We are delighted to share some papers on land management and decision-making research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2023 and 2024. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.

The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:

1. “A Sensitivity Index to Perform the Territorial Sustainability in Uncertain Decision-Making Conditions”
by Francesco Sica, Francesco Tajani, Maria Rosaria Guarini and Rossana Ranieri
Land 2023, 12(2), 432; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020432
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/432

2. “Development of a Decision-Making Model to Support the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Revision of the Municipal Plan of Turin (Italy)”
by Giorgia Sugoni, Vanessa Assumma, Marta Carla Bottero and Giulio Mondini
Land 2023, 12(3), 609; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030609
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/609

3. “Sustainability Consequences of Making Land Change Decisions Based on Current Climatology in the Brazilian Cerrados”
by Daniel S. Silva and Eugenio Y. Arima
Land 2023, 12(4), 914; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040914
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/4/914

4. “Computational Decision Support for Socio-Technical Awareness of Land-Use Planning under Complexity—A Dam Resilience Planning Case Study”
by Andreas Tolk, Jennifer A. Richkus, F. LeRon Shults and Wesley J. Wildman
Land 2023, 12(5), 952; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050952
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/952

5. “A Decision-Support Tool to Augment Global Mountain Protection and Conservation, including a Case Study from Western Himalaya”
by Peter Jacobs, Clinton Carbutt, Erik A. Beever, J. Marc Foggin, Madeline Martin, Shane Orchard and Roger Sayre
Land 2023, 12(7), 1323; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071323
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/7/1323

6. “A Scenario-Based Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision-Making System for Urban Environment Quality Assessment: Case Study of Tehran”
by Bahare Moradi, Rojin Akbari, Seyedeh Reyhaneh Taghavi, Farnaz Fardad, Abdulsalam Esmailzadeh, Mohammad Zia Ahmadi, Sina Attarroshan, Fatemeh Nickravesh, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, Mehdi Amirkhani et al.
Land 2023, 12(9), 1659; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091659
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1659

7. “A Geospatial Decision Support System for Supporting the Assessment of Land Degradation in Europe”
by Piero Manna, Antonietta Agrillo, Marialaura Bancheri, Marco Di Leginio, Giuliano Ferraro, Giuliano Langella, Florindo Antonio Mileti, Nicola Riitano and Michele Munafò
Land 2024, 13(1), 89; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010089
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/1/89

8. “Decision Support Systems in Forestry and Tree-Planting Practices and the Prioritization of Ecosystem Services: A Review”
by Neelesh Yadav, Shrey Rakholia and Reuven Yosef
Land 2024, 13(2), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020230
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/230

9. “Evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals within Spatial Planning for Decision-Making: A Major Function-Oriented Zone Planning Strategy in China”
by Hongpeng Fu, Jiao Liu, Xiaotian Dong, Zhenlin Chen and Min He
Land 2024, 13(3), 390; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030390
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/390

10. “Factors Affecting the Land Investment Decisions in the Old Members of the European Union: A Systematic Literature Review”
by Silvia Russo, Rino Ghelfi, Meri Raggi and Davide Viaggi
Land 2024, 13(4), 527; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040527
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/4/527

11. “Decision-Making Mechanism of Farmers in Land Transfer Processes Based on Sustainable Livelihood Analysis Framework: A Study in Rural China”
by Hongbin Liu, Hebin Zhang, Yuxuan Xu and Ying Xue
Land 2024, 13(5), 640; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050640
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/640

12. “A Multicriteria Decision Analysis Model for Optimal Land Uses: Guiding Farmers under the New European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (2023–2027)”
by Asimina Kouriati, Anna Tafidou, Evgenia Lialia, Angelos Prentzas, Christina Moulogianni, Eleni Dimitriadou and Thomas Bournaris
Land 2024, 13(6), 788; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060788
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/6/788

13. “Transitional and Post-Mining Land Uses: A Global Review of Regulatory Frameworks, Decision-Making Criteria, and Methods”
by Chrysoula Pagouni, Francis Pavloudakis, Ioannis Kapageridis and Athena Yiannakou
Land 2024, 13(7), 1051; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13071051
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/7/1051

14. “Designing Food Hubs for Territories of Proximity: Assessing the Spatial, Ecological, and Cultural Potentials of Places through Multi-Criteria Decision Support Systems”
by Sara Favargiotti, Giulia Zantedeschi, Angelica Pianegonda, Matteo Brunelli and Michele Urbani
Land 2024, 13(8), 1131; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081131
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/8/1131

Special Issues:

“Application of Multi-Source Geographical Big Data in Land Use Decision-Making”
Guest Editors: Shi Shen, Antonio Miguel Martínez-Graña, Sijing Ye, Zhuolin Tao and Min Zhao
Submission deadline: 27 May 2025

“Application of the Ecosystem Service in Landscape Planning: From Cognition to Decision-Making”
Guest Editors: Xi Li, Kai Li, Yuejing Rong, Hao Xia and Ruhong Xin
Submission deadline: 31 May 2025

“Urban Risk and Climate Resilience Planning: Tools for Managing Land Use Under Uncertainty”
Guest Editors: Debora Anelli, Pierluigi Morano, Marco Locurcio and Francesco Tajani
Submission deadline: 10 October 2025