Data-Driven Approaches to Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 230
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Interests: land consolidation; land management; land administration; GIS; spatial statistics
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Interests: theory of cultural landscape; inventory, analysis, and evaluation of rural landscapes; research on the dry-stone Mediterranean landscape; landscape typology and landscape baselines; landscape policies/legislation; green infrastructure in urban and rural areas
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Interests: geodesy; land consolidation; geoinformatics (GIS); rural development; land abandonment; remote sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the positive response to our previous edition, we are pleased to announce the second Special Issue of Land, titled “Data-Driven Approaches to Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services”.
As land resources face increasing pressure, integrated and evidence-based management of urban green infrastructures (UGIs) and ecosystem services (ESs) is becoming ever more important. Recent advances in geospatial technologies, spatial data infrastructures, Earth observation, and data analytics provide new opportunities for improved planning, monitoring, and implementation of sustainable urban development strategies.
This Special Issue aims to highlight practical and methodological contributions that connect urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services with geoinformation-based decision making, land management instruments, and monitoring frameworks at different governance levels. We particularly welcome applied studies, case studies, and transferable models that support resilient and climate-adaptive cities.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Land administration models (e.g., ISO LADM) and their applications in urban green infrastructures and ecosystem services;
GIS, remote sensing, and spatial modelling for planning and monitoring UGI and ESs;
Urban land management strategies supporting green infrastructure implementation;
Development of indicators and evaluation frameworks;
Valuation approaches related to ecosystem services and green infrastructure.
We look forward to your valuable contributions to this second edition.
Dr. Hrvoje Tomić
Prof. Dr. Miodrag Roić
Dr. Goran Andlar
Prof. Dr. Jaroslaw Janus
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land management
- urban green infrastructure
- ecosystem services
- geoinformation
- decision making
- sustainable urban development
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