic process; hydro-power

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Renewable Energy Conversion and Sustainable Power Systems Engineering

edited by

Carlos Vargas-Salgado

and

Jesus Aguila-Leon

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13896 | Submission Open

Keywords: PV systems; wind systems; storage systems; microgrids; smart grids; biomass gasification systems; hydropower systems; power control; greenhouse gas emissions; emissions; reliability of the grid; lithium-ion batteries; lead–acid batteries in microgrids; demand response; SCADA; control algorithms; energy management systems; microgrid simulation; power electronics; losses in power systems; hybrid energy systems; HERS economic analysis; HERSs for developing countries; virtual power plants; prosumer; distributed energy resources (DERs); metaheuristic algorithms; fuzzy logic; bio-inspired optimization; optimization algorithms; grey wolf optimizer (GWO) algorithm; particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm; genetic algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Research on Ecological and Environmental Sustainability Based on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

edited by

Qi Feng

and Tao Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13754 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems; ecological or environment sustainability; multi-source remote sensing data; three-dimensional geographic information systems; prediction modeling; resource management

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

Sustainable Waste Management Strategies for Circular Economy

edited by

Abdel Mohsen Onsy Mohamed

,

Muftah El-Naas

,

Munjed Maraqa

and Evan K. Paleologos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11647 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste prevention and minimization; resource recovery and recycling; extended producer responsibility; sustainable materials management; industrial symbiosis; sustainable urban waste management; smart waste management systems; advanced recycling technologies; waste-to-energy; circular economy legislation; international cooperation and standards; public awareness and education; case studies

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

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