Sustainability

Sustainable Management, Digital Technologies, and Data Analytics for Green Environmental Management

edited by

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable management; digital technologies; data analytics; sustainability (social and environmental) reporting; environmental management; compliance

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

Emerging Pollutants, Atmospheric Processes, Urban Heat Islands and Integrated Environmental Observations: Advances in Remote Sensing and Analytical Techniques

edited by

Adrian Rosu

, Daniel-Eduard Constantin and

Mihaela Timofti

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; atmospheric dynamics; urban heat islands; remote sensing; DOAS; ACTRIS; advance laboratory techniques; environmental monitoring; integrated observations; sustainable development

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

Sustainable and Professional Education: Teacher Education and E-learning

edited by

Tommy Tanu Wijaya

, Cao Yiming and

Akhmad Habibi

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7118 | Submission Open

Keywords: pre-service teacher; teacher training; online learning platforms; curriculum design for sustainability; distance education; digital pedagogy; sustainability in education

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

AI Innovations and Digital Transformation for Risk Assessment and Management in Sustainable Construction

edited by

Ung-Kyun Lee

and

Si Van-Tien Tran

submission deadline 18 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1019 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven risk management; digital twins in engineering; building information modeling (BIM); real-time monitoring; sustainable development; automated safety management; digital transformation; AI-driven decision-making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainability in the Digital Age: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Transforming Value Chains and Life Cycles

edited by Alessandro Tufano

submission deadline 18 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable AI; digital transformation; AI consumption; AI in value chains; AI carbon footprint; AI technology; AI energy efficiency; sustainable supply chains; smart manufacturing; AI ethics and sustainability

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

Approaching a Carbon Neutral and Sustainable Society Using Geological Solutions

edited by

Kazbulat Shogenov

and

Alla Shogenova

submission deadline 18 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 capture; CO2 use and storage; geothermal energy; CO2– geothermal; CPG; H2; hydrogen geological storage; UHS— undeground hydrogen storage; synergy of unconventional renewable energies

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

Business Model Innovation, Circular Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development

edited by

Roope Husgafvel

submission deadline 18 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: business model innovation; circular bioeconomy; sustainable development; sustainability; circular economy; sustainable and circular business models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioeconomy of Sustainability)

Freeze-Thaw Cycles of Rock and Soil in the Sustainable Ecological Environment and Engineering Safety

edited by Xiangtian Xu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open

Keywords: freeze– thaw cycles; sustainable ecological environment; engineering safety; rock/soil deterioration; climate adaptation; soil– water– salt dynamics

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

Digital Innovation in Sustainable Economics and Business

edited by

Bruna Bruno

, Marisa Faggini and

Anna Parziale

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 523 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital innovation; sustainable innovation; environmental innovations; sustainable business strategies; economic growth and labour markets

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

Digital Technologies in the Strategic Management and Sustainable Development of Agribusiness

edited by

Antonio Domingos Padula

and Carlos Alberto Oliveira de Oliveira

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; precision agriculture; blockchain in agribusiness; artificial intelligence in farming; big data analytics in agriculture; sustainable agribusiness; IoT in agriculture; agri-food supply chain management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Pathways to Clean Energy: Technologies, Policies, and Impacts

edited by

Yanchao Feng

and

Shilei Hu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean energy; energy transition; energy resilience and security; technological innovation; policy simulation; socio-economic impacts; risk identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advancing Sustainability in Humanitarian Action and Post-disaster Settlements

edited by

Rui Cunha Marques

and Mai Wardeh

submission deadline 22 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4290 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable development goals; resilience; disaster; humanitarian settlements; refugees; internal displaced person; development

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

Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Water Treatment

edited by

,

,

,

and Roberto M. Malaluan

submission deadline 22 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2426 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution; impurity sequestration; novel filters; pollution control; environmental sensors

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

Sustainable Nature-Based Tourism

edited by

Donatella Carboni

,

Sonia Malvica

,

Andreea Andra-Topârceanu

and

Florina Chitea

submission deadline 23 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotourism; heritage; governance; marketing; interdisciplinarity; visitor experience; tourist policies

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

Leveraging Market Mechanisms and Demand Side Flexibility Resource Complementarity Strategies to Address the Issue of Renewable Energy Consumption

edited by Peng Wang, Xiaofeng Xu and Liying Wang

submission deadline 23 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; new types of power system; electricity market; green certificate market; scheduling modeling; game theory; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Civil Engineering: Innovative Methods for Structures, Elements and Materials

edited by

Marijana Hadzima-Nyarko

,

Dorin Radu

,

Borko Đ. Bulajić

and

Emmanuel Karlo Nyarko

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15856 | Submission Open

Keywords: finite element analysis; structural integrity; durability and sustainability; infrastructure systems; waste materials

