About Environmental Sustainability and Resilience

Aims and scope

The journal welcomes contributions from scholars and practitioners working in:

  • Environmental governance and public administration
  • Climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction and sustainability science
  • Infrastructure and ecological engineering
  • Housing, urban and regional planning
  • Environmental economics and sustainable finance (e.g. ESG integration)
  • Data science and digital innovation (e.g. AI, IoT, remote sensing)
  • Environmental education and behaviour change
  • Gender studies, indigenous knowledge and social innovation

Its thematic coverage includes, but is not limited to:

  • Environmental governance and adaptive institutions
  • Transboundary environmental governance
  • Resilient infrastructure and nature-based solutions
  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies
  • Systems thinking and circular economy
  • Housing, urban and regional sustainability
  • Digital innovation for environmental resilience
  • ESG integration and organisational transformation
  • Disaster risk reduction and resilience planning
  • Equity, inclusion and social innovation
  • Sustainability education and capacity building
  • Metrics, monitoring and impact assessment

By integrating environmental, technological, institutional, financial and social dimensions, the journal serves as a transdisciplinary knowledge hub that advances both scholarly debate and practical solutions for global sustainability challenges.

Key topics

Environmental Sustainability and Resilience welcome submissions from a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited to the following areas:

Governance & Policy Climate & Risk Infrastructure & Ecology Systems & Economy Urban & Regional Digital and Innovation Finance & ESG Equity & Society Education & Capacity Metrics & Monitoring
  • Environmental governance
  • Transboundary governance
  • Adaptive institutions
  • Environmental policy
  • Public administration
     
  • Climate change adaptation
  • Climate change mitigation
  • Low-carbon transitions
  • Renewable energy
  • Disaster risk reduction
  • Early warning systems
  • Community resilience
     
  • Resilient infrastructure
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Ecological engineering
  • Ecosystem services
  • Integrated water resources management (IWRM)
     
  • Systems thinking
  • Circular economy
  • Resource efficiency
  • Sustainability science
  • Transdisciplinary research
     
  • Housing and urban sustainability
  • Regional sustainability
  • Smart cities
  • Urban–rural interfaces
     
  • Digital innovation
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Blockchain
  • Remote sensing
     
  • ESG integration
  • Sustainable finance
  • Organisational transformation
  • Environmental disclosure
     
  • Equity and inclusion
  • Indigenous knowledge
  • Gender and sustainability
  • Social innovation
     
  • Environmental education
  • Behavioural change
  • Capacity building
  • Curriculum innovation
     
  • Sustainability metrics
  • Impact assessment
  • Monitoring and evaluation
     

Manuscript Types

Research Paper

  • Presents original and substantial research with clear methodology, analysis and implications. Typically 5,000–9,000 words.

Case Study

  • Describes actual interventions, projects or organisational practices, providing analysis and lessons learned. Typically 1,500–5,000 words.

Practitioner Paper

  • Offers insights from practice, policy or industry application, with emphasis on practical relevance and implications. Typically 1,500–5,000 words.

Technical Paper

  • Details new technical developments, models, frameworks or methodological advances with applied or theoretical value. Typically 3,000–5,000 words.

Editorial

  • Written by the Editor-in-Chief, guest editors or invited contributors. Provides commentary, context or direction for the field or special issue. Non–peer reviewed, typically 1,000–2,000 words.