Spatial Patterns and Urban Indicators on Land Use and Climate Change
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 5840
Editors
Interests: urban planning; spatial analysis; climate change; urban accessibility
Interests: political economy; green economy; political science
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the limited availability of resources and the high frequency and intensity of natural phenomena threatening urban systems have meant that soil protection is now a priority for the governance of territorial and urban transformations. However, the strong frailties and critical issues that characterize these territories are found in the management of territorial transformations that must aim at a sustainable use of the land and, at the same time, balanced long-term urban development. The measurement of land use and its relative consumption is a fundamental element for classifying and interpreting the forms of urban expansion through the use of remote sensing techniques combined with the potential of spatial information systems. A variety of approaches and methodologies proposed so far outline a completely fragmented picture, increasing the difficulties in identifying useful tools and strategies to limit this phenomenon.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to provide insights into land use changes in relation to current urban dynamics and challenges. In particular, this Special Issue aims to provide a cognitive framework of different territorial contexts through the use of cutting-edge methods, techniques, and technologies due to current urban changes induced by the secondary effects of climate change (heat islands, urban sprawl), which remains a field still under exploration. In this direction, this call for papers invites contributions to the scientific debate around the theoretical and practical solutions to these issues from international and multidisciplinary perspectives, incorporating insights from spatial models, new indicators, and metrics on land use in order to provide solutions to local decision-makers on how to optimize the use of resources in territories in relation to their management.
This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that cover the following themes:
- Land use and climate change;
- Spatial patterns;
- Urban indicators.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Federica Gaglione
Dr. Ayiine-Etigo David
Prof. Dr. Richard Laing
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban planning
- land use prediction
- land use change
- climate change
- spatial analysis
- GIS
- scenario simulation
- spatial metrics
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