Sustainability

Building Sustainability within a Smart Built Environment

edited by

Amjad Almusaed

,

Raad Z. Homod

and

Asaad Almssad

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 36905 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; smart buildings; smart cities; energy efficient buildings; bio-bases building materials; efficient daylight design; smart windows

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy for Sustainability Future: Current State, Potential and Perspectives

edited by

Dimitra Vagiona

and

Eva Loukogeorgaki

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 26469 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources; renewable energy policies; integrated spatial energy planning; renewable energy sources management and planning; renewable energy technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Efficiency and Effectiveness of Universities in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

edited by Boon Lee and Jill Johnes

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 22371 | Submission Open

Keywords: universities; sustainable development goals; carbon footprint; sustainability

Challenges and Sustainable Trends in Development Economics

edited by

Roman Vavrek

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 20985 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability of developing countries; macroeconomic factors; microeconomic factors; sustainable domestic policies; sustainable international policies; market conditions

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

Advances in Sustainable Rural Tourism: Methods, Strategies and Practice

edited by

Ramona Mariana Ciolac

,

Tiberiu Iancu

,

Gabriela Popescu

and

Tabita Cornelia Adamov

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20364 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural tourism; smart development strategies; sustainability; rural resources and community development; branding methods for rural environments

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

New Horizons: The Future of Sustainable Islands

edited by

Lei Yu

,

Aifeng Tao

,

Ran Guo

, John Telesford and

Yuncheng Deng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15380 | Submission Open

Keywords: island governance; island laboratories; development; security; and uncertainty; resilience and vulnerability; climate change; globalization; law and development; environment; resources; and sustainable utilization; blue economy and strategic plan; island and the Anthropocene

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

Principle of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics for Sustainability in Engineering Practice

edited by

Qian Zhai

,

Alfrendo Satyanaga

, Arezoo Rahimi,

Zhong Han

and Yunlong Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14379 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; unsaturated soil mechanics; soil– water characteristic curve; hydraulic conductivity function; shear strength function; geotechnical design

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

Innovations and Challenges in Sustainable Building Development: Materials, Design, Technologies, and Management

edited by Maria Ratajczak, Monika Siewczyńska, Piotr Nowotarski and

Patrick Dallasega

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8097 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building development; eco-friendly building materials; modular design; green construction technologies; sustainable project management; innovative construction methods; building performance optimization; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Knowledge-Driven Sustainability, Green Innovation, and Digital Technologies

edited by

Andrea Falegnami

, Andrea Tomassi and

Riccardo Valentini

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7682 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; green innovation; digital transformation; circular economy; Industry 4.0; green cybersecurity; sociotechnical systems; stakeholder and social engagement; green knowledge management; supply chain management

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

Sustainable and Resilient Regional Development: A Spatial Perspective

edited by

Yingxia Pu

, Pingguo Yang, Qiuhao Huang and Xiujun Tai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7134 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; vulnerability; sustainability; shocks and stresses; society inequality; global South/North; spatial thinking; adaptation; complex systems; policy actions

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

Transformative Pedagogies for Sustainability Competence Development

edited by Xiangyun Du and

Aida Guerra

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6559 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability competence; GreenComp; education for sustainability (ESD); pedagogy development; assessment; professional learning; active learning; curriculum change; educational policy; transformative learning; holistic education; problem-oriented pedagogies (e.g.; PBL; CBL); sustainability mindset

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

Digital Competence of Teachers and Students in Sustainable Education

edited by

Alexandra Okada

and

Mónica Baptista

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6092 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital education; sustainability; leadership; innovation; emerging technologies; open schooling; innovative pedagogies

Sustainability Education across the Lifespan

edited by Naomi T. Krogman and Susan A. O’Neill

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5741 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; lifelong education; resilience; intergenerational learning; climate change crisis; transformative education; lifelong learning; ecological systems; environmental education; relational geographies; human flourishing; social justice education

