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Sustainability Sustainability The Journal The Journal Marc A. Rosen Marc A. Rosen Editor Editor- -in in- -Chief, Chief, Sustainability Sustainability President, Engineering Institute of Canada President, Engineering Institute of Canada Professor, Engineering and Applied Science Professor, Engineering and Applied Science University of Ontario Institute of Technology University of Ontario Institute of Technology Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Motivation and Objectives Motivation and Objectives

Importance of Sustainability  EIC Vision • Engineering, for a prosperous, safe and sustainable Canada

Journal Attributes  International  Cross-disciplinary  Scholarly  Research and review  Provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development  Covers environmental, technical, cultural, economic, social … sustainability Journal Attributes (cont.) Journal Attributes (cont.)  Publisher: MDPI, Basel, Switzerland • 43 journals, since 1996  Online • www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability  Open Access

Areas: Problems Concerning Areas: Problems Concerning Sustainability Sustainability  Air pollution and Air pollution and  Toxic, hazardous, Toxic, hazardous,   climate change climate change radioactive wastes radioactive wastes  Water pollution and Water pollution and  Population explosion Population explosion   sanitation sanitation  Degradation of Degradation of   Misuse of land Misuse of land ecosystems ecosystems   Species extinction and Species extinction and  Unsustainable Unsustainable   biodiversity crisis biodiversity crisis production and production and consumption consumption  Desertification and Desertification and  drought  Unsustainable policies Unsustainable policies drought   Industrial Industrial  Impact on cultural or Impact on cultural or   development and development and social sustainability social sustainability energy crisis energy crisis  Globalization impact Globalization impact  Areas: Socio- -economic, Scientific economic, Scientific Areas: Socio & Integrated Approaches & Integrated Approaches  Policies and treaties Policies and treaties  Sustainable utilization Sustainable utilization   of resources of resources  Changing consumption Changing consumption  and production  Ecosystems and Ecosystems and and production  biodiversity biodiversity  Cultural and social Cultural and social  preservation preservation developments developments  Quasi Quasi- -environmental environmental  Ethical and Ethical and   sustainability sustainability – – short short philosophical aspects philosophical aspects term measures and term measures and  Education and Education and  their long term effects their long term effects awareness awareness  Effects of global Effects of global  Health Health- -related aspects related aspects   climate change on climate change on  Sustainable chemistry Sustainable chemistry development  development

Editorial Office: Editor- -in in- -Chief Chief Editorial Office: Editor  Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen  Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science  University of Ontario Inst. of Technology University of Ontario Inst. of Technology   Canada Canada  I nterests: sustainable development; sustainable development;  I nterests:  energy; exergy; efficiency; environmental energy; exergy; efficiency; environmental impact; economics; ecology; sustainable impact; economics; ecology; sustainable engineering and design engineering and design Editorial Office: Assoc. Editors Editorial Office: Assoc. Editors  Dr. Mary Ann Curran Dr. Mary Ann Curran  Dr. Hilary Tovey Dr. Hilary Tovey   Life Cycle Assessment Life Cycle Assessment School of Social School of Social Research Program, US Sciences & Philosophy, Research Program, US Sciences & Philosophy, EPA Office of Research EPA Office of Research Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, & Development Ireland & Development Ireland • • I nterests: • • I nterests: I nterests: Nature Nature- - I nterests: environmentally- environmentally - society relations and society relations and preferable products; preferable products; dynamics; social dynamics; social life- life -cycle studies; cycle studies; movements around movements around diapers; cleaners; diapers; cleaners; environmental and food environmental and food plastics; coal ash and plastics; coal ash and issues; knowledge use issues; knowledge use building products; building products; and knowledge dynamics and knowledge dynamics biofuels; allocation; biofuels; allocation; in sustainable in sustainable wood- wood -based products; based products; development policies and development policies and nanotechnologies … nanotechnologies … projects … projects …

