Sustainability

Sustainable Organizational Adaptation: Nurturing Ecosystems for Innovation and Resilience

edited by Okechukwu Lawerence Emeagwali

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9944 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation ecosystems; ecosystem innovation; ecosystem management; business ecosystems; innovation ecosystem management; strategic adaptability; sustainable adaptation; complex adaptive systems; organizational resilience; open innovation; value networks; absorptive capacity; co-innovation

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

Safety and Risk Analysis of Industrial Processes from the Perspective of Sustainability

edited by

Paolo Mocellin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9440 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable processes; safety; hazards and risks; environment; industrial processes; integrated framework; industrial accidents; responsibility; prevention; mitigation

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

Sustainable Urban Development Prospective for Smart Cities

edited by

Jaroslav Dvorak

,

Katarína Vitálišová

and Vitalii Kruhlov

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8153 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; data; decision-making; Internet of Things; mobility and travel behavior; planning; public administration; smart public services; smart city; smart urban development; safety; urban transport

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

Sustainable Development and Land Use Change in Tropical Ecosystems

edited by Elisa Grieco

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7751 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change agroforestry sustainable development land use change rural communities adaptation mitigation tropical ecosystems nature-based solutions forest management

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

Research on Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Economic Development

edited by

Leo-Paul Dana

and

Aidin Salamzadeh

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7571 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable entrepreneurship; sustainability; sustainable economic development; entrepreneurship

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

Circularity, Innovation, and Optimisation in Sustainable Supply Chains

edited by

James O. B. Rotimi

, Esther Oluwadamilola Olufemi Rotimi and Olamide Shittu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7527 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; optimization; supply chain; sustainability; circular economy

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

Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Green Product Development

edited by

Yuyan Wang

,

T. C. Edwin Cheng

and Wei Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7517 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain management; e-commerce; sustainable supply chain; closed-loop supply chain; low-carbon supply chain; eco-friendly product design; innovation for green products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Digital Technology for Circular Economy Towards Sustainable Development

edited by

Abderahman Rejeb

,

Suhaiza Zailani

and

Steve Simske

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7482 | Submission Open

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

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

Digital Transformation and Open Innovation for Business Ecosystems

edited by

Yuki Inoue

and Naoshi Uchihira

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7290 | Submission Open

Keywords: business ecosystems; platform ecosystems; innovation ecosystems; digital transformation; open innovation

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

Digitalisation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Sustainable Business Management

edited by

Martin Wynn

and

Bilgin Metin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7075 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable business; circular economy; digitalisation; entrepreneurship; innovation; leadership; business strategy

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

Building Resilience and Green Building Construction for Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Anna Marzo

and

George Wardeh

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6174 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable constructions; reuse of building materials; seismic protection; sustainable interventions; bio-based materials; zero-damage constructions; quick vulnerability assessment; durability; concrete; rupture; masonry; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Irrigation Technologies for Saving Water

edited by

Zhenhua Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6067 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-saving irrigation technologies; sustainable development; yield improvement; water use efficiency; efficient utilization of water resources

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

Advances in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Energy Systems

edited by Ascensión López-Vargas and Natalia Pichel

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6009 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy technology; renewable energy sources; smart energy management; climate change mitigation; technological advancements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment: Emerging Technologies and Solutions

edited by Wei Li, Sicheng Shao and

Junfeng Su

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5946 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; solid waste treatment; biological metabolism; carbon reduction; refractory wastewater

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

The Latest Studies on Natural Hazards and Sustainable Civil Engineering

edited by

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5883 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic resilience; sustainability; earthquake-induced demands; flooding; tsunami loadings; flooding loadings; hydrological hazards; resilience of built environment

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

Sustainable Development of the Digital Economy and Digital Innovation in the Web2.0 Environment

edited by

Yi Su

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5837 | Submission Open

Keywords: Web2.0 and sustainable economy; digital economy; digital innovation; big data; internet of things; green innovation; sustainable development; sharing economy

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

Intelligent Systems and Consciousness Society: Sustainable Transportation and Decision Making

edited by Yorgos Stephanedes and

Nikos Karacapilidis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5756 | Submission Open

Keywords: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) ; C-ITS • Artificial Intelligence ; Machine Learning (ML) ; Natural Language Processing (NLP); decision/policy making; dynamic transport; traffic systems; traffic management; safety and security; logistics; digital data management; sustainability; smart cities; impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advances in Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation Research and Technology

edited by

Tamim Younos

,

Juneseok Lee

and Tammy E. Parece

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5630 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water security; food security; economic incentives; climate change policy; data science; artificial intelligence; satellite technologies; sustainable systems

