Land | Invitation to Read Selected Papers from Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2025

We are delighted to announce that Issue 11, Volume 14 of Land (ISSN: 2073-445X), was released in November 2025. The following is a list of partial articles which we believe will be of interest to you:

Section: “Land Systems and Global Change”
1. “A Semi-Systematic Global Review to Understand the Key Components Essential for Advancing the Actual Design, Planning, and Implementation of Blue–Green Infrastructure in Indian Cities”
by Vedanti Kelkar, Björn Helm and Peter Krebs
Land 2025, 14(11), 2287; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112287  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2287

Section: “Landscape Ecology”
2. “Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Agricultural Plains of Cul-de-Sac, Maribahoux, and Léogâne (1997–2024): An Analysis Using Remote Sensing and Landscape Metrics”
by Roselande Jesuka, Julien Bwazani Balandi, Waselin Salomon, Yannick Useni Sikuzani, Héritier Khoji Muteya, Henri Kabanyegeye, Léa Mukubu Pika, Médard Mpanda Mukenza, Kouagou Raoul Sambieni, Walguen Oscar et al.
Land 2025, 14(11), 2230; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112230  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2230

Section: “Land, Soil and Water”
3. “Satellite-Based Innovative Agroclimatic Classification Under Reduced Water Availability: Identification of Optimal Productivity Zones”
by Ioannis Faraslis, Nicolas R. Dalezios, Marios Spiliotopoulos, Georgios A. Tziatzios, Stavros Sakellariou, Nicholas Dercas, Konstantina Giannousa, Gilles Belaud, Kevin Daudin, Maria do Rosário Cameira et al.
Land 2025, 14(11), 2147; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112147  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2147

Section: “Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues”
4. “Titling as Land Reform in Tanzania: Contours, Conflicts and Convergence”
by Kathryn E. Owens, Kelly M. Askew, Shyamala Nagaraj, Faustin Maganga, Howard Stein and Rie Odgaard
Land 2025, 14(11), 2247; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112247  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2247

Section: “Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions”
5. “The Effect of Urban Greenspace on Land Surface Temperatures: A Spatial Analysis in Sheffield, UK”
by Rozanne Vallivattam, Zhixin Liu and Paul Brindley
Land 2025, 14(11), 2284; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112284  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2284

Section: “Land–Climate Interactions”
6. “Dynamics of Meteorological and Agricultural Drought in the Karnali River Basin, Nepal”
by Kumar Aryal, Dhiraj Pradhananga, Deepak Aryal, Nir Y. Krakauer and Rajesh Sigdel
Land 2025, 14(11), 2271; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112271  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2271

Section: “Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing”
7. “Using Succolarity as a Measure of Slope Accessibility in Undeveloped Areas”
by Daniel Peptenatu, Ion Andronache, Marian Marin, Helmut Ahammer, Marko Radulovic, Herbert F. Jelinek, Andreea Karina Gruia, Alexandra Grecu, Ionuț Constantin, Viorel Mihăilă et al.
Land 2025, 14(11), 2171; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112171  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2171   

Section: “Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability”
8. “Integrating Ecosystem Services into Urban Carbon Dynamics: A Dual-Scale Spatial Analysis of Land Use, Emissions, and Planning”
by Carmelina Bevilacqua, Poya Sohrabi and Nourhan Hamdy
Land 2025, 14(11), 2286; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112286  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2286

Section: “Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning”
9. “Projected Soil Erosion Risk Under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways: A Case Study with RUSLE Modelling in Sakarya, Türkiye”
by Ayşe Atalay Dutucu, Derya Evrim Koç and Beyza Ustaoğlu
Land 2025, 14(11), 2153; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112153  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2153

Section: “Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus”
10. “Recontextualizing Telecouplings in Electricity-Driven Land Use Flows via Global Supply Chains”
by Xiao Li, Chaohui Li, Muhammad Yasin Gill, Mengyao Han, Yihong Liu, Ying Fan, Zhi Li and Guoqian Chen
Land 2025, 14(11), 2150; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112150  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2150

Section: “Land – Observation and Monitoring”
11. “Multi-Resolution and Multi-Temporal Satellite Remote Sensing Analysis to Understand Human-Induced Changes in the Landscape for the Protection of Cultural Heritage: The Case Study of the MapDam Project, Syria”
by Nicodemo Abate, Diego Ronchi, Sara Elettra Zaia, Gabriele Ciccone, Alessia Frisetti, Maria Sileo, Nicola Masini, Rosa Lasaponara, Tatiana Pedrazzi and Marina Pucci
Land 2025, 14(11), 2233; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112233  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2233

Section: “Land Planning and Landscape Architecture”
12. “Stakeholder Analysis for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study from the Living Lab Schouwen-Duiveland, The Netherlands”
by Monika Suškevičs, Joost Swiers, Julia Prakofjewa, Renata Sõukand and Baiba Prūse
Land 2025, 14(11), 2209; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112209
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2209

General
13. “Two Decades of Urban Transformation and Heat Dynamics in a Desert Metropolis: Linking Land Cover, Demographics, and Surface Temperature”
by Chao Fan, Md Jakirul Islam Jony Prothan, Yuanhui Zhu and Di Shi
Land 2025, 14(11), 2141; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112141
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2141

14. “Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslide Susceptibility for Risk Management of Underground Services in a Mediterranean Metropolitan City”
by Guido Paliaga, Martino Terrone, Nicola Bazzurro, Alessandra Marchese and Francesco Faccini
Land 2025, 14(11), 2118; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112118  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2118

15. “Comparing the Current and Future Thermal Comfort Offered by Urban Park Configurations”
by Maassoumeh Barghchi, Bill Grace, Julian Bolleter and Nicole Edwards
Land 2025, 14(11), 2172; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112172  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2172