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

Digital Economy Transformation: Driving Sustainability Through Innovative Management

edited by Alfonso Marino and Paolo Pariso

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5365 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital innovation; strategic management; sustainability; digital transformation; circular economy; business strategy; socio-economic impact; technological integration

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

Circular Economy, Energy Systems, New Trends and Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies

edited by

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and Kornél Németh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5301 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; energy storage; renewable energy sources; new trends; case studies; energy systems; economics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advanced, Digital, Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

edited by

Jay Rajasekera

and Shinji Ayuha

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4865 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; green tech; agri-tech; health tech; fintech; renewables; inclusive business; digital technologies; AI; big-data

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

Rethinking Urban Water Infrastructure – Sustainable Approach to Urban Drainage Systems

edited by

Sabina Kordana-Obuch

and

Mariusz Starzec

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4735 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue; grey; and green infrastructure; hydrodynamic modeling; urban floods and droughts; pipeline renovation and rehabilitation; low impact development (LID); rainwater harvesting; managing stormwater in the circular economy model; water-energy nexus; smart drainage systems; machine learning in stormwater management

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

Sediment Movement, Sustainable Water Conservancy and Water Transport

edited by

Junhong Zhang

,

Lingling Zhu

,

Yunping Yang

and Dangwei Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4046 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal; estuarine; and river dynamics; numerical modeling; laboratory modeling and experimental studies; hydrodynamic processes; sediment transport and morphology; water conservancy; environmental hydraulics; sediment dynamics; morphodynamics; sediment budget

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

Sustainable Groundwater Management: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Securing Water Resources

edited by Yassine Ait Brahim,

Mohamed Ouarani

and Youssef Brouziyne

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3671 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater recharge; aquifer characterization; groundwater contamination and remediation; groundwater– surface water interactions; sustainable agricultural use; hydrogeological modeling; hydrogeophysics; effective policy and governance frameworks for groundwater; climate change and anthropogenic activities impact on groundwater resources; the application of environmental tracers and isotopes in hydrogeology

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

Sustainable Development and Emerging Pollutants: Innovations in Detection, Management, and Environmental Protection

edited by

Souad El Hajjaji

,

Najoua Labjar

and Hamid Nasrellah

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3402 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; sustainable development; environmental protection; pollutant detection methods; green chemistry; eco-toxicology; contaminant management; policy and regulation; environmental monitoring; wastewater treatment

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

Energy Sustainability: Research and Application in Energy Thermal Conversion and Heat Transfer

edited by

Miguel Angel Reyes

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3338 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal energy; heat transfer; energy conversion; solar energy; heating; energy recovery; energy storage; thermodynamics; heat recovery; hydrogen generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Smart Mobility for Sustainable Future Transportation

edited by

Angelo Coppola

and Gennaro Nicola Bifulco

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3089 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart mobility; CCAM; MaaS; C-ITS; connected and automated vehicles; smart cities

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

Advanced Concrete- and Cement-Based Composite Materials

edited by Xiao Huang and Caixia Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3049 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance concrete; sustainable construction materials; fiber-reinforced concrete; self-healing concrete; smart concrete; durability of cement composites; recycled materials in concrete; microstructural analysis; eco-friendly cementitious materials; advanced mix design; energy conservation; low-carbon materials; composite materials; building envelopes; smart building materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Empowering SMEs Through Creative and Innovative Digital Marketing Strategies for Sustainable Growth

edited by

Cláudia Ribau

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2713 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital marketing strategies for SMEs (in different business areas); digital marketing innovation; digital marketing creativity; online presence; digital business growth on SMEs; consumer behavior on digital platforms; market trends on digital platforms; customer engagement on digital platforms; competitive advantage on digital media; artificial intelligence