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

Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Technologies for Sustainable Development of Smart Regions

edited by

Vyacheslav Kharchenko

, Nikos Bardis,

Andrzej Rucinski

and

Anatoliy Sachenko

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5038 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities and regions; ecosystems for sustainable development; artificial intelligence and AI systems; UAV as a service; mobile smart technologies; safety and security informed sustainability; wellness engineering

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

Sustainable Agriculture with Innovative Technology and Equipment: Towards a Low-Carbon Era

edited by

Xueqing Yang

and Wei Ma

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5007 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agronomic equipment; low-carbon and smart agriculture; carbon footprint; scenarios modelling; sustainable agriculture; agriculture/farming system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Application of Data-Driven in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain

edited by

Wen Jiang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4737 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable logistic; sustainable inventory management; logistics route optimization; data-driven technology; operation management and optimization; sustainable supply chain; supply chain coordination; sustainable supply chain network design; supply chain visualization; carbon emission reduction strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advancing Sustainable Building Practices: State of the Art in Thermal Insulation Materials, Energy Efficiency, and Technological Innovations

edited by

Mariano Pierantozzi

and

Camilla Lops

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4614 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building insulation; energy-efficient construction materials; thermal insulation innovations; building energy performance; CO2 emission reduction in buildings; numerical modeling in material science; climate change resilience in architecture; renewable insulation materials; state-of-the-art insulation technologies; the environmental impact of thermal materials; artificial intelligence used for sustainable buildings; deep learning used for climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Transportation Systems and Infrastructures Planning, Optimization, and Management

edited by

Andrea Pompigna

and

Giulia Del Serrone

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4590 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment: Closing the Loop for Sustainable Resource Management

edited by Andrea Di Maria

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4477 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); sustainable resource management; carbon sequestration; policy decision making

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

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 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4465 | 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)

Tackling Energy Poverty and Vulnerability Through Energy Efficiency

edited by

Oikonomou Vlasios

and

Wolfgang Eichhammer

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4414 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy poverty; vulnerability; energy efficiency; heating decarbonization; inclusivity; energy access; affordability; household energy demand; transport poverty; micro-enterprises

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Geoenvironmental Engineering and Water Pollution Control

edited by

Victor Cavaleiro

and Maria Eugenia Gimenez Boscov

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4402 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoenvironmental engineering; water pollution; remediation techniques; soil and groundwater contamination; new geomaterials; renewable energies

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

Sustainable Water Resources Management in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Dexter Hunt

and Soroosh Sharifi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4302 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; infrastructure; planning; sustainable indicators

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

Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Governance Development and Strategy

edited by Yong Qi, Yangao Xiao and Yuting Deng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3861 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable governance; intellectual property; corporate sustainability strategies; digital economy; sustainable industrialization

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

Sustainable Development of Regional Tourism

edited by Krzysztof Widawski and

Federica Burini

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3845 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature tourism; rural tourism; heritage tourism; tourism management in a region; protected areas; active tourism; sustainable tourism product; sustainable development; case studies; tourist resources

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

Research on Sustainable Business Ecosystems and Corporate Governance

edited by Konstantina Ragazou, Nikolaos Sariannidis and Georgia Zournatzidou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3611 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; ESG; efficiency; sustainable governance; SMEs; resilience; business ecosystem

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

Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Development

edited by

Nikolay Kiktev

, Taras Lendiel and Oleksii Opryshko

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3597 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; agricultural machinery navigation; sustainable agriculture; artificial intelligence; automation and robotics; controlled agricultural environments; planning; management; and forecasting for agricultural production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications for Sustainability and Safety

edited by Dongdong Wang,

Amjad Pervez

, Chenzhu Wang and Liqiang Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3407 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation system; traffic safety; machine learning; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Management and Regulation of Agricultural Water Resources in the Context of Global Climate Change, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xiaolin Yang

,

Wenfeng Liu

and

Wen Yin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3101 | Submission Open

Keywords: ater scarcity; irrigation; agriculture water management; crop evapotranspiration; water use efficiency; climate change; adaptation; regulation

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

Innovation and Sustainability in Urban Planning and Governance

edited by

Charles Chang-Yu Hong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3015 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban governance; arts and humanities in city governance; tourism governance; urban theory; urban sociology; urban network; water governance; resident perceptions

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

Exploring the Innovative Approaches and Advanced Practices to Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

edited by

Waleed Al-Marzooqi

and

Hani El-Zaiat

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2838 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; precision farming; animal welfare; climate change mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Data-Driven Solutions for Sustainable Emergency Preparedness and Response

edited by

Andrii Galkin

,

Igor Chumachenko

and

Sergiy Bushuyev

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2813 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable emergency preparedness; resilience; emergency management; logistics; project management; logistics; risk assessment; response planning; resource reallocation; artificial intelligence

