Landscape-Scale Modeling of Agricultural Land Use
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecosystem service supply; region division; land use; poi
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Understanding agricultural land-use change at a landscape scale is critical for addressing pressing global challenges, including food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change adaptation. Historically, modeling approaches have evolved from statistical analyses to sophisticated computational simulations to capture the complex drivers of land-use decisions.
This Special Issue aims to collate cutting-edge research on spatially explicit models that simulate the patterns, processes, and outcomes of agricultural land-use change. We seek contributions that advance the methodological frontier and provide actionable insights for sustainable landscape management.
We encourage submissions leveraging innovative approaches, such as integrating AI and machine learning with process-based models, coupling ecological and socio-economic drivers, and incorporating remote sensing and big data to achieve high-precision, predictive simulations at large scales.
We welcome original research, reviews, and case studies focused on the following: development of novel modeling frameworks; analyses of land-use impacts on ecosystem services; scenario exploration for sustainable intensification; and studies that effectively bridge the science-policy gap for informed decision-making.
Dr. Xiumei Tang
Dr. Zsolt Pinke
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land-use change
- agricultural landscape
- spatial modeling
- sustainability
- ecosystem services
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