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

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

edited by

Ruifeng Shi

, Fang Fu and Xingtang Wu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2698 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Tourist Satisfaction, Sustainability, and Sustainable Tourism Development: Second Edition

edited by

Erdogan Koc

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2694 | Submission Open

Keywords: customer satisfaction; tourist satisfaction; customer dissatisfaction; customer loyalty; customer switching; marketing strategies; marketing mix; consumer behaviour; services marketing; SERVQUAL; service quality; service failures; service recovery; customer loyalty; service orientation; organisational behaviour; empowerment; culture; cross-cultural theories; COVID-19; pandemic; smart technologies; service robots; sustainability; UN Global Development Goals; competitiveness; crisis; customer participation; customer co-production; destination development; branding; tourism; hospitality; artificial intelligence; generative AI; ChatGPT; personality; organisational commitment; corporate social responsibility; ethics; employee satisfaction; human resource management

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

Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Sustainable Development

edited by

Chunlan Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2622 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; disaster risk reduction; sustainability; resilience; environmental policy; interdisciplinary research; sustainable development; urban planning; social equity; economic development

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

Water Treatment, Waste Valorization and Environment Sustainability

edited by

Ashraf Aly Hassan

and

Muhammad Asad Javed

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2579 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sustainable approaches for water; energy and the environment; energy production from waste specifically related to biological and chemical pathways; the impact of climate change on water and energy systemsaAdvancements in renewable energy production and water treatment pathways to achieve the UN SDGs (6 and 7); chemical and thermal methods for waste-to-resource conversion; technological innovations for resource efficiency and conservation; ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation through sustainable practices

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

Application of Emerging Techniques and Sustainable Quality Management in the Architectural, Engineering, Construction (AEC) and Facilities Management Industries

edited by

Natalija Lepkova

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2399 | Submission Open

Keywords: green buildings; sustainable quality management; architecture; engineering; construction; facilities management; emerging techniques; BIM; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advances in Adsorption for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Pinto Luiz Antonio de Almeida

,

Janaína Oliveira Gonçalves

and Nauro Silveira Junior

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption techniques; emerging contaminants; pesticides; adsorbent materials; environmental remediation

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

Sustainable Innovative Development of New Materials Through the Incorporation of the Waste

edited by

Cinthia Maia Pederneiras

, André Augusto Nóbrega Dantas and

Catarina Correia de Araújo Brazão Farinha

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2270 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; construction materials; sustainable construction; waste utilization; construction and demolition waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Global Strategies for Sustainable Energy Transitions: Innovations and Reflections

edited by

Asma Aziz

,

Hussein A. Mohammed

and Barun Das

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2205 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy strategies; sustainable energy transitions; distributed energy resources; energy storage technologies for sustainable energy transition; techno-economic analysis; energy policy and governance; technological innovations in energy; integration of renewable systems; socio-economic impacts of energy transitions; global energy solutions; renewable energy policy; energy sustainability; clean energy technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Groundwater Management, Pollution Control and Numerical Modeling

edited by

Jichao Sun

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2184 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater protection; groundwater exploitation; aquifer protection; soil moisture content; groundwater– sediment interaction; monitoring technology; groundwater sensor; remote sensing; groundwater simulation; numerical simulation; groundwater artificial intelligence; groundwater big data; groundwater sustainable development; land desertification; groundwater pollution

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

Innovative Applications for Sustainable Agriculture: Strategies for Soil Fertility, Plant Growth, and Stress Mitigation

edited by Andrés Calderín García and Danielle França de Oliveira Torchia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2075 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; humic substances; soil fertility; carbon sequestration; soil– plant interactions; abiotic stress mitigation; plant growth stimulation; sustainable agriculture; soil organic carbon; agricultural innovations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Application of Land Surveying and Mapping in Land Resource Development and Management

edited by

Ying Tu

,

Bing Xu

, Hanlin Zhou and

Yimeng Song

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2060 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surveying; land cover/land use mapping; sustainable land management; land resource development; land use planning; remote sensing; geographic information science (GIS)

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

Environmental Planning and Governance for Sustainable Cities

edited by

David Pastor-Escuredo

and

Do-Hyung Kim

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1967 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sustainable cities; circular cities; 15-minute cities; urban climate; governance; urbanization; environmental planning

