Challenges and opportunities of cleaner production on sustainable development (Call for Paper)

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Guest Editors:

Biagio F. Giannetti, Feni Agostinho, Cecília M.V.B. Almeida, Universidade Paulista (UNIP), Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia de Produção, Laboratório de Produção e Meio Ambiente, São Paulo, Brazil; School of Environment, Beijing Normal University. No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, 100875 Beijing, China

Zhifeng Yang, Gengyuan Liu, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University. No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, 100875 Beijing, China

Linda Hancock, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood Victoria 3125, Australia

 

The International Workshop on Advances in Cleaner Production (IWACP) is a multi/interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of information and research results on technologies, concepts and policies based on cleaner production and conceived to assist the desired transition to a sustainable society. The IWACP is organized by Paulista University (UNIP) and the Advances in Cleaner Production Network (ACPN, www.advancesincleanerproduction.net/network/index.html).

The 8th IWACP edition was co-hosted by Guangdong University of Technology, Beijing Normal University, and Hainan Tropical Ocean University, at Sanya, China, from 13-15 November. The 9th edition will be held online on 26th May 2020, co-hosted by Deakin University and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Electromaterials Science. Both IWACP editions offer an occasion to dialogue on challenges and opportunities of cleaner production towards positive social, economic and environmental impacts in China, Australia, and worldwide. More information at www.advancesincleanerproduction.net.

Articles, based upon case studies, research papers, and comprehensive, integrative literature reviews that include but are not restricted to the topics presented during the 8th and 9th IWACP are welcome. Authors are invited to transform their ‘conference-ready papers’ into full, peer review-ready, documents based upon the feedback from the conference participants.

In accordance with the high academic standards promoted by the JEAM, this call for papers is focused upon, but is not limited to the following themes:

1) Progress in cleaner production and technical processes

2) Sustainable production & consumption

3) Environmental and sustainability assessments of production systems and services

4) Corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility

5) Education for sustainable development

6) Governance, legislation, and policies towards sustainability

7) Development and growth - their implication on sustainability

How to submit:

All authors must follow JEAM “Information for Authors” available at lhscientificpublishing.com/journals/JEAM-Default.aspx, and submit their papers online at editorialmanager.com/jeam/default.aspx.

Important dates:

Initial submission of full papers: 1st May 2020

Deadline for submission of full papers: 30th October 2020

Peer-review, revision and feedback on the papers: 31th January 2021

Notification of final decisions on the papers: 30th April 2021

Publication of the special volume of all accepted papers: 30th June 2021

Natural capital, ecosystem services, and environmental accounting (Call for Paper)

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Guest Editors:

Fausto Manes, Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy

Elvira Buonocore, Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy

Alessandro Paletto, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics − Forest Monitoring and Planning Research Unit (CREA-MPF), Villazzano, Trento, Italy

Pier Paolo Franzese, Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy

 

Natural capital can be defined as the stock of natural resources generating a “natural income” in terms of valuable flows of ecosystem goods and services. The availability of natural capital ensures a life support system vital for human well-being while setting the ecological limits for the development of human economy. The notion of value in relation to natural capital and ecosystems services requires the integration of different theoretical frameworks and environmental accounting methods. A biophysical approach to environmental accounting is useful to account not only for quantity but also for quality of natural resources, ensuring a solid accounting base for further assessments. Economic accounting is also useful to convey the importance of natural capital and ecosystem services among policy makers and other stakeholders. A multicriteria approach is therefore essential to explore the complex relationships between humans and natural ecosystems, recognizing the importance of natural captial and ecosystem services for a sustainable development of human life on Earth.

Given this premise, this special issue will gather theoretical, methodological, and applied papers on natural capital and ecosystem services with a special focus on the use of environmental accounting as a tool for their assessment.

