Land | Feature Papers in the Section “Urban Contexts and Urban–Rural Interactions” from the First Half of 2024

We are delighted to present a list of papers that were published in the Section “Urban Contexts and Urban–Rural Interactions” in the first half of 2024 in Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) and have received extensive attention.

1. “Ecosystem Services-Based City Ranking in Italy: A Tool to Enhance Sustainable Thinking in Regeneration Strategies”
by Angela Pilogallo, Francesco Scorza and Beniamino Murgante
Land 2024, 13(6), 891; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060891
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/6/891

2. “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

3. “Assessment and Monitoring of Local Climate Regulation in Cities by Green Infrastructure—A National Ecosystem Service Indicator for Germany”
by Ralf-Uwe Syrbe, Sophie Meier, Michelle Moyzes, Claudia Dworczyk and Karsten Grunewald
Land 2024, 13(5), 689; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050689
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/689

4. “Effects of Affordable Housing Land Supply on Housing Prices: Evidence from 284 Cities in China”
by Xue Han and Changchun Feng
Land 2024, 13(5), 580; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050580
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/580

5. “Community-Scale Classification and Governance Policy Implications for Demographic, Economic, and Land-Use Linkages in Mega-Cities”
by Yonghong Mao, Jie Fan, Daojing Zhou, Yao He, Meng Yuan and Huixin Zhang
Land 2024, 13(4), 441; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040441
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/4/441

6. “Envisaging the Intrinsic Departure from Zipf’s Law as an Indicator of Economic Concentration along Urban–Rural Gradients”
by Adele Sateriano, Giovanni Quaranta, Rosanna Salvia, Francisco Escrivà Saneugenio, Alvaro Marucci, Luca Salvati, Barbara Zagaglia and Francesco Chelli
Land 2024, 13(4), 415; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040415
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/4/415

7. “Your Favourite Park Is Not My Favourite Park: A Participatory Geographic Information System Approach to Improving Urban Green and Blue Spaces—A Case Study in Edinburgh, Scotland”
by Charlotte Wendelboe-Nelson, Yiyun Wang, Simon Bell, Craig W. McDougall and Catharine Ward Thompson
Land 2024, 13(3), 395; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030395
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/395

8. “Counteract Soil Consumption through Ecosystem Services and Landscape Restoration for an Efficient Urban Regeneration”
by Celestina Fazia, Kh Md Nahiduzzaman, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Adel Aldosary and Francesca Moraci
Land 2024, 13(3), 323; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030323
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/323

You can find more information about Land and the “Urban Contexts and Urban–Rural Interactions” Section at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/sections/urban_contexts.

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