Sustainability

Towards Sustainability: Applications of Machine Learning in Water Management and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2736 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; water management; environmental monitoring; sustainability; predictive analytics; hydrology; water quality assessment; data-driven decision making; sustainable development; environmental stewardship

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

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 4106 | 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)

Advancing Landscape Ecology Within Sustainability and Resilience Perspectives

edited by

Yonghua Zhao

and Tong Cheng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1676 | Submission Open

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

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

Sustainable Remediation of Organic Pollution

edited by

Xiaoli Zhu

submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical oxidation; petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil; PAHs; extracellular polymeric substance; risk assessment; organic waste; soil organisms

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

Environmental Assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa—Innovation, Perspectives and Practice

edited by Vincent Onyango, Paola Gazzola and Phathu Mukwevho

submission deadline 19 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: sub-Saharan Africa; environmental assessment; EIA; ESIA; SEA; innovative approaches

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

Sustainable Urban Understanding and Planning: Principle and Application of Earth Observation and Geoinformation

edited by Da He,

Qiqi Zhu

, Yang Chen and Yu Su

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 316 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; urban scene understanding; urban function zone; urban greenspace; artificial intelligence; urban land use; smart cities

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

Advances and Applications in Sustainable Built Environments: Energy Systems, Technologies and Building Design

edited by

Carmen Diaz López

,

Carmen Maria Muñoz-González

, Juan Jesús Bayo and Rubén Mora-Esteban

submission deadline 26 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; urbanism; climate change; energy efficiency; resilient urban designs; indoor air quality; green infrastructure; sustainable mobility; well-being

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

Water Environmental Control of Pollutants and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Pei Lei,

Sheng Guo

and Zhineng Hao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8706 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutant; environmental management; sustainability; aquatic systems

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

Innovation and Sustainable Development of Remote Sensing Technology—2nd Edition

edited by

Xianju Li

and

Pan Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5146 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; land cover and land use; urbanization; ecological security; ecosystem service value

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

Asset-Level Modelling to Achieve a Better Understanding of Climate-Related Impacts

edited by

Beniamino Russo

,

Eduardo Martínez-Gomariz

and

Rita Salgado Brito

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilience; asset modelling; critical infrastructures; compound events; multi-risk; cascading effects

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

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 1334 | 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)

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 9610 | 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)

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 4028 | 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)

Recent Development of Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Environmental Protection

edited by Liliya Frolova and Butyrina Tetiana

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1841 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; synthesis and application of nanomaterials; green energy; microplastic; adsorbents; recycling

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

Sustainable Solutions for Nano and Microplastic Pollution: Challenges and Innovations

edited by Rocio Rodriguez-Torres

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2008 | Submission Open

Keywords: nano- and microplastic pollution; challenges; sustainable approach; innovations; alternatives; standardization; analytical and sampling methods

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

Air Pollution: Causes, Monitoring and Sustainable Control

edited by

Deming Han

,

Zechen Yu

and

Xiaojia Chen

submission deadline 3 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosol and ozone pollution; mercury pollution; atmospheric pollution simulation; atmospheric chemistry

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

Environmental Education for Sustainable Futures: Past Lessons and Looking Ahead

edited by

Christina Marouli

submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 1478 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental education; transformative learning; critical pedagogy; empowering education; genuine sustainability; learning and instruction; science; arts; capabilities; inspiring cases and practices; sustainable universities; all levels of schooling

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

Economic and Environmental Concerns Regarding Agri-Food Products Within the Context of Sustainability

edited by

Sorina Geanina Stanescu

and

Liana-Elena Anica-Popa

submission deadline 12 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1537 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; agri-food products; circular economy; food supply chain; innovation in agri-food; environmental impact; emerging technologies

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

Applications and Advances of Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Environment Management and Education

edited by Yen-Hsun Chuang

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; decision support system; environmental monitoring; data mining; big data; statistic analysis; sustainable environmental management

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

Sustainable Land Use and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lu Zhang

,

Bing Kuang

and

Bohan Yang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16439 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning and management; land overexploitation; the harmony of the human– land system; sustainable development; big data; system simulation

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

Sustainable Lighting: Design for Human Wellbeing and Technological Development

edited by

Chiara Burattini

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3357 | Submission Open

Keywords: lighting design; human-centric lighting; lighting quality; energy efficiency; lighting sources; lighting management; lamp innovation; sustainable design for lighting systems; energy conservation