Green Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Innovations for Sustainable Transport and Distribution

edited by Ruozhen Qiu,

Qingguo Bai

and Jianhu Cai

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2767 | Submission Open

Keywords: green logistics; supply chain management; transportation; distribution system; sustainable development; environment; environmental impact reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Smart Grid Energy Management: Advancing Sustainability and Cybersecurity

edited by

Oussama Laayati

, Ahmed Chebak and

Ahsen Maqsoom

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2714 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grid; energy management systems (EMSs); blockchain; cybersecurity; renewable energy; peer-to-peer energy trading; artificial intelligence (AI); grid resilience; energy optimization; microgrids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in Intelligent Transportation, Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles in the Context of Sustainability

edited by Yitong Shang,

Xueqian Fu

and Qiang Xing

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2713 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; intelligent transportation systems; public transportation; energy-efficient traffic flow; vehicle-to-grid (V2G); smart charging; emerging technologies; environmental and social impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Application of Regenerative Approaches, Sustainable Technologies and Multiscale Climate Strategies in Improving the Urban Built Environment

edited by Alejandro Prieto and Elizabeth Wagemann

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2607 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban environment; climate adaptation and mitigation designs; regenerative design; sustainable technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Extremophilic Plants and Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Aleksandra Koźmińska

and Mohamad Al Hassan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2572 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; metallophytes; soil desalinization; halophytes; carbon sequestration; bioremediation; bioinoculants; biofuels; bioenergy

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

Advanced Machine Learning and AI Techniques for Winter Weather Traffic Modelling in Cold Region Highways

edited by

Hyuk Jae Roh

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2524 | Submission Open

Keywords: winter weather traffic modeling; cold region highways; machine learning; artificial intelligence; predictive modeling; traffic flow prediction; real-time traffic management; snowstorm traffic management; icy road conditions; weather-integrated traffic data; traffic safety; accident reduction; AI-based traffic solutions; comparative analysis of machine learning techniques; winter traffic management policy; smart transportation systems; intelligent transportation systems (ITS); road safety in winter conditions; big data in traffic management; climate impact on traffic systems; winter highway closure and reopen; vulnerability index development with traffic reduction; traffic reduction contour map development in network scale; weather data augmentation under scarcity of snowfall and severe cold temperature

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Interdisciplinary Explorations in Health and Healthcare: Addressing Complex Challenges for Sustainable Futures

edited by

Darrell Norman Burrell

, Delores Springs and Kevin Richardson

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2465 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable health systems; sustainable design and health; biotechnologies and sustainability; food security and health; environmental health; environmental racism; environmental justice; pandemic preparedness; patient voice in public health; healthcare access; health policy development; United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); interdisciplinary health approaches; global health security; public health research; health equity; resilient health infrastructures; sustainable healthcare practices; global health disparities; community health development

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

Advances in Interdisciplinary Sustainable Electrified Transport Systems

edited by

Erica Ballantyne

and

David Stone

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2430 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrified transport; EVs; charging systems; renewable generation for transport systems; energy storage for transport; sustainable transport and energy

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

Innovative Industrial Policies for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Xiaohong Wang and Shaopeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2226 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable industrial growth; green technologies; digital transformation; innovative industrial policies; cross-sectoral collaboration innovation; sustainable industrial policy; green supply chain management; digital transformation; circular economy; sustainable digitization

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

Research on Pollutant Monitoring and Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Soil

edited by

Maria Cristina C. Vila

,

Valentina Pidlisnyuk

and

Karim Suhail Al Souki

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2093 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; remediation; nature-based remediation solutions; monitoring; soil contamination; soil pollution; urban soils; coastal soils; soil vulnerability; sustainability assessment

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

Optimization and Application of Sustainable Distributed Power Generation

edited by

Jian Zhang

and

Yonghong Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2049 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable distributed power generation; renewable energy sources; design and performance optimization; energy storage; techno-economic analysis; smart building and smart city

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Towards Carbon Neutrality: Sustainable Solutions for Reducing Carbon Footprints

edited by

Rafael E. Vásquez

,

Cesar Nieto-Londoño

and

Zulamita Zapata-Benabithe

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1905 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint management; carbon neutrality; decarbonization strategies; energy transition; greenhouse gas reduction; process automation for sustainability; renewable energy; smart and digital technologies; smart energy systems; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Next-Generation Biomass Gasification and Resource Recovery: Driving Sustainability and Circularity

edited by Seyedeh Azadeh Alavi Borazjani and

Luís Tarelho

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1879 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass gasification; resource recovery; circular economy; sustainability; renewable energy

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

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