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Smart Technologies and Sustainable Development in Hospitality and Tourism
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 40180 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart technology; sustainability; hospitality; tourism; heritage destinations; innovative marketing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
Sustainable Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
edited by Antonio Prencipe and Danilo Boffa
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 38632 | Submission Open
Keywords: corporate governance; firm performance; ESG; corporate social and environmental performance; social and environmental reporting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Building Sustainability within a Smart Built Environment submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 36829 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 26351 | 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 22324 | Submission Open
Keywords: universities; sustainable development goals; carbon footprint; sustainability
Challenges and Sustainable Trends in Development Economics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 20893 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20265 | 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 , , , John Telesford and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15336 | 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 , , Arezoo Rahimi, and Yunlong Liu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14343 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8060 | 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 Tomassi and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7649 | 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 , Pingguo Yang, Qiuhao Huang and Xiujun Tai
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7104 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6531 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6074 | 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 5722 | 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)
Circular Economy, Energy Systems, New Trends and Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies
edited by , , , and Kornél Németh
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5281 | 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)
Digital Economy Transformation: Driving Sustainability Through Innovative Management
edited by Alfonso Marino and Paolo Pariso
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5269 | 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)
Advanced, Digital, Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
edited by and Shinji Ayuha
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4823 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4724 | 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 , , and Dangwei Wang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4020 | 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, and Youssef Brouziyne
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3619 | 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 , and Hamid Nasrellah
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3368 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3325 | 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 and Gennaro Nicola Bifulco
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3068 | 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 3010 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2675 | 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 , Fang Fu and Xingtang Wu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2668 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2652 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2586 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2560 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2394 | 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 , and Nauro Silveira Junior
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2303 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption techniques; emerging contaminants; pesticides; adsorbent materials; environmental remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)
Global Strategies for Sustainable Energy Transitions: Innovations and Reflections
edited by , and Barun Das
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2179 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2160 | 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)
Sustainable Innovative Development of New Materials Through the Incorporation of the Waste
edited by , André Augusto Nóbrega Dantas and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2096 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable materials; construction materials; sustainable construction; waste utilization; construction and demolition waste
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
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 2062 | 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 , , Hanlin Zhou and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2053 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1953 | 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 1814 | 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 , Jing Liu and Yeting Fan
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1789 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1728 | 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 and Tong Cheng
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1600 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1506 | 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 and Dorin-Ion Dumitrascu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1401 | 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 1319 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 890 | 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 653 | 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 596 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 550 | 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
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)
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