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

Innovations in Environment Protection and Sustainable Development

edited by

Rasa Vaiškūnaitė

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2679 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental protection; sustainable development; sustainability; United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; environmental management; overconsumption and waste management; environmental impact assessment; climate change; deforestation; clean energy; renewable energy sources; economic inequality

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

Sustainable Architecture, Structural Design, and Environmental Engineering

edited by

Angelo Aloisio

,

Yue Wang

, Martina Sciomenta and

Michele Mirra

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2581 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable architecture; timber engineering; bio-based materials; structural design optimization; short supply chain construction; circular economy in construction; low-carbon building materials; resilient infrastructure; climate-responsive design; environmental impact assessment

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

Ecosystemic Services and Landscape Perspectives on Sustainable Urban Forest Planning

edited by

Roberto Moreno-García

,

Carmen Galan

and

José M. Cansino

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1647 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest; neutral cities; sustainability; environmental services; urban management

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

Sustainable Solutions for the Microplastic Pollution: Challenges and Innovations

edited by

Valentina Helen Pauna

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; systems-thinking; policy; biodegradable plastic; recycling; reuse; waste management; circular economy; life cycle assessment; environmental impact assessment

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

Transforming Landscapes: Sustainable Land Use, Environmental Protection, and Innovations in Landscape Research

edited by Jiazhen Zhang and

Chenyang Liao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land use; environmental protection; landscape architecture; ecological restoration; green infrastructure; climate-responsive design; landscape planning; digital landscape tools; resilient landscapes; environmental sustainability

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

Ecosystem Services in the Planning and Sustainable Development of Urban Green Spaces

edited by

Wei Hou

,

Chunxiao Zhang

and

Cheng Li

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4292 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; ecosystem services; supply– demand relationship; trade-offs/synergies; driving factors; spatiotemporal variation; human wellbeing

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

Sustainable Treatment of Organic Pollutants and Microbial Degradation for Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Haiming Zhao

and Jiliang Cheng

submission deadline 24 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 534 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutant; microbial degradation; environmental sustainability; wastewater treatment; biofilm technology; pollutant treatment

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

Energy Use, Storage and Emission Analysis for Industrial Decarbonization

edited by

Xingchao Wang

and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15183 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial decarbonization; industrial emission control; low- and zero-carbon fuel; renewable energy integration; system modeling and analysis; energy storage

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

Waste Management for Sustainability: Emerging Issues and Technologies

edited by

Justyna Rogowska

, Grazyna Galezowska and Eros Mossini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8328 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; circular economy; environmental; health and social impacts of waste management; technologies for waste management; sustainability; recycling

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

Ecology, Environment, and Watershed Management

edited by Lixin Wang, Lu Wen and Zhiyong Pei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5348 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; water cycle; environmental sustainability; forest ecosystem; wetland ecosystem; ecosystem management strategy; pollution reduction; ecosystem services; ecological balance

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

Environmental Policy as a Tool for Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Konstantinos S. Ioannou

,

Evangelia Karasmanaki

and

Georgios Tsantopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3695 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental policy; decision making; climate change; sustainability ; environmental governance; circular economy; climate action; policymaking; technological transition; environmental agreements; strategic planning; stakeholder engagement

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

Sustainable Lighting and Light Pollution

edited by

Grega Bizjak

and

Christophe Martinsons

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2506 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable lighting; indoor lighting; outdoor lighting; needed lighting levels; intelligent lighting; use of electric energy for lighting; integrative lighting; light pollution; CCT for outdoor lighting; light pollution regulation

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

Natural Resource Economics and Environment Sustainable Development

edited by

Antonietta Varasano

,

Paola D'Antonio

, Costanza Fiorentino and

Meriame Mohajane

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1866 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; pollution; conservation agriculture; precision agriculture; resource curse; GIS; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning

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

The Nexus Between Environment, Economy, Policy and Sustainable Development—a Needed Global Systems Optimization to Stay Below 1.5 Degrees

edited by Giovanna Croxatto Vega

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1365 | Submission Open

Keywords: shared socioeconomic pathways; biofuels; land use change; burden shifting; LCA; sustainability

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

Land Use and Sustainable Environment Management

edited by

Heera Lee

, Bora Lee and Byoung Ki Choi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1259 | Submission Open

