Land Use Dynamics, Socioeconomic Transformation, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Landscapes
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land–Climate Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 736
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable development; society and environment; natural resource management
Interests: climate variability; seasonal forecasting; climate modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is driven by both natural processes and anthropogenic activities, affecting every sector severely, and particularly climate-sensitive economic sectors. Although climate change is results from both natural and anthropogenic activities, human activities have significantly intensified the effects of climate change. Advances in science and technology, coupled with the growing human demand for natural resources to meet needs and luxury lifestyles, have contributed to global climate change, including climate extremes. Since human activity is the main driver of climate change, effective solutions can be developed if researchers, policymakers, and decision-makers work together to address the challenges and opportunities associated with mitigating the impacts of climate change. Climate extremes, including droughts, floods, heat waves, storms, hurricanes, and wildfires, are becoming increasingly common compared to previous decades and it is essential to investigate the connections between land use dynamics, socioeconomic transformation, and climate change to design appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
The aim of the Special Issue
This Special Issue aims to publish papers focused on land use dynamics, socioeconomic transformation, climate change, climate extremes and the associated opportunities and challenges. Papers on climate change polices such as adaptation and mitigation strategies are welcome in this Special Issue.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Land use dynamics and climate change;
- Land use dynamics and climate extremes;
- Socioeconomic transformation and climate change;
- Climate change polices, such as adaptation and mitigation;
- Challenges and opportunities to fight against climate change and climate extremes.
Dr. Dessalegn Gemeda
Dr. Diriba Korecha
Dr. Sattam Al Shogoor
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land cover dynamics
- climate change
- climate extremes
- socioeconomic transformation
- climate change adaptation
- climate change mitigation
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