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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Pollen-Based Reconstruction of Holocene Land-Cover submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6564 | 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
Topical Advisory Panel Member Solicited Papers Series: Land Use Changes in Rural Areas submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3493 | 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)
Social–Ecological Ecosystems in Rewilding Urban Environment: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Multifaceted Wild Natures submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 622 | Submission Open
Keywords: wild urban nature; urban voids; regeneration policies; socio-ecological characters; socio-environmental movements; urban biodiversity; citizen science; contested natures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Soil Security of Peatland Ecosystems: Risk Assessment, Pollution Prevention and Restoration
edited by and Marios Drosos
submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 463 | Submission Open
Keywords: peatlands; soil security; restoration; peatland ecosystems; water regime of peatlands
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Planning and Designing Livable and Sustainable Regions: Integrating Urban and Regional Perspectives submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2645 | Submission Open
Keywords: livability; urban and regional planning; urban design; regional development; spatial planning; urban and regional resilience; community and neighborhood; habitat; human settlements; sustainable development goals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11169 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; stream sediment transport; field measurements; laboratory measurements; machine learning methods; fuzzy logic; constructive and management measures
Impact of Globalization on Rural Areas: Changes in Land Use and Functions, Deagrarianization, Tertiarization, Urbanization, and Mobility submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open
Keywords: globalization; deagrarianization; rural tertiarization; urbanization of rural areas; mobility; ecosystem services; integrated rural– urban development; land use and landscape management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Co-benefits of Heritage Protection and Urban Planning
edited by Jiaming Liu, Linsheng Zhong, and Shuying Zhang
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban heritage; urban regeneration; stakeholders; policy; protection of urban heritage; heritage tourism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Spatiotemporal Data Analytics and Modeling of Land Systems: Shaping Sustainable Landscape submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5590 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatiotemporal modeling; spatial-temporal landscape patterns and processes; landscape sustainability and resilience; geospatial technologies; land use/land cover; land change modeling; landscape assessment methods; landscape dynamic evolution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
The Utilization of National Parks’ Natural Resources and Community Livelihood
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submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3913 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural resource management; ecological landscape; community development; sustainable development goals; national park
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Dynamics of Urbanization and Ecosystem Services Provision II submission deadline 29 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6855 | 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)
Developing 3D Cadastre for Urban Land Use
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3596 | Submission Open
Keywords: 3D cadastre; 3D urban planning; rights; restrictions and responsibilities to land; 3D land use; property; building information modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Conservation of Bio- and Geo-Diversity and Landscape Changes II submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11410 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; eco-diversity; geo-diversity; land cover and use changes; planning; natural protected areas; local development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Ecosystem Services and Urban Green Spaces: Planning, Policy Development and Governance Implications submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6938 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; green areas; urban ecology; green infrastructure; urban forest; urban resilience; urban planning and policies; urban governance; urban horticulture; cemeteries and sacred places
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Grassland Ecosystem Services: Research Advances and Future Directions for Sustainability II submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6250 | Submission Open
Keywords: grassland abandonment; grassland ecology; grassland management; grassland biodiversity; grassland hydrology; issues and threats; supporting; provisioning; regulating; cultural grassland ecosystem services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Ecological and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Coastal Areas submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4052 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal ecosystem services; coastal ecosystem conservation; cultural ecosystem services; coastal biodiversity conservation; coastal integrated management; threatened coastal plant species; socio-ecological approach
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Feature Papers for Land Planning and Landscape Architecture Section submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3009 | Submission Open
Keywords: land planning; landscape management; landscape protection; landscape architecture; landscape urbanism; environmental design; landscape perception
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss II submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1139 | Submission Open
Keywords: edge effect; stress; species trait; threatened species; fragmentation; habitat shift; dispersal; extinction risk; conservation planning
Dynamics of Terrestrial Environmental Systems
edited by and Zhiwei Xu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 731 | Submission Open
Keywords: complex environmental system; ecosystems; climate change; remote sensing; mathematical modelling; drylands; tipping points; pattern formation; aeolian processes; geomorphological systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Observation, Monitoring and Analysis of Savannah Ecosystems submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open
Keywords: savannah; monitoring; degradation; biodiversity; climate; human activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Urban Ecosystem Services: 5th Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open
Keywords: assessing natural capital and ecosystem services; compact cities; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being; ecosystem service degradation; edible green infrastructure; green infrastructure; green space; green walls; healing garden design; landscape architecture and urban design; mapping and assessing ecosystem services; modelling ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; social-ecological systems; sustainable urbanism; urban agriculture; urban biodiversity and ecosystem services; urban biosphere reserve; urban ecosystems; urban forest; urban geography and development; urban– rural interface; urban sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Celebrating 10 Years of International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: rehabilitation; restoration; fragmentation; carbon sequestration; ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; climate adaptation; coastal protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Urban Resilience and Urban Sustainability under Climate Change (Second Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban resilience; urban sustainability; climate change; urban use of resources (water; electricity; etc.); urban citizens and freight movements; responsive government and resilience
Smart City and Architectural Design, Second Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban and spatial planning policies; sustainable and smart planning; urban life quality; urban environment; digital transition; smart cities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Green Space Planning, Design and Governance for Enhanced Human Wellbeing (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 66 | 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)
Public Spaces: Socioeconomic Challenges (Second Edition)
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: public space; urban-rural contex; urban green space; socio-economic; regional economics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Land Use Policy and Food Security submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 881 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use policy; food security; moderate scale management; social service scale management; sustainable rural development; agricultural systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)
