Natural Resource Economics and Environment Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 101
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental monitoring; pollution; geospatial web (WebGIS); GIS modelling; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning
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Interests: mechanics and agricultural mechanization; forest mechanization
Interests: remote sensing; digital twins; agricultural mechanization; control systems; conservation agriculture; sensors; crop management
Interests: land use/land cover modelling; vegetation; forest fire; climate change; prediction; geostatistical analysis; ecological monitoring and assessment; geoinformatics (GIS); multi-/hyperspectral remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues，
Technological advancements and other production methods in various sectors have significantly altered the economic, social, and sociological statuses of different economies, often having negative balance impacts. Economic activities continue to generate environmental problems throughout the entire process from production to consumption, frequently in contexts where the depletion of scarce renewable and non-renewable resources raises strong concerns about environmental and economic sustainability. In macroeconomic contexts, economic returns derived from the exploitation of natural resources often fail to guarantee the stable and constant growth of economic indicators, which, in correlation with consolidated energy consumption and economic growth, trigger numerous environmental degradation phenomena. The utilization of biological, mineral, energetic and environmental resources; pollution; and other environmental considerations have become fundamental issues to consider when predicting long-term economic growth possibilities. Therefore, for the evolution of sustainable development goals (SDGs), it is essential to determine whether and in what manner natural resources play a significant role in influencing environmental sustainability.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Renewable and non-renewable natural resources;
- Pollution;
- Resource curse;
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
- Climate change;
- Natural resources;
- Political economy of natural resources;
- Cost-benefit analysis and environmental decision-making;
- Economic and political choices in solving environmental problems.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Antonietta Varasano
Dr. Paola D'Antonio
Dr. Costanza Fiorentino
Dr. Meriame Mohajane
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental monitoring
- pollution
- conservation agriculture
- precision agriculture
- resource curse
- GIS
- remote sensing
- machine learning
- deep learning
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