Editorial Board Editorial Board Philipp Aerni (University of Bern), Johannes Barth (GeoZentrum Nordbayern), Allyson Beall  (University of Idaho), Frans G.H. Berkhout (VU University Amsterdam), Luis M. A. Bettencourt ( Los Alam os National Laboratory) , Werner Bonrath (DSM Nutritional Products), Bart A.G. Bossink (VU University), Barry Brook (University of Adelaide), Erve J. Chambers (University of Maryland), Wouter Theodoor de Groot (Leiden University), David de la Croix (Université Catholique de Louvain), Brian Deal (University of Illinois), Peng Deng (High Point University), John C. Dernbach (Widener University), Jo Dewulf (Ghent University), Ibrahim Dincer (University of Ontario), Laurance R. Doyle (SETI Institute), Richard G. Dudley (NY), Daniel A. Farber (University of California), Werner T. Flueck (University Basel), Andrew Ford (Washington State University), Eric R. Gallandt (University of Maine), Robert Goodland, David I. Gustafson (Monsanto), Charles A.S. Hall (State University of New York), Ralf Hansmann (ETH Zurich), Michael J. Heckenberger (University of Florida), Daniel M. Kammen (University of California, Berkeley), Byron Keating (University of Wollongong), Gebhard Kirchgässner (University of St. Gallen), Alexandra-Maria Klein (University of Göttingen), Christopher J. Koroneos (University of Thessaloniki), Robert Krueger (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), Gurkan Kumbaroglu (Bo ğ aziçi University), Daniel J. Lang (ETH Zurich), Jesus Martinez-Frias (Centro de Astrobiologia, Madrid), Michael A. R. Meier (U. of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/ Ostfriesland/ Wilhelmshaven), Ottar Michelsen (NTNU), Joel A. Mintz (Nova Southeastern University), Bed ř ich Moldan (Charles University), Richard Henry Moore (Ohio State University), Giuseppe Munda (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Lionel Obadia (University of Lyon), Dr. Paul S. Phillips (University of Northampton), Dr. David Pimentel (Cornell University), Andrius Plepys (Lund University), Scott Prudham (University of Toronto), Pallav Purohit (IIASA), Arthur J. Ragauskas (Georgia Institute of Technology), Joel Ratsaby (Ariel University Center), Darren Robinson (EPFL), Stephen H. Schneider (Stanford University), Miklas Scholz (The University of Edinburgh), Dr. Pietro Tundo (University of Venice), Silvia Ulli-Beer (PSI), Ross M. Welch (Cornell University), Ning Zeng (University of Maryland) and Peng Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) History History  Volume 1 (2009) Volume 1 (2009)  • Quarterly Quarterly • • 1500 pages 1500 pages •  Volume 2 (2010) Volume 2 (2010)  • Monthly • Monthly • 4000 pages • 4000 pages

Special Issues Special Issues Biotechnology and Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development  Biotechnology  Risk Reduction and Sustainable Reduction and Sustainable  Disaster Disaster Risk  Development Development Energy Sustainability after Global Sustainability after Global Fossil Fossil Energy Energy  Energy  Depletion Depletion  Energy Sustainable Energy Sustainable Managem ent Managem ent Environmental Environmental  and and Resource Econom ics Resource Econom ics Group Processes and Mutual and Mutual Learning Learning for for  Group Processes  Sustainability Sustainability I nnovation and and Environm ental Environm ental Sustainability Sustainability  I nnovation  Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Sustainability Assessment  Life Cycle  Special Issues (cont.) Special Issues (cont.) Marine Resources Conservation & Management Resources Conservation & Management  Marine   On the On the Socioeconom ic Socioeconom ic and and Political Political Outcomes Outcomes  of Global Clim ate Change of Global Clim ate Change Planetary Environments for Sustaining Environments for Sustaining  Planetary  Ecosystem s with Complex with Complex Life  Ecosystem s Life   Plant Breeding for Sustainable Plant Breeding for Sustainable Agriculture Agriculture   Sustainable Sustainable Branding Branding and and Marketing Marketing   Sustainable Sustainable Buildings Buildings   Sustainable Sustainable Flood Flood Risk Management Risk Management   Sustainable Sustainable Policy Policy on Climate Equity on Climate Equity   System Dynamics System Dynamics Sim ulation Sim ulation of Environmental of Environmental  and Resource Sustainability and Resource Sustainability