Land | Title Story Articles from the First Half of 2025
We are delighted to present a list of title story articles selected to feature at the top of the Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) homepage for the first half of 2025. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including the Natura 2000 network, urban green space management, conservation payments, transformation of settlement structures, soil science, urban open space systems, structural and functional connectivity, landscape infrastructure planning, economic valorization of harvested land, and biodiversity conservation. We hope you find these publications of interest.
1. “Land Degradation-Based Approach for Assessing the Performance of the Natura 2000 Network in Mainland Spain”
by Mario Mingarro,María E. Sanjuan,Alberto Ruiz-Rancaño and Gabriel del Barrio
Land 2025, 14(2), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020279
2. “Exploring the Possibilities of Implementing the ALS-Based 3-30-300 Concept for Urban Green Space Management in Small Municipalities”
by Krzysztof Mitelsztedt, Mariusz Ciesielski, Tomasz Hycza, Marek Lisańczuk, Kacper
Guderski, Sylwia Kurpiewska and Krzysztof Korzeniewski
Land 2025, 14(2), 358; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020358
3. “Additionality in Theoretical von Thünenian Models of Deforestation and Conservation Payments”
by Thales A. P. West, Jill L. Caviglia-Harris and Philip Martin Fearnside
Land 2025, 14(2), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020272
4. “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
5. “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
6. “Urban Open Space Systems and Green Cities: History, Heritage, and All That”
by Ken Taylor
Land 2025, 14(3), 582; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030582
7. “Structural and Functional Connectivity of Thermal Refuges in a Desert City: Impacts of Climate Change and Urbanization on Desert Wildlife”
by Amy E. Frazier, Brian Sehner and Barira Rashid
Land 2025, 14(3), 480; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030480
8. “Data-Driven Multi-Scale Integration of Transportation Networks and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Landscape Infrastructure Planning”
by Jiajia Wang, Brian Deal and Moazam Iqbal Hakim
Land 2025, 14(4), 807; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040807
9. “Systemic Competitiveness in the EU Cereal Value Chain: A Network Perspective for Policy Alignment”
by Nicolae Istudor, Marius Constantin, Donatella Privitera, Raluca Ignat, Irina-Elena Petrescu and Cristian Teodor
Land 2025, 14(4), 731; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040731
10. “Complex Deforestation Patterns in and Around the Protected Areas of Madagascar from 2015 to 2023”
by F. Ollier D. Andrianambinina, Jörg Ulrich Ganzhorn, Patrick O. Waeber and Lucienne Wilmé
Land 2025, 14(4), 698; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040698
