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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

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Importance of Sustainability

 EIC Vision

• Engineering, for

a prosperous, safe and sustainable Canada

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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

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Areas: Problems Concerning Areas: Problems Concerning Sustainability Sustainability

  Air pollution and

Air pollution and climate change climate change

  Water pollution and

Water pollution and sanitation sanitation

  Misuse of land

Misuse of land

  Species extinction and

Species extinction and biodiversity crisis biodiversity crisis

  Desertification and

Desertification and drought drought

  Industrial

Industrial development and development and energy crisis energy crisis

  Toxic, hazardous,

Toxic, hazardous, radioactive wastes radioactive wastes

  Population explosion

Population explosion

  Degradation of

Degradation of ecosystems ecosystems

  Unsustainable

Unsustainable production and production and consumption consumption

  Unsustainable policies

Unsustainable policies

  Impact on cultural or

Impact on cultural or social sustainability social sustainability

  Globalization impact

Globalization impact

Areas: Socio Areas: Socio-

• economic, Scientific

economic, Scientific & Integrated Approaches & Integrated Approaches

  Policies and treaties

Policies and treaties

  Changing consumption

Changing consumption and production and production

  Cultural and social

Cultural and social developments developments

  Ethical and

Ethical and philosophical aspects philosophical aspects

  Education and

Education and awareness awareness

  Health

Health-

• related aspects

related aspects

  Sustainable chemistry

Sustainable chemistry

  Sustainable utilization

Sustainable utilization

• f resources
• f resources

  Ecosystems and

Ecosystems and biodiversity biodiversity preservation preservation

  Quasi

Quasi-

• environmental

environmental sustainability sustainability – – short short term measures and term measures and their long term effects their long term effects

  Effects of global

Effects of global climate change on climate change on development development

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Editorial Office: Editor Editorial Office: Editor-

• in

in-

• Chief

Chief

  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:

I nterests: sustainable development; sustainable development; 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

Life Cycle Assessment Life Cycle Assessment Research Program, US Research Program, US EPA Office of Research EPA Office of Research & Development & Development

• I nterests:

I nterests: environmentally environmentally-

• preferable products;

preferable products; life life-

• cycle studies;

cycle studies; diapers; cleaners; diapers; cleaners; plastics; coal ash and plastics; coal ash and building products; building products; biofuels; allocation; biofuels; allocation; wood wood-

• based products;

based products; nanotechnologies nanotechnologies … …

  Dr. Hilary Tovey

• Dr. Hilary Tovey

School of Social School of Social Sciences & Philosophy, Sciences & Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Ireland

• I nterests:

I nterests: Nature Nature-

• society relations and

society relations and dynamics; social dynamics; social movements around movements around environmental and food environmental and food issues; knowledge use issues; knowledge use and knowledge dynamics and knowledge dynamics in sustainable in sustainable development policies and development policies and projects projects … …

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Editorial Board Editorial Board

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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

• f 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 (Boğaziçi 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), Bedřich 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

• f 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

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Special Issues Special Issues

  Biotechnology

Biotechnology and Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development

  Disaster

Disaster Risk Risk Reduction and Sustainable Reduction and Sustainable Development Development

  Energy

Energy Sustainability after Global Sustainability after Global Fossil Fossil Energy Energy Depletion Depletion

  Energy Sustainable

Energy Sustainable Managem ent Managem ent Environmental Environmental and and Resource Econom ics Resource Econom ics

  Group Processes

Group Processes and Mutual and Mutual Learning Learning for for Sustainability Sustainability

  I nnovation

I nnovation and and Environm ental Environm ental Sustainability Sustainability

  Life Cycle

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Sustainability Assessment

Special Issues (cont.) Special Issues (cont.)

  Marine

Marine Resources Conservation & Management Resources Conservation & Management

  On the

On the Socioeconom ic Socioeconom ic and and Political Political Outcomes Outcomes

• f Global
• f Global Clim ate Change

Clim ate Change

  Planetary

Planetary Environments for Sustaining Environments for Sustaining

  Ecosystem s

Ecosystem s with Complex with Complex Life 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

• n Climate Equity

  System Dynamics

System Dynamics Sim ulation Sim ulation of Environmental

• f Environmental

and Resource Sustainability and Resource Sustainability

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Observations on Contributions Observations on Contributions

 Multidisciplinary  Developed and/or developing

countries

 Theory, approaches and applications  Narrow and broad  Focused and system-oriented  Interest growing