Land | Special Issues

Sustainable Forest Landscape Management Towards Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity

edited by

Guillermo Martinez-Pastur

,

Robert Baldwin

,

Mónica Toro-Manríquez

and

Serban Chivulescu

submission deadline 7 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7973 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forestry; ecosystem services; biodiversity conservation; multi-objective forest planning; synergies and trade-offs; landscape management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land Management at Urban-Rural Interface

edited by

Fabrizio Battisti

submission deadline 11 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8780 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessment methods and techniques to support choices in urban planning and programming of interventions affecting the urban-rural interface; territorial marketing; strategies for enhancing the relationship between urban areas and agricultural and/or wildland areas; innovative models for the environmental recovery of compromised areas; innovative urban and regional planning tools; administrative procedures for land transformation and/or preservation; strategies for the transformation of degraded urban areas; urban agriculture

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

Valuing Culture Through Ecosystem Services: Integrating Economic, Social, and Land Perspectives

edited by

Martin Boltiziar

submission deadline 11 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1032 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural ecosystems; ecosystem services; cultural landscapes; economic valuation; land-use planning; socio-ecological approaches

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

Landscape Ecological Risk in Mountain Areas

edited by Wei Deng and

Quanzhi Yuan

submission deadline 12 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10370 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecological risk; mountain areas; structure and function; changing environment; simulation and prediction; landscape ecological response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Potential for Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Green Infrastructure

edited by

Petra Schneider

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12353 | 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)

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 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 990 | 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)

Responsible and Smart Land Management (2nd Edition)

edited by

Walter T. de Vries

and

Iwan Rudiarto

submission deadline 18 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2997 | Submission Open

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

Conservation of Bio- and Geo-Diversity and Landscape Changes II

edited by

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

,

Adrian Ursu

and

Ilinca-Valentina Stoica

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 26079 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; eco-diversity; geo-diversity; land cover and use changes; planning; natural protected areas; local development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

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

edited by

Li'na Liu

,

Zhenhua Zhang

,

Rong Wu

and Suman Aryal

submission deadline 26 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1264 | 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)

Land Resource Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Weiguo Fan

and

Xuechao Wang

submission deadline 27 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 490 | 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)

Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges from Different Disciplines II

edited by

Vanessa Zorrilla-Muñoz

,

Maria Silveria Agulló-Tomás

,

Eduardo Fernandez

,

Sonia de Lucas Santos

,

Jesus Cuadrado Rojo

and

Blanca Criado Quesada

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20635 | Submission Open

Keywords: land/environment/ecology; ageing/ageism/older people; gender/eco/feminisms; rural– urban spaces/frames; health; social services and education aspects; land economic and public policies aspects; work/employment and leisure/tourism aspects; pandemic; psycho-social crisis and climate change aspects

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

The Role Played by Agriculture in Inland Areas

edited by

Orlando Cimino

,

Concetta Cardillo

and Giuseppe Gaudio

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12276 | Submission Open

Keywords: inland areas; agriculture in inland areas; vulnerability and resilience of inland areas; governance and policy of inland resources; sustainability (environmental; social; and economic); ecosystem services and sustainable development of inland areas; management policies and strategies regarding inland areas; models and analytical tools for land management in inland areas; examples of good practices in inland areas

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

Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use

edited by

Ying Hou

and

Baoyin Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10920 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resources; land use efficiency; land management; rural industrial integration; land conversion; agricultural labor productivity

Landscape Perspectives on Urban Regeneration in Mediterranean Cities

edited by

Luís Mendes

and Teresa Tapada-Berteli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10751 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban regeneration; urban renovation; urban redevelopment; urban sustainability; urban governance; community resilience; gentrification; community-based urban redevelopment; urban policies

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

Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS for Land Use Change Assessment

edited by

Martin Boltiziar

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9528 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; land-use change; land cover; ecosystem services; environmental impact assessment

The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Tourism Development

edited by

Dunja Demirović Bajrami

and

Adriana Radosavac

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7526 | Submission Open

Keywords: land policy; tourism development; sustainable tourism; urban planning; zoning laws; property rights; local economies; policy innovation

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

Digital Earth and Remote Sensing for Land Management

edited by

Massimo Fabris

and

Djamil Al-Halbouni

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7282 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital earth; satellite imagery; InSAR; digital elevation models (DEM); land monitoring; land use; land cover; urban morphology; GIS tools

