Special Issue on Resource Security

Security problems facing nations in the 21^st century increasingly spill over geographic, disciplinary, and institutional boundaries, making concerted attentions to the challenges of updating methods for delivering and acting upon strategic. One of the most urgent problems among these is the resource security problem.

The security problems related to water, food, energy and other natural resources are quickly escalating to chronic impediments to economic growth and social stability. As the world’s population rapidly grows from 6 billion people today to an estimated 9 billion people in 2050, resource security problems are going to be more and more serious and important.  

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring resource security . Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Water security
• Energy security
• Food security
• Mineral security
• Air security
• Resource security and management
• Forest security
• Soil security

Authors should read over the journal’s Authors’ Guidelines carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue – Resource Security” should be chosen during your submission.

According to the following timetable:

Guest Editors:

Prof. Miklas Scholz

The University of Salford, UK

Prof. Santosh Kumar Sarkar

University of Calcutta, India

For further questions or inquiries

Please contact Editorial Assistant at

nr@scirp.org