Mikulčić Hrvoje, Zhang Zhien, Baleta Jakov, Klemeš Jiří Jaromír
Xi'an Jiaotong University, Department of Thermal Engineering, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia.
J Clean Prod. 2021 Dec 15;328:129577. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129577. Epub 2021 Nov 3.
COVID-19 pandemic has shown that sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems is essential for the basic life needs of humankind. Logistics problems, shortage of resources and goods, a crisis of traditional energy systems, all these COVID-19 caused problems show that available resources should be used with caution. This paper is an introduction article to the Virtual Special Issue that discusses some of the latest developments in three research topic areas, namely Energy, Water and Environment. These research topics emerged from the four Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conferences held in 2020. The purpose of the introduction article is to provide a brief introduction to the field and the articles included in this Journal of Cleaner Production Virtual Special Issue.
新冠疫情表明,能源、水和环境系统的可持续发展对于人类的基本生活需求至关重要。物流问题、资源和物资短缺、传统能源系统危机,所有这些新冠疫情引发的问题都表明,应谨慎使用现有资源。本文是《虚拟特刊》的引言文章,讨论了能源、水和环境这三个研究主题领域的一些最新进展。这些研究主题源自2020年召开的四届能源、水和环境系统可持续发展会议。引言文章的目的是对该领域以及本《清洁生产杂志虚拟特刊》所收录的文章作简要介绍。