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Soils and Land Management Under Climate Change (Second Edition)

edited by

Dionisios Gasparatos

and

Ioannis Charalampopoulos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil functions; climate changes; soil carbon sequestration; land degradation; soil erosion; crop production; temperature and precipitation

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

Integrating Climate, Land, Energy, and Water Systems

edited by Krzysztof Raczynski, Jamie Dyer, Łukasz Chabudziński and

Katarzyna Baran-Gurgul

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; climate; water; integration; system interconnections; system dynamics; geospatial frameworks; interdependencies; resilience; sustainability

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

Architectural Exaptation: Revitalising Vacant Urban Spaces and Repurposing Building Functions

edited by Alessandro Melis and Antonio Lara-Hernandez

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural exaptation; adaptive reuse; urban resilience; vacant spaces; sustainable urbanism; socio-ecological design

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

Harnessing the Power of Land Mapping Data for Effective Land Policy Development

edited by Xiao Huang, Zehua Zhang and

Cheolhee Yoo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: land mapping; land use policy and management; land use and land cover (LULC) monitoring; remote sensing; spatial data; sustainable development; environmental monitoring

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

Science-Based Approaches to Promote Sustainable Land and Resource Management in Protected Areas: Latest Insights from the Fields of Geography and Recreation Ecology

edited by Ting Wang,

Teiji Watanabe

and

Yu-Fai Leung

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: protected areas; recreation use; impacts monitoring; visitor management; voluntary data analysis; partnership; resource management; participatory assessment approach

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

Feature Papers for the ‘Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues’ Section: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals—2nd Edition

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management; socio-economic implications of land use; political dimensions of land governance; land tenure systems; land rights and access; equitable land distribution; rural development and land policies; land-based livelihoods; land use planning; urbanization and land use; land degradation and restoration; gender and land ownership; climate change adaptation and land resilience; ecosystem services and land management; land conflicts and dispute resolution; land-based investments and governance; monitoring and evaluation of land-related SDGs; land administration; zero hunger (SDG 2); life on land (SDG 15); reduced inequalities (SDG 10); climate action (SDG 13)

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

Soil Moisture: Remote Sensing Innovations and Applications

edited by

Chiranjibi Shah

, Md Mehedi Farhad and

M M Nabi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture retrieval; precision agriculture; multi-sensor integration; AI in soil moisture; hydrological modeling; microwave remote sensing; CYGNSS; SMAP; sentinel; SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar); spatiotemporal analysis

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

Ecological Functions and Conservation of Wetland Systems

edited by

Qibing Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland ecosystems; biodiversity conservation; climate change adaptation; human impact on wetlands; wetland restoration; land use change

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

Urban, Rural, and Agricultural Infrastructures for Resource Recovery: Fostering Environmental Sustainability, Ecological Balance, and a Resilient Circular Bioeconomy

edited by

Tiziana Crovella

, Teodoro Gallucci and

Annarita Paiano

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

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

The Second Edition: Urban Planning Pathways to Carbon Neutrality

edited by

Yan Li

submission deadline 1 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3796 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban spatial planning; carbon emission; carbon neutrality; spatial layout optimization; green transportation systems; green infrastructure

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

Rural Space: Between Renewal Processes and Preservation

edited by Hadas Shadar and Irit Amit-Cohen

submission deadline 1 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban spatial conflicts; development processes in rural areas; rural heritage; rural preservation; rural sense of place; rural local identity

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

Spatial Optimization of Land Use: A Perspective on Carbon Emission and Energy Landscape Planning

edited by Jing Huang, Wenjing Han, Chai Duo, Jing Lan and Shan Guo

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial optimization; land use planning; climate resilience; carbon neutrality; climate change mitigation; environmental impacts; energy transition; resilient energy landscapes; energy infrastructure planning

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

Feature Papers for Land, Soil and Water Section

edited by

Nick B. Comerford

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and climate change; soil health; sustainable agriculture; soil biodiversity; soil ecosystem service; artificial intelligence applications to soil; emerging soil contaminants

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

The Mechanism of Land-Water Interaction and Management Strategies: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and

Shiliang Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 805 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; hydrological processes; models; hydrological variables; runoff; infiltration

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

Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research, Management and Education

edited by

Eusebio Cano Carmona

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: botany; soil science; grasslands; forests; shrublands; dynamics; ecology; teaching; management; climate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Critical Insights on Tenure Security in the Global South

edited by

Laura German

and

Howard Stein

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6595 | Submission Open

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

Cultural Landscapes in Transition: Balancing Heritage, Development, and Sustainability

edited by Isabel Vaz De Freitas and

Fátima Matos Silva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural landscapes; preservation and conservation; cultural heritage; modern development; urbanization; land abandonment; sustainable practices; economic growth; cultural integrity; community engagement; traditional techniques; regenerative tourism; sustainable tourism; sustainable planning; reuses; adaptation; carrying capacity

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

Adaptation Strategies of Sustainable Agriculture to Climate Change and Land Use

edited by

Christina-Ioanna Papadopoulou

and

Dimitrios Kalfas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; climate change; land use; precision agriculture; agroecology; biodiversity

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

Place-Based Urban Landscape Design Planning: Theory, Methodology and Practice

edited by

Binyi Liu

, Weizhen Chen and

Yue Cheng

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: locality; sense of place; local culture; place attachment; landscape design and planning; cultural landscape heritage; urban memory; urban gentrification; landscape narrative; landscape justice; environmental psychology; landscape perception; place experience; interdisciplinary approaches; sustainable development

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

Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus: Pathway to Low-Carbon Transition

edited by

Ruilian Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; energy transition; environmental; social; and governance frameworks; sustainable development; low-carbon transition; social impact assessment; environmental sustainability

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

Optimisation of Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts in Natural Resource Management

edited by

Matjaž Glavan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2420 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural resources management; societal needs; economic opportunities; sustainable development goals; environmental impacts

The Relationship Between Landscape Sustainability and Urban Ecology

edited by

Luigi La Riccia

and

Angioletta Voghera

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape sustainability; urban ecology and biodiversity; urban and regional planning; resilience; smart cities and communities; green infrastructures

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

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