Climate and Carbon Cycle Impact Assessment of Land Policies, Prospects and Challenges
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editors
Interests: land economy and policies; rural land property rights and systems; economic and social performance of the land market
Interests: land use and policies; spatial planning; land information; remote sensing monitoring
Interests: land governance; land use policy; land use planning; political economy; human geography; agricultural economics; food security; decision support systems; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Land use policies are increasingly being recognized as pivotal drivers of climate change mitigation and carbon cycle dynamics. While land management practices and carbon policies have been extensively debated, the impacts of land management policies on carbon emissions and the adaptive practices in land management for climate change remain underexplored. Land management policies include a series of related policies on agricultural production, land use, spatial planning, etc. How these policies affect carbon emissions from agricultural production, land use/cover changes, crop structure, etc., as well as how to improve the adaptability of land policies to climate change and carbon reduction, have significant research and policy implications.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to provide insights into the impact of land management policies on carbon emissions and carbon sinks, as well as the simulations and the innovation of land systems to adapt to climate change and carbon neutrality goals. A wide range of agricultural, land use, ecological compensation, environment protection, spatial planning, and other policies are welcomed.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Review and discussion on carbon reduction and climate adaptive land management policies.
- Agricultural land use and policies on carbon emissions and carbon sinks.
- Urban land use and policies on carbon emissions and carbon sinks.
- Carbon and climate simulation of land use and policies.
- Land management policies adaptive to climate change and carbon reduction.
- The synergy between land policies and carbon reduction practices.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Jian Zhang
Prof. Dr. Xin Li
Prof. Dr. Hossein Azadi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land use policy
- carbon reduction
- climate change
- carbon and climate simulation
- agricultural land
- urban land use
- land management
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