Land | Special Issues

Influence of Urbanization-Related Radical Land Modification on Urban Extreme Climate: 2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 6 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; land cover; LULC change; urbanization effect; urban area; extreme climate; climate change; observation; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Sustainable Forest Landscape Management towards Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity

edited by

Guillermo Martinez-Pastur

,

Robert Baldwin

, Mónica Toro-Manríquez and

Serban Chivulescu

submission deadline 7 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1662 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forestry; ecosystem services; biodiversity conservation; multi-objective forest planning; synergies and trade-offs; landscape management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Advances in Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility

edited by Fernando Fonseca,

Daniel Rodrigues

,

Paulo Ribeiro

and

Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva

submission deadline 9 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban planning; sustainable urban mobility; climate-neutral cities; urban transportation policies; urban resilience and adaptation; sustainable and liveable cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use

edited by

Ying Hou

and

Baoyin Liu

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6656 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resources; land use efficiency; land management; rural industrial integration; land conversion; agricultural labor productivity

The 15-Minute City: Land-Use Policy Impacts

edited by

Mara Ladu

,

Ginevra Balletto

,

Giuseppe Borruso

and Daniela Paddeu

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: 15-minute city model; land use; transport planning; demographic transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Strategic Spatial Planning in Urban and Regional Sustainability Transitions

edited by

Lei Qu

and

Remon Rooij

submission deadline 11 Mar 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16940 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic spatial planning; land use changes; sustainability transitions; urban and regional development; multi-level and multi-actor governance; stakeholder engagement; spatial justice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Estimation of Forest Biomass from High and Medium Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery

edited by Adélia Sousa and

Ana Cristina Gonçalves

submission deadline 14 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1050 | Submission Open

Keywords: image classification; spectral indices; sustainability; stand structure; datasets; multiple scale; modeling; forest biomass; carbon sequestration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Landscape Perspectives on Urban Regeneration in Mediterranean Cities

edited by

Luís Mendes

and Teresa Tapada-Berteli

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6941 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban regeneration; urban renovation; urban redevelopment; urban sustainability; urban governance; community resilience; gentrification; community-based urban redevelopment; urban policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Understanding Disasters in a Changing Landscape: Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Fotis Maris

,

Panagiotis Angelidis

and

George Papaioannou

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4728 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; soil erosion; landslide; sediment dynamics; wildfire-induced changes in land use patterns; post-disaster rehabilitation and resilience building; modelling advances in flood; soil erosion; sediment; or landslide hazards; impacts; and mitigation; technological innovations for early warning systems; land-related hazards and risk assessment; geomorphology changes after land alternations; wildfires; impact assessment; mitigation strategies; uncertainty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Potential for Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Green Infrastructure

edited by

Petra Schneider

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4553 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological engineering; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; land recycling; land transformation; animal-aided design; sustainable urban drainage; climate adaptation; biotope networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Energy-Water-Land Nexus Under Low-Carbon Globalization

edited by

Mengyao Han

submission deadline 17 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy siting; social– ecological impacts; photovoltaic panels; land occupation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)

Dynamics of Urbanization and Ecosystem Services Provision II

edited by

Luca Congedo

,

Francesca Assennato

and

Michele Munafò

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16923 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; land consumption; land cover change; remote sensing; spatial analysis; indicators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Research in Urban Ecology: Application into Landscape Design and Green Infrastructure

edited by

Maria Ignatieva

and

Diana Dushkova

submission deadline 21 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5913 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; urban vegetation and urban wildlife; ecological design; nature based solutions in urban areas

Policies, Programs and Tools for Conservation and Sustainability in Tropical Landscapes

edited by

Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva

and

James D.A. Millington

submission deadline 21 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4633 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural landscapes; payment for environmental services; land-use change; conservation policies; land– environment governance; tropical ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Recent Progress in Spatial Modeling in Urban Land Dynamics and Planning

edited by Haowei Wang, Zhibang Xu,

Wenkai Liu

and Cuiping Wang

submission deadline 21 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1825 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land dynamics; urban land planning; urban expansion; urban shrinkage; urban simulation; urban land use; urban sustainable development; urban environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Computer Vision and Machine Learning Methods for Land Use Land Cover Change Modelling and Forecasting

edited by Karim Malik and

Cameron Proctor

submission deadline 24 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 961 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/land cover forecasting; land cover change simulation; vegetation monitoring; landscape change; remote sensing; land management; land degradation; deep neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Net Zero Target and Land Use in Agriculture and Forestry: Carbon Auditing, Offsetting and Trading

edited by

Naser Khan

submission deadline 24 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: net zero emissions; agricultural and forestry land use strategies; artificial intelligence; carbon auditing; carbon offsetting; carbon trading; climate change mitigation; sustainable agriculture and forestry; emissions management; greenhouse gas reduction; artificial intelligence; emission factor databases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Advances in Land Use and Land Cover Mapping (Second Edition)

edited by

Kathryn Sheffield

and

Mohammad Abuzar

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2126 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use mapping; land cover mapping; climate change; sustainability; validation; data communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Urban Form and the Urban Heat Island Effect (Second Edition)

edited by

Lawrence Lau

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban form; urban heat island (UHI); earth observation; remote sensing; smart city; spatial analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

