Sustainability

Life Cycle and Sustainability Nexus in Solid Waste Management

edited by Gesa Beck

submission deadline 9 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5500 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; environmental impacts; life cycle costing; waste-to-materials; life cycle optimization; solid waste recycling; waste-to-energy; circular economy

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

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 34636 | Submission Open

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 19441 | Submission Open

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 6939 | Submission Open

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 400 | Submission Open

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 19741 | 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 603 | 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 514 | 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 25392 | 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 11713 | 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 26699 | 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 19263 | 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 17829 | 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 6494 | 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 2997 | 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 331 | 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 290 | 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 271 | 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 10720 | 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 2954 | 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 2887 | 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 8906 | 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 1897 | 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 1165 | 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 279 | 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 1895 | 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 15415 | 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 3668 | 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 3225 | 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)

Sustainable Waste Management in the Context of Circular Economy: 2nd Edition

edited by

Namil Um

and

JungKeun Oh

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1928 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste; sustainable management; circular economy; recycling; reuse; minimization; environmental assessment; waste policy; regulation

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

Advanced Electric Energy Conversion and Storage for Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Morteza Nazari-Heris

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1787 | 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 1435 | 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 1042 | 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 1034 | 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 237 | 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 11074 | 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 3669 | 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 7412 | 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 22708 | 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 5210 | 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 274 | 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 240 | 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 34388 | 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 8510 | 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 8076 | 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 7183 | 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 6941 | 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)

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 5322 | 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)

Future Trends in Food Processing and Food Preservation Techniques

edited by

Hung-Ju Liao

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5294 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

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 5001 | 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 3488 | 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 2347 | 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)

Recent Development of Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Environmental Protection

edited by Liliya Frolova and Butyrina Tetiana

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2087 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; synthesis and application of nanomaterials; green energy; microplastic; adsorbents; recycling

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

Wildfire Hazards and Sustainable Risk Prevention and Control

edited by

Adélia de Jesus Nobre Nunes

, Fátima Velez de Castro and Luciano Lourenço

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 667 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfires; vulnerability; risk; prevention; mitigation; resilience; education; sustainability

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

Sustainable Rural Resiliencies Challenges, Resistances and Pathways

edited by

Angel Paniagua Mazorra

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16132 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance; rural; local; resiliences; spatial processes

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

Carbon Neutral Society and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Solutions

edited by Ehsan Jorat

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7098 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; sustainable development; societies; challenges; solutions

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

Sustainable Energy: Circular Economy and Supply Chain Management

edited by

Koichi Murata

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5382 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular supply chain strategy/methodology; analysis and evaluation to realize circular economy/supply chain; performance measurement/management to circular economy/supply chain; philosophy for circular economy and supply chain; circular energy dynamic model and practical methodology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Decarbonization of Energy and Materials for Sustainable Development

edited by Yasukazu Kobayashi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4777 | Submission Open

Keywords: photovoltaic; hydrogen; energy storage devices; recycling; wastewater treatment; membrane technology; healthcare applications; electronics; life cycle assessment; machine learning and AI for decarbonization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in Mineral Resources, Hydrogeology and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Guiping Ren

,

Xinglan Cui

and

Xiaobin Gu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1941 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral resources; mine environmental restoration; hydrogeology; microbial technology; resource sustainability; geomicrobiology; environmental mineralogy; microbial metallurgy; solid waste recycling and processing; mineral– microorganism interactions

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

Monitoring and Control of Air Pollution for Sustainability

edited by

Pedro José Pérez-Martínez

and

Regina Maura De Miranda

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 734 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropogenic activities; information technologies; geography and urban air pollution; human health and exposure; climate change; urban planning; sustainable cities

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

Sustainable Product Design, Manufacturing and Management

edited by

Diego Castro Fettermann

and Marcia Elisa Soares Echeveste

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 55909 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital products and services; Industry 4.0; sustainable products and services; product service systems; smart manufacturing; renewable energy

