مقاله انگلیسی رایگان در مورد ضرورت یکپارچه سازی سیستم ها برای توسعه پایدار – الزویر 2018

Following the 2015 Paris Agreement, the main challenge for world economies nowadays is to commit themselves to long-term reforms aimed at increasing and promoting sustainable, inclusive and balanced development. An adequate response to this challenge will certainly require using the best available scientific knowledge and constant reevaluation of the development process in light of the scientific findings. To ensure that the sciences are responsive to the emerging needs and to address sustainable development issues. This Virtual Special Issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production is dedicated to both Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 2016 Conferences – 2nd South East European Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference and 11th Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference. The Virtual Special Issue is focused on four main fields: Energy issues, Water issues, Environmental engineering and management, and Sustainable engineering solutions and large-scale sustainability approaches. The division of selected papers follows the previous Journal of Cleaner Production Special Sections and Volumes dedicated to the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference series.

Introduction

Sustainable development is a highly interdisciplinary concept that involves interaction of various systems. Integrating various systems, as energy, water, and environment, by using waste from one, as resource in other, and in exact moment when it is beneficial to all, is becoming a necessity for a sustainable, inclusive and balanced development (Mikulčić et al., 2017). To address this issue, at the beginning of this century the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Conference series was established. In 2016, two SDEWES conferences were held. First time in July, it was the 2nd South East European SDEWES Conference (SDEWES SEE 2016) in Piran, Slovenia, and the second time in September, it was the 10th SDEWES Conference (SDEWES 2016) held in Lisbon, Portugal. Both conferences, SDEWES SEE 2016 with 195 participants and SDEWES 2016 with 324 participants, brought together researchers from around the world, to meet, share, and discuss their ideas and findings, in order to ensure that the sciences are responsive to emerging international, European, regional and national challenges. The papers in this Virtual Special Issue (VSI) are based on articles presented at both SDEWES Conferences in 2016. The two conferences covered various research topics, from the technical, economic, environmental and social studies, to the studies which investigated the sustainability of energy, transport, water, environment and food production systems and their interconnection and integration. From 475 accepted manuscripts, that were presented at both SDEWES Conferences 24 were selected for this Journal of Cleaner Production (JCLEPRO) VSI. As a results of a successful cooperation between the JCLEPRO and the SDEWES Conference series, this VSI is a sequel of previous SDEWES Conferences reports and reviews, and follows their format. The papers within the VSI SDEWES 2016 are divided into four research fields that have been established by the previous JCLEPRO Special Issues and Special Volumes dedicated to the SDEWES Conferences. These research fields are: Energy issues (8 papers); Water issues (4 papers); Environmental engineering and management (6 papers); Sustainable engineering solutions and large-scale sustainability approaches (4 papers). Hence, the previously generated SDEWES knowledge base in these four main research areas is extended by this JCLEPRO VSI.