Sustainability

Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Hybrid Energy Systems

edited by

, Ala'aldeen Al-Halhouli and

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7144 | 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)

Life Cycle and Sustainability Nexus in Solid Waste Management

edited by Gesa Beck

submission deadline 9 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5406 | 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)

Sustainable Soil Management and Crop Production Research: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ioannis Roussis

and

Ioanna Kakabouki

submission deadline 9 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3290 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable soil quality; soil fertility; organic carbon; plant nutrition; integrated nutrient management; nutrient interactions; nutrient use efficiency; sustainable agriculture; no-tillage agriculture; biostimulants; organic fertilizers and biofertilizers; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; crop residues; compost

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

Energy Economics and Environmental Sustainability: The Development of Green Industry

edited by Ruipeng Tan and Mengmeng Xu

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 34028 | 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 19103 | 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)

Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Optimization

edited by

Jie Ma

,

Jingxu Chen

and

Xinlian Yu

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13338 | Submission Open

Keywords: shared mobility; public transportation; sustainable logistics; electrification transportation and logistics

(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 6887 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Innovations in Health Economics and Health Management: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by

Aviad Tur-Sinai

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3127 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable healthcare; health economics; health management; innovation; equity; accessibility; technology; public-private partnerships; climate change; social determinants of health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Sustainable Ocean Engineering and Intelligent Control Systems

edited by Weihao Ma and

Dongfang Ma

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 389 | 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)

Production and Corrosion Protection Techniques for a Greener Future

edited by

Ivan Stojanović

and Zdenka Keran

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: corrosion protection of metals and alloys; long‐term behavior of structural materials; green technologies in pre-treatment and surface protection; construction materials in renewable energy systems; influence of production technologies on the structure and properties of materials; new technological processes and techniques in cold forming and corrosion protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Design and Planning for Urban Space

edited by

Zhenjiang Shen

and

Xiao Teng

submission deadline 11 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19534 | 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 595 | 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 509 | 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 25112 | 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 11591 | 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 26400 | 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 19074 | 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 17526 | 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 6440 | 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 2960 | 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)

Digital Economy and Green Innovation: Driving Sustainable Consumer Practices

edited by

Gârdan Iuliana Petronela

,

Diana Maria Vrânceanu

,

Daniel Adrian Gardan

, Mihai Andronie and Mariya Stankova

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 489 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital economy; green innovation; sustainable consumption; environmental footprint reduction; digital transformation; green technologies; consumer behavior; sustainable business models; socio-economic sustainability

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

IoT Systems for Sustainable Development

edited by

Jino Ramson

,

Walter Daniel Leon-Salas

, Suresh Vishnu and Xiaozhe Fan

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT); sustainable development; resource efficiency; smart cities; environmental monitoring

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 328 | 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 285 | 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 260 | 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 10619 | 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 2838 | 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)

Innovation and Low Carbon Sustainability in the Digital Age

edited by Yanwei Lyu,

Yu Hao

and

Yang Liu

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1688 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; low-carbon development; digital economy; innovation management; sustainable development; green economy; digitalization; carbon emissions; innovation policy; climate technologies

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

Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation

edited by

Fan Yang

and

Ying Zhao

submission deadline 17 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2841 | 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 8786 | 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 1841 | 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 1160 | 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 274 | 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 1876 | 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 15188 | 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 3549 | 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 3152 | 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 1881 | 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 1774 | 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 1429 | 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)

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

edited by

Aspasia Vlachvei

and

Anastasios Panopoulos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 1029 | 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)

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 1016 | 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)

Advances in Sustainable Building Materials and Concrete Technologies

edited by Zigeng Wang and Lan-Ping Qian

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; concrete materials; sustainability; high performance; workability; mechanical performance; durability; thermal performance; macro and micro properties; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Microplastics and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Wenfeng Wang,

Yueling Qi

and Wenke Yuan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 232 | 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 10917 | 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 3579 | 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)

Digital Twins in Regional Spatial Planning and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by

Vlado Cetl

and Darko Šiško

submission deadline 22 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; regional and urban planning; sustainable urban development; urban simulation; 3D visualization; decision support; VR/AR; real-time data; Smart City; spatial information management; GIS and BIM integration; public participation; multi-stakeholder cooperation; urban and regional data collection

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

Sustainable Management of Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emission Reduction

edited by

Denghui Wang

submission deadline 23 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7216 | 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 22441 | 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 5134 | 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)

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