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

Intelligent Transportation Systems towards Sustainable Transportation

edited by

Keshuang Tang

,

Ashish Bhaskar

and Hong Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 48676 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; connected vehicles; big data; artificial intelligence; autonomous driving; traffic signal control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Green Logistics and Intelligent Transportation

edited by Feifeng Zheng and

Ming Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 17 articles | Viewed by 40116 | Submission Open

Keywords: scheduling optimization; green logistics; intelligent transportation; heuristic algorithm; machine learning; game theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Development in Urban and Rural Tourism

edited by

José Ramón-Cardona

,

María Dolores Sánchez-Fernández

and

José Álvarez-García

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 29786 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate social responsibility (CSR); cultural landscape; economic impacts; environmental impacts; gastronomy; hospitality management; local; rural and urban tourism; mature destinations; overtourism; regional development; residents’ attitudes; social impacts; sustainable development; tangible and intangible heritage; tourism development; tourism planning

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

Urban Planning and Sustainable Land Use—2nd Edition

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 27738 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land use; sustainable development; public policy analysis; urban vibrancy; big data; spatial optimization

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

A Systems Approach to Urban Greenspace System and Climate Change

edited by Yizhao Yang and

Yawei Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 26859 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces (urban greenspaces); urban greenspace system; climate change; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; livability; urban resilience

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

Analysis on Real-Estate Marketing and Sustainable Civil Engineering

edited by

Natalija Lepkova

and

Laura Tupėnaitė

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 26577 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-estate marketing; real-estate marketing strategy; real-estate industry; sustainability; sustainable civil engineering; natural resources; green design

Farmland Soil Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration

edited by

Jiulan Dai

and

Jing Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 26289 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Regional Economics, Policies and Sustainable Development

edited by

Andrzej Cieslik

and Tomasz Misiak

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 21678 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; regional development; regional policy; sustainability

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

Sustainable Consumption and Tourism Market Management

edited by Oana Mihaela Stoleriu and Alexandra Cehan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 20167 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism consumption; tourist experience; responsible tourism; sustainable tourism management; sustainable tourist behavior; sustainable destinations

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

Municipal Solid Waste Management (2nd Edition)—Innovative Solutions and Sustainable Strategies

edited by

Carlos A. Teixeira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 19471 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; waste management; sustainable urban infrastructure; resource optimization; industrial symbiosis

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

Digital Marketing and Sustainable Circular Economy

edited by Alfonso Siano,

Iza Gigauri

,

Maria Palazzo

and

Francesca Conte

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19067 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital marketing; digital consumer behavior; digital transformation; sustainable development; sustainable marketing; circular economy; circular business models

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

Environmental Protection and Sustainable Ecological Engineering

edited by

Slobodan B. Mickovski

, Olavo F. Santos Jr.,

Alejandro Gonzalez-Ollauri

and Jovan Br. Papić

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 18392 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental protection; sustainability; ecological engineering; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; resilience

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

Organic Matter Degradation, Biomass Conversion and CO₂ Reduction

edited by

Qiang Wang

and

Cheng-Chao Jin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16448 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy conversion; photocatalytic degradation; CO2 photoreduction; electrocatalytic CO2 reduction; biomass conversion; HMF; FDCA; persistent organic pollutants; volatile organic compounds; dyes; antibiotics; solar fuel production; heterojunction; nanocomposites; porous nanomaterials; single-atom catalysts; DFT calculation; in situ/operando characterizations

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

AI-Powered Virtual Assistants in Sustainable Marketing: Enhancing Customer Experience Through Innovation Technologies

edited by

Carolina Herrando

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13612 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital marketing; artificial intelligence; customer experience; e-commerce; privacy; personalization; ethics; loyalty; innovative technologies; emotions

