The Solutions
The Solutions
Aims: The Solutions will establish the gold standard for solution-oriented research, curating and highlighting effective solutions. This journal aims to shorten the path from scientific research to re...
Aims: The Solutions will establish the gold standard for solution-oriented research, curating and highlighting effective solutions. This journal aims to shorten the path from scientific research to real-world implementation, thereby accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Breaking free from traditional disciplinary silos, the journal advances holistic systems thinking that critically examines the dynamic relationships between ecological, social, and economic systems. This journal uniquely synthesizes cutting-edge research on water security, ecological resilience, socio-economic sustainability, and governance innovation into actionable frameworks for systemic change. The journal serves as a vital bridge between scientific discovery, engineering applications, policy development, and on-the-ground implementation, curating rigorously vetted solutions that are both scientifically robust and practically actionable.
Scope: The Solutions publishes high-impact, solution-oriented research addressing global sustainability challenges through interdisciplinary advancements in science, engineering, and technology. We emphasize actionable innovations that bridge water & environmental solutions, climate change mitigation & adaptation, ecological restoration & biodiversity, and sustainability & integrated systems.
•Water & Environmental Solutions
◦ Sustainable water infrastructure (green-gray integration, decentralized systems)
◦ Watershed conservation and smart water management
◦ Climate-adaptive hydrology and flood/drought resilience
◦ Water scarcity mitigation
•Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation
◦ Carbon-neutral technologies and circular economies
◦ Extreme weather resilience
◦ Climate-smart agriculture and urban planning
•Ecological Restoration & Biodiversity
◦ Stepwise ecological restoration
◦ Land degradation mitigation and soil-water conservation
◦ Nature-based solutions for ecosystem resilience
•Sustainability & Integrated Systems
◦ Human-nature system optimization
◦ Socio-economic resilience in vulnerable regions
◦ Transboundary environmental problem-solving
Exclusions: Purely theoretical studies or work not directly contributing to practical solutions.
Society affiliation
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU) was founded in 1951. It has 68 full-time undergraduate majors, 38 master's degree-granting first-level disciplines, 4 doctoral degree-granting first-level disciplines, and 3 centers for post-doctoral studies. It has 22 provincial first-level key disciplines, 3 provincial distinctiv...
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU) was founded in 1951. It has 68 full-time undergraduate majors, 38 master's degree-granting first-level disciplines, 4 doctoral degree-granting first-level disciplines, and 3 centers for post-doctoral studies. It has 22 provincial first-level key disciplines, 3 provincial distinctive key disciplines (groups), and 1 provincial urgently-needed distinctive key discipline. The engineering and environment/ecology disciplines have entered the top 1% of the ESI ranking. NCWU, with an area of 3,835 mu, has three campuses: Huayuan Campus, Longzihu Campus and Jianghuai Campus, and 26 teaching units, including the School of Water Conservancy and the College of Electrical Engineering. There are more than 36,000 full-time undergraduates, master's students, doctoral students and international students, as well as more than 2,600 faculty members, including over 820 teachers with senior titles, over 1,180 teachers with doctoral degrees, and over 130 high-level talents such as experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, national talents and Henan Provincial outstanding experts.