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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Assessing Land Subsidence Using Remote Sensing Data
edited by , Talib Oliver-Cabrera and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2981 | 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)
Local and Regional Planning for Sustainable Development submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2750 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape architecture; territorial design; territorial marketing; sustainable development; sustainable design; local and regional planning; stakeholders; environmental impact
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Land Use Change (LUC) and Resources and Environmental Carrying Capacity (RECC) in Tropics and Sub-tropics
edited by , , Guilin Liu and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2637 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover and land use change; remote sensing; algorithm; monitoring change; environmental impacts; resources and environmental carrying capacity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Planning for Socio-Spatial Justice and Quality of Life in the Face of Competing Urban Development Dynamics
edited by , Angeliki Paidakaki and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1121 | Submission Open
Keywords: socio-spatial justice; spatial inequalities; socioeconomic inequalities; quality of life; urban sustainability; spatial analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Celebrating 30 Years of International Day against Desertification, and Drought submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 972 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; sustainable land management; soil erosion; desertification indicators; desertification models; desertification processes; drought; food & water security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Vegetation Spatial Dynamics and Plant Diversity Trends of Natural and Urban Landscapes submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 278 | 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)
Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: land resources; land use efficiency; land management; rural industrial integration; land conversion; agricultural labor productivity
Contemporary Challenges for Urban Built Environment and Landscape Conservation: Social, Cultural and Economic Issues submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: heritage conservation; cultural landscape; built environment; urban planning; economic evaluation; reuse; participation; social value; decision-making; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Estimation of Forest Biomass from High and Medium Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery
edited by Adélia Sousa and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 73 | 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)
2nd Edition: Land Use Change and Its Environmental Effects
edited by , and
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6987 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; remote sensing monitoring; environmental effects; model simulation; land– food– energy– water nexus; sustainable development goals
Integrating Remote Sensing and Geospatial Big Data for Land Use Mapping and Monitoring (Second Edition) submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: data fusion; machine learning; remote sensing; geospatial big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity under Land Use Change
edited by Lindsay Claire Maskell and Claire Wood
submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 401 | 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)
Ground Deformation Monitoring via Remote Sensing Time Series Data submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5816 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; change detection; ground deformation; PS-InSAR; monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; time series; trend analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Topical Advisory Panel Member Solicited Papers Series: Land Use Changes in Rural Areas submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3232 | 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 563 | 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)
Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10489 | 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 69 | 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 125 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3993 | 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
edited by
submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2433 | 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)
Ecosystem Services and Urban Green Spaces: Planning, Policy Development and Governance Implications submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5526 | 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)
Observation, Monitoring and Analysis of Savannah Ecosystems submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
Keywords: savannah; monitoring; degradation; biodiversity; climate; human activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Dynamics of Terrestrial Environmental Systems
edited by and Zhiwei Xu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 160 | 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)
Celebrating 10 Years of International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 108 | 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 Ecosystem Services: 5th Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 40 | 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)
Public Spaces: Socioeconomic Challenges (Second Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 15 | 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)
Urban Resilience and Urban Sustainability under Climate Change (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 14 | 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
Green Space Planning, Design and Governance for Enhanced Human Wellbeing (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 11 | 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)
Smart City and Architectural Design, Second Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 11 | 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)
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 259 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecohydraulics; ecohydrology; flow resistance; land use; river restoration; vegetated water bodies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Land Use Policy and Food Security submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 122 | 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)
Urbanization and Ecological Sustainability
edited by , and Shuai Zhou
submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 65 | 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)
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 2668 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 891 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4956 | 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)
Green Development of Urban-Rural System and Sustainable Land Management
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; urban– rural; agriculture; green; intensification; resilience; livelihood; policy; optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Participatory Land Planning: Theory, Methods, and Case Studies
edited by Oswaldo Ledesma González and Rafael Merinero Rodríguez
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open
Keywords: collaborative planning; governance; land management; network management; participation; strategic planning; town planning; urban agenda; urban and land planning; urban and land policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Land Transformation, Climate Change and Agroecosystems Response and Adaptation
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 331 | 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)
The Other Perspective. City Networks and Territorial Justice towards a Landscape Ethics submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Sun Yat-Sen University in Urban Planning and Land
edited by , , Xinhui Wu and Zhi He
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban planning; land; urban– rural interactions; landscapes; climate change; GIS application
Land–Water–Energy–Food (LWEF) System Coupling and Sustainable Development of Watersheds
edited by , , , and Zhifeng Jin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: land– water– energy– food nexus; climate change adaptation; regional resilience; land use transformation; energy transition; resource management; resources and environment; water– energy– food; carbon peak and neutrality; spatial governance and planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)
GeoAI for Urban Sustainability Monitoring and Analysis
edited by , and Jixiang Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban; sustainability; GeoAI; remote sensing; big data; geography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Navigating the Balance: The Role of National Parks in Ecological Conservation and Socioeconomic Development
edited by and Lihua Zhou
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 5 | 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)
Technological and Social Innovations in Urban Ecosystems: Perspectives on Green and Blue Infrastructure
edited by Maurício Lamano Ferreira, Aline A. Cavalari Corete and Giuliano Maselli Locosselli
submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban forest; urban greening; green infrastructure; blue infrastructure; socio-environmental issues; nature-based solutions; ecological patterns and processes in urban environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Promoting Anti-racism in Land System Science and Social Ecological Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: anti-racism; land system; social ecological system; land use management; landscape planning; community engagement; community planning; community development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
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