Feature Papers for Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions Section: 2nd Edition
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 2025 | Viewed by 242
Special Issue Editor
Interests: land-use change modelling; ecosystem services; socio-environmental justice; urban land teleconnections; urban ecology; GIS and remote sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue “Feature Papers for Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions Section: 2nd Edition” welcomes positioning, overview and reflecting contributions focusing on both patterns and processes in urban landscapes and cities as well as along the urban–rural gradient. The section is open to submissions dealing with urban land use and its change, urbanization impacts on ecosystems and their services in cities, the future of peri-urbanization, the urban heat island and impacts of climate change on human and ecosystems quality of life including biodiversity aspects, wildlife and nature conservation in urban ecosystems and along urban boundaries, urban planning and governance of green infrastructure and nature-based solutions, sustainable cities, and the role of technology and big data in urban social-ecological land study.
Inter- and transdisciplinary manuscripts are highly welcome. And we also welcome case studies and other applied research, “state of science and beyond’’ reviews, and topical short communications and opinion papers.
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Haase
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban landscapes
- urban land use change
- urban heat island and climate change
- urbanization impacts on ecosystems and their services
- biodiversity, wildlife, and nature conservation in urban ecosystems
- urban planning and governance of green-blue infrastructures
- green infrastructure and nature-based solutions
- sustainable cities
- environmental justice in cities
- technology for cities and big data
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