Multiscalar Interactions between Climate and Land Management Regimes
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land–Climate Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrology; water resources; land cover change; climate change and variability
Interests: biogeography; environmental conservation; developing countries; tropical ecosystems; protected areas; Latin America, biodiversity; climate change; landscape change
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Interests: coupled human-environment systems; fire; grasslands; land use and land change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Land focuses on the dynamic and interconnected relationships between climate systems and land management regimes across all spatial and temporal scales. Land use and land cover change—driven by agriculture, forestry, urbanization, and conservation practices—can impact corresponding climate system processes. Conversely, climatic variability and long-term climate change are increasingly influencing land management decisions, land tenure arrangements, and ecosystem functioning.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect papers that explore how these interactions can affect carbon and water cycles, vegetation distribution and biodiversity, soil erosion/sedimentation, water quality, and any other relevant critical outcomes at all scales. As land use change and development intensifies, understanding these interactions is essential for designing sustainable, climate-resilient management strategies and governance systems.
This Special Issue encourages interdisciplinary studies, including original research, reviews, and theoretical or conceptual analyses. Submissions that integrate natural and social sciences, or that feature case studies from diverse ecological and governance contexts, are especially welcome. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Land use change and its influence on regional or local climate feedback
- Climate-driven shifts in land use and management practices
- Vegetation/biodiversity changes caused by land–climate interactions
- Soil erosion/sedimentation caused by land–climate interactions
- Impacts on water quality and aquatic ecosystems due to land use change and climate variability
- Climate adaptation in land governance and planning
- Multiscale modeling of land–atmosphere and land–water processes
- Coupled human–natural system approaches to land management
- Synergies in land-based climate mitigation strategies
- Role of traditional, indigenous, and local knowledge in managing land–climate risks
- Policy and institutional responses to emerging land–climate challenges
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. C. Andrew Day
Prof. Dr. Kenneth R. Young
Dr. Brice B. Hanberry
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land use change
- climate change and variability
- land–climate interactions
- vegetation distribution
- soil erosion/sedimentation
- water quality
- land management/governance
- ecosystem services
- resilience
- multiscale modeling
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