Ecological Restoration of Soils and Wastewater
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 152
Special Issue Editor
Interests: co-remediation of soil and water; phycoremediation; phytoremediation; plant-microalgae co-culture; plant-algae interaction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil and water resources are two vital resources sustaining humans around the world. Degradation and pollution of soil and water have become severe problems damaging ecological and human health. The issues are expected to become more prominent in the coming years due to population growth and climate change. Soil and water resources are intricately linked, and the degradation and pollution of one affects the other. Remediation of soil and wastewater represents tedious efforts as remediation activities are facing technical, environmental, socioeconomic, and legal challenges. In recent decades, the restoration of soil and wastewater in an ecological manner has received more and more attention. For successful ecological remediation practices, the cooperation of professionals with a wide array of backgrounds and skills should be encouraged. This Special Issue (SI) aims to gather papers emphasizing different aspects and findings of ecological restoration methods and mechanisms, applications of ecological restoration at a local or regional scale, and impact assessment of ecological restoration approaches for soil and wastewater. New research papers, reviews, case reports, and conference papers are welcome to this issue. Papers dealing with co-remediation of soil and wastewater are particularly welcome. Papers assessing the impact (e.g., public health and climate change) of ecological restoration activities are also welcome.
The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Bioremediation (e.g., phytoremediation, phycoremediation and microbe-based remediation) of soils and wastewater;
- Ecological restoration of farmland and agricultural wastewater—methods and applications;
- Ecological restoration of the coastal environment;
- Wetland;
- Impact assessment of ecological restoration approaches for soil and wastewater;
- Mathematical modeling and systems analysis for ecological restoration.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in IJERPH.
Dr. Qifa Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- wastewater
- soil degradation and pollution
- bioremediation
- ecological restoration
- contaminant removal
- diversity and community structure
- climate change
- environmental impact assessment and risk analysis
- wetland
- modeling
