Land | Special Issues

Archaeological Landscape and Settlement II

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16574 | Submission Open

Keywords: human impact on the landscape; coastal changes and sea-level rise; settlement pattern and site complementarity; radiocarbon dating; the exploitation of the highland zones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Driving Future to Shape Sustainable Agricultural System: Urban-Rural Land Management and Environment Protection

edited by

Safwan Mohammed

and

Endre Harsányi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12996 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; agriculture and big data; climate change; agricultural drought; agriculture and conflict; soil; greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector; soil-water relations; land degradation (erosion; salinization; ); crop production (maize; wheat; etc.); land suitability assessment; land use changes; remote sensing

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

Land Transformation, Climate Change and Agroecosystems Response and Adaptation

edited by

Zeyuan Qiu

and

Subhasis Giri

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9213 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystems; ecosystem services; urban agriculture; land use change; resilience and adaptation; climate change; climate-smart agriculture

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

Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Land: Soil Quality and Contamination

edited by

Nick B. Comerford

,

Paola Grenni

and

Dongxue Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9012 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality; soil contamination; soil degradation; land degradation; sustainable land

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

Big Data in Urban Land Use Planning

edited by

Thomas W. Sanchez

and

Soheil Sabri

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7980 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); big data; technology; urban land; land use planning; data fusion

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

Geoparks as a Form of Tourism Space Management II

edited by

Wojciech Zgłobicki

and

Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7060 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotourism; geoheritage; geoconservation; geoparks; spatial management; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Global Commons Governance and Sustainable Land Use

edited by

Fangzhou Xia

,

Hualin Xie

, Xiaoshun Li and Ling Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6973 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use sustainability; global commons; spatial planning and governance; global nature resources; carbon neutrality; climate change

Urban and Peri-Urban Forests—Status, Ecosystem Services, and Future Perspectives

edited by

Miglena Zhiyanski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6350 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forests; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services (ES); assessment and mapping of ES; socio-ecological assessments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Navigating the Balance: The Role of National Parks in Ecological Conservation and Socioeconomic Development

edited by

Fanglei Zhong

and Lihua Zhou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6182 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; national parks; mode of management; socioeconomic development; conservation

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

GeoAI for Urban Sustainability Monitoring and Analysis

edited by

Nan Xu

,

Yifu Ou

and Jixiang Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5961 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban; sustainability; GeoAI; remote sensing; big data; geography

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

Land Planning and Urban Regeneration for Achieving Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4599 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; landscape; urban sustainable development; urban regeneration; land planning; multicriteria evaluation

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

Agroforestry Systems for Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation

edited by

Antonio Santoro

and

Francesco Piras

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4077 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforestry systems; biodiversity; cultural landscape; landscape conservation; agricultural heritage

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

The Other Perspective. City Networks and Territorial Justice towards a Landscape Ethics

edited by

Maria Rosa Trovato

and

Salvatore Giuffrida

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3374 | Submission Open

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

Vegetation Cover Changes Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by Dong Liang,

Barjeece Bashir

and

Min Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3331 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation cover change; remote sensing; high spatial resolution; big data; satellite imagery; data processing algorithms; multi-source data integration; climate change impacts; biodiversity monitoring; land management

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

Regional Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China (3rd Edition)

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2090 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yangtze River Delta region; sustainable development; human– earth system coupling; ecosystem services; industry development; innovation network; territorial space; climate change; urban– rural coordination; food security

Vegetation Spatial Dynamics and Plant Diversity Trends of Natural and Urban Landscapes

edited by

Gianmarco Tavilla

,

Mauro André Maurício Raposo

,

Carlos José Pinto Gomes

and

Sandro Lanfranco

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1880 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate changes; phytosociology; geobotany; vascular flora; plant chorology; plant biodiversity; alpha diversity; vegetation; invasive alien species; ecological data analysis

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

Towards Intelligence and Resilience: Creative Solutions for Further Urban Transition

edited by

Peng Cui

,

Fan Zhang

,

Haibo Feng

and Kailun Feng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1598 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-hazard risk coupling quantification methods; energy security mechanism under extreme events; organizational resilience of emergency commands and dispatch systems; material supply chain security and intelligent operation; health and safety resilience strategies for the urban environment; smart urban renewal towards achieving sustainability; cross-regional action plan for emergency responses

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

Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage Through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development (Third Edition)

edited by

Antonia Moropoulou

,

Charalabos Ioannidis

and

Ekaterini Delegou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1006 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; remote sensing; 3D modeling; spatial planning; GIS / HBIM; cultural routes; tangible/intangible cultural heritage; historical settlements; historical cities; circular economy; cultural tourism; environmental management