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

Leisure for Sustainable Future: Exploring Sustainable Environmental Leisure Activities

edited by

María de los Ángeles Valdemoros-San-Emeterio

, María Jesús Monteagudo and Cristina Medrano Pascual

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12930 | Submission Open

Keywords: leisure; sustainability; society; culture; economy; communities; governance; tourism; intergenerational

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

Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis for Monitoring and Assessing Landscape and Ecosystem Sustainability

edited by

Chao Zhang

, Ziqi Meng and Nanshan You

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12741 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial analysis; remote sensing; landscape sustainability; ecosystem services; natural resource management; climate change; ecological resilience; land use change; environmental monitoring

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

Sustainable E-Learning and Educational Technology

edited by

Salvador Otón Tortosa

,

Sergio Luján-Mora

,

Ricardo Mendoza-González

and

Abdelhamid Tayebi Tayebi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12185 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-learning; educational technology; accessibility; inclusion; sustainable education; AI; STEM and STEAM education; gamification

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

Inclusive Tourism and Its Place in Sustainable Development Concepts

edited by

Zygmunt Kruczek

, Katarzyna Gmyrek and Karolina Korbiel

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12158 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusive tourism; sustainable tourism; “ design for all” ; development and planning; accessibility; accessible tourism; responsible tourism; social tourism; integrative tourism; health dysfunction; people with disabilities; people with special needs; barriers; tourism without barriers; tourism for all; sustainable construction; motives and preferences; tourism and recreation activity; rehabilitation; seniors

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

Energy Transition Amidst Climate Change and Sustainability

edited by

Kentaka Aruga

,

Md. Monirul Islam

and

Arifa Jannat

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11606 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; energy transition; climate change; sustainable development; energy efficiency; energy policy; environmental impact; energy storage; smart grids; sustainable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Transport Using Inland Waterways

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11518 | Submission Open

Keywords: decarbonization strategies for inland waterway transport (IWT); external costs and impact measurement of IWT; new infrastructural developments in IWT; innovative solutions for low-water periods; digitalization and automatization of IWT; mental shift: awareness and knowledge of IWT; multimodal supply chains: integration of IWT in logistics chains; inland ports: sustainable developments and digitalization; IWT in multimodal routing / IWT and GIS data availability; IWT and the eco-system of rivers; optimization and decision making in IWT; intermodality and synchromodality in IWT; revenue management in IWT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Smart Charging and Grid Integration for Sustainable Electric Transportation

edited by

Damir Jakus

and Josip Vasilj

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11162 | Submission Open

Keywords: charging station power supply; charging management; V2B; V2H; V2V; V2G; V2X; ancillary service provision; grid integration; charging pricing models; machine learning in EV load forecasting and charging control; RES energy management; modelling and control; mathematical programming; reinforcement learning; capacity allocation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Engineering and the Emerging Technologies: Application, Policy Development and Innovation

edited by

Martin Wynn

and

Kamal Bechkoum

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8622 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable engineering; emerging technologies; sustainable development; manufacturing efficiency; energy management; digitalization; pollution reduction; technology convergence

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

Inter-urban Zero-Emission Rail Technology: Analyses of Emerging Passenger and Freight Transportation System Retrofits

edited by

Gord Lovegrove

, Holger Busche and Mohamed Hegazi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8468 | Submission Open

Keywords: rail transport; retrofit; de-carbonized; zero emissions; hydrogen fuel cell; hydrail; battery electric; passenger rail; freight rail; low-density; inter-urban; affordable

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Green Innovations for Sustainable Development Goals Achievement

edited by

Alireza Fathollahi

and

Rui Zhao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8428 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean technologies; green chemistry; sustainable industry; bio-based chemistry; bio-based materials; sustainable engineering; renewable energy; waste valorization; eco-friendly synthesis; circular economy

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

Sustainable Project, Production and Service Operations Management

edited by

Georgios K. Koulinas

and

Dimitrios E. Koulouriotis

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8347 | Submission Open

Keywords: project management; manufacturing process; service delivery; operations research; circular economy; lean manufacturing; resource utilization; life cycle considerations; environmental impact reduction; supply chain

