Sustainability

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Integrating Sustainability into Construction Engineering and Project Management

edited by

Sameh M. El-Sayegh

and

Salma Ahmed

submission deadline 8 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; risk management; building information modeling (BIM); procurement; project scheduling; project controls; safety management; supply chain management; delays; cost overruns; and claims; lifecycle cost analysis

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

Sustainable Plant Nutrition in Water-Limited Environments

edited by

Yahia Rharrabti

and

Mohamed El Yamani

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant nutrition; sustainable agriculture; water-limited environments; drought stress; nutrient use efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Seismic Performance Assessment and Retrofit Strategies for Sustainable Structures

edited by Aman Mwafy

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; loss assessment; fragility analysis; seismic assessment; buildings; infrastructure; risk-mitigation; resilience

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

Sustainable Coastal and Estuary Management—2nd Edition

edited by Rhoda Ballinger

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 453 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal management; estuary management; governance; sustainability; socioecological systems; community engagement; blue energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 3rd Edition

edited by

Jianghang Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; innovative technologies; logistics; supply chain management; business models; mathematical modeling; case and empirical studies

Strategic Orientation and Product Innovation for Sustainable Development

edited by

Nicholas Theodorakopoulos

Sotiris Apostolopoulos

and Andreas Masouras

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic sustainability; circular economy; low-carbon transition; eco-innovation; dynamic green capabilities; sustainable product design; sustainable value creation; green technologies; sustainability-driven innovation; policy drivers for sustainability

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

Circular Economy, Green Built Environment and Sustainable Construction

edited by

Lovelin Obi

Nnedinma Umeokafor

and Riza Yosia Sunindijo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy activities with health; safety; and wellbeing implications; technologies and digital tools enabling both safety and circularity; offsite construction as a circular economy strategy; safety– cost interdependencies in circular construction; policy; standards; and regulatory perspectives; integrating circular economy and green health in construction; emerging risks and hazard profiles in circularity; case studies and demonstrations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

The Role of Green Technology in Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management

edited by

Georgiana Moiceanu

Andreea Barbu

and Mirona Popescu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital environment; circular economy; environmental engineering; green technology; ai and conversational agents (chatbots); digital transformation; organizational innovation; sustainable consumption; market transformations

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

Urban Forest Resilience and the Development of Sustainable Landscapes

edited by

Ryan W. Klein

, Grace John and Teagan Holly Young

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; risk mitigation; climate-ready urban design; natural resource management; policy; urban heat island effect; municipal green space management; ecosystem dynamics; water cycling; social– ecological systems; urban biodiversity

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

Advance Research on Product Design and Sustainable Product Development

edited by Dun Liu, Qinxia Chen and

Yinfeng Du

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable product design; sustainable product development; artificial intelligence (AI) in design; circular economy; generative design; life cycle assessment (LCA); digital twin; multi-objective optimization; circular design; data-driven design; eco-innovation; human-centric design

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

Recent Advances in Environmental Economics Toward Sustainability

edited by

Liliana Ionescu-Feleaga

Elena Condrea

Ionela Munteanu

and

Bogdan Ştefan Ionescu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3342 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental economics; performance assessment; sustainability evaluation; sustainable finance; ESG; performance metrics; digitalization; circular economy

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

Renewable Energy Integration and Application in Buildings for Carbon Neutrality, 3rd Edition

edited by

Lin Lu

and

Jianheng Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; building energy; energy efficiency; energy storage; green buildings; building envelope; energy flexibility and management; sustainable infrastructure; carbon neutrality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Agricultural Engineering: Agroecology Sustainable Development and Agriculture Environmental Impact Assessment and Measurement, 2nd Edition

edited by