Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues
A section of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).
Section Information
There has been a growing interest in studying land as a coupled human–environment system in research and policy making at local, regional, national, and international scales. Investigating contemporary and historical land issues contributes to broader land management plans by linking land systems to the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability. This Section of the Land journal will focus on studies exploring different land policies and the nexus of human–land–environment tied with contemporary and historical land issues. Understanding the drivers, trends, and impacts of different contemporary and historical land issues on social and natural processes helps to reveal how changes in the land system impact the functioning of socio-economic systems as a whole as well as the tradeoff between these changes. By studying the interplay between social and economic systems that shape land use policies, land issues operate at the interface of the social and economic sciences and require a high level of interdisciplinary collaboration across academic disciplines, which is reflected in this Section of the Land journal. Hence, in this Section, we are seeking to publish articles that examine the comprehensive scope of contemporary and historical land issues, notably socio-economic relations, politics and dynamics of power, land governance, land tenure, access to land, land market, land rights, and other relevant topics at micro (local), meso (national), and macro (global) levels. All manuscripts should be written clearly so that they can be understood by a broad group of scholars and policy makers. Contributions from economists, political economists, socio-economists, development economists, as well as sociologists and political scientists committed to the rigorous study and analysis of land issues are welcome.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Impacts of Local Land-Use on the Global Ecological Crisis (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
- Quality Productions: Socio-Environmental Impacts on Local Agro-Food Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Public Spaces: Socioeconomic Challenges (Deadline: 3 July 2023)
- Sustainable Land Management in Times of Climate Extremes – Adaptations, Institutional Frameworks, Farmer Behaviour, and Community Empowerment (Deadline: 10 July 2023)
- Assessing the Drivers and Proximate Causes of Land Change in Regional Ecosystems (Deadline: 14 July 2023)
- The Role Played by Agriculture in Inland Areas (Deadline: 16 July 2023)
- Feature Papers for 'Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues' Section (Deadline: 19 July 2023)
- Institutions in Governance of Land Use: Mitigating Boom and Bust (Deadline: 21 July 2023)
- Smart Land Management (Deadline: 21 July 2023)
- Planning for Community-Based Urban Agriculture (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- International Migration and Land Use Change (Deadline: 11 August 2023)
- Gender, Land Tenure, Land Use and Livelihoods in the Context of Climate Change (Deadline: 11 August 2023)
- Rural Land Use Transformation and Agricultural Sustainable Development II (Deadline: 25 August 2023)
- Imbricating Socioeconomic and Environmental Data to Model Spatial Patterns of Peri-Urbanisation and Their Consequences (Deadline: 28 August 2023)
- Geographic Information Technologies and the New Challenges of Globalization in a Changing Environment (Deadline: 28 August 2023)
- New Insights in Integrated Land Management (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
- Critical Insights on Tenure Security in the Global South (Deadline: 1 September 2023)
- Evaluation, Application, and Opportunities of Land-Use Decision Support System in Agriculture (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- Spatial Optimization and Sustainable Development of Land Use (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
- Current and Future Trends of Socio-Economic Values in Terrestrial Ecosystem Services (Deadline: 25 September 2023)
- Energy Colonialism, Extractivism, Socio-Ecological Transitions, and Land Planning (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Urban Infrastructure Development, Land-Related Policy and Socio-Economic Impacts in Emerging Economies (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Land Outlooks, Local Marketplaces and Tourism Advancement (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Green Sustainable Development, Technology Innovation and Sustainable Land Management (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: