Landscape Ecology and Sustainable Land Use Strategies: Examples and Principles
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable landscape management; landscape ecology; environmental management; land system change; land use; GIS; environmental change; participatory research; co-production of knowledge; landscape planning and design and landscape function
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Land management increasingly needs to achieve multiple goals simultaneously, as challenges of food, biodiversity protection, healthy livelihoods, climate, and other environmental changes are faced locally, regionally, and globally. Making good decisions on how land is used has never been so critical, and the need for achieving sustainability has become more pronounced. There is also growing awareness that a landscape approach is fundamental to decision-making, which includes the many demands on land.
We already understand much about relationships between people and landscapes as well as the need to preserve and enhance ecosystem services that underpin human well-being, health, and economic stability. We have a wealth of knowledge, tools, and approaches at our disposal to help guide our actions towards land use. What is urgently required is stronger integration between science, policy, and practice. Political commitment is needed to prioritise long-term sustainability goals over short-term electoral cycles and ensure sustainable strategies are effectively implemented in a bipartisan manner.
Landscape Ecology, with its transdisciplinary focus and landscape-scale approach, is in a unique position to contribute to sustainable land use strategies. This Special Issue will explore ways in which landscape ecology can contribute towards sustainable land use and landscape management and how it can work at the interface of science, policy, and practice for sustainable outcomes.
This Special Issues welcomes manscripts that address the following broad themes:
- Landscape ecology and sustainable land use;
- Exemplars of landscape-scale decision-making in pursuit of multiple goals;
- Examples of landscape ecology supporting the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
- We look forward to your original research articles and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Diane Pearson
Prof. Dr. Richard Aspinall
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landscape ecology
- sustainable land use and management
- landscape-scale decision-making
- sustainable development goals
- science, policy, and practice in land systems management and decision-making
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