New Advance in Intensive Agriculture and Soil Quality

edited by

Dioselina Álvarez Bernal

and

Eloy Conde

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 651 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; soil quality; soil sustainability; intensive agriculture; intensive farming systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Topical Advisory Panel Member Solicited Papers Series: Soil Remediation

edited by

Jorge Mongil-Manso

,

Raimundo Jiménez Ballesta

,

Ana San José Wery

,

Alexandra Díez Méndez

,

Juan M. Trujillo Gonzalez

and José Joaquín Ramos Miras

submission deadline 29 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7931 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; soil remediation; groundwater contamination; environmental risks; ecotoxicology; soil decontamination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Forest Ecosystems: Protection and Restoration II

edited by

Vanessa Winchester

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 69130 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest science; degradation; ecosystem; biodiversity; strategies; resource conflict; forest exploitation; climate change; mechanisms; forest loss

Urban Transitions and Dynamics: Cultural, Ecological, Digital and Degrowth

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22688 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; urban resilience; urban dynamics; degrowth theories; circular economies; 15-minute city; urban governance; urban art; culture and social movements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Urban Resilience and Heritage Management

edited by

Maria Rosaria Guarini

,

Eduardo Mosquera-Adell

and

Clara Mosquera-Pérez

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17052 | Submission Open

Keywords: cities recovery; cultural property potentials; good practices; heritage stakeholders and actors; heritage values and indicators; information technologies and systems; resilient cities and territories; sustainable development goals; urban planning and politics; withstanding risks and vulnerability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Land Use Effects on Carbon Storage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by

Cole D. Gross

,

Zhengfeng An

and

Scott X. Chang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16208 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; land use management; carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change; soil health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Challenges in the Framework for Integrated Approaches in Vulnerable Coastal Areas: Case Studies & Innovative Proposals

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13922 | Submission Open

Keywords: Territorial management; Environmental planning; Integrated frameworks and policies; Socio-ecological systems; Protected areas; Risk analysis; Land use sustainability; Territorial anthropization; Diffuse pollution

The Impact of Extreme Weather on Land Degradation and Conservation

edited by

Vesna Zupanc

,

Nejc Bezak

and

Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13349 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil degradation; soil conservation; agricultural land; climate change; weather extremes; land degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Pollen-Based Reconstruction of Holocene Land-Cover

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13087 | Submission Open

Keywords: past land use and anthropogenic land cover changes; vegetation and land cover reconstruction; pollen-based climate reconstruction; holocene vegetation– climate interactions; holocene vegetation dynamics; climate– human interactions; plant diversity and biodiversity

Redefining Cities and Planning under the Twin Smart and Green Transition

edited by

Nicos Komninos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12687 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban transformation; city ecosystem; city-as-a-platform; smart city; intelligent city; green city; climate-neutral city; net zero energy district; circular city; mobility-as-a-service; digital transition; green transition; city model; planning model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion in the Mediterranean Region

edited by

Hanoch Lavee

and

Lea Wittenberg

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7841 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface runoff; soil erosion; processes; monitoring; temporal and spatial scales; conservation; management; land-use and climate change; simulation and predicting models; Mediterranean

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Integrating Spatial Analysis and Regional Science to Guide Urban Planning

edited by Apostolos Lagarias, Poulicos Prastacos,

Despina Dimelli

and Alexandra Delgado-Jiménez

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7573 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial analysis; urban planning; regional science; spatial optimization; land use modelling; decision support systems; sustainable development; policy making; environmental management; climate change; local-global connections

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Topical Advisory Panel Member Solicited Papers Series: Land Use Changes in Rural Areas

edited by

Marta Gallardo

,

Julio Fernandez Portela

,

David Cocero

and

Lara Vilar

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7483 | Submission Open

Keywords: land change; land use modelling; rural dynamics; rural spatial planning; rural land management; cultural landscapes; sustainable farming; sustainable rural development; depopulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Assessing Land Subsidence Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Emre Havazli

