Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Globally, the levels of pollution are becoming increasingly perturbing. The increasing levels of pollution can be linked to industrialization and urbanization, which attract the attention of researchers for their severe consequences on the quality of life and health of citizens. Pollution also has negative effects on urban infrastructure and buildings, as well as on natural ecosystems. The presence of environmental pollution raises the issue of pollution control. Pollution control strategies, in general, seek to manage a pollutant after it is emitted and reduce its impact on the environment; the pollution prevention approach, however, seeks to increase the efficiency of a process, hence reducing the amount of pollution generated at its source. We welcome papers related to pollutant discharge or emission standards, pollution prevention, pollution detection and pollution mitigation.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following dimensions:
- Pollution sources
water pollution, soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution, etc. - Environmental pollution and human health;
- Pollution forecasting;
- Pollution assessment;
- Pollution reductions;
- Pollution prevention and control;
- Pollution monitoring and risk assessment;
- Pollution exposure, response and adaption;
- Investment, trading and financing;
- Pollution solutions, engineering and technology;
- Pollution treatment efficiency;
- Public participation, perspectives/ perception;
- Government pollution regulation;
- Policy, management and sustainability.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Soil and Water Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Risk Assessments of Industrial Waste Pollution (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advanced Adsorption Materials for Sustainable Environmental Remediation (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Novel and Sustainable Environmental Preservation Strategies for Polluted Solid Matrix (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Assessing the Adverse Effects of Anthropogenic Pollution and Ecological Risk Assessment (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Resilient Built Environment and Public Health (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Biofiltration of Urban Air (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Urban Noise Pollution and Solutions (Deadline: 1 March 2024)
- Risk Assessment of Surface Water and Groundwater Contamination (Deadline: 10 April 2024)
- Environmental Fate, Transport and Remediation of Metal and Organic Contamination (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Marine Pollution: Environmental Effect and Its Ecological Remediation (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Environmental Quality of Agroecosystems: Characterisation, Monitoring and Remediation of Environmental Matrices Applying Nature-Based Solutions (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Plastic Pollution and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds from Plastics (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Prevention and Control of Heavy Metal Water Pollution (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Sustainable Management and Remediation of Contaminated Sites 2nd Edition (Deadline: 19 May 2024)
- Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Waste Management (Deadline: 7 June 2024)
- Remediation Techniques to Mitigate the Effects of Soil Pollution by Heavy Metals (Deadline: 18 June 2024)
- Pollution, Toxicology and Sustainable Solutions in Aquatic System (Deadline: 22 June 2024)
- Environmental Pollution Control and Treatment towards Soil Health and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Sustainable Built Environments: Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality (Deadline: 27 August 2024)
- Heavy Metal Contamination and Phytoremediation of Soil and Water: From an Ecological and Sustainable Perspective (Deadline: 15 September 2024)
- The Treatment and Recycling of Industrial Wastewater Under Low-Carbon Constraints (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- Sustainable Waste Treatment, Disposal, and Pollution Control (Deadline: 6 October 2024)
- Environmental Behaviour, Biological Effects and Treatment Technologies for Microplastics (Deadline: 17 November 2024)