Land | Special Issues

Monitoring the Effect of Urban Green Space on Environmental Quality

edited by

Marko Bizjak

,

Jihui Yuan

and David Jesenko

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3114 | Submission Open

Keywords: green spaces; urban vegetation; monitoring; environmental quality; urban heat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Soils and Land Management Under Climate Change (Second Edition)

edited by

Dionisios Gasparatos

and

Ioannis Charalampopoulos

submission deadline 18 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3859 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil functions; climate changes; soil carbon sequestration; land degradation; soil erosion; crop production; temperature and precipitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Assessing Habitat Risk from Ecosystem Service Impacts Driven by Land Use and Landscape Pattern Changes

edited by

,

,

, Bo Han and

submission deadline 18 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1807 | Submission Open

Keywords: habitat risk; ecosystem services; land use change; landscape pattern; spatial analysis; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)

The Second Edition: Urban Planning Pathways to Carbon Neutrality

edited by

Yan Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10099 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban spatial planning; carbon emission; carbon neutrality; spatial layout optimization; green transportation systems; green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Land-Based Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for Carbon Neutrality (2nd Edition)

edited by

Li'na Liu

,

Zhenhua Zhang

,

Rong Wu

and Suman Aryal

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8384 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; carbon neutrality; climate smart agriculture; forest conservation and restoration; bioenergy and carbon capture; the role of carbon offsets in emissions trading mechanism; carbon emission mitigation; land use; land use change; and forestry (LULUCF); global climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Spatial Optimization for Multifunctional Land Systems

edited by

Thanh Thi Nguyen

and

Melvin Lippe

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1701 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial optimization ; multifunctional land use ; land use planning ; trade-off analysis ; sustainable land management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Celebrating World Food Day—Rural Economic Transformation and the Green Development of Agriculture in Developing Countries

edited by

Jikun Huang

, Mercedita Sombilla and

Mohammad Jahangir Alam

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18525 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural transformation; structural transformation; inclusive growth; sustainable agriculture; food security; green development; institutional innovation; policy support; investment in agriculture and rural

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Computational Design and Planning for Socio-Environmental Sustainability of Landscapes and Communities

edited by

Xiwei Shen

, Bo Zhang and

Yang Song

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18409 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-environmental sustainability; climate change adaption; environment impact assessment; smart cities; green infrastructure; environmental modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Urban Land Use Change and Its Spatial Planning

edited by

Barbara Goličnik Marušić

,

Vita Žlender

,

Manfred Schrenk

and Kasper Kok

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16162 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; dynamic processes; planning; policy; quality; sustainability; participation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Integrating Climate, Land, and Water Systems

edited by Krzysztof Raczynski, Jamie Dyer, Łukasz Chabudziński and

Katarzyna Baran-Gurgul

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7755 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; climate; water; integration; system interconnections; system dynamics; geospatial frameworks; interdependencies; resilience; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Connections Between Land Use, Land Policies, and Food Systems

edited by

Xiangzheng Deng

,

Peiheng Yu

and

Yuping Bai

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7076 | Submission Open

Keywords: land management; land use/land cover change; land policies; food systems; urbanization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)

Land Space Optimization and Governance

edited by

Xufeng Cui

,

Walter T. de Vries

, Hamidreza Rabiei-Dastjerdi,

Jie Zhu

, Guan Li and

Zhaojin Yan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5492 | Submission Open

Keywords: land space optimization; land governance; geospatial technologies; artificial intelligence; big data; sustainable development; urban– rural integration; global case studies; policy innovation; cross-regional coordination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Rural Space: Between Renewal Processes and Preservation

edited by Hadas Shadar and Irit Amit-Cohen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5284 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban spatial conflicts; development processes in rural areas; rural heritage; rural preservation; rural sense of place; rural local identity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Green Spaces and Urban Morphology: Building Sustainable Cities

edited by

Milena D. Lakicevic

,

Mirjana J. Miletić

and

Andrzej Greinert

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4501 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; sustainability; urban design; climate resilient cities; circular cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Forest Soil-Water Resilience to Climate Change: Mechanisms and Management

edited by

Jinglong Fan

,

Sameh Kotb Abd-Elmabod

and

Lei Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2460 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ecosystem; ecological potential; interaction mechanisms; forest management; agriculture techniques; ecologic diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Young Researchers in Land–Climate Interactions

edited by

Nir Krakauer

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1065 | Submission Open

Keywords: global warming; climate adaptation planning; land surface temperature; carbon in agriculture and forestry; biogeochemical cycles; land– atmosphere energy exchange; hydrological feedbacks; urban heat-island effects; extreme weather impacts; greenhouse gas mitigation; carbon neutrality; climate change; land management; land planning; land degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Towards Healthy and Sustainable Human Settlement: The Ecological and Cultural Connation of Landsenses (Second Edition)

edited by

Jiang Liu

,

Yuhan Shao

and

Xin-Chen Hong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 997 | Submission Open

