The International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology is a interdisciplinary journal for publishing cutting-edge research with novel concepts and broad significance on socioeconomic and environmental sustainability on the Earth. The aims of the journal are to promote sustainable development that recognises the balance of meeting development opportunities and conserving ecosystem services. Launched in 1994, the journal has reached a worldwide, diversified readership.

The journal serves as a dynamic forum for understanding and advancing the scientific consensus on sustainable development. Subject areas that are directly related to sustainable development and ecological sustainability encompass the scope of the journal. The sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are considered by the journal. Priority research topics include, but are not limited to:

• Energy options and their ecological impacts
• Carbon-neutral strategies
• Climate change mitigation and adaption
• Global event governance
• Food demand and production
• Human well-being endurance
• Urban health and resilience
• Complex ecosystem coordination
• Human dimensions in natural ecosystems
• Ecosystem service management

It is essential that selected manuscripts should provide new knowledge in the respective topic areas.

Manuscripts can be presented with case studies, comprehensive studies, reviews, or in special issues. The journal publishes eight issues per year. Selected papers are published online before print.

Our worldwide readership includes:

    researchers, consultants, scientists and engineers
    industry, business managers and policy makers
    government (central and local) and non-governmental organisations

Preparation of manuscripts should be in accordance with the Instructions for Authors.

Peer Review Statement

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge.

All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.

Editor in Chief
 
Professor Jingzhu Zhao 
Director
Research Center of Urban Environmental Planning and Management
Institute of Urban Environment
Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-mail: jzhao@rcees.ac.cn
 
 
Associate Editors
Jon Naustdalslid 
Naustdalslid Research 
Ängelholm, Sweden 
Email: jonnaust@gmail.com
 
Johannes Baptist (Hans) Opschoor 
Institute of Social Studies 
The Hague, The Netherlands 
Email: jb.opschoor@tele2.nl

Guofan Shao 
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources 
Purdue University, USA 
Email: shao@purdue.edu    

Jeffrey Sayer 
James Cook University 
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences 
Australia 
Email: jeffrey.sayer@jcu.edu.au


Editorial Board
 
Nigel Bell, London, UK
 
John Cairns Jr., Blacksburg, USA 
 
Robert Cervero, Berkeley, USA
 
Hongbing Deng, Bejing, China
 
Brian Field, Luxembourg 
 
Kimberly Gray, Evanston, USA
   
Francis Ng, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nilanchal Patel, Jharkhand, India
Nancy Pollock-Ellwand, Alberta, Canada 
 
Joerg Schaller, Kranzberg, Germany
 
Michael Young, Adelaide, Australia