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

Synergies in Land Use Planning: Advancing Urban-Rural Integration for Sustainable Development

edited by

Li Tian

,

Yan Song

and

An Huang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 952 | Submission Open

Keywords: land property right; environmental outcome; urban-rural integration development; urban and rural revitalization; intelligent land use planning

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

Urban–Rural Integration and Urban Ecosystems

edited by

Lei Li

,

Kaifeng Duan

and

Shaojun Ma

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural integration; urban ecosystems; sustainable development; ecosystem services; interdisciplinary research

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

Geospatial Data in Landscape Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Todd Robinson

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape resistance; connectivity; turnover; movement and modelling; refugia; isolation by distance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Economic Perspectives on Land Use and Valuation

edited by

Ľubica Rumanovská

, Izabela Lipińska and Jarmila Lazíková

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic perspectives on land use; land valuation; land use policy frameworks; sustainable land use; land use and law

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

Reimagining Public Spaces in Europe: Towards Inclusive, Livable, and Resilient Human-Scale Urban Environments

edited by

Álvaro Bernabeu-Bautista

and

Leticia Serrano-Estrada

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-scale urban design; resilient public spaces; european cities; urban equity; active mobility; mixed methods

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

Building Resilient and Sustainable Urban Futures

edited by

Angeliki Peponi

, Gonçalo Duarte,

Phelipe da Silva Anjinho

and

Patrícia Abrantes

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban metabolism; urban ecology; ecosystem services; urban and landscape planning; smart cities; regenerative design

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

Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services in Relation to Landscape Design, Planning and Management

edited by Aikaterini Gkoltsiou and

Albert Fekete

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape architecture (planning; design and management); ecosystem planning; green roofs/green walls; xeriscaping; green infrastructure strategies; nature based solutions; urban ecosystems; nature and public health; biodiversity conservation; knowledge sharing and participatory decision-making; site preservation

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

Data-Driven City and Society—A Land Perspective

edited by

Szymon Chmielewski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: data utilization; data-driven; AI; 3D point clouds; urban mapping; historical evolution of cities

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

Landscape Restoration in Non-Forest Ecosystems

edited by Daniel Luis Mascia Vieira

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem resilience; ecosystem services; landscape restoration; non-forest ecosystems; ecological balance

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

Geospatial Technology for Landscape Design

edited by

Carlos Carbonell Carrera

submission deadline 7 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5819 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographic information systems (GISs); geospatial technology; geospatial applications and updates; remote sensing; virtual globes; spatial data infrastructure (SDI geoportal); global positioning system (GPS); 3D virtual environments; augmented reality; virtual reality; geospatial thinking for landscape planning; landscape planning and design

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

Land Use Policy and Food Security: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dingde Xu

,

Shili Guo

and

Shaoquan Liu

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 764 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use policy; market development; food security; sustainable development

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

Ecology of the Landscape Capital and Urban Capital

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 16 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20341 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem services; natural-based solution; green infrastructure; urban planning; landscape planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change and Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Susete Marques

and Ana Maria Cuartas

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; land use changes; policy and management; climate change impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Transport and Urban Green Space Planning

edited by

Renata Żochowska

and Piotr Soczówka

submission deadline 26 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 435 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport system planning; urban green space design; sustainable development; green solutions for transport; sustainable mobility; the harmful impact of transport on the environment

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

Climate Adaptation Planning in Urban Areas

edited by Jin-Oh Kim,

Sangjun Kang

and

Juchul Jung

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1114 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate adaptation planning; urban resilience; green infrastructure; community-based adaptation; climate policy and governance

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

Green Infrastructure Planning and Management for Sustainable Urban Development and Quality of Life

edited by

Xinhao Wang

,

Xin Fu

and Chen Shen

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; planning and management; sustainable development; urban resilience; quality of life

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

Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Memory

edited by

Bojana Bojanic Obad Scitaroci

,

Nerma Omićević

and

Tamara Zaninović

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape transformation; memorialisation; heritage resilience; active vs. passive land use; cultural heritage; natural heritage; heritage urbanism; forgotten urban layers

