Land Space Optimization and Governance
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 210
Special Issue Editors
Interests: land management; land use planning; land information; geographic information system; natural resources management; agroeconomics
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Interests: land management; land administration; land use planning; cadastre; land information; organizational and institutional aspects of land management
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Interests: spatial planning; urban development; spatial inequalities; remote sensing and GIS; environmental studies
Interests: land use planning; space optimization; urban studies; spatial growth management; modeling and simulation
Interests: land management; natural resources management; territorial space planning; urban land use
Interests: land use changes; geographic information system; spatiotemporal analysis; geographic modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In an era of unprecedented urbanization and environmental change, the space optimization and governance of land stand at the forefront of scientific inquiry. As the global population grows and resource demands intensify, how we allocate, utilize, and manage land has become critical to sustainability, and effective land governance can curb sprawl, preserve ecosystems, and build resilient communities. This research area merges geography, ecology, and urban planning with cutting-edge technologies like GIS and remote sensing as it seeks to balance economic growth, social equity, and environmental health. By integrating interdisciplinary knowledge and leveraging cutting-edge technological tools, this field can offer innovative solutions for the efficient allocation and scientific management of land resources.
The goal of this Special Issue is to gather together papers (original research articles and review papers) that provide insights into land space optimization and governance. It aligns with the journal’s scope by emphasizing the application of cutting-edge technologies and interdisciplinary approaches to address pressing land space challenges.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Novel theories in land space optimization and governance;
- Land space optimization and geospatial technologies;
- Land space optimization, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data;
- Challenges and innovations in land space governance methods;
- Land space optimization for sustainable development;
- Land space optimization for high-quality economic and social development;
- Land planning and urban–rural integration;
- Comprehensive land consolidation and land space governance;
- Global case studies on land space governance;
- Legal and policy innovation in land space governance;
- The cross-regional coordination of land space governance.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Xufeng Cui
Prof. Dr. Walter T. de Vries
Dr. Hamidreza Rabiei-Dastjerdi
Dr. Jie Zhu
Dr. Guan Li
Dr. Zhaojin Yan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land space optimization
- land governance
- geospatial technologies
- artificial intelligence
- big data
- sustainable development
- urban–rural integration
- global case studies
- policy innovation
- cross-regional coordination
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