How to submit:

Before submission the authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at https://www.lhscientificpublishing.com/journals/JEAM-Default.aspx, and submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript via the email to pierpaolo.franzese@uniparthenope.it (Managing Guest Editor) indicating in the subject of the message “special issue SITE-2019”.

Important dates:

First submission date: September 12th, 2019

Last submission date: March 12th, 2020

Publication fees: not applied

Water Environment Management: Modelling and Applications (Call for Paper)

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Guest Editors:

Dr. Haifei Liu, Professor in Hydraulic Engineering, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, China

Dr. Jian Guo Zhou, Reader in Computational Hydrodynamics, School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

 

The Inaugural International Symposium on Water Modelling (iSymWater2019), hosted by Beijing Normal University, will be held on July 8-11, 2019 in Beijing, China. The symposium is dedicated to exchanging knowledge and ideas for modelling techniques and applications in water engineering in order to mitigate the impacts of ever-increasing water crisis and relevant environmental pressures and to promote multi-disciplinary solutions to protection and restoration of water system and ecosystem.

This Call for Papers is open to all the colleagues who have registered for the symposium and wish to submit their papers for potential publication in this special volume. In particular, the issue is looking for contributions for solving typical problems in the following areas:

1) Water quality simulation and management

2) Wetland conservation

3) Aquatic ecological restoration

4) Urban water management

5) River basin management

6) Coastal Management

7) Sedimentation and morphology

How to submit:

Before submission the authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at https://www.lhscientificpublishing.com/journals/JEAM-Default.aspx, and submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript via the email to liugengyuan@bnu.edu.cn.

Important dates:

Paper submission due: 15 October, 2019

Paper review due: 15 December, 2019

Publication: January 2020

Caring for Earth’s Ecology and Environment, Building a Brighter Future (Call for Paper)

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Guest Editors:

Linyu Xu, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: xly@bnu.edu.cn

Carlo Gualtieri, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Email: cagualti@unina.it

Yongping Li, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: yongpingli33@163.com

Jianbin Shi, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: jianbin.shi@gmail.com

Jing Chen, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: jingchen@bnu.edu.cn

Shiliang Liu, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: shiliangliu@bnu.edu.cn

Jinyan Zhan, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: zhanjy@bnu.edu.cn

Gengyuan Liu, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: liugengyuan@bnu.edu.cn

 

In the spirit of strengthen academic communication, the sharing of academic achievements between faculties of higher education in China on an international level, to improve student’s ability within scientific research and innovation, with the goal of jointly solving global environmental problems. School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, in conjunction with BNU office of International Exchange and Cooperation, and State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation shall be launching the first session of International Students’ Ecology and Environment Forum. The theme for the maiden forum is “Caring for Earth’s Ecology and Environment, Building a Brighter Future’.

We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that can advance our understanding of the interactions between the ecology and environment at local, national and international levels. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

1) Multi-national Environmental Pollution Control

2) Sustainable Utilization of Resources

3) Strategies for Global Climate Change

4) Policy and Management of Ecology and Environment

How to submit:

Before submission the authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at https://www.lhscientificpublishing.com/journals/JEAM-Default.aspx, and submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript via the email to liugengyuan@bnu.edu.cn.

Important dates:

Paper submission due: 31 March, 2019

Paper review due: 31 August, 2019

Publication: December 2019

Environmental Accounting and Management Facing Resources Sustainability (Call for Paper)

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Guest Editors:

Yan Hao, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: haoyan@bnu.edu.cn

Gengyuan Liu, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: liugengyuan@bnu.edu.cn

Lixiao Zhang, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: zhanglixiao@bnu.edu.cn

Sai Liang, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China. E-mail: liangsai@bnu.edu.cn

 

Resources are essential for the sustainability of human society. The sustainable management of resources therefore is critical for addressing many societal challenges we are facing. Interdisciplinary approaches are required to develop solutions for sustainable resource management. The International Conference on Resource Sustainability (icRS) serves as a platform for researchers and practitioners around the world with diverse background and expertise to share the most recent ideas, outcomes, and practices on resource sustainability. After the conference, a special issue in Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management is therefore necessary to be dedicated to environmental accounting and management problems facing resources sustainability.