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

Heavy-Metal Soil Contamination: Sources, Opportunities, and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Pedro Tume

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1643 | Submission Open

Keywords: potentially toxic elements; polluted area; health risk assessment; soil and groundwater contamination

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

Towards Sustainability: Achieving a Circular Economy Through Waste Management

edited by

Tingting Liu

,

Yi Zhang

and

Zhixiong Weng

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1174 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; circular economy; sustainable development; carbon neutral; 3Rs (reduce; reuse; and recycle)

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

Higher Education for Sustainability

edited by Clare Lee, Alison Fox, Victoria Hands and Alison Glover

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 808 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable pedagogies; HEIs; distance learning; Inner Development Goals; sustainability competencies

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

Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Urban Rail Transit

edited by

Haodong Yin

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban rail transit; sustainability; passenger– freight mixed transportation; intelligent dispatching; energy-efficient train operation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Towards Sustainability: Advanced Research on Environmental Analysis and Air Pollution

edited by Ling Huang, Jiani Tan, Kun Zhang and Qing Mu

submission deadline 26 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10848 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution monitoring; emission inventory; air quality modeling; air pollution management; climate change; secondary air pollutants; machine learning; remote sensing; atmospheric deposition

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

Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Foundations for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Mohamed Idbella

,

Rihab Djebaili

and

Giuliano Bonanomi

submission deadline 26 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil biodiversity; ecosystem services; sustainable agriculture; soil health; agroecology; regenerative farming; climate resilience; biodiversity conservation; sustainability indicators; sustainable development goals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Waste Management and Recycling for Sustainability (2nd Edition)

edited by

Junjie Shi

,

Qing Zhao

and

Xingbang Wan

submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; metallurgy processes; urban minerals; phase diagram; thermodynamics; CCUS

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

Renewable Energy for Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Shahriyar Nasirov

and

Carlos Gutierrez-Hita

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 2946 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean energy technologies; energy policy; regulation; energy applications; decarbonized transport; buildings; carbon capture and storage; carbon capture and utilization; life cycle assessment of renewable energy systems; social acceptance and community involvement; biodiversity and land use impacts of renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Transport and Urban Renewal

edited by

Juan Benavente Ponce

,

Andres Rodriguez

, Iria Lopez-Carreiro and

Carlos Romero Morales

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; mobility; sustainable development; urban renewal

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

Advancements in Sustainable and Smart Materials

edited by

Bingang Xu

and

Junxian Huang

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; smart materials; renewable materials; biodegradable materials; adaptive materials; responsive materials; self-healing; green synthesis; energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Environmental Microbiology for Sustainable Bioenergy Solutions

edited by

Alina Butu

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental microbiology; bioenergy production; microbial bioconversion; circular bioeconomy; anaerobic digestion; microbial consortia; biofuels and biogas; biobased materials; synthetic biology; microbial electrochemical systems

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

edited by

František Petrovič

and

Peter Mederly

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 26313 | Submission Open

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

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

Artificial Intelligence in Education and Sustainable Development

edited by

Pilar Colás-Bravo

,

Emilio Berrocal De Luna

and

Calixto Gutiérrez Braojos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20540 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); sustainable development; education; teaching and learning; sustainability; learning assessment; educational management

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

Environmental Education and Sustainable Development: Practice and Challenges

edited by

Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Tonis

, Orzan Gheorghre and

Oliva M. D. Martins

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19208 | Submission Open

Keywords: agenda of sustainable development goals; environmental education; sustainable behaviour; sustainable development; social marketing; neuromarketing

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

Sustainable Digital Education: Innovations in Teaching and Learning

edited by

Murat Tezer

and Ezgi Pelin Yıldız

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16474 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technologies; educational and instructional technologies; online learning; artificial intelligence (AI) technologies; AI in education; ChatGPT; AI and technological innovations

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

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainable Business Development in a Changing Economic Environment

edited by

Paola Demartini

and

Selena Aureli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15106 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurship; innovation; sustainability; sustainable business model; circular economy; entrepreneurial ecosystems

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

Corporate Sustainability and ESG: Strategies, Tools, Good Practices and Challenges

edited by Otávio José Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14083 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; ESG; GRI; SDGs; CE; governance

