Editor's Choice Articles are selected based on suggestions from Land’s Academic Editors. The Editors select a small number of recently published articles that they consider particularly interesting to our readers or important in their respective fields of research. You are welcome to read the Editor's Choice Articles related to socio-economic relations and political issues, a curated list of high-quality articles published in Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) from 2022 to 2023. The full list of Editor's Choice Articles can be viewed at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/editors_choice. The list of relevant papers can be seen below.

1. “Maintaining Agricultural Production by Building Local Distribution Systems in the Northern Area of Japan”
by Noriaki Kawasaki, Tamaki Washio, Katsunori Nakamura and Ken-Ichiro Nagahama
Land 2023, 12(2), 320; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020320
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/320

2. “Investigating the Factors Influencing the Intention to Adopt Long-Term Land Leasing in Northern Ireland”
by Adewale Henry Adenuga, Claire Jack and Ronan McCarry
Land 2023, 12(3), 649; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030649
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/649

3. “The Impact of Government Support and Social Networks on Peasants’ Effective Participation in High-Standard Farmland Construction: Evidence from Yancheng City, China”
by Huawei Zheng, Kunyu Lou, Yuanyuan Yang, Han Wang and Yong Lu
Land 2023, 12(5), 955; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050955
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/955

4. “Land Use Structure Optimization and Ecological Benefit Evaluation in Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration Based on Carbon Neutrality”
by Zhi Wang, Fengwan Zhang, Shaoquan Liu and Dingde Xu
Land 2023, 12(5), 1016; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/1016

5. “Integrating Energy Systems Language and Emergy Approach to Simulate and Analyze the Energy Flow Process of Land Transfer”
by Weiguo Fan, Wei Yao and Kehan Chen
Land 2023, 12(5), 1070; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051070
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/1070

6. “A Review of Village Ecosystem Structure and Stability: Implications for the Karst Desertification Control”
by Li Lin, Kangning Xiong, Qi Wang, Rong Zhao and Jiayi Zhou
Land 2023, 12(6), 1136; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061136
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/6/1136

7. “The Olive Grove Landscape as a Tourist Resource in Andalucía: Oleotourism”
by Mª Genoveva Dancausa Millán, Javier Sanchez-Rivas García and Mª Genoveva Millán Vázquez de la Torre
Land 2023, 12(8), 1507; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081507
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/8/1507

8. “Spatiotemporal Linkages between Administrative Division Adjustment and Urban Form: Political Drivers of the Urban Polycentric Structure”
by Youlin Chen, Lei Wang, Peiheng Yu, Ning Nie, Xuan Yang and Yiyun Chen
Land 2023, 12(9), 1674; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091674
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1674

9. “One Hundred Priority Questions for the Development of Sustainable Food Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa”
by Adam J. M. Devenish, Petra Schmitter, Nugun. P. Jellason, Nafeesa Esmail, Nur M. Abdi, Selase K. Adanu, Barbara Adolph, Maha Al-Zu’bi, Amali A. Amali, Jennie Barron et al. 
Land 2023, 12(10), 1879; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101879
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/10/1879

10. “Does Environmental Aid Make a Difference? Analyzing Its Impact in Developing Countries”
by Chris McCarthy, Troy Sternberg and Lumbani Benedicto Banda
Land 2023, 12(10), 1953; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101953
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/10/1953

11. “How Can Drones Uncover Land Degradation Hotspots and Restoration Hopespots? An Integrated Approach in the Mount Elgon Region with Community Perceptions”
by  Hosea Opedes, Shafiq Nedala, Caspar A. Mücher, Jantiene E. M. Baartman and Frank Mugagga
Land 2024, 13(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010001 (registering DOI)
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/1/1

12. “A Systematic Review of a City in a City: An Aerotropolitan Perspective”
by Emeka Austin Ndaguba, Jua Cilliers and Sumita Ghosh
Land 2022, 11(9), 1499; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091499
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/9/1499

13. “Ecological Civilization in Practice: An Exploratory Study of Urban Agriculture in Four Chinese Cities”
by Alesandros Glaros, Geoff Luehr, Zhenzhong Si and Steffanie Scott
Land 2022, 11(10), 1628; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101628
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/10/1628

14. “Regional Planning, Land-Use Management, and Governance in German Metropolitan Regions—The Case of Rhine–Neckar Metropolitan Region”
by Simin Yan and Anna Growe
Land 2022, 11(11), 2088; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11112088
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/11/2088

15. “Climate Change and Natural Resource Scarcity: A Literature Review on Dry Farming”
by Naomi di Santo, Ilaria Russo and Roberta Sisto
Land 2022, 11(12), 2102; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122102
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/12/2102

16. “The Contribution of Land Registration and Certification Program to Implement SDGs: The Case of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia”
by Ayelech Kidie Mengesha, Reinfried Mansberger, Doris Damyanovic, Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu and Gernot Stoeglehner
Land 2023, 12(1), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010093
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/1/93

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