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

Advances in Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in the Anthropocene

edited by

Yiannis G. Zevgolis

and

Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2518 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative technologies; advanced monitoring techniques; habitat suitability modeling; species distribution modeling; climate change scenarios; anthropogenic; biotic; and abiotic stressors; environmental impact assessments; invasive species management; disease outbreak impacts; long-term ecological monitoring; protected area effectiveness; keystone species conservation; threatened species; adaptive conservation strategies; conservation planning; wildlife conservation; habitat management

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

Land Use: Integration of Rural and Urban Landscape

edited by

Luís Mendes

,

Le Yu

and Justice Nana Inkoom

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 2453 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural and urban landscape; urban-rural integrated development; rural– urban gradient; rural urbanization; land use transitions; land-cover change; land-use planning; settlement systems

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

Nature-Based Solutions for Soil-Water Related Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Kristina Potočki

and

Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1911 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management (SLM); nature-based solutions (NBS); ecosystem services; land degradation neutrality (LDN); mitigation of weather extremes

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

Resilient Cities: The Nexus of Urban Land, Climate Change and Property Economics

edited by Piyush Tiwari, Raghu Dharmapuri Tirumala and Jyoti Shukla

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1690 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; climate change; housing economics; urban land use; smart cities

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

Land Use Change and Plant Invasion: Plant Invasion Due to Changed Landscape Use, Changed Behavior and Ecological Problems of Native and Non-Native Species

edited by

Judit Hází

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1438 | Submission Open

Keywords: human impact; land abandonment; rural-urban transformation; invasion; alien species; exotic species; ecosystem services assessment; management; restoration

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

Rethinking Rural-Urban Interactions in Terms of Food Security and Agriculture Development

edited by Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie and Luoman Pu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1389 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban interactions; food security; ecological agriculture; agricultural economy; agricultural policy; sustainable development

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

Connections Between Land Use, Land Policies, and Food Systems

edited by

Xiangzheng Deng

,

Peiheng Yu

and

Yuping Bai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 532 | Submission Open

Keywords: land management; land use/land cover change; land policies; food systems; urbanization

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

Applications of Trajectory Analysis to Describe Changes in a Time Series of Maps

edited by

Robert Gilmore Pontius, Jr.

and Thomas Mumuni Bilintoh

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternation; GIS; land change; Latin America; pattern; resolution; spatial; trajectories; temporal; time series

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

Nutrient Cycling and Management in Drylands: Challenges and Innovations in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

edited by Hao Qu and Eduardo Medina-Roldán

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open

Keywords: global change; ecosystem services; sustainability; litter decomposition; nutrient dynamics; nutrient availability; microbe– soil– plant interaction

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

Institutions in Governance of Land Use: Mitigating Boom and Bust (Second Edition)

edited by Piyush Tiwari, Jyoti Shukla and Godwin Kavaarpuo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: land governance; land assembly; land value; land rights; land expropriation and compensation; disaster management

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

Urban Green Spaces: An Effective Tool to Regulate Urban Climate and Biodiversity, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nikolaos Proutsos

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; urban climate and climate change in cities; urban biodiversity; urban trees and vegetation management; meteorological monitoring of urban green areas; Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Cool Island (UCI); thermal comfort; natural and artificial climate-friendly materials; nature-based solutions and good practices in cities; plant species selection criteria in cities; water and maintenance requirements of urban vegetation

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

Suburban Land Development and Rural-Urban Integration

edited by

Yanwei Zhang

,

Kaifeng Duan

and

Maomao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: suburban land development; rural– urban integration; land use transition; sustainable land use and management; rural revitalization

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

Digital Soil Mapping for Soil Health Monitoring in Agricultural Lands

edited by

João Augusto Coblinski

,

Sylwia Pindral

and

Gabriele Buttafuoco

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; pedometrics; remote sensing; proximal sensing; soil functions; soil threats; soil ecosystem services; soil modelling

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

New Urbanization: Urban-Rural Coordination and Sustainable Development

edited by

Xiong He

and

Chunshan Zhou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban and regional planning; urban– rural integration; sustainable development; urban and rural land use; urban governance; urban– rural landscape; urban– rural relations; geographic information systems (GISs) and remote sensing

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

Landscape Fragmentation: Effects on Biodiversity and Wildlife

edited by

Jesús Alejandro Prieto-Amparán

,

Federico Villarreal-Guerrero

and

Alfredo Pinedo-Alvarez

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape fragmentation and biodiversity conservation; ecological connectivity modeling; land use/land cover changes (LULCC); habitat quality (HQ); ecosystem services; remote sensing and spatial pattern analysis; machine learning applications; multi-criteria evaluation; sustainable land management; artificial intelligence in landscape analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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