Direct and Indirect Impacts of Land Use on the Management of Riverine and Riparian Ecosystems within Vegetated Water Systems submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecohydraulics; ecohydrology; flow resistance; land use; river restoration; vegetated water bodies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Applying Earth Observation Data for Urban Land-Use Change Mapping submission deadline 4 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6748 | Submission Open
Keywords: photogrammetry; imagery; land cover; land classification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Land Use Planning for Post COVID-19 Urban Transport Transformations
edited by , Elena Cocuzza and
submission deadline 13 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1729 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use and transport planning; urban space design; 15-minute city; accessibility; public transport; public space
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion in the Mediterranean Region submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3238 | 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 Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Urbanization and Ecological Sustainability
edited by , and Shuai Zhou
submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: urbanization; water system sustainability; land system sustainability; urbanization and climate change; ecosystems sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Modeling Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Planning (Second Edition) submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; conservation planning; geodesign; modeling; spatial ecology; spatial conservation prioritization; landscape architecture; alternative futures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Ecology of the Landscape Capital and Urban Capital
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submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13669 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem services; natural-based solution; green infrastructure; urban planning; landscape planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Governance and Spatial Planning for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
edited by , , , Zhituan Deng and Liang Zhuang
submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable theory and practice; sustainable governance and policy; sustainability strategies; urban and rural governance; cooperative governance; climate change adaptation; spatial planning; green infrastructure; technological innovations in planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Patrimony Assessment and Sustainable Land Resource Management submission deadline 27 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11993 | Submission Open
Keywords: heritage assessment; natural and cultural assessment; biodiversity and its conservation; management of natural and cultural resources; administrative; regulatory; and legal issues related to the conservation of heritage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Smart Land Use Planning II submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6098 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial planning; big data; geospatial science; artificial intelligence; experience and best practices; sustainable land use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Recent Progress in RS&GIS-Based Urban Planning
edited by Jing Xie, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4960 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban planning; geographic information systems; remote sensing; big data; land management; smart city; green spaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
High-Altitude Grasslands: Biodiversity Conservation, Management, and Habitat Preference
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4170 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-altitude grasslands; biodiversity; habitat; landscape-scale management actions; sustainable development goals (SDGs)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Sustainable Land Use under the Target of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutralization
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3139 | Submission Open
Keywords: global climate change; carbon peaking and carbon neutralization; environmental regulation; land consolidation; food security; sustainable land use; land use eco-efficiency; spatio-temporal evolution; integrated development of urban and rural society; economical and intensive use of urban land
Evolving Landscape Research: From Renewable Energy Landscapes to Future Frontiers
edited by Romanos Ioannidis, Nikos Mamassis, Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Konstantinos Moraitis and Aspaso-Aspassia Kouzoupi
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2762 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape; spatial planning; renewable energy; landscape impacts; participatory processes; cultural heritage; landscape design; visibility analysis; architecture; public perception; social acceptance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Urban Green Infrastructure: Enhancing Resilience and Well-Being in the Face of Climate Change and Urbanization submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open
Keywords: urbanization; urban green space; urban forests/parks; urban heat island; urban ecosystem services; urban ecology; urban remote sensing; urban planning; urban climate; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Eco-Sensitive Areas: Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, and Current Challenges (Second Edition)
edited by , and Mingjie Song
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; protected lands; eco-sensitive areas; Tibetan Plateau; land use/cover change; ecological compensation; anthropogenic activities; ecosystem restoration; ecosystem services trade-off
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Celebrating World Food Day—Rural Economic Transformation and the Green Development of Agriculture in Developing Countries
edited by , Mercedita Sombilla and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural transformation; structural transformation; inclusive growth; sustainable agriculture; food security; green development; institutional innovation; policy support; investment in agriculture and rural
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Canopy Cities: Protecting Urban Forests, Landscapes and Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open
Keywords: canopy cities; urban forests; urban ecosystems; urban landscapes; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Land Governance Technology and Institutional Reform for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals with Environmental and Social Aspects submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3416 | Submission Open
Keywords: arid hydrology; carbon research; carbon emission rights trading; cultivated land protection; economic analysis; environmental economics; environmental law; environmental management; environmental modelling; environmental social governance; human rights protection in host country; industrial land transformation and upgrading; land ecological restoration; land management; sustainable land use; urban flood; urban rural planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Innovations in Agricultural Green Infrastructure
edited by
submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1385 | Submission Open
Keywords: greening agricultural systems; environmental impacts; farm system resilience; green infrastructure; agrichemical use; indigenous biodiversity; green branding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges from Different Disciplines II submission deadline 5 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5966 | Submission Open
Keywords: land/environment/ecology; ageing/ageism/older people; gender/eco/feminisms; rural– urban spaces/frames; health; social services and education aspects; land economic and public policies aspects; work/employment and leisure/tourism aspects; pandemic; psycho-social crisis and climate change aspects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Recent Progress in Land Degradation Processes and Control
edited by Jianye Li, Xingyi Zhang, Weida Gao, Wei Hu and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1131 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation pathways; land degradation progress; land use; soil erosion; soil carbon; environment effects; ecosystem functions and services; control measures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Wellbeing and Cultural Ecosystem Services submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4159 | Submission Open
Keywords: cultural ecosystem services; nature’ s contribution to people; global warming; environmental change; health and wellbeing; climate risk; climate change adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
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