Land | Title Story Articles from the Second Half of 2025

We are delighted to present a list of title story articles selected to feature at top of the Coatings (ISSN: 2079-6412) homepage for the second half of 2025. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including peatland management, cultural landscape, creating photorealistic landscapes with AI, mapping drought incidents, land expansion and green rural transformation, sustainable green blue infrastructure, biochar and climate change adaptation. We hope you find these publications of interest.

1. “Evidence Synthesis and Knowledge Integration for Sustainable Peatland Management”
by Kate Flood, David Wilson and Florence Renou-Wilson
Land 2025, 14(7), 1397; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14071397
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1397

2. “From Historical Maps to LiDAR Data-Enhancing Landscape Ecological Research of Cultural Landscape Using Modern Remote Sensing Data Illustrated with Examples from Slovak Traditional Heritage Landscapes”
by Branislav Olah, Igor Gallay, Martina Slámová, Tomáš Lepeška, Zuzana Gallayová and Veronika Paulíková
Land 2025, 14(7), 1370; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14071370
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1370

3. “A Powerful Approach in Visualization: Creating Photorealistic Landscapes with AI”
by Gusztáv Jakab, Enikő Magyari, Benedek Jakab and Gábor Timár
Land 2025, 14(7), 1430; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14071430
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1430

4. “Mapping Drought Incidents in the Mediterranean Region with Remote Sensing: A Step Toward Climate Adaptation”
by Aikaterini Stamou, Aikaterini Bakousi, Anna Dosiou, Zoi-Eirini Tsifodimou, Eleni Karachaliou, Ioannis Tavantzis and Efstratios Stylianidis
Land 2025, 14(8), 1564; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14081564
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/8/1564

5. “Land Expansion and Green Rural Transformation in Developing Countries: A Kaya Identity Approach”
by Edward B. Barbier
Land 2025, 14(12), 2314; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122314
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/12/2314

6. “Planning Sustainable Green Blue Infrastructure in Colombo to Optimize Park Cool Island Intensity”
by A. A. S. G. Wijesundara, B. G. N. Sewwandi and Thomas Panagopoulos
Land 2025, 14(11), 2164; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112164
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2164

7. “Effects of Biochar-Based Fertilizer on Root Zeta Potential, Nutrient Leaching and Yield in an Intensive Protected Cropping System”
by Kane Trubenbacher, Shahla Hosseini Bai, Lakmini Dissanayake, Negar Omidvar, Stephen Joseph and Michael B. Farrar
Land 2025, 14(10), 2036; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14102036
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/10/2036

8. “Farming on the Edge: The 10-Fold Deficit in Lombardy’s Agricultural Land”
by Stefano Salata, Andrea Arcidiacono, Stefano Corsi, Chiara Mazzocchi, Alberto Fedalto and Domenico Riccobene
Land 2025, 14(11), 2112; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112112
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112112

9. “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