Sustainability

Educational Research in the Era of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2nd Edition)

edited by

Athanasios Mogias

,

George Malandrakis

and

Panayota Koulouri

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11769 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental education; education for sustainable development; environmental literacies; agenda 2030 sustainable development goals; elementary education; secondary education; tertiary education; students; teachers; citizens

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

Supply Chain Management in a Sustainable Business Environment

edited by

Cristinel Vasiliu

,

Irina Albastroiu Nastase

and

Dan-Cristian Dabija

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5063 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain; circular economy; green logistics; environmental impact; ethical sourcing; social responsibility; resilient supply chains; waste reduction strategies; sustainable procurement; sustainable transportation

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

Physical, Chemical and Biological Treatment Technologies to Utilize Organic Waste in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Dharma Hagare

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater recycling: food waste recycling; agricultural waste recycling; pyrolysis; physical; chemical and biological treatment; greenhouse; protected cropping; broadacre agriculture; hydroponics; nutrients; circular economy; waste minimisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Digital Economy and Green Innovation: Driving Sustainable Consumer Practices

edited by

Gârdan Iuliana Petronela

,

Diana Maria Vrânceanu

,

Daniel Adrian Gardan

, Mihai Andronie and Mariya Stankova

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital economy; green innovation; sustainable consumption; environmental footprint reduction; digital transformation; green technologies; consumer behavior; sustainable business models; socio-economic sustainability

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

IoT Systems for Sustainable Development

edited by

Jino Ramson

,

Walter Daniel Leon-Salas

, Suresh Vishnu and Xiaozhe Fan

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT); sustainable development; resource efficiency; smart cities; environmental monitoring

The Innovative Design of Service-Oriented Public Transport: Towards Sustainable Mobility and Travel Habits

edited by

Hing Yan Tong

, Simon Yuen and

Guilhermina Torrao

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Advancing Sustainable Technologies: Eco-Friendly Innovations in Solar Energy Application

edited by Linyang Wei and Zhitian Niu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalytic; energy storage; thermal power; heat transfer; solar energy; smart energy; energy technology; fuel cell

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advances in Urban Transport and Vehicle Routing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Massimo Di Gangi

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation; smart city; intelligent transportation systems; mobility as a service (Maas); city logistics; demand models; dynamic simulations; risk analysis; transit assessment; network design; intelligent transportation systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Engineering Safety Prevention and Sustainable Risk Management

edited by

Murat Gunduz

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8347 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety management; risk management; occupational health and safety; sustainability; hazards; risks

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

Sustainable Land Management: Urban Planning and Land Use

edited by

Yupeng Fan

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2028 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land use efficiency; ecosystem preservation; climate adaptation; urbanization impacts; green infrastructure; urban sustainability; data-driven solutions; urban-rural integration; land use optimization

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

Innovation and Low Carbon Sustainability in the Digital Age

edited by Yanwei Lyu,

Yu Hao

and

Yang Liu

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1227 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; low-carbon development; digital economy; innovation management; sustainable development; green economy; digitalization; carbon emissions; innovation policy; climate technologies

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

Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Erosion and Soil Conservation

edited by

Fan Yang

and

Ying Zhao

submission deadline 17 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1319 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; soil protection; land management; agricultural practice; soil nutrient cycling; soil health; optima scheme

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Carbon Footprints: Consumption and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Li Chai

,

Aoyu Hou

and Pingping Wang

submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5916 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; sustainable consumption; carbon emissions; climate action; global climate governance; low-carbon economy

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

Advancing Regional Environmental Evolution: Integrating Sustainable Energy Resource Management and Green Consumption

edited by Qianwen Li and

Ruyin Long

submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1042 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy management; green consumption behaviors; renewable energy technologies; environmental sustainability; energy conservation measures; climate change mitigation; environmental degradation; consumer behavior and sustainability; policy interventions for energy efficiency; regional environmental evolution.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Economic Intelligent Information Processing

edited by

Lei Chen

submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 921 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; information processing; data analysis

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

Sustainable Seafood Production: Innovative Strategies for Resource Conservation

edited by Akbar Marvasti

submission deadline 18 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; conservation; overfishing; fish habitat; aquaculture; seafood trade; seafood safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Sustainable Materials: Recycled Materials Toward Smart Future

edited by

Avishek Chanda

and Swagata Dutta

submission deadline 19 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7531 | Submission Open

Keywords: recyclability; end-of-life; lignocellulosic materials; natural fiber composites; polymeric composites; construction materials; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Environmental Change and Forest Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Kenneth Anyomi

submission deadline 19 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1567 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biodiversity; conservation; forest change analysis; disturbance ecology; environmental change

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

Advances in Ecosystem Services and Urban Sustainability, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yafei Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11488 | Submission Open

Keywords: drivers of land cover/land-use change; urban sustainability; urban ecosystem services; urban ecosystem; geographic information technologies; human– nature interactions; blue and green infrastructure planning; nature-based solutions

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

Smart Grid Technologies and Energy Sustainability

edited by

Mohammad Taufiqul Arif

and

Shama Islam

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1594 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grid design; modelling; distributed renewable energy sources; energy management; protection; cyber security; energy market; energy trading

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Valorization of Renewable Resources for the Production of Biobased Products Through the Implementation of Circular Bioeconomy Principles: Second Edition

edited by

Erminda Tsouko

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1238 | Submission Open

Keywords: biobased production; renewable biomass; life cycle assessment; carbon neutral bioeconomy; pretreatment; waste management; environmental footprint; biofuels; genetic approaches; transition to biocircularity

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

Advances in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics

edited by

Giulio Marcucci

and

Raquel Sanchis

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1223 | Submission Open

Keywords: green and circular supply chains; digitalization and sustainable supply chains; risk management and resilience in sustainable supply chain management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Waste Management in the Context of Circular Economy: 2nd Edition

edited by

Namil Um

and

JungKeun Oh

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1138 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste; sustainable management; circular economy; recycling; reuse; minimization; environmental assessment; waste policy; regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Sustainable Food Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Lifestyles—2nd Edition

edited by

Aspasia Vlachvei

and

Anastasios Panopoulos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 921 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food marketing; consumer behavior; sustainable food consumption; responsible lifestyle; sustainable food supply chain; communication of sustainability within the food supply chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Advanced Electric Energy Conversion and Storage for Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by

Morteza Nazari-Heris

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric energy conversion; energy storage technologies; sustainable energy systems; high-performance batteries; supercapacitors; fuel cells; energy management; grid stability; carbon emission reduction; energy storage density; lifecycle performance; technological innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Particle Matter Diminishing Solutions and Strategies for Air Polluted Cities

edited by

Henry Alonso Colorado Lopera

, Mauricio Correa-Ochoa and Jeiser Rendón

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 502 | Submission Open

Keywords: particle matter; pollution; contamination; polluted air; pollutants; PM10; PM2.5; public health

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

Sustainable Development and Applications in Membrane Technology

edited by Alan D. Pérez, Cigdem Balcik,

Bahar Ozbey Unal

and

Priyanka Mondal

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; membrane materials; membrane applications; sustainable membrane processes

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

Advances in Sustainable Building Materials and Concrete Technologies

edited by Zigeng Wang and Lan-Ping Qian

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; concrete materials; sustainability; high performance; workability; mechanical performance; durability; thermal performance; macro and micro properties; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Microplastics and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Wenfeng Wang,

Yueling Qi

and Wenke Yuan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; ecological impacts; terrestrial soil; functions

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

Renewable Energy Generation, Smart Grid and Sustainable Power System Development

edited by Michele Quercio and

Francesco Riganti Fulginei

submission deadline 21 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8083 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; smart grid; energy storage; artificial intelligence in energy; energy efficiency; sustainable infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Air Transport Management and Sustainable Mobility

edited by

Jin-Woo Park

submission deadline 21 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1934 | Submission Open

Keywords: air transport sustainable development; sustainable aviation; smart technology; green technologies; fuel efficiency; eco-friendly airports; eco-friendly operations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Digital Twins in Regional Spatial Planning and Sustainable Urban Development

edited by

Vlado Cetl

and Darko Šiško

submission deadline 22 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; regional and urban planning; sustainable urban development; urban simulation; 3D visualization; decision support; VR/AR; real-time data; Smart City; spatial information management; GIS and BIM integration; public participation; multi-stakeholder cooperation; urban and regional data collection

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

Sustainable Management of Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emission Reduction

edited by

Denghui Wang

submission deadline 23 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3800 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel consumption; carbon emission; emission control; energy access; environmental remediation; catalytic material; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Towards Sustainable Energy Supply

edited by

Augusto Montisci

and

Aiman Rashid

submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17427 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewables; distributed generation; direct conversion of energy; smart grids; social policies for sustainability; hidden costs of energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Inclusive Education as an Opportunity to Create More Sustainable Universities

edited by Rafael Carballo, Ana Doménech and Almudena Cotán

submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3842 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusive education; inclusive pedagogy; higher education; universities; students with disabilities; faculty development; educational technologies; sustainable education; universal design for learning