, Talib Oliver-Cabrera and

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6758 | Submission Open

Keywords: land subsidence; remote sensing; LiDAR; synthetic aperture radar; radar interferometry; GPS; groundwater withdrawals; mining; sediment compaction; hazard mapping; subsidence risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Landscape Patterns under Land Use Change

edited by

Priyakant Sinha

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6238 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)

Ecological and Disaster Risk Assessment of Land Use Changes

edited by

Jianjun Cao

,

Asim Biswas

,

Jian Zhang

and Dewei Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5308 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological or disaster risk; risk assessment; risk prediction; ecosystem services; land use change; land use policy; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Advances in the Evolution of the Geomorphological Landscape of Urbanized Areas

edited by

Adam Łajczak

and

Roksana Zarychta

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5237 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; urbanized areas; geodiversity; geoinformation; topography; relief

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Optimization of Land Space for High-Quality and Sustainable Development

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1844 | Submission Open

Keywords: land space; ecological resilience; water– energy– food– land nexus; landslide sensitivity; land use planning; Yellow River Basin; sustainable land use; high-quality development; modeling and simulation of land use

Observation, Monitoring and Analysis of Savannah Ecosystems

edited by

Paul Aplin

,

Elias Symeonakis

and

Moses Azong Cho

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 881 | Submission Open

Keywords: savannah; monitoring; degradation; biodiversity; climate; human activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Ecosystem and Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Areas

edited by

Patrick J. Comer

and Gregory E. Eckert

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 845 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem condition assessment; ecosystem degradation; landscape dynamics; alteration; and stress; place-based conservation priorities; ecosystem management and restoration; socio-ecological systems; climate change vulnerability and adaptation; biodiversity conservation planning; ecosystem monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

Optimizing Land Development: Trends and Best Practices

edited by

Marek Walacik

and Aneta Chmielewska

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 547 | Submission Open

Keywords: land development; optimization strategies; land use dynamics; human– environment dynamics; contemporary trends; best practices; land/land-use/land-cover change; land management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS for Land Use Change Assessment

edited by

Martin Boltiziar

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; land-use change; land cover; ecosystem services; environmental impact assessment

Agroforestry Systems for Sustainable Land Management: Innovations and Challenges

edited by Judit Rubio-Delgado and

J. Francisco Lavado Contador

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforestry; sustainability; environmental conservation; ecosystem services; biodiversity; land management innovation; land use/cover dynamics; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Sustainable Food Landscapes: Agricultural Practices and Consumer Awareness

edited by

Dora I. R. Ferreira

,

Adélia de Jesus Nobre Nunes

and

J. M. Sánchez-Martín

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable food system; agricultural system; sustainable rural development; agritourism; food system; education and awareness for sustainability; sustainable consumption; urban– rural food systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Virtual Land and Virtual Property Markets: The Real (Virtual) Estate Discipline During the Digital Transformation. Is the Metaverse a New Frontier for Land Investment?

edited by Aurora Greta Ruggeri and

Giuliano Marella

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; metaverse; land investment; virtual land; real estate; virtual estate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Spatial Optimization and Sustainable Development of Land Use (Second Edition)

edited by

Qingsong He

and

Linzi Zheng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; sustainable development; spatial optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Territorial Impact Analysis of Rural Policies: Approaches, Methods and Results from a Multidisciplinary Point of View (Second Edition)

edited by

Francesco Mantino

, Barbara Forcina and Petri Kahila

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural development and regional policies for rural areas; rural proofing; socio-economic and climate– environmental indicators of rural development; sustainable innovation in rural areas; institutional innovations in rural policies; impact assessment of rural policies; distribution of policy support among rural areas; econometric models for impact evaluation of policy schemes for rural areas; community-led local development partnerships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Artificial Intelligence for Soil Erosion Prediction and Modeling

edited by

Nikiforos Samarinas

,

Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis

,

Nikolaos Tziolas

and

Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos

submission deadline 3 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1668 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; artificial intelligence; earth observation; big data; sediment transport; water resources; environmental impact; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity under Land Use Change

edited by Lindsay Claire Maskell and Claire Wood

submission deadline 7 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4541 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use and land-cover (LULC) change; biodiversity; ecology; protected areas; landscape connectivity; green space; invasive species; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Agroforestry for Enhanced Farm Profitability and Climate Resilience

edited by

Sougata Bardhan

submission deadline 7 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforestry; alley cropping; forest farming; silvopasture; farm diversification; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Green Space Planning, Design and Governance for Enhanced Human Wellbeing (Second Edition)

edited by

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submission deadline 14 Apr 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10672 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; landscape architecture; ecosystem services; landscape governance; landscape planning; evidence-based landscape practice; action-oriented research; human wellbeing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

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