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

Sustainable Transport Research and Railway Network Performance

edited by

Svetla Stoilova

and

Borna Abramović

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13757 | Submission Open

Keywords: railway network performance; railway corridors performance; sustainable railway transportation; sustainable railway system; railway traffic; railway management; railway passenger transport; railway freight transport; timetabling; intermodal transport; multimodal transport; urban rail transport; metro systems; connectivity; mobility; risk assessment; mathematical modelling and optimization; MCDM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Well-Being and Urban Green Spaces: Advantages for Sustainable Cities

edited by

Rui Leandro Maia

and

Nelson Barros

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12097 | Submission Open

Keywords: building environment and urban green spaces planning and design; outdoor activities and healthy lifestyles; green spaces; cities metabolism and resource efficiency; urban integrating of natural and semi-natural elements; urban resilience to the harmful effects of climate change

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

Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development

edited by

Karmen Pažek

and

Črtomir Rozman

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9732 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; rural development; farm management; agri-food systems; quantitative modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Small and Medium Enterprises: Green Orientations and Sustainable Business Models

edited by Stephen Oduro and Alessandro De Nisco

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8969 | Submission Open

Keywords: small and medium enterprises; green procurement and supply chains; green manufacturing; green business models; green marketing; sustainable performance; competitiveness; sustainability management; stakeholder pressure; green capabilities

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

Recent Advances in Modern Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing

edited by

Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek Małgorzata

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8822 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technologies; sustainable manufacturing; sustainability 4.0; sustainable workplace; sustainable life cycle assessment; sustainable logistics processes

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

Sustainable Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure

edited by

Marcin K. Widomski

and

Anna Musz-Pomorska

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8768 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable stormwater management; green infrastructure; urban catchment; water balance; green roofs; low-impact development; surface runoff; economic feasibility; cost-efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Circular Economy and Sustainability

edited by

Viktor Koval

,

Jairo González-Bueno

and Rima Tamošiūnienė

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8487 | Submission Open

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

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

Sustainable and Regenerative Ecologies for the Management of Mountain Forestscapes

edited by

Fausto Sarmiento

,

Barbaros Gönençgil

and

Pankaj Kumar

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6744 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountain forests; sustainable forestry; regenerative forests; silviculture; restoration; regenerative development; mountainscapes; mountain forestscapes

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

Advances and Applications in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Maria Krechowicz

and

Adam Krechowicz

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6159 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind energy; solar energy; photovoltaics; biomass; hydropower; geothermal energy; sustainable buildings; passive buildings; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Tourism Marketing: Towards Transparent Communication to Empower Informed Decisions

edited by

Arthur F. De Araújo

and Maria Isabel Andrés Marques

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5859 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism; marketing; sustainable practices; tourism product design; sustainability communication; sustainable hotel; sustainable destination; alternative tourism; greenwashing; willingness to pay

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

Innovative Techniques and Technologies in Crisis Management and Civil Protection

edited by

Jozef Kubás

and

Jozef Ristvej

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5127 | Submission Open

Keywords: crisis management; risk management; civil protection; crisis; disasters; emergency event; climate change adaptation; disaster management cycle; risk assessment; prevention; preparedness; response; recovery

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

Advancing Bottom-Up Energy Approaches for Carbon-Neutral Building Stock

edited by

Usama Bin Perwez

and

Muhammad Salman Siddiqui

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5025 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; building performance simulation; urban building energy modelling (UBEM); climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Process Innovation, Logistics Optimization and Sustainable Manufacturing

edited by Ching-Hsin Wang and

Wei-Sho Ho

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4884 | Submission Open

Keywords: process innovation; logistics optimization; sustainable manufacturing; artificial intelligence (AI); Internet of Things (IoT); industry– academia collaboration; educational design; green manufacturing; ESG; circular economy; big data analytics; supply chain management; resource efficiency

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

Sustainable Design and Assessment of Heritage Structures and Urban Areas

edited by

Iasmina Onescu

,

Alexandra Iasmina Keller

and

Sergio Ruggieri

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4641 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards; design and assessment; heritage structures; urban areas; sustainability

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

Dynamic Strategies for Sustainable Landscape Conservation and Cultural Legacy

edited by

Giuseppe Tagarelli

and

Salvatore Di Fazio

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4602 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; time-varying connectivity; cultural heritage; landscape; agroforestry; rural buildings

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

Green Transition in Workplaces: Assessing the Effects of Sustainable Human Resources Management on Workers’ Behaviors and Attitudes

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4517 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable human resources management; green human resources management; sustainability and leadership; green transition in workplaces; attitudes and behaviour in workplaces; sustainable organizational culture

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

Sustainable Water Resource Availability and Pollution: Characterization, Future Scenarios and Solutions

edited by

Pablo A. Garcia-Chevesich

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4183 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water treatment; hydrological modeling; society; sustainable water resources management; water resources characterization

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

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI