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Feature Papers for Land Systems and Global Change Section: 3rd Edition

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Systems and Global Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 960

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Le Yu

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Department for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: land system science; land remote sensing; GIS; biodiversity conservation
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Dr. Xin Chen

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Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030000, China
Interests: land use and land cover change; remote sensing; sustainable land use; land use policy
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Dr. Zhenrong Du

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School of Information and Communication Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Interests: remote sensing information extraction; land and agricultural remote sensing monitoring applications
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Dr. Pengyu Hao

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Interests: remote sensing; land cover; agriculture; ET; time series
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue: “Feature Papers for Land Systems and Global Change Section: 3rd Edition” welcomes contributions concerning the observation and modelling of land system changes. Innovative and transparent datasets and models are vital elements and tools to foster land science.

We welcome reviews and outstanding articles to this Special Issue in order to improve the current knowledge on the datasets and models for land system and global change studies. Interdisciplinary manuscripts are particularly welcome.

Dr. Le Yu
Dr. Xin Chen
Dr. Zhenrong Du
Dr. Pengyu Hao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • land system
  • global change
  • datasets
  • models
  • time series

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A Semi-Systematic Global Review to Understand the Key Components Essential for Advancing the Actual Design, Planning, and Implementation of Blue–Green Infrastructure in Indian Cities
by Vedanti Kelkar, Björn Helm and Peter Krebs
Land 2025, 14(11), 2287; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112287 - 19 Nov 2025
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Cities in developing nations such as India have undergone unregulated growth and uneven urbanization, fostering economic expansion while exacerbating spatial, social, and economic inequalities. This urbanization has significantly degraded water bodies and green spaces, affecting human health and well-being. Blue–green infrastructure (BGI) has [...] Read more.
Cities in developing nations such as India have undergone unregulated growth and uneven urbanization, fostering economic expansion while exacerbating spatial, social, and economic inequalities. This urbanization has significantly degraded water bodies and green spaces, affecting human health and well-being. Blue–green infrastructure (BGI) has emerged as a promising solution for addressing environmental challenges, stormwater management, social well-being, and urban heat mitigation. However, developing countries such as India lack adequate knowledge of their design, planning, and implementation under specific local conditions. This study employs a semi-systematic literature review to identify essential components for BGI implementation in developing nations, with contextual references to India. Among the 797 studies reviewed in total, with 42 studies selected for the final review, only 26% focused on developing countries such as China, with none specifically addressing India. Furthermore, this review discusses global city and country cases across the Global South and Global North to obtain pertinent information from empirical applications worldwide. In total, 32 country cases are analyzed globally, comprising an even larger number of city cases. This review has derived eight thematic areas critical for BGI implementation: spatial configuration, plans and policies, best practices, BGI features and components, stakeholder perceptions, barriers to adoption, local government capacity, and scientific research. Each thematic area is analyzed in relation to stormwater management functions. This study emphasizes that these areas can guide urban planners and researchers in designing effective BGI strategies tailored to specific contexts. By bridging the knowledge gap in India’s development journey, this research underscores the importance of integrating BGI into urban planning to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and address the adverse effects of rapid urbanization. Full article
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