Land | Invitation to Read Papers from 2023–2024 and Hot Topic Special Issues Related to Fire Danger and Landscape Ecology
We are delighted to share some papers on fire danger and landscape ecology research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2023 and 2024. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.
The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:
1. “Environmental Forest Fire Danger Rating Systems and Indices around the Globe: A Review”
by Ioannis Zacharakis and Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis
Land 2023, 12(1), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010194
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010194
2. “Object- Versus Pixel-Based Unsupervised Fire Burn Scar Mapping under Different Biogeographical Conditions in Europe”
by Marta Milczarek, Sebastian Aleksandrowicz, Afroditi Kita, Rizos-Theodoros Chadoulis, Ioannis Manakos and Edyta Woźniak
Land 2023, 12(5), 1087; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051087
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051087
3. “An Enhanced Algorithm for Active Fire Detection in Croplands Using Landsat-8 OLI Data”
by Yizhu Jiang, Jinling Kong, Yanling Zhong, Qiutong Zhang and Jingya Zhang
Land 2023, 12(6), 1246; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061246
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/6/1246
4. “Vegetation Fires in the Lubumbashi Charcoal Production Basin (The Democratic Republic of the Congo): Drivers, Extent and Spatiotemporal Dynamics”
by Yannick Useni Sikuzani, Médard Mpanda Mukenza, Héritier Khoji Muteya, Nadège Cirezi Cizungu, François Malaisse and Jan Bogaert
Land 2023, 12(12), 2171; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122171
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122171
5. ‘Mapping Firescapes for Wild and Prescribed Fire Management: A Landscape Classification Approach”
by Nicholas P. Gould, Lars Y. Pomara, Sandhya Nepal, Scott L. Goodrick and Danny C. Lee
Land 2023, 12(12), 2180; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122180
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2180
6. “A Geospatial Approach to Identify and Evaluate Ecological Restoration Sites in Post-Fire Landscapes”
by Stefanos Dosis, George P. Petropoulos and Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos
Land 2023, 12(12), 2183; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122183
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2183
7. “How Mediterranean Ecosystem Deals with Wildfire Impact on Soil Ecosystem Services and Functions: A Review”
by Marcos Francos, Fernando Colino-Prieto and Carlos Sánchez-García
Land 2024, 13(4), 407; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040407
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/4/407
8. “Farm Household Vulnerability Due to Land and Forest Fire in Peatland Areas in South Sumatra”
by Muhammad Yazid, Dessy Adriani, Riswani and Dini Damayanthy
Land 2024, 13(5), 642; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050642
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/642
9. “Exploring Drivers of Wildfires in Spain”
by Rasheed Akinleye Hammed, Gbenga Lawrence Alawode, Laura E. Montoya, Andrey Krasovskiy and Florian Kraxner
Land 2024, 13(6), 762; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060762
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/6/762
10. “Urban Fire Risk Dynamics and Mitigation Strategies in Shanghai: Integrating Spatial Analysis and Game Theory”
by Manqing Yao, Deshun Zhang, Yingying Chen, Yujia Liu and Mohamed Elsadek
Land 2024, 13(8), 1125; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081125
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/8/1125
11. “Through Smoke to Policy: Framing the EU Forest Fire Policy Landscape”
by Filip Aggestam
Land 2024, 13(9), 1450; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091450
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/9/1450
12. “Fire Detection with Deep Learning: A Comprehensive Review”
by Rodrigo N. Vasconcelos, Washington J. S. Franca Rocha, Diego P. Costa, Soltan G. Duverger, Mariana M. M. de Santana, Elaine C. B. Cambui, Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira, Mariana Oliveira, Leonardo da Silva Barbosa and Carlos Leandro Cordeiro
Land 2024, 13(10), 1696; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101696
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101696
13. “Continuous Monitoring of Soil Respiration After a Prescribed Fire: Seasonal Variations in CO2 Efflux”
by María C. Romero-Toribio, Elena Angulo, Ramón C. Soriguer, Javier Madrigal, Francisco Senra-Rivero, Xim Cerdá and Joaquín Cobos
Land 2024, 13(10), 1706; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101706
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101706
14. “Comparative Study of Random Forest and Support Vector Machine for Land Cover Classification and Post-Wildfire Change Detection”
by Yan-Cheng Tan, Lia Duarte and Ana Cláudia Teodoro
Land 2024, 13(11), 1878; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111878
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111878
15. “Assessing the Post-Fire Recovery of Mined-Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone”
by Monia Anzooman, Phill B. McKenna, Natasha Ufer, Thomas Baumgartl, Neil McIntyre and Mandana Shaygan
Land 2024, 13(12), 2253; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122253
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2253
Special Issues:
“Postfire Runoff and Erosion in Forests: Assessment and Management”
Guest Editors: Misagh Parhizkar and Pietro Denisi
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025
“Forest Ecosystems Under Climate Pressure: Protection, Fire Management and Socio-Economic Dimensions”
Guest Editors: Olga Christopoulou, Stergios Tampekis, Stavros Sakellariou and Fani Samara
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025
“Land Use, Heritage and Ecosystem Services”
Guest Editors: Gustavo Ballesteros-Pelegrín, Carlos Sánchez-García, Marcos Francos and Daniel Ibarra Marinas
Submission deadline: 30 November 2025