We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that can advance our understanding of the interactions between the resources accounting and sustainable management in the context of ecology, environment and management at local, national and international levels. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

1) Global change and low carbon management

2) Resource efficiency and sustainability

3) Energy economics

4) Life cycle assessment and embodied energy analysis

5) Renewable and clean energy systems

6) Ecological thermodynamics

How to submit:

Before submission the authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at https://www.lhscientificpublishing.com/journals/JEAM-Default.aspx, and submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript via the email to liugengyuan@bnu.edu.cn.

Important dates:

Paper submission due: 31 Oct, 2018

Paper review due: 31 Dec, 2018

Publication: April 2019

Energy efficiency: barriers and solutions towards environmental integrity and wellbeing policies (Closed)

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Guest Editors:

Amalia Zucaro, Parthenope University, Napoli, Italy. E-mail: amalia.zucaro@uniparthenope.it (Managing Guest Editor)

Francesco Gonella, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy. E-mail: gonella@unive.it

Andrea Genovese, University of Sheffield. E-mail: a.genovese@shef.ac.uk

Massimiliano Lega, Parthenope University of Napoli, Italy. E-mail: massimiliano.lega@uniparthenope.it

 

Energy and resource constraints are increasingly becoming a concern for populations, scientists and policy-makers. The need to implement multi-task policies capable of maintaining or improving the present living standard, ensuring business and jobs opportunities as well as preserving environmental integrity and natural capital is becoming a priority in international strategies. One of the most demanding challenges for human beings in the near future is the development of new energy policies characterized by low environmental impacts, prevention of resource scarcity and the possibility of achieving sustaining economic competitiveness.

Within such a context, this Special Issue (SI) of the Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management will focus on recent developments and visions in the field of the energy and resource efficiency in order to implement sustainable environmental policies at different scales including process, sectors and economic/social levels.

In particular, this Call for Papers considers the following general themes that support the abovementioned discussion:

1) Energy modelling and monitoring tools

2) Energy and agro-ecosystems and food chain

3) Energy in urban system

4) Energy and environmental impacts

5) Barriers, costs and benefits to energy efficiency implementation

6) Energy and life styles

How to submit:

Final deadline is February 28. All papers will be peer-reviewed and a final decision about acceptance should be made by the end of July.

Environmental Quality and Management (Closed)

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Guest Editors:

Giulia Maisto, Anna De Marco, and Carmen Arena, Federico II University of Naples, Department of Biology, Via Cinthia (80126) Naples, Italy

Elvira Buonocore and Pier Paolo Franzese, Parthenope University of Naples, Department of Science and Technology, Centro Direzionale Isola C4 (80143), Naples, Italy

 

The massive exploitation of natural resources by humans is strongly affecting biodiversity and the functionality of natural ecosystems. High environmental quality is a key aspect to ensure the delivery of ecosystems goods and services vital for human health and well-being. For this reason, the development of the scientific knowledge about structure and functionality of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and the assessment of the impacts of human activities can be applied at different scales in the framework of sustainable management practices. This special issue will gather theoretical, methodological, and applied papers on: characterization and functionality of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, relationships between chemical alterations and biological components of ecological communities, ecotoxicological studies, chemical, biological, and ecotoxicological indicators to assess environmental quality, and environmental accounting tools useful to assess environmental costs and impacts of human activities.

How to submit:

Please submit your manuscript by e-mail to pierpaolo.franzese@uniparthenope.it. pierpaolo.franzese@uniparthenope.it (Managing Guest Editor) indicating in the subject of the message “special issue SITE/BIWAES-JEAM”.

Important Dates:

• First submission date: open
• Last submission date: April 30th, 2018
• Publication fees: not applied