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Land Use Policy and Food Security: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dingde Xu

,

Shili Guo

and

Shaoquan Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5653 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use policy; market development; food security; sustainable development

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

The 15-Minute City: Land-Use Policy Impacts

edited by

Mara Ladu

,

Ginevra Balletto

,

Giuseppe Borruso

and Daniela Paddeu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4970 | 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)

Integrating Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (Second Edition)

edited by

Michael Hensel

,

Defne Sunguroglu Hensel

and

Alessandra Battisti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4708 | Submission Open

Keywords: integration of urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; urban environmental and ecological restoration; multifunctional land use; integration of green; blue; and grey infrastructure; novel urban green systems; urban agriculture; horticulture; and gardening; urban ecology and multi-species design; decision support systems for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; data-driven design for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture

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

Spatial-Temporal Evolution Analysis of Land Use

edited by

Alma Zavodnik Lamovšek

,

Gregor Čok

, Mojca Foški, Lea Petrović Krajnik, Dorota Jopek and Samo Drobne

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4072 | Submission Open

Keywords: which global processes are influenced land use changes in recent decades; land use planning in order to ensure harmonious economic and social development; a healthy living environment and the protection of natural resources; new methodological approaches and new indicators to describe and understand the processes influencing land use development; new solutions and models of land use planning in the circumstances of rapidly global changes; evidence-based analysis for supporting decisions; hybrid sciences to monitor land use development in real time; policy debates on sustainable land use be conducted at international; national; regional and local levels

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

Building Climate-Resilient Farms: Navigating Risks and Adaptation in Agriculture

edited by Nasir Abbas Khan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3750 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; agricultural adaptation; vulnerability and resilience; climate-smart practices; food security; sustainable land management

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

Advances in Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility

edited by Fernando Fonseca,

Daniel Rodrigues

,

Paulo Ribeiro

and

Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2925 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban planning; sustainable urban mobility; climate-neutral cities; urban transportation policies; urban resilience and adaptation; sustainable and liveable cities

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

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

edited by

Peter Rosset

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2703 | 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)

Grassland Ecosystem Services: Research Advances and Future Directions for Sustainability: 3rd Edition

edited by

Michael Vrahnakis

and

Yannis (Ioannis) Kazoglou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2173 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland abandonment; grassland ecology; grassland management; grassland biodiversity; grassland hydrology; issues and threats; supporting; provisioning; regulating and cultural grassland ecosystem services; grass cultivation and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

The Mechanism of Land-Water Interaction and Management Strategies: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and

Shiliang Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1976 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; hydrological processes; models; hydrological variables; runoff; infiltration

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

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

edited by

,

,

,

and Francesca Minniti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1304 | 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)

Land Use Dynamics, Socioeconomic Transformation, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Landscapes

edited by Dessalegn Gemeda, Diriba Korecha and Sattam Al Shogoor

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 1056 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover dynamics; climate change; climate extremes; socioeconomic transformation; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation

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

Geodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Integrating Abiotic and Biotic Perspectives of Regional Development with Methodological Advances

edited by Ana Vovk, Laura Melelli and

Borut Stojilković

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 818 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodiversity; ecosystem services; geosystem services; abiotic-biotic interactions; sustainable land management; biodiversity and resilience; geoconservation; diversity evaluation techniques

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

Agri-Food Systems, Land Transitions and Society in Evolving Africa

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food systems; transitions; landscapes; social systems; degradation; rights; intensification; climate change; ecological debt; drivers

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

Spatial Patterns and Urban Indicators on Land Use and Climate Change

edited by

Federica Gaglione

, Ayiine-Etigo David and

Richard Laing

submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land use prediction; land use change; climate change; spatial analysis; GIS; scenario simulation; spatial metrics

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

Optimization of Land Space for High-Quality and Sustainable Development

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7417 | Submission Open

Keywords: land space; ecological resilience; water– energy– food– land nexus; landslide sensitivity; land use planning; Yellow River Basin; sustainable land use; high-quality development; modeling and simulation of land use

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

edited by

Eusebio Cano Carmona

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3312 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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

edited by

Guoyu Ren

and

Yali Luo

submission deadline 8 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1455 | 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)

