Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues
A section of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).
Section Information
There has been a growing interest in studying land as a coupled human–environment system in research and policy making at local, regional, national, and international scales. Investigating contemporary and historical land issues contributes to broader land management plans by linking land systems to the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability. This Section of the Land journal will focus on studies exploring different land policies and the nexus of human–land–environment tied with contemporary and historical land issues. Understanding the drivers, trends, and impacts of different contemporary and historical land issues on social and natural processes helps to reveal how changes in the land system impact the functioning of socio-economic systems as a whole as well as the tradeoff between these changes. By studying the interplay between social and economic systems that shape land use policies, land issues operate at the interface of the social and economic sciences and require a high level of interdisciplinary collaboration across academic disciplines, which is reflected in this Section of the Land journal. Hence, in this Section, we are seeking to publish articles that examine the comprehensive scope of contemporary and historical land issues, notably socio-economic relations, politics and dynamics of power, land governance, land tenure, access to land, land market, land rights, and other relevant topics at micro (local), meso (national), and macro (global) levels. All manuscripts should be written clearly so that they can be understood by a broad group of scholars and policy makers. Contributions from economists, political economists, socio-economists, development economists, as well as sociologists and political scientists committed to the rigorous study and analysis of land issues are welcome.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Governance and Spatial Planning for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development (Deadline: 25 November 2024)
- Celebrating World Food Day—Rural Economic Transformation and the Green Development of Agriculture in Developing Countries (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- The Role Played by Agriculture in Inland Areas (Deadline: 16 December 2024)
- Geographic Information Technologies and the New Challenges of Globalization in a Changing Environment (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Critical Insights on Tenure Security in the Global South (Deadline: 23 December 2024)
- Planning for Community-Based Urban Agriculture (Deadline: 27 December 2024)
- Smart Land Management (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Resilient Cities: The Nexus of Urban Land, Climate Change and Property Economics (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Tourism Development (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Navigating the Balance: The Role of National Parks in Ecological Conservation and Socioeconomic Development (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- The Other Perspective. City Networks and Territorial Justice towards a Landscape Ethics (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Gender and Land (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Valuing Culture through Ecosystem Services: Integrating Economic, Social, and Land Perspectives (Deadline: 13 January 2025)
- Sustainable Solutions for Land Degradation and Its Socio-Economic Impact in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas: Looking Back and into the Future (Deadline: 27 January 2025)
- Impact of Globalization on Rural Areas: Changes in Land Use and Functions, Deagrarianization, Tertiarization, Urbanization, and Mobility (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Land Use and Food Security in China's Urbanizing Regions: Problems and Possibilities (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Resilient Cities and Land Take Effective Management through Sustainable Urban Planning Tools (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Rural Tourism Development: Land Use, Ecosystem Services, and Community Interactions (Deadline: 6 February 2025)
- Energy Colonialism, Extractivism, Socio-Ecological Transitions, and Land Planning (Deadline: 26 February 2025)
- Rural Social Movements and the Question of the Land in the 21st Century (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Institutions in Governance of Land Use: Mitigating Boom and Bust (Second Edition) (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Computational Design and Planning for Socio-Environmental Sustainability of Landscapes and Communities (Deadline: 1 March 2025)
- Net Zero Target and Land Use in Agriculture and Forestry: Carbon Auditing, Offsetting and Trading (Deadline: 24 March 2025)
- Sustainable Food Landscapes: Agricultural Practices and Consumer Awareness (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Virtual Land and Virtual Property Markets: The Real (Virtual) Estate Discipline During the Digital Transformation. Is the Metaverse a New Frontier for Land Investment? (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Agroforestry for Enhanced Farm Profitability and Climate Resilience (Deadline: 7 April 2025)
- Overtourism and the Disappearance of Sustainable Land Use and Local Knowledge Systems: A New Form of Colonialism? (Deadline: 28 April 2025)
- Rural Development Strategies in the EU: Strengthening Agricultural Sectors and Local Economies (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Promoting Anti-racism in Land System Science and Social Ecological Systems (Deadline: 10 May 2025)
- Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Cadastre and Land Management in Support of Sustainable Real Estate Markets—2nd Edition (Deadline: 26 June 2025)
- Urban–Rural Integration and Urban Ecosystems (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