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

Sustainable Risk Management

edited by An Chen and Baoguang Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7777 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster risk management; risk assessment; public risk perception; risk resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable and Innovative Agriculture in Issues of Energy Production and Food Safety

edited by

Bogdan Saletnik

,

Marcin Bajcar

and

Grzegorz Zaguła

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7539 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovations in agriculture; sustainable agriculture; food production; food safety; food preservation methods; biochar; pyrolysis; waste management; carbon sequestration; soil fertilization; magnetic fields

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Adoption of New Technologies and Practices for Sustainable and Smart Agriculture

edited by

Yang Li

and

Jing Nie

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7159 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; decision support; green computing; data fusion; pattern recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Inclusive and Sustainable Marketing and Business Performance

edited by

João Manuel da Silva Carvalho

and Sílvia Faria

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7059 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusive and sustainable marketing; sustainable business performance; artificial intelligence and marketing sustainability; sustainable products and business performance; distribution impact on business sustainability; new inclusive and sustainable distribution approaches; inclusive communication and business performance; inclusive and sustainable digital marketing transformation; new inclusive and sustainable pricing strategies; new inclusive and sustainable marketing competencies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advances in Efficient and Sustainable Transport Using Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage in Transport

edited by

Chengjiang Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6972 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric vehicles; energy storage; intelligent transportation systems; vehicle-to-grid; energy sustainability; efficient electric propulsion systems; smart grids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Rural Social Work and Social Perspectives of Sustainability

edited by

Charles C. Fonchingong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6749 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural social work; agency; social welfare; relational networks; resilience; sustainability; practice; service delivery; social perspectives; rural communities

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

Impact and Adaptation of Climate Change on Natural Ecosystems

edited by Sunkee Hong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5640 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem management; biodiversity loss; climate adaptation; terrestrial ecosystem; marine ecosystem; island ecosystem; nature-based solutions; natural ecosystems climate change; ecosystem services; ecosystem-based adaptation

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

Energy Efficiency and Innovative Material Application in Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Víctor Yepes

and Lorena Yepes-Bellver

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5531 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; innovative materials; sustainable buildings; smart buildings; green construction; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

The Role of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Low-Carbon Energy Transition and Achieving Carbon Neutrality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

edited by

Linwei Ma

,

Xiaoyong Zhou

and Chin Hao Chong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5500 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon peaking; carbon neutrality; CO2 emissions; energy; management science; sustainable energy systems; low-carbon; economy development; energy systems

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

Sustainability in Sensory and Consumer Science

edited by

Julia Low

,

Matthew McSweeney

, Charles Diako and Penny Brotja nee Oliver

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5421 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensory and consumer science methodologies; sustainable practices in sensory and consumer science; plant-based; sustainable foods; sustainable diets; sustainable packaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advances in Industrial Engineering and Management Towards Sustainable Development Goals

edited by Yanjie Zhou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5277 | Submission Open

Keywords: industry engineering; sustainable manufacturing; circular economy; supply chain management; sustainable decision-making

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

Advances in Energy Systems for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

edited by Nathan Williams and June Lukuyu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4916 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; energy systems; climate resilience; transdisciplinary; energy access; energy policy; sustainability

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

Sustainable Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management

edited by

Chieh Yu Lin

and Syed Shah Alam

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4852 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable operations; green logistics; circular supply chains; sustainable sourcing; innovation in logistics; supply chain resilience; eco-friendly practices; resource efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles: Can Environmental Impact Assessments Inform a Circular Fashion Future?

edited by Anne Peirson-Smith, Alana James, Kelly Sheridan and Thomas Stanton

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4785 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable fashion and textiles: sustainable fashion and textile production and consumption; environmental impact assessment; lifecycle analysis (LCA); environmental degradation

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

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