摘要：Sustainability, local development, and ecology are keywords that cover a wide range of research fields in both experimental and social sciences. The transversal nature of this knowledge area creates synergies but also divergences, making a continuous review of the existing literature necessary in order to facilitate research. There has been an increasing number of articles that have analyzed trends in the literature and the state-of-the-art in many subjects. In this Special Issue of Resources, the most prestigious researchers analyzed the past and future of Social Sciences in Resources from an economic, social, and environmental perspective.
关键词：economy; environment; local development; business; ecology; sustainability; retailing; social science; bibliometrics; state-of-the-art economy ; environment ; local development ; business ; ecology ; sustainability ; retailing ; social science ; bibliometrics ; state-of-the-art
