Special Issues

Land publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Global Change in Mediterranean Regions: Potential Impact of Climate Drift and Land Use on Soil Erosion and Land Degradation submission deadline 26 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8140 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; land degradation; Mediterranean context; climate change; land use; monitoring and modelling
Future Scenarios of Land Use and Land Cover Change
edited by , and Rebecca Kariuki
submission deadline 27 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13868 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use land cover change; scenario analysis; land use trajectory; stakeholders; diverse visions; multiple scales
In Situ Conservation Tools to Mitigate Impacts from Global Change on Biodiversity submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13350 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity crisis; pressure assessment; protected area effectiveness; conservation outcome; land use– land cover change; climate change; ecological restoration; OECM; community conserved area; Anthropocene
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Innovations in Soil Erosion Assessment and Management along Rivers and Coastal Areas submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13086 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; assessment; management; modeling; natural and anthropogenic factors; extreme events and climate change; river and coastal dynamics; remote sensing; decision making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Smart Land Management
edited by and Guy M Robinson
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3974 | Submission Open
Keywords: technology innovation; land management; land-use planning; land administration; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Desertification Impacts on Land Use submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open
Keywords: early warning systems; Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN); drylands; food security; telecoupling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 24355 | 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)
Economic Valuation of Urban Green Spaces submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17965 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic valuation; green spaces; decision-making; sustainable development; green benefits
Land Use Sustainability from the Viewpoint of Carbon Emission submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13404 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use; sustainability; carbon emissions; carbon emissions neutrality; carbon source; carbon sink; climate change; agriculture; forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Advances in Landscape Perception Based on New Approaches & Technologies
edited by and Chen Yang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10596 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital landscape; landscape perception; 3D scanning; green space; landscape; machine learning; big data
State of the Art on Agriculture in Rural Areas: For Sustainable Land Management submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8135 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; farmland; intensification; resilience; rural; livelihood; policy; optimization; interdisciplinary
Green Roofs in Arid and Semi-arid Climates submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6950 | Submission Open
Keywords: green roofs; arid and semi-arid climates; urban landscape and environment; drought/heat resistance and tolerance; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Driving Future to Shape Sustainable Agricultural System: Urban-Rural Land Management and Environment Protection submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6032 | 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)
Restoration of Tropical Peatlands: Science Policy and Practice
edited by Momon Sodik Imanudin, , and Budi Leksono
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5619 | Submission Open
Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4155 | Submission Open
Keywords: megacity regions; metropolitan coordinating region; urban agglomeration; urban-rural systems; coordinated regional development; regional planning and governance; integrated urban-rural development; structures and networks; rural construction and evaluation; human settlement environment improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Mega-City Regions in the Global South submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4022 | Submission Open
Keywords: mega-city regions; global city; southern urbanism; comparative urbanism; regional development; social and spatial inequality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Analysis and Evaluation of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Mediterranean, Temperate and Tropical Climates
edited by and Ana Cano-Ortíz
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2826 | Submission Open
Keywords: earth sciences; botany; ecology; agriculture; bioclimatology and biogeography; climate change; research methodologies; natural disasters; socioculture; socioeconomics; forests; scrub; vegetal dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Impact of Climate Change on Land and Water Systems
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1368 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impact; water; climate change adaptation; soil; hydrology; erosion; landscape
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Big Data in Urban Land Use Planning submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 634 | 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)
Land Use Transformation in River Basins: Green Options and Their Effects
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural green development; river basin economics; ecological restoration and protection; climate change awareness and response; rural economic development; water crisis awareness and response; sustainable livelihoods; cleaner production behavior; land use transformation; ecological restoration
Climate Change Impacts on Coastal and Marine Ecosystems: Integrated Assessment and Best Adaptation Options submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impacts; coastal areas; integrated assessment; adaptation strategies; participative governance; economic and non-market valuation
Landscape Ecological Risk in Mountain Areas
edited by Wei Deng and
submission deadline 3 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2939 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape ecological risk; mountain areas; structure and function; changing environment; simulation and prediction; landscape ecological response
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Integrating Urban Design and Landscape Architecture submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 34770 | Submission Open
Keywords: Integration of urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; Urban environmental and ecological restoration; Multifunctional land use; Integration of green; blue; and grey infrastructure; Novel urban green systems; Urban agriculture; horticulture; and gardening; Urban ecology and multi-species design; Decision support systems for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; Data-driven design for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Predictive Soil Mapping Contributing to Sustainable Soil Management
edited by and Kwabena Abrefa Nketia
submission deadline 9 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1534 | Submission Open
The Third Edition: Sustainable Land Management and Land Tenure: Experiences for the Future submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1019 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable land management; land tenure; land planning processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Biosphere Reserves in the Global South submission deadline 12 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open
Keywords: UNESCO; biosphere; sustainability; natural resources; human capital; mountains; transboundary; land use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Feature Papers for Land–Climate Interactions Section II
edited by
submission deadline 14 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1308 | Submission Open
Keywords: land surface; global climate science; net zero