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

Decarbonization of Cement and Concrete: Towards Sustainable Construction Practices

edited by Carlos Fernandez, Chao Zeng, Wenyu Liao and Yunsen Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1821 | Submission Open

Keywords: green cement and concrete; numerical; experimental; data analysis; life cycle assessment; durability and sustainability of construction materials; functionalized construction materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Land Use Planning for Sustainable Ecosystem Management

edited by

Xinyuan Liang

, Jing Liu and Yeting Fan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1810 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; land use planning; ecosystem services; land consolidation; ecosystem restoration; ecological protection; land use policy; natural resource management; interdiscipline

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

Sustainability for Disaster Mitigation in Underground Engineering

edited by Zhaofeng Wang, Yaxun Xiao and

Shuqian Duan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1732 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground engineering; geological disasters; digital technologies; artificial intelligence; sustainable development; digital twins; risk assessment; real-time monitoring; IoT (Internet of Things); machine learning

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

Advancing Landscape Ecology Within Sustainability and Resilience Perspectives

edited by

Yonghua Zhao

and Tong Cheng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1606 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; sustainable development; resilience; environmental-social systems; multi-scale

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

Power Electronics on Recent Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems

edited by

Gerardo Vazquez-Guzman

and

Panfilo R. Martinez-Rodriguez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1512 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; sustainable power electronic systems; electronic engineering; electromobility; energy storage; energy conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Quality Management Strategies for Sustainable Engineering Systems

edited by

Adela Eliza Dumitraşcu

and Dorin-Ion Dumitrascu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1409 | Submission Open

Keywords: overall equipment effectiveness; product manufacturing in the context of sustainable development; quality management practices; product lifecycle management; automated monitoring and reporting of material usage; integrating material data with production cycles; process documentation for audits and continuous improvement; digitalization and traceability of processes; sustainable waste management

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

Green Catalytic Processes in Chemical Engineering Towards Sustainable Processes and Circular Economy

edited by Filipe Smith Buarque and Rafael Farrapeira

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1344 | Submission Open

Keywords: green chemistry; green catalysis; sustainable processes; circular economy; renewable energy; production efficiency

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

Sustainability in Geoheritage, Geoconservation and Disaster Prevention

edited by

Maurizio Lazzari

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 898 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodiversity and geoconservation; faro heritage community; landscape archaeology; geoarchaeology; climate and geoheritage; urban geoheritage; georisks; geosites investigation and monitoring methods; quantitative analysis of geosites; cultural landscape

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

Research on Water Management Technologies and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Violeta-Monica Radu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 661 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; green technology; technological innovation; environment; sustainability

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

Green Roof Benefits, Performances and Challenges

edited by Agnieszka A. Karczmarczyk

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 600 | Submission Open

Keywords: green roofs; rainwater retention and runoff delaying; thermal aspects; environmental benefits; stormwater management; innovative construction materials; ecosystem services; landscape architecture and planning; adaptation to climate change; climate change mitigation strategies; sustainable techniques; performance and challenges in different geographical regions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Approaching Sustainable Development: Innovative (Policy) Governance in Fostering Local Sustainability

edited by

Laura Cavalli

and

Veronica Polin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 553 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; innovative governance; innovative policy; local sustainable development; partnership; research action; innovative project

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

Exploring Sustainable Practices in E-commerce and the Future of Sustainable Business Models

edited by

Junyun Liao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 531 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; economic sustainability; green consumption

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

Nanotechnology in Sustainable Construction Engineering: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Mahmoud H. Akeed

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 520 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; sustainable construction; nanomaterials; ultra-high-performance concrete; eco-efficient materials; smart infrastructure; durability enhancement; environmental impact; structural health monitoring; construction innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Electronic Business and Sustainable Development

edited by

Xiaoyu Xu

, Laurence F. K. Chang,

Chien-Wen Chen

and Xiaocong Cui

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 486 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable e-business; sustainable marketing; digital marketing; green finance in e-business; smart logistics in e-business

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

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