Resources and Sustainable Utilization
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Sustainable utilization of resources has been central to the sustainability agenda since the beginning. Oral traditions in rural societies have recognized the need to sustain renewable resources since ancient times, and a written tradition exploring the conditions that would ensure sustainable harvest from forests and fisheries goes back more than two centuries. Theories of optimal depletion of exhaustible resources appeared more recently and led to speculation that human welfare could be sustained if renewable resources were substituted for depleted exhaustibles. The value of environmental quality and the concept of waste assimilation capacity as a resource to be managed have been taken seriously since the mid-twentieth century. Resources and sustainable utilization remain a core component of a coherent sustainability agenda, with relevance at the macro level—how do the essential concepts of sustainability fit together and move us forward?—and the micro level, where the details and particulars of sustainable utilization are studied theoretically and empirically.
As a Section of the Sustainability journal, “Resources and Sustainable Utilization” aims to encourage and publish excellent research on topics ranging from the macro to the micro, using concepts and methods from the sciences and engineering to ethics and aesthetics, with a vast set of disciples in between—for example. geography, social sciences, economics, planning, and management. The organizing principle is that contributions to this Section should have implications, of one kind or another, for sustainable use.
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Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Water Desalination: Most Available Alternative over the Earth for Covering the Freshwater Shortage (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- The Environmental Footprint Family: Methodological Advancements, Synergies, and Case Studies (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sustainable Energy System: Efficiency and Cost of Renewable Energy (Deadline: 11 May 2024)
- Applications and Strategies of Using Seaweed and Other Resources for Environmental Protection and Resource Sustainability (Deadline: 24 May 2024)
- Geological Engineering Problems and Technologies in Sustainable Energy Development (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advances in Electrical Systems for Environmental and Human Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Integrated Approaches to Biomass Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Resource Recovery via Sustainable Approaches (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Resources and Sustainable Utilization (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Optimizing Filter System for Nutrients' Removal from Domestic Wastewater (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advanced Technologies and Sustainable Innovation in Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Current Research in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Circular Economy (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Cleaner Production and Resource Recovery (Deadline: 5 June 2024)
- Protection and Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources (Deadline: 11 June 2024)
- Research on Large-Scale Renewable Energy Access to the Power Grid (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- Advances in Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Environmental Footprint and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Recycling Biomass for Agriculture and Bioenergy Production (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Application of Remote Sensing to the Monitoring of Land Cover and Water Environment (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Sustainable Mining and Circular Economy (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Energy Efficiency and Management in Sustainable Food Industry (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advances in Sustainable Reprocessing, Repurposing and Reclamation of Mining Wastes, Industrial Wastes, and Anthropogenic Ores (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Managing Forest and Plant Resources for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 1 July 2024)
- Land, Water, Food, Energy (LWFE) Security NEXUS for Sustainable Ecosystems and Natural Resource Management (Deadline: 25 July 2024)
- Exploration of Marine Geological Resources and Geological Technology (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Sustainable Use and Management of Nonconventional Water Resources for Agricultural Development (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Energy and Cost-Effective Building Construction and Renovation Combining New Solutions, Renewables, and Waste Heat (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Sustainable Management of Aquatic Ecosystems (Deadline: 7 August 2024)
- Sustainability Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 19 September 2024)
- Aquatic Ecosystems under Changing Environmental Conditions: What Have We Learned? (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Bioeconomy and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Deadline: 1 October 2024)
- Towards Sustainable Mining and Mineral Processing of Metals: Assessment to Implementation (Deadline: 6 October 2024)
- The Role of Hydrogen in Future Renewable Power Systems (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Sustainable Composites and the Environment (Deadline: 17 October 2024)
- Application of Biotechnology in Waste Treatment and Valorization for Energy Recovery (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Wave and Tidal Energy Resource Assessment and Its Sustainable Exploration and Utilization (Deadline: 1 November 2024)
- Resource Management and Circular Economy Sustainability (Deadline: 22 November 2024)
- Sustainable Solutions for Land Reclamation and Post-mining Land Uses (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- New Horizons: The Future of Sustainable Islands (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Evaluation of Geological Model for Sustainable Utilization and Management of Groundwater Resources (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Resource Price Fluctuations and Sustainable Growth (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Nature-Based Solutions and Ecosystem-Based Adaptations to Climate Change and Natural Disasters (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Valorization of Renewable Resources for the Production of Biobased Products through the Implementation of Circular Bioeconomy Principles: Second Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Scientific Disposal and Utilization of Coal-Based Solid Waste (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: