New Pattern of Land Use in the Context of Sharing Economy

Dear Colleagues,

Land use is a direct manifestation of how human beings interact with the ecosystem. It not only significantly affects global biodiversity, but determines the vulnerability of an area and the population to various climatic, economic, and sociopolitical changes. With the rapid development of the Internet and sharing economy, land sharing is emerging to facilitate the maximization of land utilization, thus, providing an effective solution to the sustainable use of land. It advocates transferring the usage right of underused land or homesteads through the peer-to-peer transaction on online platforms. Redistributing land resources enables vested interests to make profits in the shortest time and finally gives birth to new market value, such as new infrastructures in abandoned areas, green and sustainable roof design, PV parking lots, Eco energy farm, shared transportation infrastructure, etc. On the one hand, land sharing accelerates the reform of land use policy, while protecting ecological environments. On the other hand, it improves the infrastructure and deals with the land shortage in urban areas. Despite its potential, land sharing is still in its infancy and needs to be supported by more developed theories and practices. Therefore, this Special Issue entitled “New Patterns of Land Use in the Context of Sharing Economy” encourages researchers to explore the assessment, planning, management, market mechanism, and policy reform involved in land sharing. We are looking for original research articles as well as comprehensive review articles addressing the recent advances and/or challenges in land sharing, including but not limited to the following:

• Overviews of state-of-the-art theories and challenges in sustainable land use
• Potential analysis of abandoned areas under shared development
• Case studies of green and sustainable roof implementation
• Explorations of specific operation patterns and policy reform for land use in the context of sharing economy
• Renewable energy infrastructures planning in urban areas
• Urban shared transportation infrastructure planning
• Eco energy farm
• Big data and GIS in shared land use

Prof. Dr. Haoran Zhang
Prof. Dr. Xin Wang
Prof. Dr. Zhou Wu
Dr. Qi Liao
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• sustainable land use
• sharing economy
• abandoned area
• renewable energy system
• shared transportation infrastructure