Keywords: nexus approach; water management; multifunctional landscape; sustainable development goals (SDGs); socio-ecological systems

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

Sustainable Development of Low-Carbon Energy Transition and Climate Change Adaptation

edited by

Yongrok Choi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open

Keywords: governance on the transition; low-carbon economy; environmental or sustainable performance; green technology or strategy; sustainable mitigation policies

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

Innovative Approaches for Monitoring Water Quality and Environmental Health

edited by

Mohamed Hamouda

,

Mohammad Reza Nikoo

,

Bassem Mokhtar

and Gilbert Hinge

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 987 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality sensors; field monitoring of emerging contaminants; reservoir; groundwater; and river water quality monitoring; remote sensing of water quality; hybrid approaches for better accuracy; environmental water monitoring; advanced machine learning; deep learning; and federated learning models for environmental monitoring; physics-informed machine learning and deep learning models for water quality modeling; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for environmental monitoring; edge and edge-of-things computing architectures for water quality monitoring-related data analysis and prompt actions

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

Remote Sensing for Sustainable Environmental Ecology

edited by

George Melillos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 805 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; environmental sustainability; climate change monitoring; ecosystem resilience; biodiversity conservation; UAV and LiDAR applications; AI and geospatial analytics; land-use change detection; natural resource management; ecological monitoring

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

Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Sustainability: Innovative Approaches for a Greener Future

edited by Ana Paula Oliveira and Tânia Carraquico

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change mitigation; renewable energy; sustainable development; green technologies; energy transition; carbon footprint reduction; smart cities; circular economy; environmental monitoring; education for sustainability; AI tools in higher education sustainability programs; university– industry collaboration

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

Sustainability and Advanced Research on Microbiology

edited by

Alexander Machado Cardoso

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture microbiology; bioremediation; climate change adaptation; ecosystem services; environmental microbiology; hydroponics; microbial biotechnology; microbial sustainability; renewable resources; sustainable agriculture

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

Environmental Economics in Sustainable Social Policy Development

edited by

Yuping Shang

,

Xin Zhao

and Xihui Haviour Chen

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13592 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; institutional arrangement; environmental protection; low-carbon transition; environmental economics; social policy; economic activity; climate change; resource utilization; interdisciplinary research

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

Strategies for Sustainable Soil, Water and Environmental Management

edited by

Asad Sarwar Qureshi

and

Redouane Choukr-Allah

submission deadline 7 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; soil degradation; soil management; water management; environmental sustainability; marginal areas; saline water use; policy interventions; climate change; soil management technologies; best practices

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

Smart Technologies Toward Sustainable Eco-Friendly Industry

edited by

Christian Spreafico

and

Baris Ördek

submission deadline 13 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2883 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; FMEA; LCA; prospective LCA; patent analysis

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

Assessing the Nexus of Climate Change, Water Security, and Human Mobility Towards Sustainability

edited by

Francisco Silva Pinto

,

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo

and Rafael De Brito Dias

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; human mobility; water security; water governance; sustainable water management; sustainability; climate justice; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

Groundwater, Soil and Sustainability (2nd Edition)

edited by

Christiana Mystrioti

and

Aikaterini Toli

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater sustainability; groundwater management; groundwater and soil contamination

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

Innovating the Circular Future: Pathways to Sustainable Growth

edited by

Ting Chi

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 545 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; technological innovation; sustainable supply chain management; sustainable materials; collaborative consumption; sustainable consumption behavior; recycling and resource recovery; upcycling practices; waste management strategies; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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

Sustainable Development and Land Use Change in Tropical Ecosystems

edited by Elisa Grieco

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8121 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change agroforestry sustainable development land use change rural communities adaptation mitigation tropical ecosystems nature-based solutions forest management

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

Extremophilic Plants and Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Aleksandra Koźmińska

and Mohamad Al Hassan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2662 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; metallophytes; soil desalinization; halophytes; carbon sequestration; bioremediation; bioinoculants; biofuels; bioenergy

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

Innovative Green Water Technologies for Effective Environmental Pollution Control

edited by

Luiza Campos

and

Anna Bogush

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1575 | Submission Open

Keywords: green technologies; sustainable water management; climate change mitigation; advanced oxidation processes; eco-friendly coagulants; energy-efficient water treatment; nanotechnology; renewable resources; circular economy; life cycle assessment (LCA)

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

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