We are delighted to announce that Issue 1, Volume 14 of Land (ISSN: 2073-445X), was released in January 2025. The following is a list of partial articles which we believe will be of interest to you.

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Section: “Land Systems and Global Change”
1. “Tool Used to Assess Co-Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Ecosystems for Human Wellbeing: Second Validation via Measurement Application”
by Karmele Herranz-Pascual, Paula Anchustegui, Carolina Cantergiani and Ioseba Iraurgi
Land 2025, 14(1), 203; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010203
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/203

Section: “Landscape Ecology”
2. “Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Ecosystem-Scale CO2 Flux Measurements”
by Jeffrey Uyekawa, John Leland, Darby Bergl, Yujie Liu, Andrew D. Richardson and Benjamin Lucas
Land 2025, 14(1), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010124
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/124

Section: “Land, Soil and Water”
3. “Assessment of Soil Organic Matter and Its Microbial Role in Selected Locations in the South Bohemia Region (Czech Republic)”
by David Kabelka, Petr Konvalina, Marek Kopecký, Eva Klenotová and Jaroslav Šíma
Land 2025, 14(1), 183; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010183
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/183

Section: “Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues”
4. “Territorial Brands for Rural Development Strategies in Protected Natural Spaces: A Social Demand Analysis”
by José A. Albaladejo-García, Gonzalo Martínez-García and José M. Martínez-Paz
Land 2025, 14(1), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010039
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/39

Section: “Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions”
5. “Measuring Accessibility of Green Spaces for the Health and Wellbeing of Inhabitants of the Milan Metropolitan Area”
by Maria Chiara Pastore, Claudia Ida Maria Parenti and Corinna Patetta
Land 2025, 14(1), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010097
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/97

Section: “Land–Climate Interactions”
6. “Analysis of Climate Change Effects on Precipitation and Temperature Trends in Spain”
by Blanca Arellano, Qianhui Zheng and Josep Roca
Land 2025, 14(1), 85; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010085
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/85

Section: “Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing”
7. “Habitat Distributions and Abundance of Four Wild Herbivores on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: A Review”
by Tian Qiao, Chiwei Xiao, Zhiming Feng and Junzhi Ye
Land 2025, 14(1), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010023
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/23

Section: “Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment”
8. ”Sustainable Economic Growth and Land Management: A Case Study on the Role of Tax Legislation in Emerging Markets”
by Edith Pilar Quispe-Espinoza, Sonia Luz Barzola-Inga, Carlos Antonio Adauto-Justo, Carlos Samuel Borja-Mucha, Fabricio Miguel Moreno-Menéndez, Fredi Paul Gutiérrez-Meza, Jefrin Marlon Silva-Murillo and Vicente González-Prida
Land 2025, 14(1), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010030
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/30

Section: “Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning”
9. “A Novel Rapeseed Mapping Framework Integrating Image Fusion, Automated Sample Generation, and Deep Learning in Southwest China”
by Ruolan Jiang, Xingyin Duan, Song Liao, Ziyi Tang and Hao Li
Land 2025, 14(1), 200; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010200
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/200

Section: “Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus”
10. “Spatial and Temporal Distribution and Influencing Factors of “Water-Energy-Food-Ecology” System Resilience”
by Yaofeng Yang, Yajuan Chen and Xiuqing Li
Land 2025, 14(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010008
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/8

Section: “Land – Observation and Monitoring”
11. “Determining Dominant Factors of Vegetation Change with Machine Learning and Multisource Data in the Ganjiang River Basin, China”
by Zhiming Xia, Kaitao Liao, Liping Guo, Bin Wang, Hongsheng Huang, Xiulong Chen, Xiangmin Fang, Kuiling Zu, Zhijun Luo, Faxing Shen et al.
Land 2025, 14(1), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010076
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/76

Section: “Land Planning and Landscape Architecture”
12. “Transformation of Settlement Structures in Europe: Trends, Challenges, and Reform Approaches”
by Jiří Dušek
Land 2025, 14(1), 167; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010167
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/167

Section: “General”
13. “A Review: Potential of Earth Observation (EO) for Mapping Small-Scale Agriculture and Cropping Systems in West Africa”
by Niklas Heiss, Jonas Meier, Ursula Gessner and Claudia Kuenzer
Land 2025, 14(1), 171; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010171
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/171