Keywords: landsenses; environmental governance; cultural preservation; health promotion; resilience; restorative landscape; community engagement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Climate Change and Soil Erosion: Challenges and Solutions

edited by Hongliang Kang,

Hai Xiao

, Bing Wu and

Matteo Gentilucci

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; climate change; extreme events; soil and water conservation; vegetation restoration; terrace; land management; carbon cycle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Institutions in Governance of Land Use: Mitigating Boom and Bust (Second Edition)

edited by Piyush Tiwari, Jyoti Shukla and Godwin Kavaarpuo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 620 | Submission Open

Keywords: land governance; land assembly; land value; land rights; land expropriation and compensation; disaster management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Campus of the University: Spatial Evolution, Societal Response, and Design Innovation

edited by

Gang Feng

and

Fei Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban-campus relationship; campus planning and architectural history; spatial forms and architectural systems; sustainability and green planning; digitalization and learning model transformation; cultural perspectives and mental well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Urban Land Use Policies and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Cezary Beker

,

Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska

and

Alina Źróbek-Rózańska

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial management; urban sustainability; socio-economic geography; local and regional policy; ecosystem service assessment; environmental management; urban green and blue infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)

Multiscalar Interactions Between Climate and Land Management Regimes

edited by C. Andrew Day,

Kenneth R. Young

and

Brice B. Hanberry

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; climate change and variability; land– climate interactions; vegetation distribution; soil erosion/sedimentation; water quality; land management/governance; ecosystem services; resilience; multiscale modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

New Towns—Past, Present, and Future

edited by Hadas Shadar and

Arnon Golan

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: new towns; urban theories; urban models; urban modernization; population deconcentration and concentration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

European Forest Ecosystems: Interactions Between Landscape, Ecology, and Health

edited by

Ovidiu Ionescu

and

Michael Manton

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape shifts; wildlife management; human– wildlife interactions; ecosystem sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Smart Urban Planning: Digital Technologies for Spatial Design

edited by

Yoonshin Kwak

, Si Chen and

Brian Deal

submission deadline 3 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1497 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city and smart landscape; evidence-based design; AI-driven planning; planning support system; climate change and urbanization; decision-making; urban and environmental analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Urban Land Expansion and Regional Inequality

edited by

Montaña Jiménez-Espada

and

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10759 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sprawl and planning; regional inequality; territorial management; sustainable urban development; demographic challenge; public participation and municipal governance; metropolitan areas; rural areas; geographical accessibility issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins (Second Edition)

edited by

Vlassios Hrissanthou

and Konstantinos Kaffas

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; stream sediment transport; field measurements; laboratory measurements; machine learning methods; fuzzy logic; constructive and management measures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

New Perspectives in the Management and Monitoring of Mountain Ecosystems

edited by

Oimahmad Rahmonov

and

Michał Sobala

submission deadline 9 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 651 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountains vegetation; disturbances of vegetation; ecosystem services; soil erosion; landscape diversity; land use/cover; livestock rangeland; land abandonment; historical grazing; mountain tourism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Influence of Urbanization-Related Radical Land Modification on Urban Extreme Climate: 2nd Edition

edited by

Guoyu Ren

and

Yali Luo

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6103 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; land cover; LULC change; urbanization effect; urban area; extreme climate; climate change; observation; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Recent Progress in Land Degradation Processes, Control and Restoration

edited by Jianye Li, Weida Gao, Wei Hu,

Qiang Chen

and Xingyi Zhang

submission deadline 13 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6030 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation pathways; land degradation progress; land use; soil erosion; soil carbon; environment effects; ecosystem functions and services; control measures; land restoration; ecosystem restoration and reconstruction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)

Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Heritage and Memory

edited by

Bojana Bojanic Obad Scitaroci

,

Nerma Omićević

and

Tamara Zaninović

submission deadline 13 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2635 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape transformation; memorialisation; heritage resilience; active vs. passive land use; cultural heritage; natural heritage; heritage urbanism; forgotten urban layers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Economic Valuation Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Policy Applications

edited by

Chi-Ok Oh

and

Hyun No Kim

submission deadline 13 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2203 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; economic valuation; land use policy; sustainable management; environmental decision-making; non-market valuation; environmental policy; land use conflicts; ES trade-offs; land use planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)

Cultural Landscapes in Transition: Balancing Heritage, Development, and Sustainability

edited by Isabel Vaz De Freitas and

Fátima Matos Silva

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13266 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural landscapes; preservation and conservation; cultural heritage; modern development; urbanization; land abandonment; sustainable practices; economic growth; cultural integrity; community engagement; traditional techniques; regenerative tourism; sustainable tourism; sustainable planning; reuses; adaptation; carrying capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Adaptation Strategies of Sustainable Agriculture to Climate Change and Land Use

edited by

Christina-Ioanna Papadopoulou

and

Dimitrios Kalfas

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6953 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; climate change; land use; precision agriculture; agroecology; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Innovations in Soil Erosion Assessment and Management Along Rivers and Coastal Areas：2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

,

and Francesca Minniti

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4162 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; assessment; management; modeling; natural and anthropogenic factors; extreme events and climate change; river and coastal dynamics; remote sensing; decision making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Spatial Optimization of Land Use: A Perspective on Carbon Emission and Energy Landscape Planning

edited by Jing Huang, Wenjing Han, Chai Duo, Jing Lan and Shan Guo

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2095 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial optimization; land use planning; climate resilience; carbon neutrality; climate change mitigation; environmental impacts; energy transition; resilient energy landscapes; energy infrastructure planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Reimagining Cities and Landscapes: AI, Sustainability, Exaptation and Inclusive Urban Futures

edited by Alessandro Melis and Antonio Lara-Hernandez

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1638 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural exaptation; adaptive reuse; urban resilience; vacant spaces; sustainable urbanism; socio-ecological design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Potential for Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Green Infrastructure (2nd Edition)

edited by

Petra Schneider

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological engineering; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; land recycling; land transformation; animal-aided design; sustainable urban drainage; climate adaptation; biotope networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

The 15-Minute City: Land-Use Policy Impacts

edited by

Mara Ladu

,

Ginevra Balletto

,

Giuseppe Borruso

and Daniela Paddeu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10607 | Submission Open

Keywords: 15-minute city model; land use; transport planning; demographic transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Land, Security, and Digital Transformation

edited by

Rohan Bennett

, Kirsikka Riekkinen,

Trias Aditya

, Daniel Paez,

Jerome Donovan

and Jaap Zevenbergen

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: land administration; land management; cadastre; land registration; entrepreneurship; cybersecurity

Urban Spatial Planning for Health and Well-Being

edited by

, Zhiqiang Feng,

,

and

submission deadline 21 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2233 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing and street view image; spatio-temporal statistics and disease mapping; GeoAI and LLM; health impact assessment; urban spatial planning; nature-based solution; walkability and bikeability; sustainable development goal; urban built environment; 15-minute city and well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Feature Papers on Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability

edited by

Lucia Rocchi

and

Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano

submission deadline 23 Feb 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8285 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land management policies; land use and land management practices; land use impact assessment; sustainable land management; land use decision making; nature restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)

Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research, Management and Education

edited by

Eusebio Cano Carmona

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9688 | Submission Open

Keywords: botany; soil science; grasslands; forests; shrublands; dynamics; ecology; teaching; management; climate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban Planning in a Time of Crisis

edited by

Kinga Rybak-Niedziółka

,

Janusz Marchwinski

,

Luis Araújo Santos

and

Eduardo Natividade-Jesus

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience of urban spaces; sustainability in planning of the built environment; green-blue infrastructure; energy consciousness in urban planning; social equality and quality of life in urban spaces; multifunctional spaces and flexibility in urban design; resident safety in urban design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Land Resource Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Weiguo Fan

and

Xuechao Wang

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2815 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resource efficiency; functional differences evaluation; land resource capitalization; process evaluation and simulation; energy system language and LCA; typical model of land use; ecological security and carrying capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)

Sustainable Brownfield (Re)Developments Versus Urban Growth Demands: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by

Talib E. Butt

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1583 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; urbanization; brownfield; (re)development; urban growth demands; spatial planning; risk assessment; contaminated land

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Rethinking Rural-Urban Interactions in Terms of Food Security and Agriculture Development

edited by Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie and Luoman Pu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10612 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban interactions; food security; ecological agriculture; agricultural economy; agricultural policy; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Land-Use Systems from Resource-Nexus Perspectives

edited by

Jingying Fu

,

Dong Jiang

and

Gang Lin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10507 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDGs; resource coupling; resource policy; water-energy-food-materials-land nexus; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)

Urban Green Spaces: An Effective Tool to Regulate Urban Climate and Biodiversity, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nikolaos Proutsos

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8624 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; urban climate and climate change in cities; urban biodiversity; urban trees and vegetation management; meteorological monitoring of urban green areas; Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Cool Island (UCI); thermal comfort; natural and artificial climate-friendly materials; nature-based solutions and good practices in cities; plant species selection criteria in cities; water and maintenance requirements of urban vegetation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Rural Social Movements and the Question of the Land in the 21st Century

edited by

Peter Rosset

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8422 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural social movements; agroecology; land grabbing and the defense of land and territory; food sovereignty; peasant and indigenous autonomy; land and territory; peasants and indigenous people

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

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