Urban Landscapes for Well-Being: Designing Resilient Spaces for Healthier Communities

edited by

Jie Zeng‬‬‬‬

,

Wanxu Chen

and

Wei Gao

submission deadline 8 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient cities; urban resilience; urban landscapes; human well-being; ecosystem services; information services; spatial governance

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

Strategic Planning for Urban Sustainability (Second Edition)

edited by

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

and

Awais Piracha

submission deadline 11 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 966 | Submission Open

Keywords: infill redevelopment; urban and suburban retrofit; novel approaches to land use planning; new forms of eco-urbanism; land use planning strategies; tools; and instruments; coordinated land use and transportation planning interventions; land markets and sustainable urbanism; greenway planning and urbanization; parks and urban growth; infrastructure and commercial interventions; science and business parks; vacant land and community economic development; green gentrification; land value capture mechanisms

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

Advances on Land Cover/Land Use Ontologies for Innovative Production/Utilization of Land Information

edited by

,

,

,

,

Mohammed Abed Hossain

,

Khalid Mahmood

and

Foster Mensah

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18771 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover; land use; interoperability; standardization; geospatial technology; semantic ontology; harmonization; classification; earth observation; remote sensing; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Critical Insights on Tenure Security in the Global South

edited by

Laura German

and

Howard Stein

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9021 | Submission Open

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

Evaluating Urban Public Spaces Based on User-Generated Geographic Data

edited by

Annunziata Palermo

and

Lucia Chieffallo

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban public space; urban fabric; urban regeneration; geographic information systems; user-generated geographic data; mobile device; social media; participation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Land Development and Investment

edited by

Kwong Wing Chau

and

William Ka Shing Cheung

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 17015 | Submission Open

Keywords: land development; land investment; land financing; land policy; technological innovation; risk management; economic impact; social impact; environmental impact

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

Artificial Intelligence for Soil Erosion Prediction and Modeling

edited by

Nikiforos Samarinas

,

Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis

,

Nikolaos Tziolas

and

Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos

submission deadline 22 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4069 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; artificial intelligence; earth observation; big data; sediment transport; water resources; environmental impact; climate change

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

Untangling Urban Analysis Using Geographic Data and GIS Technologies

edited by

He Jin

and

Joni Downs Firat

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1564 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; urban environment; GIS; geographic data; spatial or spatial-temporal analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural 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 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 167 | 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)

Integrating Groundwater Management with Land Use in Agricultural Landscapes

edited by Jonas Satkūnas

submission deadline 29 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater resources and quality; monitoring and mapping of aquifers; resources assessment; water-land management; modelling; climate change

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

Forest Ecosystems: Protection and Restoration II

edited by

Vanessa Winchester

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 76454 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest science; degradation; ecosystem; biodiversity; strategies; resource conflict; forest exploitation; climate change; mechanisms; forest loss

Land Use Effects on Carbon Storage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by

Cole D. Gross

,

Zhengfeng An

and

Scott X. Chang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20334 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; land use management; carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change; soil health

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

Pollen-Based Reconstruction of Holocene Land-Cover

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17857 | Submission Open

Keywords: past land use and anthropogenic land cover changes; vegetation and land cover reconstruction; pollen-based climate reconstruction; holocene vegetation– climate interactions; holocene vegetation dynamics; climate– human interactions; plant diversity and biodiversity

Challenges in the Framework for Integrated Approaches in Vulnerable Coastal Areas: Case Studies & Innovative Proposals

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16339 | Submission Open

Keywords: Territorial management; Environmental planning; Integrated frameworks and policies; Socio-ecological systems; Protected areas; Risk analysis; Land use sustainability; Territorial anthropization; Diffuse pollution

Advances in the Evolution of the Geomorphological Landscape of Urbanized Areas

edited by

Adam Łajczak

and

Roksana Zarychta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6827 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; urbanized areas; geodiversity; geoinformation; topography; relief

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions (3rd Edition)

edited by

Wei Lang

,

Tingting Chen

,

Xun Li

and Eddie Chi-man Hui

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6288 | Submission Open

Keywords: megacity regions; metropolitan coordinating region; urban agglomeration; urban-rural systems; coordinated regional development; regional planning and governance; integrated urban-rural development; structures and networks; rural construction and evaluation; human settlement environment improvement

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

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