Published: Sept. 27, 2019

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Mortenson Center in Global Engineering faculty are editing three special issues in the journal Sustainability please contact us to discuss a submission!

Special Issue "Global Engineering and Sustainable Development"

Guest Editor
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evan Thomas Website E-Mail

Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Interests: global engineering; global health; water; sanitation; agriculture; energy; ICT4D; remote sensing

Dear Colleagues,

The role of engineers in contributing to global poverty reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals is evolving. Typically, the engineer’s role in addressing global poverty challenges has often been confined to community, regional or national scale service interventions and product design and development. Nevertheless, despite fifty years of these approaches, over half the world’s population still lives on less than $5.50 a day, the global burden of disease in low-income countries is overwhelmingly attributable to environmental health issues, and climate change is already negatively impacting people, most significantly in developing countries. The conventional engineering approaches to poverty reduction are insufficient to address the Sustainable Development Goals. The emerging field of Global Engineering can address these structural issues, through developing and validating methods, tools, and standards that are broadly useful. Global Engineering envisions a world in which everyone has safe water, sanitation, energy, food, shelter and infrastructure and can live in health, dignity, and prosperity.

The aim and scope of this Special Issue of Sustainability is to present and review emerging engineering methods, technologies, and evidence that work to address the unequal and unjust distribution of access to basic services such as water, sanitation, energy, food, transportation, and shelter. Examples may include technology and methods development and validation, data collection, and impact evaluations that can contribute to evidence-based influence on policies and practice. Examples may place an emphasis on identifying the drivers, determinants, and solutions favoring equitable access to basic services. 

Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evan Thomas
Guest Editor

Keywords

  • Global Engineering
  • Sustainable Development
  • Global Health

Special Issue "Sheltering and Housing Displaced Populations"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Amy Javernick-Will Website E-Mail

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Interests: Disaster Recovery;Disaster Resiliency;Disaster Risk Reduction; Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements; WASH;Global Engineering; Knowledge Management; Engineering Education

Guest Editor
Dr. Aaron Opdyke Website E-Mail

School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney
Interests: Disaster Risk Reduction; Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements; Informal Settlements; Housing; Disaster Recovery; Infrastructure Resilience

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue seeks contributions focusing on sheltering and housing in post-disaster settlements. We seek contributions that bridge the humanitarian–development nexus, from pre-disaster resiliency to emergency and temporary shelter, to the long-term development of sustainable housing and settlements. We are interested in contributions which unpack issues of sheltering and housing accessibility, affordability, safety, sustainability, and the associated environmental, social, and economic issues facing displaced populations. We also seek manuscripts which analyze the intersection of built infrastructure systems in post-disaster settlements, such as water, sanitation, power, drainage, and transportation. Contextually, we welcome manuscripts that address response to all types of disasters and conflict.

Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer-review process with the aim of the rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Prof. Dr. Amy Javernick-Will
Dr. Aaron Opdyke
Guest Editors

Keywords

  • shelter
  • housing
  • settlements
  • displaced populations
  • humanitarian response
  • disaster risk reduction
  • disaster recovery
  • emergency management

Special Issue "Internet of Things, Remote Sensing and Analytics to Support Distributed Monitoring and Management of Water, Sanitation, Agricultural and Energy Resources in Remote and Low Income Regions"

Guest Editor
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evan Thomas Website E-Mail

Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Interests: global engineering; global health; water; sanitation; agriculture; energy; ICT4D; remote sensing

Dear Colleagues,

Monitoring and managing distributed water, sanitation, agricultural, and energy resources and services in remote and/or low-income regions are increasingly important as population pressures and climate change impact the reliability of these resources. The aim and scope of this Special Issue of Sustainability is to present and review emerging methods and technologies including “internet of things” sensor systems, cellular-based data collection, remote sensing, machine learning, and other analytical tools designed to support the remote monitoring and management of water, sanitation, agricultural, and energy resources in remote and/or low-income regions. Examples may include remotely reporting sensor technologies for monitoring water service infrastructure; satellite-based remote sensing of agricultural yields; localized air quality monitoring; cellular-based survey and decision support tools; and machine learning-enabled analytics. Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evan Thomas
Guest Editor

Keywords

  • IOT
  • Sensors
  • Remote sensing
  • Global health
  • ICT4D
  • Water
  • Sanitation
  • Agriculture
  • Energy

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.