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Urban Transitions and Dynamics: Cultural, Ecological, Digital and Degrowth submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10578 | 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)
Water Resources and Land Use Planning II
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9107 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use planning; integrated water resource management; threshold scenarios; sustainability; best management practices; resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Land Degradation and Soil Mapping
edited by Zahn Münch, and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2582 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation; digital soil mapping; predictive mapping; land use management; soil management; sustainable agriculture; ecosystem restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Managing Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1593 | Submission Open
Keywords: land management; urban green infrastructure; ecosystem services; geoinformation; decision making; sustainable urban development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Key Hydrological Processes and Its Controlling Factors in Terrestrial Ecosystems
edited by Licong Dai, and
submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 810 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological processes; water infiltration; runoff; evapotranspiration; groundwater recharge; soil water retention; terrestrial ecosystems; land cover change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Imbricating Socioeconomic and Environmental Data to Model Spatial Patterns of Peri-Urbanisation and Their Consequences
edited by and
submission deadline 22 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6293 | Submission Open
Keywords: planned and unplanned urban expansion; land use change; decision support context; peri-urban growth and socioeconomic factors; socio-ecological interactions; spatio-temporal patterns; socio-economic and environmental data integration; peri-urban growth and landscape dynamics; peri-urban ecosystem degradation and quality of life; socio-environmental consequences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Land Use and Food Security in China's Urbanizing Regions: Problems and Possibilities
edited by and
submission deadline 22 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; land protection; food security; food production; spatial planning and design; urban management; environmental governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Advances on Land Cover/Land Use Ontologies for Innovative Production/Utilization of Land Information submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6691 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover; land use; interoperability; standardization; geospatial technology; semantic ontology; harmonization; classification; earth observation; remote sensing; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Forest Ecosystems: Protection and Restoration II
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1631 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest science; degradation; ecosystem; biodiversity; strategies; resource conflict; forest exploitation; climate change; mechanisms; forest loss
The Second Edition: Urban Planning Pathways to Carbon Neutrality
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 210 | 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)
Land Use/Land Cover and Natural Hazards: Interactions, Changes, and Impacts II submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16071 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use/land cover (LULC); historical LULC; present LULC; LULC scenarios; natural hazards mapping; floods; landslides; erosion; geographic information systems (GIS); remote sensing (RS); statistical modeling; numerical modeling; machine learning modeling; urban and environmental planning; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions (NbS); ecosystem services
Effects of Human-Environment Interaction on Land Ecosystem since Holocene II
edited by , Shanjia Zhang and Zhiping Zhang
submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7295 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; human activity; human-environment interaction; ecosystem; holocene; subsistence strategy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Urban Land Use Change and Its Spatial Planning submission deadline 28 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3381 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; dynamic processes; planning; policy; quality; sustainability; participation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Land Resource Assessment submission deadline 29 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2749 | Submission Open
Keywords: land resource efficiency; functional differences evaluation; land resource capitalization; process evaluation and simulation; energy system language and LCA; typical model of land use; ecological security and carrying capacity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Landscape-Scale Sustainable Tourism Development submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3685 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape recreation potential; cultural landscape management and planning; landscape protection; urban and rural landscape vs. tourism; tourism in protected areas; ecological management of tourist areas; sustainable tourism and spatial planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Ecosystem Services Design from Single Space Solution to Landscape Vision
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15233 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Advances in Land Consolidation and Land Ecology
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10878 | Submission Open
Keywords: land consolidation; land ecology; sustainable land use; landscape construction; nature resource management; cross-disciplinary contributions; technology-driven solutions; land property rights; rural development; land ecological restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Salinity Monitoring and Modelling at Different Scales
edited by , and Tiago Brito Ramos
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9582 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil salinity; soil hydraulic properties; pedotransfer functions; proximal soil sensing; remote sensing; electromagnetic induction; digital soil mapping; machine learning; arid and semi-arid climate; agricultural water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Advances in Hydro-Sedimentological Modeling for Simulating LULC submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3192 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use/cover change; hydrological modeling; sediment transport; machine learning; environmental science; climate change; soil physics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Assessment and Monitoring of Land Degradation: Current Trends and Future Directions
edited by Xuchao Zhu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2752 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; soil desertification; soil salinization; soil fertility decline; soil pollution; land degradation evaluation; land degradation monitoring; current status; future prospects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Urban Forestry Dynamics: Management and Mechanization
edited by , and Valerio Di Stefano
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 477 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban forest; mechanization; urban forest operations; soil impact; environmental effects; technical and economic performance; new technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Sustainable and Resilient Perspectives in Digital Landscape Architecture and Planning
edited by , Mark Lindquist and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 431 | Submission Open
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; computational design; landscape architecture; landscape design; landscape planning; landscape visualization; machine learning; multisensory representation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Innovation for Resilience Biodiversity to Global Warming submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; natural capital; ecosystem services; resilience; adaptive capacity; global warming; agroecosystem; agro-ecological system; aquatic ecosystem; green infrastructure; blue infrastructure; sustainability; human well-being
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
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