Special issue on "Optimization models in environment and sustainable development"

Today, sustainable management of the environment and its resources is an issue of vital importance in our contemporary societies and especially in developed societies. The scarcity of resources may well account for this fact. The importance of this problem underlies the necessity for adapting measures aiming at its solution. Many research papers and scientific conferences have been devoted to this direction. The challenge is to combine the high quality of life with a continuing economic growth in a sustainable way over the long term. However, this goal requires multidisciplinary and integrated research effort. Identification and evaluation of the likely environmental, economic and