Opportunities and Risks for Agriculture and the Environment at Landscape Scales
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 78
Special Issue Editors
2. Center for Geographical Research, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, 700505 Iași, Romania
Interests: soil geography; soil quality; land evaluation; geomorphology
Interests: GIS and statistics applications in climatology; soil science; geomorphology; theoretical and applied research in agricultural land evaluation
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Interests: GIS and Remote sensing (RS) data processing and modelling (multispectral, thermal, LiDAR, RGB); UAVs; development of precision farming solutions; machine and deep learning; environmental engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agriculture is increasingly recognized as part of broader environmental and socio-ecological systems. In the current situation where global demand is growing, while environmental anomalies and soil degradation are intensifying, farmland practices need to be redefined and adapted to address not only productivity and efficiency, but also resource management, biodiversity, ecosystem services, sustainability and resilience.
Landscape-scale approaches make up a powerful framework for reconciling farmlands with ecological integrity and climate resilience. They offer a perspective on how farming interacts with natural processes and ecosystem functions. This can reveal new opportunities for sustainable production and biodiversity conservation, yet it also exposes risks related to land-use intensification, ecosystem degradation, and climatic or geomorphic processes.
This Special Issue aims to advance our understanding of landscape-scale systems, by gathering original research and methodological developments on the following main topics:
- Landscape-scale agricultural land-use management.
- Spatial modeling and scenario assessment.
- GIS and remote sensing applications in landscape analysis.
- Policy, governance and solutions for sustainable landscapes.
- Agroecosystem resilience, climate mitigation, biodiversity maintenance, carbon sequestration, water regulation, and nutrient cycling.
- Risks and challenges at the landscape scale.
Studies addressing the effects of climate change, land-use transitions, and policy transformations on agroecosystem structure and function, as well as contributions employing new conceptual frameworks, analytical tools, or monitoring methodologies are welcomed.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Ionuț Vasiliniuc
Dr. Cristian Valeriu Patriche
Dr. Zsófia Varga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landscape analysis
- sustainable agroecosystems
- land degradation
- land-use change
- land-use planning
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