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

Power Systems Optimization and Sustainable Energy

edited by

Xichen Jiang

submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed energy resources; power system operation; reliability; integration; optimization; sustainable energy

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

Addressing Sustainability with Material Science and Engineering

edited by

Sergio Mendez

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: material science and engineering; green; sustainability; valorization; pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Pathway to an Environmental Economy: The Role of Sustainable Natural Resources

edited by

Hsuling Chang

and

Meng Qin

submission deadline 26 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4079 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental economy; sustainable natural resources; sustainable development

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

Biorefining and Circularity Towards Absolute Sustainability: Design, Modelling, and Optimization of Emerging Technologies and Flagship Biorefineries

edited by

Carina L. Gargalo

and Andrew Milli Elias

submission deadline 27 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: biorefinery modelling and optimization; waste-to-energy; waste-to-chemicals; CO2 upgrade; CO2 capture and utilization; circular (bio)economy; sustainable biorefining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Consumer Behaviour and Food Choice

edited by Marina Tomić Maksan and

Francesca Gerini

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 27931 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food consumption; food preferences; food choice; consumers; attitudes and behaviour; novel food; food marketing; behavioural models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Advancing Sustainable Development Through Artificial Intelligence (AI)

edited by

Hossein Bonakdari

,

Ebrahim Ghaderpour

and

Silvio José Gumiere

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8177 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); sustainable development; climate change mitigation; resource management; environmental monitoring; smart cities; decision support systems (DSS); Internet of Things (IoT); ethical AI; resilient systems

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

Ecological Engineering and Circular Economy

edited by

Dina M.R. Mateus

,

Henrique J.O. Pinho

and

Petre Brețcan

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6372 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; ecological engineering; eco-efficiency; energy saving; environment protection; industrial symbiosis; resource efficiency; sustainability; waste valorization

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

Geographic Information Engineering and Geoenvironmental Sustainability

edited by Kangjae Lee and Jeon-Young Kang

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6247 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical methods; machine learning; deep learning; explainable artificial intelligence; built environment; green space; physical health; mental health; environmental health

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

Towards Sustainable Futures: Innovations in Education

edited by

Marko Radovan

,

Tadej Košmerl

and

Danijela Makovec Radovan

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5627 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable education; educational innovation; blended learning; open educational resources (OERs); AI in education; personalized learning; competency-based education (CBE); educational equity; community engagement in education; global citizenship education; transformative learning

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

Towards Sustainability: Advances in Renewable Energy Policy and Environmental Economics

edited by Chih-Chun Kung and

Tsung-Ju Lee

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5191 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; environmental assessment; lifecycle assessment; renewable energy; green finance market; ocean management; pollution control

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

Innovative Approaches and Sustainable Practices in Concrete: Integrating Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Sustainability

edited by

Mouhcine Benaicha

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3985 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable concrete; eco-friendly construction; recycled materials; waste utilization; material efficiency; artificial intelligence in construction; green building practices; environmental impact; intelligent mix design; sustainable construction techniques; quality control in concrete; resilient infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Wood Product Management and Forest Bioeconomy under Climate Change

edited by Antônio José Vinha Zanuncio,

Luciano Cavalcante de Jesus Franç

and Vicente Toledo Machado De Morais Júnior

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3490 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood quality assessment; value-added wood products; wood durability and preservation; wood waste utilization; certification and standards; energetic forest; forest management; forest-based thermoelectricity; forest resources and sustainability

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

Demographic Change and Sustainable Development

edited by

Agnieszka Sompolska-Rzechuła

, Anna Oleńczuk-Paszel, Monika Śpiewak-Szyjka and Małgorzata Blaszke

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3311 | Submission Open

Keywords: demographic changes; fertility; migration processes; population ageing; demographic change and socio-economic development; demography and the property market; sustainable cities; sustainable communities; quality of education in the context of demographic change; senior citizenship policy; sustainable development; demographic change and achieving the sustainable development goals

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

Next-Generation Roads: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality on the Planning, Design and Management of Sustainable Infrastructures

edited by

Salvatore Leonardi

and

Natalia Distefano

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2655 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-enhanced road design; virtual reality simulations; sustainable urban planning with VR; smart street furniture; driver training in VR; immersive simulations; sustainable practices in AI-driven road design; interactive signage systems; urban safety innovations; roadside assistance technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Future Trends in Food Processing and Food Preservation Techniques

edited by

Hung-Ju Liao

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2314 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; green synthesis; starch nanoparticles; food packaging; clean label; minimal processing techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

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